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Rental 125 (P531056)
Legal, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Rental 125 |
|---|---|
| ID | P531056 |
| Museum no. | BM 077421 |
| 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⸣ ša₂ {m}še-el-li-bi DUMU ša₂ {m}ap-la-a | The house of Šēl-libbi, son of Aplâ |
| 2 | ša₂ DA ⸢E₂⸣ {m}{d}NA₃-ŠU-šu₂-nu-tu a-na i-di E₂ | which is next to the house of Nabu-eṭiršunutu for the rent of the house |
| 3 | a-na MU.⸢AN⸣.NA 1/3 ma-na KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ ina 1 GIN₂ bit-⸢qa⸣ | For a year 1/3 mina of silver that is in one-eighth alloy |
| 4 | nu-uh-⸢hu⸣-tu₂ ⸢a⸣-na {m}IR₃-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU ša₂ | Nuḫūtu, the temple administrator of Marduk, is his son. |
| 5 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-DU₃ A {m}DU₃{eš}DINGIR id-din | Marduk-šuma-ibni, son of Bani-ili, gave. |
| 6 | a-hi KU₃.BABBAR ina re-⸢eš⸣ MU.AN.NA ri-hi KU₃.BABBAR | He will pay half of the silver at the beginning of the year. |
| 7 | ina mi-šil MU i-⸢nam⸣-din u₂-ru i-ša₂-an-nu | (If) at any time in the future he renovates (it) anew |
| 8 | bat-qa i-ṣab-⸢bat⸣ [ina {iti}BARA₂ {iti]}⸢ŠU⸣ | In Nisannu (I), in Šūzu (III), |
| 9 | {iti}GAN nu-up-tu₄ [i-nam-din ul-tu] | He will give the additional payment in Kislimu from |
| 10 | UD 4-KAM ša₂ {iti}⸢DU₆⸣ | 4th day of Tašritu |
| b.e. | ||
| 11 | E₂ ina IGI-šu₂ KU₃.⸢BABBAR⸣ [x GIN₂ ša₂ mi-šil MU] | A house at his disposal of silver ... shekels belonging to the half of the year |
| r | ||
| 12 | {m}še-el-li-bi [e-ṭir {lu₂}mu-kin-nu] | Šēlībi crossed the river. Witnesses: |
| 13 | {m}na-ṣir DUMU ša₂ {m}{[d]}NA₃-MU-URU₃ A {m}ŠEŠ-[...] | Nasbir, son of Nabu-šum-uṣur, descendant of Šep- |
| 14 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-na-ṣir DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-URU₃ | Marduk-nāṣir, son of Marduku-šumu-uṣur |
| 15 | A {m}IR₃-{d}GIR₄.KU₃ {m}{d}EN-eri-ba DUMU ša₂ | from the Arad-GIRKU family, Bel-eriba son of Ša |
| 16 | {m}IR₃-ia₂ A {<m>}mu-⸢še⸣-zib {m}⸢šad-din-nu⸣ DUMU ša₂ | Ardiya, son of Mušezib; |
| 17 | {m}lib-luṭ A {m}⸢mu⸣-še-zib | Liblut, son of Emušezib; |
| 18 | DUB.SAR {m}{d}NA₃-bul-⸢liṭ⸣-su DUMU ša₂ {m}SUM.⸢NA⸣-ŠEŠ | Scribe: Nabû-bullissu/Iddin-Ešarra. |
| 19 | ⸢TIN⸣.TIR{ki} {iti}DU₆ ⸢UD 4-KAM | Babylon, month VII, the 4th day, |
| 20 | ⸢MU 29-KAM {m}da-ri-ia₂-muš | 29th year of Darius, |
| 21 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR-MEŠ | “Šarru of Babylon, king of the lands, |
| l.e. | ||
| 22 | 1{en}TA.AM₃ TI{u₂} | They have each taken (a copy of the document). |
Sources & licences
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