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BM 54217 (RA 97, 85–86, 127)

  • CDLI P522437
  • Collection no.: BM 054217
  • Accession no.: 1882-05-22, 0368
  • Primary publication(s): BM 54217 (RA 97, 85–86, 127)

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: Promissory note with house as security

Date

  • Period: Achaemenid

BM 54217 (RA 97, 85–86, 127) [Promissory note with house as security][via babcity]

Obverse
o 1o 1

[1]+1 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR BABBARu₂ <ša₂> ina 1 GIN₂ bit-qa

(o 1) 2 minas of white nuhhutu-silver of one-eighth alloy, belonging to Marduk-mukin-apli, son of Iqiša-Marduk, descendant of Šangu-Belet-Babili, is the debt of Nidinti-Bel, son of Nabu-mušetiq-udde, descendant of Šamaš-abari.

o 22

nu-uḫ-ḫu-tu ša₂ mdAMAR.UTU-DU-A A-šu₂

o 33

ša₂ mBAša₂-dAMAR.UTU A lu₂SANGA-GAŠAN-TIN.TIRki

o 44

ina muḫ-ḫi mni-din-tu₄-d+EN A-šu₂ ša₂ md+NA₃-muDIB-UD.DA

o 55

A mdUTU-a-ba-ri E₂-su ša₂ GU₂.DU₈.Aki

(o 5) His house in Kutha, which is next to the house of Nergal-iddin, son of Remut-Bel, descendant of Sin-karabi-išme, and next to the house of the sons of Arad-Nergal, is the security of Marduk-mukin-apli (on condition of there being) no rent of the house and no interest on the silver.

o 66

ša₂ DA E₂ mdU.GUR-MU A-šu₂ mre-mut-d+EN

o 77

A md30-SISKUR₂-ŠE.GA u₃ DA E₂ DUMU-MEŠ

o 88

ša₂ mIR₃-dU.GUR maš-ka-nu ša₂ mdAMAR.UTU-DU-A

o 99

i-di E₂ ia-a-nu u UR₅.RA KU₃.BABBAR ia-a-nu

o 1010

i-di E₂ mdAMAR.UTU-DU-A ik-kal u₃ E₂

(o 10) Marduk-mukin-apli will enjoy the usufruct of the rent of the house, and the house is at his disposal [until] he recovers his 2 minas of silver.

o 1111

<<E₂>> ina IGI-šu₂ [a-di] UGU ša₂ KU₃.BABBAR-šu₂ 2 MA.NA

o 1212

i-šal-lim-mu

Reverse
r 13r 13

lu₂mu-kin-nu mdi-šum-MU [A-šu₂ ša₂]

(r 13) Witnesses: Išum-iddin, [son of] Nergal-zer-ibni, descendant of Reʾi-[alpi];

r 1414

mdU.GUR-NUMUN-DU₃ A mlu₂SIPA-[GU₄]

r 1515

mdU.[GUR]-MU-URU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ mdx-ŠEŠ-MU

(r 15) Ner[gal]-šum-uṣur, son of [...]-ah-iddin, descendant of Nabu-zer-iddin;

r 1616

A md+NA₃-NUMUN-MU [mx-x]-a A-šu₂ ša₂ mIR₃-ia

(r 16) [...]-a, son of Ardiya, descendant of Balihu;

r 1717

A mdKASKAL.KUR[i] mdU.GUR-PAB A-šu₂ ša₂

(r 17) Nergal-naṣir, son of [Nabu]-mušetiq-udde, descendant of Šamaš-abari;

r 1818

m[d+NA₃]-muDIB-UD.DA A mdUTU-a-ba-ri

r 1919

[mdx-bul]-liṭ-su A-šu₂ ša₂ mdU.GUR-MU-URU₃

(r 19) [...-bul]lissu, son of Nergal-šum-uṣur, [descendant of Nabu]-zer-iddin;

r 2020

[A md+NA₃]-NUMUN-MU mdUTU-MU A-šu₂ [ša₂ md]x-MU-DU₃

(r 20) Šamaš-iddin, son [of ...]-šum-ibni, [descendant] of Sin-ili;

r 2121

[A md]30-DINGIR lu₂UMBISAG md+NA₃-TIN-su-E

(r 21) scribe, Nabu-balassu-iqbi, [son of] Nabu-mušetiq-udde, descendant of Šamaš-abari.

r 2222

[A-šu₂ ša₂ m]d+NA₃-muDIB-UD.DA A mdUTU-a-ba-ri

r 2323

[GU₂.DU₈.A]ki itiGAN UD 1-KAM MU 28-<KAM>

(r 23) [Kutha], 1st day of Kislimu, 28th year of Darius, king of Babylon and the lands.

r 2424

mda-ri--muš LUGAL Eki u KUR.KUR


Based on the edition of Michael Jursa, Spätachämenidische Texte aus Kutha. Revue d’Assyriologie 97 (2003) 85–86, 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/P522437/.