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BM 54647 (RA 97, 97–98, 136)

  • CDLI P522447
  • Collection no.: BM 054647
  • Accession no.: 1882-05-22, 0967
  • Primary publication(s): BM 54647 (RA 97, 97–98, 136)

Provenance

  • Provenience: Kutha (mod. Tell Ibrahim) (Pleiades ID: 893977)
  • Archive: Kutha 7.3.1 (Bēl-ikṣur)

Object Details

  • Object type: tablet
  • Material: clay

Text Details

  • Language: Akkadian
  • Genre: Legal
  • Subgenre: Orchard rental

Date

  • Period: Achaemenid

BM 54647 (RA 97, 97–98, 136) [Orchard rental][via babcity]

Obverse
o 1o 1

[ŠE].⸢NUMUN⸣ zaq-pi!( tablet: LU ) ⸢ša₂⸣ ina ⸢IGI⸣ KA₂.GAL-dUTU ša₂ US₂.SA.[DU]

(o 1) [La]nd planted (with date palms), which is in front of the Šamaš Gate, which is next [to] (the property of) Bel-eṭir, son of Balaṭu, next to the land of the chief tailor, and next to (the property of) Nidintu, son of Itti-Nabu-balaṭu –

o 22

[md]+⸢EN⸣-e-ṭe₃-ru DUMU ša₂ mTIN US₂.SA.DU ŠE.⸢NUMUN⸣

o 33

⸢ša₂⸣ lu₂GAL-ka-ṣir u₃ US₂.SA.DU m⸢ni-din⸣-tu₄

o 44

DUMU ša₂ mKI-d+NA₃-TIN ša₂ md+EN-ik-ṣur DUMU ša₂ [md+NA₃-KAR]-ZI⸢ti₃⸣

(o 4) which Bel-ikṣur, son of [Nabu-eṭir]-napšati, gave to Iddin-Nabu, son of Zababa-šar-uṣur, Bel-ittannu, son of Babiliya, Aplaya, son of Nergal-iddin, (and) Arad-Nergal, son of Šullumaya for date cultivation for 5 years.

o 55

a-na lu₂NU.gišKIRI₆-u₂-tu a-di-i 5-⸢TA MU⸣.AN.NA-MEŠ

o 66

a-na mMU-d+NA₃ DUMU ša₂ mdza-ba₄-ba₄-LUGAL-URU₃ md+EN-it-tan-nu

o 77

DUMU ša₂ m⸢KA₂?⸣-li-ia mA-a DUMU ša₂ mdU.GUR-MU

o 88

mIR₃-dU.GUR DUMU ša₂ mSILIMmu-a id-din pu-ut lib-bi

(o 8) Bel-ittannu, Aplaya and Arad-Nergal [bea]r responsibility for (protecting) the (date palm) hearts and fronds, not killing (by pruning) the date palms, and growing the fruit trees and small date palms, as many as there are.

o 99

ḫa-ru-ut-tu₄ la da-a-ku ša₂ gišGIŠIMMAR ru-⸢ub?⸣-bu-u₂

o 1010

[ša₂] ⸢giš⸣gap₂-na u₃ gišGIŠIMMAR TUR.TUR ma-la ina lib₃-bi

o 1111

[ba-šu]-⸢u₂⸣ md+EN-it-tan-nu mA-a u mIR₃-dU.GUR

o 1212

[na-šu]-⸢u₂⸣ u₂-ga-ri gišKIRI₆ gab-bi

(o 12) They will surround the entire area of the orchard [... with a w]all.

o 1313

[x (x) i]-gar-<<a>>-ri i-lam-mu-u₂ MU.⸢AN⸣.[NA]

(o 13) In a ye[ar ...] Bel-ikṣur will [gi]ve to Iddin-Nabu, [Bel-it]tannu, Aplaya (and) Arad-[Nergal ...].

o 1414

[x x x] md+EN-ik-ṣur a-na mMU-d+[NA₃]

o 1515

[md+EN-it]-⸢tan⸣-nu map-la-a m⸢IR₃⸣-[dU.GUR]

Reverse
r 16r 16

[x x x x i]-⸢nam⸣-din ina UD [x x x (x)]

(r 16) On day [... ...] the share [... ...].

r 1717

[... ...] ⸢x x⸣ [... ...] ⸢x⸣

r 1818

[... ...] ⸢x⸣-nu [... ...]-šu₂-nu

r 1919

[... ...] ḪA.LA ⸢x⸣ [x x x] ⸢x⸣

r 2020

[... ... lu₂mu]-⸢kin⸣-nu mni-⸢din⸣-[tu₄ x x] ⸢x⸣

(r 20) [Wit]nesses: Nidin[tu ... ...] Arad-Bel/Nabu, [... ...],

r 2121

[... ...] ⸢x⸣ NA [... ...]

r 2222

[...] ⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [... ...]

r 2323

[... ...] mIR₃-d+⸢EN?⸣ m[... ...]

(1 line blank)
r 2424

[(u₃) mdx]-MU-URU₃ lu₂UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ mdi-šum-[...]

(r 24) [(and) ...]-šum-uṣur, scribe, son of Išum-[...].

r 2525

[GU₂.DU₈].Aki itiBARA₂ ⸢UD⸣ [x]+1-KAM ⸢MU⸣ [x-KAM]

(r 25) [Kuth]a, [...] day of Nisannu, [...] year of Artaxerxes, king of [the lands].

r 2626

[m]⸢ar⸣-ta-aḫ-ša₂-as-su ⸢LUGAL⸣ [KUR.KUR]

r 2727

[(...) 1]en-TA.AM₃ ša₂-ṭar TI⸢u₂⸣

(r 27) [(...)] They [ea]ch took (a copy of) the written document.

Based on the edition of Michael Jursa, Spätachämenidische Texte aus Kutha. Revue d’Assyriologie 97 (2003) 97–98, 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/P522447/.