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Rental 008 (P531060)
Legal, Achaemenid, Uruk · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | Rental 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P531060 |
| Museum no. | BM 114551 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
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 NIG₂.GA {d}MUŠ₃-UNUG{ki} u {d}na-na-[a] | the house of property of Mušallim-Uruk and Nanaya |
| 2 | ina E₂ ku-tal-la ina GI-MEŠ {m}{d}NA₃-⸢MU⸣-[x] | in the rear of the house at the reeds of Nabu-šuma-e... |
| 3 | ša₂ a-na NIG₂.GA E₂.AN.NA na-šu-nu | who are responsible for the property of Eana |
| 4 | a-na MU.AN.NA 3 GIN₂ 4-tu₂ KU₃.BABBAR | For a year 3 1/4 shekels of silver |
| 5 | ina IGI {m}{d}INNIN-DU-pa-ni {lu₂}<PA>.KAB.DU | at the disposal of Ištar-bāni, chariot driver. |
| 6 | {d}MUŠ₃-UNUG{ki} bat-ŠU{ii} i-ṣab-bat u₂-ru | Ištar of Uruk, my ally, will seize the city |
| 7 | i-ša₂-an-na | Iša-ana |
| r | ||
| 8 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}UTU-DU-A A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}DI.KUD-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | Witnesses: Šamaš-mukin-apli, son of Madanu-ahhe-iddin |
| 9 | A {m}ši-gu-u₂-a {m}{d}NA₃-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | from the Vigua family, Nabu-šumati-iddin |
| 10 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}e-zi-da-MU-DU₃ DUMU {m}DINGIR-šu₂-AD-šu₂ | son of Ezida-šuma-ibni, descendant of Ilu-abu-uṣur |
| 11 | {m}{d}⸢EN⸣-MU ⸢A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ABGAL⸣ A {lu₂}UŠ.BAR | Ea-bel-iddin, son of Abgal-e23, descendant of Ušbar |
| 12 | {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}⸢x⸣ [x x] A {m}e-an-na-MU-⸢DU₃⸣ | the scribe, E-e3 descendant of Eanna-šumu-ibni |
| 13 | [UNUG]{ki} {iti}[x UD] 23-KAM MU 5-KAM | Uruk, 23rd day, 5th year |
| 14 | {m}⸢kur⸣-aš₂ LUGAL ⸢E⸣{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR | Ekur-eaš, king of E-E-e-e, ki[ng of the lands]. |
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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