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Rental 126 (P531006)
Lease Contracts, Achaemenid, Bābili · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Rental 126 |
|---|---|
| ID | P531006 |
| Museum no. | BM 031824 |
| 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 | E₂ IM.KUR.RA u₃ e-li-tu₄ | The temple of the east and the west |
| 2 | ša₂ ina muh-hi-šu₂ ša₂ E₂ {uru}šah-ri-nu | which is incumbent upon him from the house of the šaḫrūnu-priest |
| 3 | ša₂ ⸢ina⸣ [x x] ⸢ša₂⸣ {d}⸢EN⸣ ša₂ {[m}ZALAG₂]-⸢e-a⸣ | of Ištar ... of Ea-Bel of Nur-Ea |
| 4 | [DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m]}kal-ba-a DUMU {m}ga-hal {m}ZALAG₂-e-a | son of Kalbaya, descendant of Gahal; Nurea |
| 5 | [a]-na i-di E₂ a-na MU.AN.NA | for the rent of the house for a year |
| 6 | 4 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR-u₂ a-na | 4 shekels of white silver for |
| 7 | {m}ni-din-ti-{d}EN DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-PAB-A | Nidinti-Bel, son of Marduk-naṣir-apli |
| 8 | DUMU {m}e-gi₃-bi id-din | son of Egibi he gave. |
| b.e. | ||
| 9 | 1{en}TA.AM₃ TI{u₂} | They have each taken (a copy of the document). |
| 10 | ul-tu UD 1-KAM ša₂ {iti}ŠU | From the 1st day of Duʾuzu |
| r | ||
| 11 | E₂ ina IGI {m}ni-din-ti-{d}EN | the house is at the disposal of Nidinti-Bēl. |
| 12 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ | Witnesses: Bel-uballiṭ, his son |
| 13 | {m}{lu}E₃-ana-ZALAG₂ A {m}an-da-har | Eanna-nuri, son of Andahar |
| 14 | {m}{d}U.GUR-TIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-DU-⸢x⸣ | Nergal-uballiṭ, son of Nabu-bani-e23 |
| 15 | DUMU {m}ka-nik-KA₂ {m}ni-din-ti | son of Kanik-babi, Nidinti |
| 16 | ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}⸢KI⸣-[x x {m}x-{d]}⸢AMAR.UTU⸣ DUMU {m}DA-⸢x⸣-[x] | ...-Marduk-e, son of DA-e-x |
| 17 | {m}{d}EN-GI DUMU ša₂ {m}kal-⸢ba-a⸣ | Bel-ušallim, son of Kalbaya, |
| 18 | [x x (x)]-šu₂ DUMU {m}KI-{m}{d}NA₃-[TIN] | , son of Itti-Nabu-balaṭu |
| 19 | {[lu₂}UMBISAG] {m}{d}EN-A-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ [x x x] | the scribe, Bel-apla-iddin, son of |
| 20 | {[uru]}⸢šah⸣-ri-nu {iti}[SIG₄] | the city Šaḫ-Erinu |
| 21 | ⸢UD⸣ 26-KAM MU 35-KAM | 26th day, year 35 of |
| 22 | {m}da-a-ri-muš LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | Darius, king of Babylon. |
| 23 | u KUR.KUR | and the lands |
| l.e. | ||
| 24 | bat-qa ša₂ ⸢a⸣-[sur-ru]-u₂ i-ṣab-bat | he will take care of the repairs to the wall footing |
| 25 | ⸢u₂⸣-ru [i-ša₂]-⸢an⸣-nu | they will enter. |
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)
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