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Rental 131 (P531059)
Legal, Achaemenid, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Rental 131 |
|---|---|
| ID | P531059 |
| Museum no. | BM 074476 |
| 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 | 1/3 5 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} i-di E₂-šu₂ | 25 shekels of white silver, the rent of his house |
| 2 | ša₂ ul-tu {iti}SIG₄ MU 1-KAM a-di {iti}GU₄ ⸢MU⸣ 2-KAM | From Simanu, 1st year until Ayyaru, 2nd year |
| 3 | {m}ah₂-ši-ia-ar-šu₂ LUGAL E{ki} u KUR.KUR-MEŠ | king of Babylon and of all lands. |
| 4 | {m}ha-an-da-uk-ku A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}zi-ma-ga-ʾ | Handakku, son of Zimagal |
| 5 | u {m}ŠEŠ-šu₂-nu {lu₂}KIN ša₂ {m}ha-an-da-⸢uk-ku⸣ | and Šūzunu, messenger of Handa-eukkû |
| 6 | ina ŠU.II {f}u₂-bar-tu DUMU.MI₂-su ⸢ša₂⸣ | from Ubartu, his daughter, |
| 7 | {m}id-di-ia-ma-ri-ih e-ṭir-ʾ | Iddiya-mariḫ has crossed the river. |
| 8 | 1{en}a-ta-na-ʾ i-<il>-qu-u₂ | they each took (a copy of the document). |
| r | ||
| 9 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}IR₃-{d}gu-la A-šu₂ ša₂ | Witnesses: Arad-Gula, son of |
| 10 | {m}i-ba-a {m}ri-mut-[x] A-šu₂ ša₂ | Ibaya, Rimut-, son of |
| 11 | {m}ar-ra-bi {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu | Arrabi, Bel-ittannu, |
| 12 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-MU {m}šu-lum-E{ki} A-šu₂ ša₂ | son of Bel-iddin, Šulum-Babili, son of |
| 13 | {m}lu-E₃-ZALAG₂ sip-par{ki} {iti}GU₄ | Lu-E-ZALAG of Sippar, month II |
| 14 | UD 17-KAM MU 1-KAM {m}ah-ši-as-su | 17th day, 1st year of Xerxes, |
| 15 | LUGAL E{ki} u KUR.KUR-MEŠ | king of Babylon and of all lands |
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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