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Nbn. 499 (P530999)
Lease Contracts, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nbn. 499 |
|---|---|
| ID | P530999 |
| Museum no. | BM 030455 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Lease Contracts |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | E₂ a-su-up-pu E₂ ka-a-ri | The house is an asuppu-house, the house is a karu-house. |
| 2 | ša₂ {lu₂}MU ša₂ {m}šu-uš-ra-an-ni-{d}AMAR.UTU | The name of the man is “Šūši-ranni-Marduk.’ |
| 3 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-URU₃ A {m}{d}IŠKUR-MU-KAM | son of Marduk-šum-uṣur, descendant of Adad |
| 4 | {m}ša₂-rid AD AD ša₂ {m}šu-uš-ra-an-ni-{d}AMAR.UTU | Šarīr, the father of Urašranni-Marduk, |
| 5 | a-na u₄-mu 2 SILA₃ a-ka-lu | For a day 2 qû of bread, |
| 6 | a-na i-di-šu₂ a-na {m}{d}EN-ṣu-li-e-ši-me | to his side, to Bel-ṣilli-ešme |
| 7 | {lu₂}qal-la ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | the slave of Nabu-ahhe-iddin |
| 8 | A {m}e-gi-bi id-din ul-tu | from the Egibi family he gave. |
| 9 | UD 2-KAM ša₂ {iti}GU₄ ka-a-[ri] | 2nd day of Ayyaru, quay |
| 10 | ina IGI {m}{d}EN-ṣu-li-e-ši-me | at the disposal of Bel-ṣilli-ešime. |
| r | ||
| 11 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}NA₃-KAM A-šu₂ ša₂ | Witnesses: Nabu-ereš, son of |
| 12 | {m}tab-ni-e-a A {m}UR-{d}ŠEŠ.KI | Tabnea, son of Amurru-Šamaš |
| 13 | {m}la-a-ba-ši A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NUMUN-ia | Labaši, son of Zeriya |
| 14 | A {m}na-ba-a-a {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}ša₂-rid | son of Nabaya, scribe of Šarid. |
| 15 | A {m}{d}U.GUR-na-ṣir A {m}{d}IŠKUR-MU-KAM | from the Nergal-nāṣir family, from the Adad-šuma-ērib family, |
| 16 | TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}GU₄ UD 1-KAM | Babylon, 1st day of Ayyaru |
| 17 | MU 11-KAM {m}{d}NA₃-I LUGAL | Year 11 of Nabonidus, king |
| 18 | TIN.TIR{ki} hu-uṣ-ṣu ša₂ it-ti | Babylon is a flood that is with |
| 19 | E₂ ka-a-ri ṭi-pu-u₂ | The house of the kāru-festival |
| l.e. | ||
| 20 | ina IGI {m}{d}EN-ṣu-li-e-ši-me | at the disposal of Bel-ṣilli-ešime. |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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