RA 097, 96–97, 136 (BM 54646) (P522446)
Legal, Achaemenid, Kutha · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | RA 097, 96–97, 136 (BM 54646) |
|---|---|
| ID | P522446 |
| Museum no. | BM 054646 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Kutha (mod. Tell Ibrahim) |
| Coordinates | 32.7605, 44.6112 |
English translation
By Jursa, M. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [... ..., next] to [... ...], in the district of Ku[tha]: |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [... ..., Ner]gal-ušezib, the uncle of [...]-iddin; |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [nex]t to (the property of) Dummuq, son of Banunu, descendant of Dabibi; |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [and] next to (the property of) Nurea, son of Bel-iddin, descendant of [A]gru. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | 0.2.0 kur of land planted (with date palms) in the Qalunu-meadow in the district of Kutha, [do]wry of Ṭabatu, his wife: |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | [n]ext to (the property of) Luṣi-ana-nur, son of Zeriya, [descendant] of Sin-karabi-išme, and next to (the property of) [...]šaya, son of Bel-ibni, descendant of Dabi[bi]; |
| Obverse [10:16] o 1111–o 1616 | one Akkadian bed, two chairs, one table, [...] bronze cups, one bronze ba[ṭû]-vessel, 5/6 minas of silver, with Amat-[... ..., he gave] as dowry to [...], son of Šapik-zeri, [descendant of ...]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 17r 17–r 1818 | At the sealing of th[at] tablet, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 1818–r 1818 | before: Nergal-šum-iddin, son of Tabne[a]; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 1919–r 1919 | Tabnea, son of Bel-kaṣir, descendant of [...]; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 2020–r 2020 | Alu-lu[mur], son of Nabu-tabni-uṣur, descendant of [...]; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 2121–r 2121 | Itti-Šamaš-balāṭu, son of Bel-uballiṭ, descendant of Marduku; |
| Reverse [5:7] r 2222–r 2323 | Nidinti-Bel, son of Šapik-zeri, descendant of Agru; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 2323–r 2323 | and the scribe, Mušallim-Marduk, son of Kurbanni-Marduk, descendant of Sin-šadunu. |
| Reverse [7:10] r 2424–r 2626 | Kutha, 19th day of Šabaṭu, 6th year of Darius, king of Babylon, king of the lands. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 2727–r 2828 | Ilid-Mammitu-silim, his female slave [...] returned. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 2929–r 2929 | [...] she belongs to Nergal-ušezib. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [... ... ... ...] ⸢x⸣ [US₂].⸢SA.DU⸣ | |
| 2 | [... ... ... ...] ⸢NAM⸣ GU₂.⸢DU₈⸣.[A{ki]} | |
| 3 | [... ... ... {m}{d}U].⸢GUR⸣-u-še-zib ŠEŠ AD ša₂ {m}⸢x-x⸣-MU | |
| 4 | [US₂.SA].⸢DU⸣ {m}du-muq A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-nu-nu ⸢A⸣ {[m]}⸢da⸣-bi-bi | |
| 5 | [u] ⸢US₂⸣.SA.DU {m}ZALAG₂-e-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-MU A {m}[a]-gar | |
| 6 | 2 (PI) ŠE.NUMUN zaq-pu ina {garim}qa-lu-nu NAM GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} | |
| 7 | [nu]-⸢dun⸣-nu-u₂ ša₂ {f}DUG₃.GA-tu₄ DAM-šu₂ | |
| 8 | [US₂].SA.DU {m}{lu}E₃($ UD.<DU> $)-ana-ZALAG₂ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NUMUN-ia | |
| 9 | [A {m]}{⸢d⸣}30-SISKUR₂-ŠE.GA u US₂.SA.DU | |
| 10 | {[m}x-(x)]-ša₂-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-DU₃ A {m}da-⸢bi⸣-[bi] | |
| 11 | 1{et} {giš}NA₂ ⸢ak-ka⸣-di-tu₂ 2 {giš}GU.⸢ZA-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 12 | 1{en} {giš}⸢BANŠUR⸣ [x]{⸢ta⸣} ka-a-su ZABAR | |
| 13 | 1{en} ba-[ṭu-u₂] ZABAR 5/6 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 14 | it-ti {f}GEME₂-{⸢d⸣}[x x x] ⸢x x⸣-šu₂ | |
| 15 | a-na nu-dun-nu-[u₂ a-na PN] | |
| 16 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}DUB-NUMUN [A PN id-din] | |
| r | ||
| 17 | i-na ka-nak {im}DUB MU.[MEŠ] | |
| 18 | IGI {m}{d}U.GUR-MU-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}tab-ne₂-e-[a] | |
| 19 | {m}tab-ne₂-e-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-KAD₂ ⸢A⸣ [PN] | |
| 20 | {m}URU-lu-[mur] A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-DU₃-⸢URU₃ A⸣ {m}⸢x⸣-[x-(x)] | |
| 21 | {m}KI-{d}⸢UTU⸣-TIN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} A {m}⸢mar-duk⸣ | |
| 22 | {m}ni-din-tu₂-{d}EN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}DUB-⸢NUMUN⸣ A {m}a-gar | |
| 23 | u {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}GI-{d}[AMAR].UTU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}kur-ban-nu-{d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 24 | A {m}{d}30-ša₂-du-nu GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} | |
| 25 | {iti}ZIZ₂ UD 20.1.LA₂-KAM MU 6-KAM | |
| 26 | {[m]}⸢da⸣-ri-iʾ-muš LUGAL TIN.⸢TIR⸣{ki} LUGAL ⸢KUR.KUR⸣ | |
| 27 | {[f]}i-lid-{d}ma-am-mi-tu₄-si-lim {f}qal-lat-su | |
| 28 | [x-x]-⸢tu₄⸣ ta-at-te-eh-<<eh>>-si | |
| 29 | [x x (x)] ⸢x⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}U.GUR-u₂-še-zib ši-i | |
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