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BM 54073 (RA 97, 71–72, 119)

  • CDLI P522426
  • Collection no.: BM 054073
  • Accession no.: 1882-05-22, 0194
  • Primary publication(s): BM 54073 (RA 97, 71–72, 119)

Provenance

  • Provenience: Kutha (mod. Tell Ibrahim) (Pleiades ID: 893977)
  • Archive: Kutha 7.3.3 (Šangû-Ištar-Bābili)

Object Details

  • Object type: tablet
  • Material: clay

Text Details

  • Language: Akkadian
  • Genre: Legal
  • Subgenre: Sale of slave

Date

  • Period: Achaemenid

BM 54073 (RA 97, 71–72, 119) [Sale of slave][via babcity]

Obverse
o 1o 1

fdla-aṣ-KARrat DUMU.[MUNUS-su ša₂ m...]

(o 1) Laṣ-eṭerat, daugh[ter of ...], sold Ea-bullissu, whose se[cond] name is Nergal-ibni, his male slave, whose left hand was written with the name of Laṣ-eṭerat and Bel and Beltiya, for the full price of 1 2/3 minas of refined silver, to Bel-uballiṭ, son of Nabu-šum-ukin.

o 22

mdBAD-TIN-su ša₂ MU-šu₂ ša₂-nu-[u₂ m]dU.GUR-ib-ni

o 33

lu₂qal-la-šu₂ ša₂ rit-tu₄ 2.30-šu₂ a-na MU ša₂ <<DIŠ>> fdla-[aṣ-KARrat u]

o 44

EN GAŠAN-ia₂ [šaṭ]-ṭar₂-ra-tu₄ a-na 1 2/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂

o 55

a-na [ŠAM₂] gam-ru-tu a-na md+EN-TINiṭ DUMU ša₂

o 66

[m]d+NA₃-MU-DU ta-ad-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 1 2/3 MA.NA

(o 6) That 1 2/3 minas of refined silver, the price of Ea-bullissu, his male slave, has been received from Bel-uballiṭ, son of Nabu-šum-ukin; it is paid.

o 77

qa-lu-u₂ ŠAM₂ [m]dBAD-TIN-su lu₂qal-li-šu₂ ina ŠU.II

o 88

md+EN-TINiṭ DUMU ša₂ md+NA₃-MU-DU maḫ-rat e-ṭer-rat

o 99

u₄-mu pa-qa-ru a-na UGU mdBAD-TIN-su lu₂IR₃ MU.MEŠ

(o 9) If a claim arises over Ea-bullissu, that slave, Laṣ-eṭerat will clear (him) from claims and give (him) to Bel-uballiṭ, son of Nabu-šum-ukin.

o 1010

it-tab-šu-u₂ fdla-aṣ-KARrat tu-mar-ra-qa-am-ma

o 1111

a-na md+EN-TINiṭ DUMU ša₂ md+NA₃-MU-DU ta-nam-din

Reverse
r 12r 12

lu₂mu-kin-nu md+EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ mre-mut mSILA-a-a

(r 12) Witnesses: Belšunu, son of Remut;

(r 12) Suqaya, son of Ea-iddin;

r 1313

DUMU ša₂ mdBAD-MU md+EN-it-tan?-nu A <ša₂> mbul-ṭa-a

(r 13) Bel-ittannu, son <of> Bulṭaya;

r 1414

md+EN-u₂-ṣur-šu₂ DUMU ša₂ md+EN-[x x x md]UMUN-e-ṭe?-ru

(r 14) Bel-uṣuršu, son of Bel-[...];

(r 14) Bel-eṭir, son of Marduk-šum-iddin;

r 1515

DUMU ša₂ mdAMAR.UTU-MU-MU m[x x x x x x x]

(r 15) [...] Nabu-bullissu;

r 1616

[m]d+NA₃-bul-liṭ-su m[... x]-ṣir

(r 16) [...], Bel-[...] of [...]-ittannu, son of Nidintu;

r 1717

[md]+EN-u₂-[...] x-tu₄

r 1818

[x x] x x ša₂ [...]-it-tan-nu

r 1919

DUMU ša₂ mni-din-[tu₄ ...] mla-qip

(r 19) [...] Laqip;

r 2020

lu₂DUB.SAR mdU.GUR-TIN-[su] DUMU ša₂ mka-ṣir

(r 20) Scribe: Nergal-bullissu, son of Kaṣir.

r 2121

GU₂.DU₈.A[ki itix UD x-KAM] MU x-KAM

(r 21) Kutha, [x day of month x], x year of Arta[xerxes, king of the lands].

r 2222

mar-tak-[šat-su LUGAL KUR.KUR]


Based on the edition of Michael Jursa, Spätachämenidische Texte aus Kutha. Revue d’Assyriologie 97 (2003) 43–140. Adapted and lemmatized by Jinyan Wang, 2020–2021 (University of Toronto). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/babcity/P522426/.