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Rental 005 (P531023)
Legal, Achaemenid, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Rental 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P531023 |
| Museum no. | BM 068721 |
| 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 | GI-⸢MEŠ⸣ NIG₂.GA {d}UTU DA ⸢GI⸣-[MEŠ] | reed-beds, property of Šamaš, next to the (house)-of-the-gods |
| 2 | ša₂ {m}{d}EN-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}⸢EN⸣-GI u [GI-MEŠ] | of Bel-iddin, son of Ea-bel-ušallim, and reeds |
| 3 | ša₂ {m}{d}IM-li-ki-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}[x (x)] | of Adad-likinu, son of |
| 4 | ina lib₃-bi aš₂-bi DA ⸢x⸣ [x] | therefrom: next to ... |
| 5 | ša₂ {d}GAŠAN-a-kad{ki} u₃ [x] | of Šarrat-akkad and |
| 6 | {[m]}{⸢d}30-LUGAL-URU₃ ⸢i⸣-[x] | Sîn-šarru-uṣur, |
| 7 | [x] ⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | {m}⸢si⸣-[x] | Esi-x |
| 2' | ina GUB{⸢zu⸣} {[m}{d}LUGAL-lu-da-ri] | in the presence of Šarru-lu-dari |
| 3' | {lu₂}TIL.GID₂.⸢DA⸣ [E₂.BABBAR.RA {m}{d}EN-MU A-šu₂] | the scribe of the Ebabbar temple, Bel-iddin, his son |
| 4' | ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-MU-[SI.SA₂ A {lu₂}SANGA-{d}MUŠ₃-TIN.TIR{ki} x] | From Nabu-šum-lišir, descendant of Šangu-Ninurta-Babylon. |
| 5' | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-⸢MU⸣-[x] | son of Nabu-šuma-iddin |
| 6' | {m}{d}NA₃-bul-liṭ-an-⸢ni⸣ [x] | Nabu-bulliṭanni-e |
| 7' | {m}ni-din-it A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}⸢ha⸣-aš-da-⸢šu₂⸣ {lu₂}[x {m}x-x] | Nidintu, son of Eḫe-ašda-e23, ... |
| t.e. | ||
| 8' | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}IR₃-{d}EN {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}{d}NA₃-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-⸢GI⸣ [A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}KAR-{d}ŠU₂] | son of Arad-Bēl, scribe, Nabû-šuma-ušallim, son of Mušezib-Marduk |
| 9' | A {lu₂}SANGA-{d}MUŠ-TIN.TIR{ki} sip-par{ki} {iti}[x] | from the Šangu-MUŠ-Babili family. Sippar, month |
| l.e. | ||
| 10' | [UD x-KAM MU x-KAM {m}kam]-⸢bu⸣-zi-ia | [day ..., year ... of] Cambyses |
| 11' | [LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki]} ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR.KUR | the king of Babylon, the royal residence of the lands |
| 12' | [x i]-di E₂ i-nam-din | he will pay the rent of the house. |
| 13' | [x] ri ⸢x⸣ u₂ | ... e’e23 plant |
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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