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NABU 1997/011 BM 26528 (P559019)

Legal, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationNABU 1997/011 BM 26528
IDP559019
Museum no.BM 026528
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreLegal
Find spotBorsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
Coordinates32.3924, 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.

LineMachine English (draft)
reverse 18they received the silver.
reverse 27PN, son of PN,
reverse 24Witness: apiku, son of the scribe.
obverse 13That which emerges is on that house.
obverse 2... 2 minas of silver
obverse 16Now he has not given the house, the silver
obverse 15when they are to be sown
reverse 22At the disposal of Nabû-umu-imbi, son of ulmu-eir
reverse 34king of Babylon
obverse 14they speak, they speak
reverse 33Year 10 of Nabû-umu-ikun
reverse 31Nabû-umu-iddina, son of ul-eir
reverse 32Borsippa, Cyr 7
obverse 6He is paid. He is free from claims.
reverse 29..., son of a singer
obverse 8they shall not return (to court) and
reverse 202(?) shekels of silver which are given as an additional payment
reverse 23the governor of Borsippa
obverse 1Tablet (of) 12 reeds: the house being built
reverse 25Witness Nergal-uballi, son of ditto.
obverse 7there is no rugmma.
obverse 4with Awl-Nanya, son of Miirya
bottom 17he is not paid.
reverse 28..., son of Nabu-eir
obverse 11sons of the kimtu-priest
obverse 9At any time
reverse 19he will give.
obverse 5he gave as the whole silver.
obverse 12and the tribute of the house of Nabû-eir
reverse 21at the sealing of that seal
reverse 26u-..., son of Bel-ninnir
reverse 30Scribe, writer of seals
obverse 3akin-umi, son of Nabu-eir
obverse 10In the future, during the days of the brothers,

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