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BM 54646 (RA 97, 96–97, 136)

  • CDLI P522446
  • Collection no.: BM 054646
  • Accession no.: 1882-05-22, 0966
  • Primary publication(s): BM 54646 (RA 97, 96–97, 136)

Provenance

  • Provenience: Kutha (mod. Tell Ibrahim) (Pleiades ID: 893977)
  • Archive: Kutha 7.3.2 (Re’indu/Nergal-ušēzib)

Object Details

  • Object type: tablet
  • Material: clay

Text Details

  • Language: Akkadian
  • Genre: Legal
  • Subgenre: Assignment of property as dowry

Date

  • Period: Achaemenid

BM 54646 (RA 97, 96–97, 136) [Assignment of property as dowry][via babcity]

Obverse
o 1o 1

[... ... ... ...] x [US₂].SA?.DU

(o 1) [... ..., next] to [... ...], in the district of Ku[tha]:

o 22

[... ... ... ...] NAM GU₂.DU₈.[Aki]

o 33

[... ... ... mdU].GUR-u-še-zib ŠEŠ AD ša₂ mx-x-MU

(o 3) [... ..., Ner]gal-ušezib, the uncle of [...]-iddin;

o 44

[US₂.SA].DU mdu-muq A-šu₂ ša₂ mba-nu-nu A [m]da-bi-bi

(o 4) [nex]t to (the property of) Dummuq, son of Banunu, descendant of Dabibi;

o 55

[u?] US₂.SA.DU mZALAG₂-e-a A-šu₂ ša₂ md+EN-MU A m[a]-gar

(o 5) [and] next to (the property of) Nurea, son of Bel-iddin, descendant of [A]gru.

o 66

2 (PI) ŠE.NUMUN zaq-pu ina garimqa-lu-nu NAM GU₂.DU₈.Aki

(o 6) 0.2.0 kur of land planted (with date palms) in the Qalunu-meadow in the district of Kutha, [do]wry of Ṭabatu, his wife:

o 77

[nu]-dun-nu-u₂ ša₂ fDUG₃.GA!-tu₄ DAM-šu₂

o 88

[US₂].SA.DU mluE₃!( UD.<DU> )-ana-ZALAG₂ A-šu₂ ša₂ mNUMUN-ia

(o 8) [n]ext to (the property of) Luṣi-ana-nur, son of Zeriya, [descendant] of Sin-karabi-išme, and next to (the property of) [...]šaya, son of Bel-ibni, descendant of Dabi[bi];

o 99

[A m]d30-SISKUR₂-ŠE.GA u US₂.SA.DU

o 1010

[mx-(x)]-ša₂-a A-šu₂ ša₂ md+EN-DU₃ A mda-bi-[bi]

o 1111

1et gišNA₂ ak-ka-di-tu₂ 2 gišGU.ZA-MEŠ

(o 11) one Akkadian bed, two chairs, one table, [...] bronze cups, one bronze ba[ṭû]-vessel, 5/6 minas of silver, with Amat-[... ..., he gave] as dowry to [...], son of Šapik-zeri, [descendant of ...].

o 1212

1en gišBANŠUR [x]ta ka-a-su ZABAR

o 1313

1en ba-[ṭu-u₂] ZABAR 5/6 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR

o 1414

it-ti fGEME₂-d[x x x] x x-šu₂

o 1515

a-na nu-dun-nu-[u₂ a-na PN]

o 1616

A-šu₂ ša₂ mDUB-NUMUN [A PN id-din]


Reverse
r 17r 17

i-na ka-nak imDUB MU.[MEŠ]

(r 17) At the sealing of th[at] tablet,


r 1818

IGI mdU.GUR-MU-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ mtab-ne₂-e-[a]

(r 18) before: Nergal-šum-iddin, son of Tabne[a];

r 1919

( space ) mtab-ne₂-e-a A-šu₂ ša₂ md+EN-KAD₂ A [PN]

(r 19) Tabnea, son of Bel-kaṣir, descendant of [...];

r 2020

( space ) mURU-lu-[mur] A-šu₂ ša₂ md+NA₃-DU₃-URU₃ A mx-[x-(x)]

(r 20) Alu-lu[mur], son of Nabu-tabni-uṣur, descendant of [...];

r 2121

( space ) mKI-dUTU-TIN ( erasure ) A-šu₂ ša₂ md+EN-TINiṭ A mmar-duk

(r 21) Itti-Šamaš-balāṭu, son of Bel-uballiṭ, descendant of Marduku;

r 2222

( space ) mni-din-tu₂-d+EN A-šu₂ ša₂ mDUB-NUMUN A ma-gar

(r 22) Nidinti-Bel, son of Šapik-zeri, descendant of Agru;

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r 2323

u lu₂UMBISAG mGI-d[AMAR].UTU A-šu₂ ša₂ mkur-ban-nu-dAMAR.UTU

(r 23) and the scribe, Mušallim-Marduk, son of Kurbanni-Marduk, descendant of Sin-šadunu.

r 2424

A md30-ša₂-du-nu GU₂.DU₈.Aki

(r 24) Kutha, 19th day of Šabaṭu, 6th year of Darius, king of Babylon, king of the lands.

r 2525

itiZIZ₂ UD 20.1.LA₂-KAM MU 6-KAM

r 2626

[m]da-ri--muš LUGAL TIN.TIRki LUGAL KUR.KUR

r 2727

[f]i-lid-dma-am-mi-tu₄-si-lim fqal-lat-su

(r 27) Ilid-Mammitu-silim, his female slave [...] returned.

r 2828

[x-x]-tu₄ ta-at-te-eḫ-<<eḫ>>-si

r 2929

[x x (x)] x ša₂ mdU.GUR-u₂-še-zib ši-i

(r 29) [...] she belongs to Nergal-ušezib.


Based on the edition of Michael Jursa, Spätachämenidische Texte aus Kutha. Revue d’Assyriologie 97 (2003) 96–97, 136. 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/P522446/.