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BM 026493 (P559001)
Legal, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 026493 |
|---|---|
| ID | P559001 |
| Museum no. | BM 026493 |
| 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 8 | the builder, Marduk-eir, son of the builder |
| reverse 38 | ... seed... with his seed. |
| obverse 9 | Its weight: 3 minas 45 shekels of silver. |
| reverse 22 | at the disposal of Nabû-balassu-iqbi, son of Iliya. |
| obverse 1 | 2 stu 3 qû of arable land |
| obverse 20 | At the sealing of that seal |
| reverse 28 | Witness:, son of Bel-ah-iddin, descendant of the smith. |
| reverse 25 | Witness: Mar-Esagil-bani. |
| reverse 26 | son of Liblu, descendant of agimmu |
| obverse 18 | The pqirrnu |
| reverse 39 | ... seized... |
| obverse 16 | He is paid. He is free from claims. A rugû-priest |
| obverse 4 | ..., Liiru, the seller of the field |
| obverse 6 | the guarantor of the field, the upper front on the south, |
| obverse 3 | son of Iddin-Papsukkal; the upper length (is) |
| reverse 24 | Witness: ama-zer-ibni, son of Iur, descendant of the scribe. |
| reverse 32 | ...... |
| reverse 40 | his neck... |
| reverse 37 | [Month...,...th day, eponym year of] Nabû-kudurri-uur, king of Babylon. |
| reverse 35 | ... descendant of Siyatu |
| obverse 10 | with Liiru, son of Nabû-iddin, descendant of Ri |
| reverse 34 | the scribe who writes the seal |
| reverse 27 | Witness:, son of Nabû-ah-iddin, descendant of Adad-nair. |
| obverse 5 | the lower side, next to the property of Nabû-iqbi; |
| obverse 15 | son of Rai, the complete price of his garden, |
| reverse 31 | Witness:, son of Nabû-ahhe-iddin, descendant of |
| obverse 14 | From Nabû-iqbi, son of Adad-nrr. |
| obverse 13 | Total: 4 minas of white silver until 5 shekels of silver which are given as an additional payment. |
| obverse 21 | at the disposal of Kin-amma-ama, son of the carpenter, governor of Borsippa. |
| reverse 29 | Witness:, son of Nadin, descendant of Ilu-ibni. |
| reverse 36 | Borsippa, Nbn 25-VI-25. |
| obverse 17 | They shall not return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| obverse 11 | Nabu-iqbi, son of Mudammiq, descendant of Adad-nrr |
| obverse 2 | at the quay gate in the 50th of Saggilu |
| obverse 12 | (If) he says “It is good, it is good to hear!” |
| obverse 7 | Nabu-uallim, son of Adad-nrr; |
| reverse 30 | Witness:, son of Balau, descendant of. |
| reverse 33 | ...... |
| reverse 23 | the atam priest of Ezida |
| obverse 19 | he has received the silver. |
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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