RA 097, 100–101, 140 (BM 54671) (P522450)
Legal, Achaemenid, Kutha · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | RA 097, 100–101, 140 (BM 54671) |
|---|---|
| ID | P522450 |
| Museum no. | BM 054671 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [6 2/3 minas 4] shekels of refined silver [belonging to Bel-uball]iṭ, son of Nabu-šum-ukin, is the debt of Šullumaya, son of Mušezib. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | From the 1st day of Arahsamnu of year 11, 1 shekel of silver per mina will [a]ccrue against him monthly as the [inte]rest of that 6 2/3 minas 4 shekels of silver. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | In the month of Ayyaru he will pay that [6 2/3] minas 4 shekels of silver without [...]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 1111–r 1212 | [...]-mušetiq-udde, [... ...], son of Nabu-[...]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 1313–r 1313 | [Seal of Šullu]maya. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 1414–r 1414 | [...]-bullissu, scribe, son of Šellebi. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 1515–r 1515 | [Ku]tha, 20th day of Tašritu, 11th year of [Ar]taxerxes, king of the lands. |
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 | 6 2/3 MA.NA 4 ⸢GIN₂⸣ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ | |
| 2 | [ša₂ {m}{d}EN-TIN]{⸢iṭ⸣} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-MU-DU | |
| 3 | [ina] ⸢muh⸣-hi {m}šul-lu-ma-a DUMU ša₂ {m}mu-še-zi-bi | |
| 4 | ⸢ul-tu⸣ UD 1-KAM ša₂ {iti}APIN MU 11-KAM | |
| 5 | ⸢ša₂⸣ ITI ina muh-hi ma-ne₂-e 1 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 6 | [UR₅].RA KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 6 2/3 MA.NA 4 GIN₂ ina muh-hi-šu₂ | |
| 7 | [i]-⸢rab⸣-bi i-na {iti}GU₄ KU₃.BABBAR a₄ | |
| 8 | 6 2/3 ⸢MA⸣.NA 4 GIN₂ ša₂ la x-mu i-nam-din | |
| r | ||
| 9 | [... ...] | |
| 10 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [... ...] | |
| 11 | {[m}{d}x-mu-še]-⸢ti⸣-iq-UD.DA [...] | |
| 12 | [x x x (x)]-⸢x⸣-di-ia DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-⸢x⸣-[x-x] | |
| 13 | {[na₄}KIŠIB ša₂ {m}šul-lu]-⸢mu⸣-a | |
| 14 | {[m}{d}x]-bul-liṭ-su {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}še-el-li-bi | |
| 15 | [GU₂].⸢DU₈⸣.A{ki} {iti}DU₆ UD 20-KAM MU 11-KAM | |
| 16 | {[m}ar]-⸢ta⸣-ak-ša₂-as-su LUGAL KUR-MEŠ | |
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