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Dar. 485 (P531005)

Lease Contracts, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE

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DesignationDar. 485
IDP531005
Museum no.BM 031274
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodAchaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
GenreLease Contracts
Find spotBabylon (mod. Bābil)
Coordinates32.5350, 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.

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1[DUB] ša₂ E₂-{m}ha-ah-hu-ru ša₂ DA E₂ {m}{d}EN-⸢na⸣-[din-A]Tablet concerning the house of Ḫaḫḫuru, which is next to the house Bel-edina-apli
2⸢ša₂⸣ {m}{d}EN-bul-liṭ-su u {m}ni-din-tu₄ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-MU-GAR{un}Bel-bullissu and Nidintu, sons of Nabu-šuma-iṣbi
3DUMU {m}sag-gil-a-a {m}SUM.NA-a DUMU ša₂ {m}KI-{d}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU-TIN]son of Saggilaya, Iddinaya son of Itti-Marduk-balaṭu
4DUMU {m}sag-gil-a-a a-na i-di E₂ a-nathe son of Saggilaya for the rent of the house to
5MU.AN.NA 1/3 ma-na 4 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ gin₃-nuYear: 1/3 mina 4 shekels of silver, of the shekel
6a-na {m}ši-ir-ki DUMU ša₂ {m}SUM.NA-ato Viriku, son of Iddinaya
7DUMU {m}e-gi₃-bi id-din a-hi KU₃.BABBAR ina re-eš MU.AN.NAThe son of Egibi has given half of the silver at the beginning of the year.
8u re-hi-it KU₃.BABBAR ina mi-šil MU.AN.NA [i-nam-din]and he will pay the rest of the silver in the middle of the year.
b.e.
9{iti}BARA₂ {iti}ŠU u {iti}GAN nu-up-tu₄Nisannu, Du’uzu and Kislimu (month IX) are favourable.
10[i]-na-pi bat-qa i-ṣab-bat u₂-ru-[u₂]He will make repairs to the wall footing and he will build a new one.
11i-ša₂-an-ni dul-lu SIG₄.HI.A GI ⸢u⸣ {[giš}UR₃.MEŠ]The work on bricks, reeds, (and) cypress
r
12ma-la ina lib₃-bi ip-pu-šu₂ ul-tu ⸢UGU⸣as much as he makes therefrom
132 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR a-na UGU {m}SUM.NA-a2 shekels of silver incumbent upon Iddinaya
14i-man-nu {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}NA₃-TIN{iṭ} DUMU ⸢ša₂⸣Witnesses: Nabu-uballiṭ, son of Eša-e23
15{m}GI-AMAR.UTU [DUMU {m}{d}30-ša₂]-⸢du⸣-nu {m}{d}EN-u₂-še-zibMušallim-Marduk, son of Sîn-ša-edu-enu; Bel-ušezib
16DUMU {m}sag-gil-⸢la⸣-[a-a DUMU] {m}sag-gil-a-ason of Saggil-elaya, descendant of Sagilaya
17{m}la-ba-a-ši ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂ {m}IR₃-{d]}⸢EN⸣ DUMU {m}{d}IDIM-DU₃{eš}DINGIRLabaši, son of Arad-Bel, descendant of Ea-ibni;
18{m}KI-{d}NA₃-TIN DUMU ša₂ {m}iq-⸢bi⸣-{[d}EN DUMU {m}bu-u₂-ṣu]Itti-Nabu-balaṭu, son of Iq-ebbi-Bel, descendant of Bušbu
19{m}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}⸢du⸣-[um-mu-qu DUMU {m}e-gi₃-bi]Bel-uballiṭ, son of Edu-eummuqu, descendant of Egibi
20DUB.SAR {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-[DUB-NUMUN DUMU {lu₂}GAL-DU₃]Scribe: Marduk-šapik-zeri, descendant of Rab-bane
21TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}KIN UD 1-KAM UD 22-KAM]Babylon, 1st day of Ululu, 22nd day
l.e.
22MU 19-KAM {m}da-ri-a-muš LUGAL [E{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR]19th year of Darius, king of Babylon and the lands.
23⸢E₂⸣-su ša₂ ina pa-ni {m}{d}UTU-ina-SUH₃-⸢SUR⸣his temple which is before Šamaš-ina-teši-eṭir
24{[m}ši-ir-ki i-na-aš₂-ša₂-am]-⸢ma⸣ a-⸢na⸣ {m}MU{<a>}Širki will give to you, may Ahuramazda
25i-di E₂ ša₂ ul-tu UD 1-KAM ša₂ {iti}GU₄The rent of that house from the 1st day of Ayyaru
26a-di UD 1-KAM ša₂ {⸢iti⸣}DU₆ MU 19-[KAM ina-ad-din]until the 1st day of the month of Tašritu, year 19 he will give.

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