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Rental 120 (P531055)
Legal, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Rental 120 |
|---|---|
| ID | P531055 |
| Museum no. | BM 077625 + BM 077636 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 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.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | E₂ ku-tal-lu ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-⸢MU⸣ [A-šu₂ ša₂] | The rear house of Marduk-šuma-iddina, son of |
| 2 | {m}šu-la-a A DU₃{eš}DINGIR ša₂ DA ⸢E₂⸣ | Šulaya, son of Manu-ili, who is next to the temple |
| 3 | {m}SUM.NA{a} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}eri-ba-{d}e₂-[a] | Iddin, son of Erība-Ea |
| 4 | A {lu₂}E₂.BAR-{d}NA₃ a-na i-di ⸢E₂ a⸣-[na] | from the Šangu-Nabu family by the house rent |
| 5 | MU.AN.NA 1/2 ma-na 3 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR-[u₂] | Year: 1/2 mina 3 shekels of white silver |
| 6 | ša₂ ina 1 GIN₂ bit-qa a-⸢na⸣ {[m}x-x A-šu₂] | which in 1 shekel one-eighth of a shekel belongs to Anu-e, his son |
| 7 | [ša₂] {m}{d}30-DINGIR A {m}ina-⸢GISSU⸣-[x id-din bat-qa] | of Sîn-ilī, son of Ina-ešu-e-x he gave. Revocation |
| 8 | [ša₂ a]-sur-ru-u₂ i-ṣab-[bat u₂-ri i-ša₂-an-nu] | He will tear out the wall and he will rebuild the city. |
| 9 | [ina {iti]}⸢BARA₂⸣ {iti}ŠU u {⸢iti⸣}[GAN nu-up-tu₄ ina-an-din] | In the months of Nisannu, Du’uzu and Kislimu he will give the additional payment. |
| 10 | [a-hi KU₃].⸢BABBAR⸣ ina re-eš šat-⸢tu₄⸣ [u a-hi KU₃.BABBAR ina] | a half (mina) of silver at the beginning of the šat-ētu-festival, and a third of silver in |
| b.e. | ||
| 11 | [mi-šil šat-tu₄ i]-⸢nam⸣-din ul-[tu UD x-KAM] | This woman shall have the usufruct of it from the xth day. |
| r | ||
| 1’ | ⸢A⸣ {m}{d}30-⸢na-din⸣-x x [... A] | e22ae23 of Sîn-e22nadin-e23 descendant of |
| 2’ | {m}e₂-sag-gil-a-a [x A-šu₂ ša₂] | Esagilaya, son of |
| 3’ | {m}šu-zu-bu A {m}DA-{d}[AMAR].⸢UTU⸣ {[m}{d}x] | Šuzubu, son of DA-Marduk, descendant of |
| 4’ | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-ka-ṣir A {m}⸢an-da⸣-har {m}⸢na⸣-[...] | son of Bel-kaṣir, descendant of E-anda-ehar |
| 5’ | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-MU-GAR{un} A {m}KASKAL.KUR{i} {m}x [...] | son of Nabu-šum-išar, descendant of Ḫarrān-eṭir |
| 6’ | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}na-din A {m}IR₃-{d}IDIM {m}{d}EN-MU {lu₂}⸢UMBISAG⸣ | son of Nadin from the Arad-Ea family, Bel-iddin the scribe |
| 7’ | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}mu-še-zib-{d}EN TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}APIN UD 11-[KAM] | son of Mušezib-Bel. Babylon, 11th day of Arahsamnu. |
| 8’ | MU 12-KAM {m}da-ri-ʾ-a-muš | Year 12 of Darius, |
| 9’ | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} u KUR.KUR | king of Babylon and of all lands. |
| l.e. | ||
| 10’ | 1{en}TA].⸢AM₃⸣ il-qu-u₂ | they each took (a copy of the document). |
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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