RA 097, 99–100, 137 (BM 54655+) (P522449)
Legal, Achaemenid, Kutha · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | RA 097, 99–100, 137 (BM 54655+) |
|---|---|
| ID | P522449 |
| Museum no. | BM 054655 + BM 055184 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1´1´–o 4´4´ | [... ...] A[hassunu ...] was accepted [... ...]. |
| Obverse [4:19] o 5´5´– | She sealed and gave a built house, with doorframes [in place], in the Market Gate [district] i[n Kuth]a, Mammitu-[...], Kubiya, Hašdaʾitu, [...], 30 full vats of good beer, together with a haṣbattu-bowl, 1/3 mina of white silver of one-eighth alloy, one [household] talbultu-garment which is worth 1 mina of silver, one brazier, five cups, one [...], one baṭû-vessel, two beds made of willow, [one] šiddatu-stand made of Magan-tree wood, five ch[airs], two ploughs made of Magan-tree wood, and 10 muṣiptu-garments, along with herself, to Bel-upahhir, son of Šamaš-iddin. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 19´19´–r 21´21´ | Bel-upahhir received the silver, the house, the slaves, the beer, the muṣiptu-garments, and the household utensils from Ahassunu. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 22´22´–r 23´23´ | At the sealing of that tablet: |
| Reverse [8:9] r 23´23´–r 23´23´ | Before: [...], son of Nabu-mušetiq-[udde, ...]; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 24´24´–r 24´24´ | [... ...]-Nergal, [temple enterer of Nergal]; |
| Reverse [10:13] r 25´25´–r 27´27´ | [... ...] Nergal. |
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 x] ⸢x⸣ [... ...] | |
| 2´ | [x] ⸢x⸣ KI {im}[x ... ...] | |
| 3´ | [x] ⸢x x⸣ {f}a-[hat-su-nu ...] | |
| 4´ | ⸢ta⸣-aš₂-šu-mu-u₂ [... ...] ⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 5´ | E₂ ep₂-šu₂ sip-pu [rak-su KI]{ti₃} | |
| 6´ | KA₂-KI.LAM ša₂ ⸢qe₂⸣-[rib GU₂.DU₈].A{ki} | |
| 7´ | {f}{d}ma-am-mi-⸢tu₄⸣-[x-x] {m}ku-⸢bi-ia⸣ | |
| 8´ | {f}haš-da-a-a-i-tu₄ ⸢x⸣ [x] 30 {dug}dan-nu | |
| 9´ | ma-lu-u₂ KAŠ DUG₃.GA a-⸢di⸣-i haṣ-bat-tu₄ | |
| 10´ | 1/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} ša₂ ina 1 ⸢GIN₂⸣ bit-qa | |
| 11´ | 1{en} {tug₂}tal-bu-uš-tu₄ ša₂ [E₂] ša₂ 1 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 12´ | tu-ub-<ba>-lu 1{en} mu-šah-hi-⸢nu⸣ 5-TA | |
| 13´ | GU₂.ZI 1{en} mu-kan-[x x]-⸢x⸣-tu₄ 1{en} | |
| 14´ | ba-ṭu-u₂ 2-⸢TA⸣ {[giš]}⸢NA₂⸣ ša₂ {giš}KIM₃ | |
| r | ||
| 15´ | 1{en} {giš}šid-⸢da-tu₄⸣ ša₂ {giš}me-suk-kan-na | |
| 16´ | 5 {giš}⸢GU⸣.[ZA-ME] 2 {giš}APIN ša₂ {giš}me-suk-kan-na | |
| 17´ | u₃ 10-[TA {tug₂]}⸢mu⸣-ṣip-tu₄ ta-ku-nu-uk-ma | |
| 18´ | it-⸢ti⸣ ram-ni-šu₂ a-na {m}{d}EN-NIGIN{ir} | |
| 19´ | DUMU ⸢ša₂⸣ {m}{[d]}⸢UTU⸣-MU tad-di-in KU₃.BABBAR E₂ | |
| 20´ | LU₂{ut-⸢tu₄⸣} KAŠ mu-ṣip-tu₄ u₂-na-a-tu₄ | |
| 21´ | E₂ {m}{d}EN-NIGIN{ir} ina ŠU.II {f}a-hat-su-nu ma-hi-ir | |
| 22´ | <ina> ⸢ka⸣-nak {im}DUB šu-a-⸢tu₄⸣ | |
| 23´ | IGI {[m]}⸢x-x DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}{d}NA₃-{mu}DIB-[UD.DA ...] | |
| 24´ | [... ...]-{d}U.GUR {lu₂}[KU₄.E₂ {lu₂}[KU₄.E₂ {d}U.GUR] | |
| 25´ | [... ...] ⸢x x⸣ [x] ⸢ZI⸣-MEŠ [x x] | |
| 26´ | [... ...] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 27´ | [... ... {d]}U.⸢GUR⸣ | |
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