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Rental 127 (P531007)
Legal, Achaemenid, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Rental 127 |
|---|---|
| ID | P531007 |
| Museum no. | BM 077826 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, 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)
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 {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ {m}{d}U.GUR-TIN{iṭ} | the west house next to the house of Nergal-balāṭu, |
| 2 | ⸢A⸣-šu₂ ša₂ {m}DUG₃.GA-ia₂ a-na i-di ⸢ša₂⸣ MU.AN.NA | his son Ṭabiya for the rent of the house every year |
| 3 | 3 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} u₃ PAB {iti}x UD [ina] | 3 shekels of white silver and, in all, x day in |
| 4 | na-aš₂-par-tu₄ {m}{d}U.GUR-TIN{iṭ} a-na | Received by Nergal-uballiṭ for |
| 5 | {f}a-si-tu₄ u {m}{d}EN-eri-ba DUMU-šu₂ | Asitu and Bel-eriba, his son |
| 6 | ⸢id⸣-din a-hi KU₃.BABBAR ina re-eš MU.AN.NA | He will pay half of the silver at the beginning of the year. |
| 7 | u₃ ri-hi KU₃.BABBAR ina mi-šil MU.AN.NA | and interest on the silver in the course of the year |
| b.e. | ||
| 8 | i-nam-din-ʾ u₂-ru-u₂ i-ša₂-nu | he will pay back. That city |
| 9 | bat-qa ša₂ a-sur-ru-u₂ | repair of the wall |
| r | ||
| 10 | ⸢i⸣-ṣab-ba-tu-ʾ {iti}BARA₂ | E-ešabbat-al, month Nisannu. |
| 11 | {iti}ŠU u {iti}GAN nu-up-tu₄ i-nam-din-nu | They will give the additional payments in Duʾuzu and Kislimu. |
| 12 | 1{en}TA.AM₄ TI{u₂} ul-tu {iti}ŠU | They have each taken (a copy of the document). From Duʾuzu |
| 13 | E₂ ina IGI-šu₂-nu {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}EN-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ | Witnesses: Bel-iddin, son of |
| 14 | {m}{d}BAD-lu-mur {m}{d}EN-SUR A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR-DU₃ | Enlil-lumur, Bel-eṭir, son of Marduk-ibni |
| 15 | {m}{d}UTU-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}a-hi-li-ia | Šamaš-iddin, son of Aḫiliya |
| 16 | {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}{d}U.GUR-TIN{iṭ} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}DUG₃.GA-ia₂ | Scribe: Nergal-uballiṭ, son of Ṭabiya. |
| 17 | sip-par{ki} {iti}SIG₄ UD 27-KAM | Sippar, 27th day of Simanu |
| l.e. | ||
| 18 | MU 36-KAM {m}da-ri-ia-muš | year 36 of Darius, |
| 19 | LUGAL E{ki} u KUR.KUR | king of Babylon and of all lands. |
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