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THEOPHILUS G. PINCHES, LL.D., M.P..A.S., ON 



Translation. 



On the 15th day of the month lyyar, Milki-idh'i, governor 

 of Kidis, will bring the 3 cows and their young, and will give 

 (them) to Ablaa, son of Nadin-ahi, descendant of the priest of 

 the Sun-god (Samas). If he do not bring (them), Milki-idiri 

 shall pay to Ablaa, son of Nadin-ahi, descendant of the priest 

 of Samas, 5 mana of silver. 



Witnesses: Bimduti, son of Xabii-usallim, descendant of 

 Nabutu ; Musezib-Marodak, son of Ablaa, descendant of the 

 fisherman ; Marduk-sakin-sumi, son of Marduk-etir, descendant 

 of Eteru : and the scribe, Pir'u, son of Sulaa. T}Te, month 

 Tammuz, day 22nd, year 40th, Nebuchadrezzar, kiug of Babylon. 



There are no unusual words in this inscription. It is doubtful 

 wdiether the names of the contracting parties (except Milki-idiri, 

 who w^as a Phoenician or a Tyrian), and those of the witnesses 

 and the scribe, give any information. Ablaa, as the descendant 

 of a priest of the Sun-god, may have come from Sippar (Abu- 

 liabbah), in Babylonia, but the other people mentioned in this 

 inscription were probably from Babylon. 



4. The Tablet eecording Deliveries in Maeches^vax of 

 JSTabonidus's 17th Year (538 e.g.). 



(1) Misil ma-na kaspi a-di isten gurri sarti ultu su-tu-um-mu 

 sarri (2) a-na si-di-i-tu™ a-na Bel-su-nu abil Zeru-tu (3) 

 ^ Samas-ahe-eriba abil N'abu-a-na-ka-tu™-si-ri-ih (4) Sab-di-ia 

 abli-su sa Marduk Ke-mut-'^Bel (5) abh-su sa Ikisaya (-sa-a) 

 u Abu-la-idu* abli-su sa Mar-duk (6) sa a-na eli immeri a-na 

 alu Eu-za-bu a-na (7) pa-ni ^^^^"^ rab-sip-tu"" il-la-ku' nadin (-in) 



(8) Warah-samna umu esru sattu siba-sertu (9) "^ Nabu-na'id 

 sar Bab-ili^'- 



Translation, 



\ a mana of silver with 1 gur of barley from the lying's store, 

 for necessities, have been given to Bel-sunu, descendant of 

 Zerutu, Samas-ahe-eriba, descendant of Nabu-ana-katu™-sirih, 

 Sabdiia, son of Marduk, Eemut-Bel, son of Ikisaya, and Abu- 

 la-idu, son of Marduk, who is going to the city Euzabu, to the 

 presence of the revenue-officer, about the sheep. 



]\Iarcheswan, day 10th, year 17th, Nabonidus, king of 

 Babylon. 



* Written in Sumerian, Acla-nu-zu. 



