Moore, NBDM no. 91 (P235192)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | Moore, NBDM no. 91 |
|---|---|
| ID | P235192 |
| Museum no. | KM 89454 |
| Collection | Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By Moore, Ellen W. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
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| Obverse [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, [son of Tattannu ...] voluntarily sold in perpetuity to Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Hun[zu], for 2 minas of high-quality silver staters of Seleucus, for the [full] price: one-half of a day in one day, in the 14[th] day, the [27th day, the 28th day,] the 29th day, the 30th day, a total of a half day in those days of his prebend, [the brewer's prebend,] before Anu, Antu, Ištar, Belet-ṣeri, Nanaya, Beltu-ša-Reš and all the gods of their temple, monthly, throughout the year, the guqqû-offerings, the eššēššu-offerings, and [every]thing that pertains to that prebend that is with Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, the recipient of that [prebend], [and] all their co-owners. |
| Obverse [9:14] o 1010–o 1414 | That 2 minas of silver, the price of that [prebend], Anu-[ah]-ittannu has received from Kidin-Anu (and) is paid in full. When [a claim] should come about concerning a half-day in those days of the [brewer's prebend ...], Anu-ah-ittannu, the seller of that prebend [...], will clear (it) and he will pay the twelve-fold (penalty) to [Kidin-Anu in perpetuity]. |
| Obverse [14:20] o 1515– | One-half of a day in one day, in [the 14th day, the 27th day, the 28th day,] the 29th day, the 30th day of that brewer's prebend belong to Ki[din-Anu son of] Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Hunzu, in perpetuity. Whenever Kidin-Anu wishes, he may register in his name that prebend into the writing-board of the prebend [...] that is in the temple. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Witnesses: |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Anu-mukin-apli, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Ana-rabut-Anu |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Nidintu-Anu (and) Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendants of Kuri |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Nanaya-iddin, son of Tattannu (and) Balaṭu, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin (and) Anu-mukin-apli, son of Anu-ah-iddin, descendants of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Labaši, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Ša-Anu-iššu (and) Nidintu-Anu, son of Ana-rabut-Anu, descendants of Hunzu |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Arad-adešu, son of Nidintu-Anu |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Anu-ah-iddin, son of Šamaš-iddin, descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 1515 | Dumqi-Anu, the scribe, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni (Written in) Uruk on Addaru, the 7th day, the 80th year Seleucus (being) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of Balaṭu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu |
| Top Column v [0:3] t.e. v 11– | Ring of [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {m}{d}60—[ŠEŠ—MU{nu]} ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄—{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ—MU{nu} [...] | |
| 2 | ina hu-ud lib₃-⸢bi⸣-šu₂ mi-šil ša₂ ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 14-[KAM₂ U₄ 27-KAM₂ U₄ 28-KAM₂] | |
| 3 | U₄ 29-KAM₂ U₄ 30-KAM₂ PAP mi-šil u₄-mu ina u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.⸢BA-šu₂⸣ {[lu₂}LUNGA{u₂-tu₂]} | |
| 4 | IGI {d}60 an-tu₄ {d}INANA {d}GAŠAN—EDIN {d}na-na-a {d}GAŠAN—ša₂—SAG u DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-šu₂-nu ⸢gab⸣-[bi] | |
| 5 | ša₂ ⸢ITI{us⸣-su} kal MU.AN.NA gu-uq-qa-ne₂-e U₄.EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ u mim-ma [gab-bi] | |
| 6 | ša₂ ⸢a⸣-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ ik-kaš-ši-du ša₂ KI {m}ki-din—{d}60 {lu₂}ma-hi-ra-[ni GIŠ.ŠUB.BA] | |
| 7 | MU-⸢MEŠ⸣ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—⸢MU⸣ [u] {⸢lu₂⸣}EN HA.LA-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣-nu gab-bi a-na 2 [MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR] | |
