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Dar. 482 (P531004)
Lease Contracts, Achaemenid, Bābili · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Dar. 482 |
|---|---|
| ID | P531004 |
| Museum no. | BM 031228 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Lease Contracts |
| Find spot | Bābili (mod. Babylon) |
| Coordinates | 32.5434, 44.4222 |
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 | i-di E₂ ša₂ E₂-ha-ah-hu-ru [ša₂ DA E₂ {m}{d}EN-na-din-A ša₂] | the rent of the house of Eḫaḫhuru, next to the house Bel-nādin-apli, |
| 2 | {m}{d}EN-bul-liṭ-su u₃ ŠEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-MEŠ [ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-MU]-GAR{un} | Bel-bullissu and his sons, sons of Nabu-šuma-iṣbi |
| 3 | ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-ina-SUH₃-SUR A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-⸢MU ina⸣ [ŠA₃] aš₂-bi | From Šamaš-ina-tešī-eṭir, son of Shamash-iddin, descendant of Egibi. |
| 4 | ša₂ a-di qi₂-it {iti}BARA₂ MU 19-KAM {m}da-a-ri-ʾ-muš LUGAL | which until the end of Nisannu, 19th year of Darius, the king |
| 5 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-DUB-NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU | Marduk-šapik-zeri, son of Mušezib-Marduk |
| 6 | A {m}sag-gil-a-a ina ŠU.II {m}{d}UTU-ina-SUH₃-<SUR> A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU | from the Saggilaya family, from Šamaš-ina-teši-eṭir, son of Shamash-iddin |
| 7 | A {m}{d}UTU-a-ba-ri ma-hi-ir | son of Šamaš-abari, received. |
| 8 | 1{en}TA.AM₃ il-te-qu-u₂ | They have each taken (a copy of the document). |
| r | ||
| 9 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}MU-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} | Witnesses: Šumaya, son of Bel-uballiṭ |
| 10 | A {m}ga-hal {m}MU-{d}EN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU | son of Šamaš-iddin |
| 11 | A {m}{d}UTU-ba-a-ri {m}{d}NA₃-u₂-tir-ri | from the Šamaš-bari family, Nabu-utirri |
| 12 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}EN-šu₂-nu {m}bul-ṭa-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-SUM.NA | son of Belšunu, Bulti-Baya son of Šamaši-iddin |
| 13 | {m}gab-ri-ia A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}re-mut | Gabriya, son of Emut |
| 14 | {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}{d}EN-DU₃{uš} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}u₂-bar | the scribe, Bel-ibni, son of Ubar |
| 15 | A {lu₂}SIPA-ANŠE.KUR.RA | from the Rē’i-alpi family |
| 16 | {uru}E₂-ha-ah-hu-ru {iti}GU₄ | Ehaḫhuru, month II, |
| 17 | UD <X-⸢KAM> MU 19-KAM {m}da-a-ri-ʾ-muš | day , 19th year of Darius, |
| 18 | LUGAL E{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR | King of Babylon, king of the lands. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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)
- Linguistically Annotated Achemenet Babylonian Texts (Univ. Helsinki) · CC BY 4.0 · Alstola, T., Sahala, A., Valk, J., Ong, M. (2025). Linguistically Annotated Achemenet Babylonian Texts v1.1.0. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17651786
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