BRM 1, 098 (P296639)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 1, 098 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296639 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02000 |
| Collection | J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, 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 Clay, Albert T. · 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 | There will not be any lawsuit, legal proceeding, or claim on the part of Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Labaši, [...] son of Anu-mar-ittannu, a builder, with regard to all of the prebends in the Reš Temple, the Irigal Temple, and the Akitu Temple, which are for the builder's prebend, to Labaši, son of Anu-mar-ittannu; Šapik, son of Anu-ah-ušabši; and Nanaya-iddin, son of Kidin-Anu, a builder; and regarding the ration which are in his name, to Šapik, son of Anu-ah-ušabši, and Nanaya-iddin, son of Kidin-Anu, in the property of Anu, in the temple of the gods of Uruk, in the building of written documents, and concerning the bīt qāti, which is in the Irigal Temple, in the Ištar Gate; those prebends, ration, and bīt qāti which pertains to it, against Labaši, son of Rihat-Anu, son of Labaši, a builder, in perpetuity. He shall not have power of disposition. |
| Obverse [9:13] o 1010–o 1313 | This Anu-mar-ittannu has not and shall not give those prebends, ration, and bīt qāti for silver, as a gift, as a dowry, for disposal, for anything and for anyone, apart from to Labaši, son of Rihat-Anu, a builder. |
| Obverse [13:16] o 1414–o 1616 | If he gave or if he should give it, he shall not stand and raise a claim, and this Anu-mar-ittannu, without lawsuit [...] without an objection, shall give one mina of high quality silver to Labaši. |
| Obverse [16:19] o 1717–o 1919 | Those prebends, that ration, and that ̱bīt qāti belong to Labaši, son of Rihat-Anu, son of Labaši, a great builder of Anu, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [0:9] r 11–r 99 | Witnesses: Anu-belšunu, son of Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-belšunu, descendant of Ah'utu. Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-šum-lišir, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Hunzu. Anu-šum-lišir, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Hunzu. Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Ah'utu. Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Nidintu-Ištar, descendant of Kuri. Illut-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Hunzu. Anu-belšunu, son of Anu-belšunu, an Urukean. Arad-Ninurta, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, interpreter scribe of the property of Anu. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | Anu-iqišanni, scribe, chief lamentation priest of Anu, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Uruk. 8th day of Kislimu, 122nd year, Antiochus being king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-šum-lišir |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Arad-Ninurta |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-belšunu |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | [Ring of] Illut-Anu |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Ring of Anu-belšunu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-mar-ittannu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| Right [0:3] r.e. 1r.e. 1– | Ring of Anu-mar-ittannu, seller (of that property) free of claims, with regard to those prebends, ration, and bīt qāti |
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) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | mim-ma dib-bi DI.KU₅ u₃ ra-ga-mu ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši [...] | |
| 2 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} {lu₂}ŠIDIM a-na muh-hi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ gab-bi ša₂ ina {e₂}⸢re⸣-eš | |
| 3 | {e₂}⸢IRI₁₂⸣.GAL u E₂ a₂-ki-tu₄-MEŠ ša₂ a-na {lu₂}ŠIDIM{u₂-tu₂} a-na {m}la-ba-ši | |
| 4 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} {m}DUB-ki DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} u {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| 5 | DUMU ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 {lu₂}ŠIDIM-MEŠ u₃ muh-hi ku-ru-um-mat ša₂ MU-šu₂ ana {m}DUB-ki | |
| 6 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} u {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 ina NIG₂.GA {d}60 ina E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 7 | ša₂ UNUG{ki} ina E₂ SAR{ri} šaṭ-rat-ta u a-na muh-hi E₂ ŠU-MIN ša₂ ina {e₂}IRI₁₂.GAL | |
| 8 | ina KA₂ ša₂ {d}INANA GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ ku-ru-um-mat u E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ša₂ ik-kaš-ši-du-u₂-tu₂ KI {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}NU-TEŠ₂ | |
| 10 | {lu₂}ŠIDIM a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ia-a-nu(ʾ) ul i-šal-<laṭ>-ma {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} | |
| 11 | a-ga-a GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ ku-ru-um-mat MU-MEŠ u₃ E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ | |
| 12 | a-na KU₃.BABBAR a-na ri-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ a-na nu-dun-nu-u₂ a-na e-peš ṣu-bu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 13 | a-na mim-ma gab-bi u₃ ma-am ša₂-nam-ma gab-bi e-lat | |
| 14 | a-na {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 {lu₂}ŠIDIM ul i-din ul i-nam-din | |
| 15 | ki-i <i>-din u ki-i it-tan-nu ul <u₂>-šu-zu u₃ u₂-mar-raq-qu | |
| 16 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} a-ga-a a-na {<m>}la-ba-ši a-ga-⸢a⸣ [ša₂ la DI.KU₅ ...] x ⸢la har⸣-ra | |
| 17 | 1 MA.NA KU₃.⸢BABBAR bab-ba⸣-nu-u₂ i-⸢nam⸣-[din] ⸢GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ⸣ [ŠUK-HI].A MU-MEŠ | |
| 18 | u₃ E₂ [ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ] ⸢ša₂ {m}la-ba⸣-ši DUMU ša₂ {[m}ri-hat-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši {lu₂}ŠIDIM | |
| 19 | GAL{u₂} ša₂ {d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu₂-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 3 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 4 | {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 5 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 6 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}INANA A {m}kur-i | |
| 7 | {m}il-lut-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 8 | {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu {lu₂}UNUG{ki}a-a | |
| 9 | {m}ARAD-{d}MAŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} {lu₂}se-pir NIG₂.GA {d}60 | |
| 10 | {m}{[d}60-BA{ša₂}an-ni {lu₂}UMBISAG {lu₂}⸢GALA⸣.MAH {d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ | |
| 11 | UNUG{ki} {<iti>}GAN U₄ 8-⸢KAM₂ MU⸣ 122-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}ARAD-{d}MAŠ | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}il-lut-{d}60 | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} {lu₂}na-din-na-an zuk-ku | |
| 2 | a-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA ku-ru-um-mat u E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ | |
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