| 8 | is-⸢ta⸣-tir-⸢ra-nu⸣ ša₂ {m}⸢se-lu⸣-ku bab-ba-nu-⸢u₂-tu₂⸣ a-na ⸢ŠAM₂⸣ [TIL-MEŠ] | |
| 9 | a-na {m}ki-din—{d}60 ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}{d}60—⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ—MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a—MU A {m}⸢hun⸣-[zu-u₂] | |
| 10 | a-na u₄-mu ⸢ṣa-a⸣-tu₂ ⸢it⸣-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 2 MA.NA ŠAM₂ [GIŠ.ŠUB.BA] | |
| 11 | MU-MEŠ {m}{d}60—[ŠEŠ]—MU{nu} ina ŠU-MIN {m}ki-din-{d}60 ma-hir e-ṭir u₄-⸢mu⸣ [pa-qa-ri] | |
| 12 | ana muh-hi mi-šil u₄-mu ina u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.⸢BA {lu₂⸣}[LUNGA{u₂-tu₂} ...] | |
| 13 | ⸢it⸣-tab-šu-u₂ {m}{⸢d}60—ŠEŠ—MU{nu} {lu₂}na-din-na {giš}GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ [...] | |
| 14 | u₂-mar-raq-ma a-⸢di⸣ 12-TA.AM₃ a-na {m}[ki-din-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂] | |
| 15 | ina-an-din mi-šil u₄-mu ina 1{en} u₄-mu ⸢ina⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | U₄ 29-KAM₂ U₄ 30-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}LUNGA{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}⸢ki⸣-[din—{d}60 DUMU ša₂] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a—MU A {m}hun-zu-u₂ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu₂-[nu] | |
| 3 | u₄-mu ma-la {m}ki-din—{d}60 ṣe-bu-u₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ ina {giš}DA ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA x [...] | |
| 4 | ša₂ ina E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ina MU-šu₂ u₂-šal-lim | |
| 5 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ | |
| 6 | {m}{d}60—DU—A DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—DIN-su—E A {m}E₂.KUR—za-kir {m}ba-la-ṭu DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}UTU—MU{nu} | |
| 7 | {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ—MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}ana—GAL—{d}60 {m}ni-din-tu₄—{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄—{d}60 {⸢m}{d⸣}60—DIN{⸢iṭ⸣} | |
| 8 | DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din—{d}60 A-MEŠ {m}lu-uš-tam-mar—{d}IŠKUR {m}{d}60—AD—URI₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄—{d}60 | |
| 9 | {m}{d}60—AD—URI₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a—MU A-MEŠ {m}kur-i {m}{d}na-na-a—MU DUMU ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu | |
| 10 | {m}ba-la-⸢ṭu⸣ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—⸢MU⸣ {m}{d}60—DU—A DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ—MU <A-MEŠ {m}E₂.KUR—za-kir> {m}{d}60—AD—URI₃ DUMU ša₂ | |
| 11 | {m}la-ba-ši A {m}E₂.KUR—za-kir {m}ina—qi₂-bit—{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ša₂—{d}60—iš-šu-u₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄—{d}60 | |
| 12 | DUMU ša₂ {m}ana—GAL—{d}60 A-MEŠ {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}ARAD—a-de-e-šu₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄—{d}60 | |
| 13 | {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ—MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}UTU—MU A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 14 | {m}dum-qi₂—{d}60 {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—DIN{iṭ} A {m}{d}30—TI—ER₂ UNUG{ki} {iti}ŠE | |
| 15 | U₄ 7-KAM₂ MU 80-KAM₂ {m}se-lu-ku LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-PAP | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}DIN | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄—{d}60 | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ—MU{nu} | |
| t.e. v | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{⸢d⸣}[...] | |
| t.e. vi | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}DIN | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60—DU—A | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60—DIN{iṭ} | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-⸢tu₄—{d}60 | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}[...] | |
| l.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. v | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ—[MU{nu]} | |
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