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JEOL 40, no. 1 (P530979)

Legal, Achaemenid, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE

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Designation	JEOL 40, no. 1
ID	P530979
Museum no.	Westminster C9/15/4 No. 2
Collection	Westminster College, Cambridge, UK
Language	Akkadian
Period	Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
Genre	Legal
Find spot	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Coordinates	33.0605, 44.2552

Transliteration (ATF)

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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.

Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
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1	{m}BA{ša₂}{d}AMAR.UTU A {m}e-tel-pi-{d}UTU A {lu₂}SANGA-{d}UTU	Iqīša-Marduk, son of Etel-pî-Adad, descendant of Šangi-Šarrim
2	ina mi-gi-ir [ŠA₃{bi]}šu₂ E₂-MEŠ NIG₂.GA {d}UTU ša₂ a-na	In the future, may the temples, property of Šamaš, that to
3	{giš}BAN₂ ina IGI-šu₂ ul-⸢tu⸣ {iti}BARA₂ MU 8-KAM {m}da-ri-ia-muš	The seah at his disposal from the beginning of Nisannu, year 8 of Darius,
4	LUGAL E₂{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR ina NIG₂.GA {d}UTU ina IGI {m}ina-E₂.SAG.IL₂-lil-bur	king of the house and kings of the lands by the gift of Šamaš at the disposal of Ina-Esagil-lilbur.
5	{lu₂}SANGA UD.KIB.NUN{ki} u {lu₂}UMBISAG-MEŠ un-da-ši-⸢ir⸣	The priest of Kidin-Nun and the scribes have left.
6	e-lat 22 MA.NA 4 1/2 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR re-hi ša₂ MU 6-KAM	Apart from 22 minas 4 1/2 shekels of silver, remainder of the 6th year,
7	u MU 7-KAM u₃ 1 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR-⸢u₂⸣	and year 7 and 1 mina of white silver
8	ŠAM₂ 4 GU₂.UN SIG₂-HI.A ša₂ ina IGI-šu₂ ⸢u⸣	The price of 4 talents of wool that is at his disposal.
9	1 ME 22 GUR ZU₂.⸢LUM⸣.MA ⸢it-ti⸣	122 kurru (240 litres) of dates (from) the Ittītu-tree
10	{lu₂}UMBISAG-MEŠ ša₂ E₂.KI.TUŠ.GI.NA u₂-[ša₂]-az-za-ma	the scribes of Ekitušgina shall serve, and
11	a-na {m}ina-E₂.SAG.IL₂-⸢lil⸣-[bur] {lu₂}SANGA UD.KIB.NUN{ki} u	to Ina-Esagil-ebur, the priest of Sippar and
12	{lu₂}UMBISAG-MEŠ i-nam-[din]	the scribes shall pay.
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13	{lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU-MU-DU₃] ⸢A⸣-šu₂ ša₂ {m}KAR-{d}ŠU	Witnesses: Ea-Marduk-šuma-ibni, son of Mušezib-Sin
14	A {lu₂}SANGA-{d}MUŠ₃-E₂{[ki} {m}{d}x-x]-MU A-šu₂ ša₂	from the Šangu-MUŠ-biti family, -iddin son of
15	{m}gi-mil-lu-{d}⸢UTU⸣ [A {m}DU₃]{eš}DINGIR {m}{d}UTU-⸢MU⸣	Gimillu-Šamaš-ēde, son of Ibni-ili;
16	[A]-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-A-MU A {lu₂}SANGA-{d}UTU {m}{d}UTU-na-ṣir A-šu₂ ša₂	son of Bel-apla-iddin from the Šangu-Šamaš family, Ṣalam-nasbir son of
17	{m}mu-šal-lim-{d}AMAR.UTU A {lu₂}SANGA-{d}UTU {m}ba-su-⸢ru⸣ ša₂ ina muh-hi qu-up₂	Mušallim-Marduk, descendant of Šangû-Šamaš; Basu-eriba, who is on the throne
18	{m}la-ba-ši [A]-⸢šu₂⸣ ša₂ {[m}{d]}NA₃-na-ṣir A {m}ŠEŠ{ki}u₂-tu	Labaši, son of Ea-ešû, of Nabu-nāṣir, descendant of Ipiq-Adad
19	u {⸢lu₂⸣}UMBISAG {m}{d}[UTU]-⸢KAD₂⸣ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-DU-A A {lu₂}PA.ŠE{ki}	and the scribe Šamaš-ēṭer, son of Nabu-mukin-apli, descendant of Nappahu
20	UD.KIB.NUN{ki} {iti}BARA₂ UD 23-KAM	Sippar, 23rd day of Nisannu.
21	MU 8-KAM {m}da-ri-ia-muš LUGAL E₂{ki}	Year 8 of Darius, king of Babylon.
22	⸢LUGAL KUR⸣.[KUR]	king of the lands

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