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BM 017599 (P555610)
Legal, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 017599 |
|---|---|
| ID | P555610 |
| Museum no. | BM 017599 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud) |
| Coordinates | 32.3924, 44.3434 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse 18 | and before Bel-ah-iddin |
| obverse 16 | and 4 minas 1/3 and 5 shekels of takkuratu-silver |
| reverse 26 | Witness: Nabû-uur/ula/Basiya. |
| obverse 8 | tablet of Nabû-umu-ukn, son of Nr-Papsukkal. |
| reverse 37 | 14th day, 9th year of Nabû-apla-uur. |
| obverse 15 | of the house of the horse trainers, |
| obverse 20 | he shall pay 3 minas of silver. |
| obverse 24 | The arable land has received the silver. |
| obverse 22 | they gave to Nabû-balssu-iqbi. |
| obverse 4 | 3 pn of seed, garden, small date palms, |
| obverse 17 | Nabû-balassu-iqbi, voluntarily |
| obverse 3 | son of Nabu-iddin, descendant of Itar, together |
| obverse 13 | before Nabû-balssu-iqbi he has paid. |
| obverse 5 | and the undeveloped plot in the 50th year of Kairu |
| reverse 27 | ... Aqara, son of Nergal-nir, descendant of Iddin-Sukkal |
| reverse 28 | Witness: Nabû-ahhe-ullim, son of Imbâ, descendant of ulru. |
| obverse 10 | descendant of Ahia’utu; |
| reverse 38 | king of Babylon |
| obverse 11 | adjacent to ul, son of ul, |
| obverse 19 | he entrusted to him. He who has fled |
| reverse 25 | at the sealing of that seal |
| reverse 32 | Witness: -um-ikun, his son, son of Bel-, descendant of. |
| obverse 7 | Nabû-uballi, son of Kidin-Nanaya, the lower length |
| obverse 12 | Bl-ah-iddina voluntarily sealed and |
| reverse 33 | Witness:..., son of..., weaver. |
| reverse 34 | Witness ulâ, son of |
| obverse 1 | Tablet of exchange which Nabû-balassu-iqbi |
| obverse 2 | son of Etel-pi, descendant of ulmu-eir, and Bel-ah-iddin |
| reverse 30 | Witness: Nabû-banunu/Nabû-il-il/ulmu-eir. |
| obverse 23 | he will die and according to the wording of the tablet: |
| obverse 14 | and 3 stu 4 qû; |
| reverse 31 | Witness: Nabû-dn-il/Nabû-ahu-erba/Ri-alpi. |
| obverse 6 | The upper length is adjacent to the house of ulmu-eir. |
| obverse 21 | 3 pnu of arable land of Bel-ah-iddin |
| obverse 9 | the upper front, next to (the property of) Tabnea; |
| reverse 29 | Witness: Nabû-zeru-Babylon, son of Bel-um-ikun, descendant of Ertu. |
| reverse 36 | Borsippa, of Ayyaru |
| reverse 35 | Scribe: Nabû-er-napti/Balu. |
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
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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