Bābili (mod. Babylon)

Babylon 7.1.2.2 (Ea-eppēš-ilī A) [2]

Babylon 7.1.2.4 (Egibi) [22]

Babylon 7.1.2.8 (Nappāhu) [46]

Babylon, unassigned [2]

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Borsippa 7.2.2.1 (Ea-ilutu-bani) [3]

Borsippa 7.2.3.4 (Belia’u) [2]

Borsippa 7.2.3.11 (Ilia A) [1]

Borsippa 7.2.3.21 (Rē’i-alpi) [1]

Kutha (mod. Tell Ibrahim)

Kutha 7.3.1 (Bēl-ikṣur) [2]

Kutha 7.3.2 (Re’indu/Nergal-ušēzib) [3]

Kutha 7.3.3 (Šangû-Ištar-Bābili) [26]

Kutha, unassigned [5]

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Nippur 7.10.2.4 (Murašû) [2]

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Sippar 7.11.1.1 (early Ebabbar) [1]

Sippar 7.11.1.2 (later Ebabbar) [59]

Sippar, unassigned [4]

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Uruk 7.13.1.1 (Eanna) [3]

Uruk 7.13.2.11 (Mušēzib-Marduk) [33]

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BM 54143 (RA 97, 83–84, 127)

CDLI P522435
Collection no.: BM 054143
Accession no.: 1882-05-22, 0264
Primary publication(s): BM 54143 (RA 97, 83–84, 127)

Provenance

Provenience: Kutha (mod. Tell Ibrahim) (Pleiades ID: 893977)
Archive: Kutha, unassigned

Object Details

Object type: tablet
Material: clay

Text Details

Language: Akkadian
Genre: Legal
Subgenre: Sale of slave

Date

Period: Achaemenid

Views

BM 54143 (RA 97, 83–84, 127) [Sale of slave][via babcity]


Obverse
o 1o 1	[^mla-a-ba-ši] ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ ^mbul-ṭa-a i-na ḫu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂	(o 1) [Labaši], son of Bulṭaya, voluntarily so[ld ...], his slave whose right hand [was wri]tten with the name of [Bulṭaya], son of Nabu-naṣir, father of Labaši, for the fu[ll price] of 1 1/2 minas of refined silver, to Nidintu, son of Bel-ittannu.
o 22	[x x x] ⸢x⸣ IR₃-su ša₂ rit-ti ZAG.LU-šu₂ a-na šu-um
o 33	[^mbul-ṭa-a] ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ ^m^d+NA₃-na-ṣir AD ^mla-a-ba-ši
o 44	[ša₂-aṭ]-⸢ra⸣-tu₄ a-na 1 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂
o 55	[ŠAM₂ gam]-⸢ru⸣-tu a-na ^mni-din-ti DUMU ^m^d+EN-it-tan-nu
o 66	[id-di]-⸢in⸣ KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 1 1/2 MA.NA qa-lu-u₂	(o 6) Labaši [has received] that 1 1/2 minas of refined silver, [the price] of his slave.
o 77	[ŠAM] ⸢^lu₂⸣IR₃-šu₂ ^mla-a-⸢ba⸣-ši
o 88	[ma-ḫir u₄-mu] pa-qa-ri ⸢i⸣-[na]	(o 8) [If] a claim ov[er ... ...].
o 99	[...] ⸢x x⸣ [...]	(o 8) [If] a claim ov[er ... ...].
	remainder broken
Reverse
r 1´r 1´	[...] ⸢DUMU⸣ ^me-gi-bi [...]	(r 1´) [... ...], descendant of Egibi, [...];
r 2´2´	[... x]-⸢^d⸣AMAR.UTU DUMU ša₂ ^mIR₃-⸢x x⸣ [...]	(r 2´) [... ...]-Marduk, son of Arad-[... ...];
r 3´3´	[... DUMU ^mmu]-⸢na-aḫ⸣-ḫiš-^dAMAR.UTU DUMU ^m[...]	(r 3´) [..., son of Mu]nahhiš-Marduk, descendant of [...];
r 4´4´	[...] ⸢x⸣-MU-MU DUMU ^m⸢e⸣-[...]	(r 4´) [... ...]-šum-iddin, descendant of [...];
r 5´5´	[...] ⸢x⸣ DUMU ⸢ša₂⸣ [^mni]-⸢qu⸣-du DUMU ^msag-gil-[a-a]	(5´) [...], son of [Ni]qudu, descendant of Saggil[aya];
r 6´6´	[...] TIN DUMU ša₂ ^m⸢^d+EN⸣-URU₄^iš DUMU ^mDU₃^eš-⸢DINGIR⸣	(6´) [...], son of Bel-ereš, descendant of Eppeš-ili;
r 7´7´	[...] KAL [DUMU ša₂ ^m]⸢^d+EN⸣-it-tan-nu DUMU ^m⸢sag-gil⸣-[a]-⸢a⸣	(7´) [..., son of] Bel-ittannu, descendant of Saggil[a]ya;
r 8´8´	[...] ⸢ša₂⸣ ^mla-a-ba-ši na-din LU₂^tu₂	(8´) [...] of Labaši, seller of the slave(s);
r 9´9´	[^lu₂UMBISAG ...] ^m^dAMAR.UTU-re-e-man-ni DUMU ^lu₂⸢x⸣	(9´) [scribe ...], Marduk-remanni, descendant of [...];
r 10´10´	[GU₂.DU₈.A^ki (?) ^itix UD] 2^?-⸢KAM⸣ MU 8-KAM ^mar-tak-ša₂-[as-su LUGAL KUR.KUR]	(10´) [Kutha], 2nd [day of ...], 8th year of Artaxer[xes, king of the lands].

Based on the edition of Michael Jursa, Spätachämenidische Texte aus Kutha. Revue d’Assyriologie 97 (2003) 83–84, 127. 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/P522435/.