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BRM 2, 03 (P296679)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 2, 03 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296679 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02103 |
| 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 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ u {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | Anu-ab-uṣur and Anu?-balassu-iqbi, sons of Rihat-Ištar, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| 2 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu 1{en} u₄-mu u₃ 2-ta ŠU-MIN ša₂ u₄-mu GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂-nu | They have each taken a copy of the document. |
| 3 | {lu₂}SUKKAL-I₃.DU₈{u₂-tu₂} ša₂ KA₂ ša₂ {d}60 u₃ KA₂ ne₂-re-bi u₃ mim-ma | the vizier of the gate of Anu and the entrance gate and anything else |
| 4 | ša₂ a-gur-ru ša₂ ana {lu₂}SUKKAL-I₃.DU₈{u₂-tu₂} ik-kaš-ši-du TA U₄ 5-KAM₂ | of baked bricks, which he gave to the vizier-in-chief, from the 5th day |
| 5 | EN U₄ 16-KAM₂ ša₂ KI {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ u {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ | until the 16th day, which is with Sha-Anu-iššī and Kidin-anu, sons of |
| 6 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} u EN-MEŠ | Anu-mukin-šum-ušallim, Anu?-ikṣur, son of Anu, and his lords |
| 7 | HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂-nu gab-bi a-na 8 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ a-na ŠAM₂ | All their shares are sold for 8 shekels of refined silver as the price |
| 8 | TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}{d}na-na-a-MU u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | to Nanaya-iddin and his family, sons of Anu-zer-idon |
| 9 | A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-tan-nu-ʾu KU₃.BABBAR a₄ | son of Ekur-zakir, in perpetuity. That silver |
| 10 | 8 GIN₂ qa-lu-u₂ ŠAM₂ 1{en} u₄-mu 2-ta ŠU-MIN ša₂ u₄-mu ina U₄ 5 U₄ 6 U₄ 7 | 8 shekels of refined silver, the price of one day two-thirds of a day in days 5, 6, 7 |
| 11 | U₄ 8 U₄ 9 U₄ 10-KAM₂ U₄ 11-KAM₂ U₄ 12-KAM₂ U₄ 13-KAM₂ <U₄>-14-KAM₂ U₄ 15-KAM₂ | day 8, day 9, day 10, day 11, day 12, day 13, day 14, day 15 |
| 12 | U₄ 16-KAM₂ PAP 1{en} u₄-mu u₃ 2-ta ŠU-MIN ša₂ u₄-mu ina u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ | 16th day, total: 1 day and 2/3 of the days in those days |
| 13 | TIL-MEŠ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ u {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA | End of year: “Anu-ab-uṣur and Anu-balassu-iqbi, sons of Rihat-Ištar |
| 14 | ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}na-na-a-MU u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | By the hand of Nanaya-iddin and his brothers, sons of Anu-zer-Iddin |
| 15 | mah-ru-ʾu e-ṭi₅-ir u₄-mu pa-qa-ri ana muh-hi 1{en} u₄-mu | Whoever seeks a lawsuit or litigation against one day |
| 16 | u₃ 2-ta ŠU-MIN ša₂ u₄-mu GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}SUKKAL-I₃.DU₈{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ | and two-thirds of the day of that prebend of the vizier of the gate |
| 17 | ⸢it⸣-tab-šu-u₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ u {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E u₂-mar-raq-ma | Anu-ab-uṣur will clear (it) of claims and (then) Anu?-balassu-iqbi will clear it |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-di 12-TA.AM₃ a-na {m}{d}na-na-a-MU u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ | 12-fold to Nanaya-iddin and his sons |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU i-nam-din-ʾu 1{en} u₄-mu u₃ 2-ta ŠU-MIN ša₂ u₄-mu | Anu-zer-iddin will pay. One day and two hands of day |
| 3 | PAP sa-ma-na-eš-ru-u₂ ina ITI gab-bi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}SUKKAL-I₃.DU₈{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ | Total of Samāna-ešrû in the whole month. That is the prebend of the vizier. |
| 4 | ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU a-na u₄-mu | of Nanaya-iddin and his sons, sons of Anu-zer-Iddin, in perpetuity. |
| 5 | ṣa-a-tu₂ šu₂-nu pu-ut a-ha-a-miš a-na mur-ru-qu ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA | That slave is responsible for clearing the debt of the prebend |
| 6 | MU-MEŠ na-šu-u₂ {lu₂}mu-kin₇ | Witnesses: |
| 7 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}ŠU-{d}60 {m}{d}60-DIN-su DUMU {m}SU{a} | Nidintu-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Gimil-Ea; Anu-bullissu, [son of] Eriba |
| 8 | A {m}MU-{d}KUR-GAL {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | from the Šuma-Mātu-rabi family, Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Ishtar-šaddu-erish, descendant of Aḫu-allutu |
| 9 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Šūzutu |
| 10 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}na-din A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | Anu-uballiṭ son of Nadin, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| 11 | {m}tat-tan-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | Tattannu son of Balaṭu descendant of Ekur-zakir; Anu-belšunu |
| 12 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-NUMUN A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ | son of Anu-bel-zeri, descendant of Luštammar-Adad; Anu?-uballiṭ, son of |
| 13 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}ki-din-{d}AMAR.UTU {m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an-nu DUMU {m}šir₃-ki-{d}60 | Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Kidin-Marduk; Anu-iqišanni, son of Iriki-anu |
| 14 | A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}GAL-{d}60 | son of Rabi-Anu |
| 15 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-uballit |
| 16 | {m}{d}60-MU{nu} {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}NUMUN-ia ina(DIŠ) UNUG{ki} {iti}GAN U₄ 20-KAM₂ | Anu-ittannu the scribe son of Zeriya in Uruk, on the 20th day of Kislimu |
| 17 | MU 20-KAM₂ {m}se-lu-ku u {m}at-ta-i-ku-su LUGAL-MEŠ | Year 20, Seleucus and Abattakusu were kings. |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 | Kidin-Anu |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | Ina-qibit-Anu |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 | Dumqi-Anu |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an-⸢nu⸣ | Anu-qišanni-emanu-e23 |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}tat-tan-nu | Tattannu |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{⸢iṭ⸣} | Anu-uballit |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su | Anu-bullissu |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{⸢iṭ⸣} | Anu-uballit |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | Nidintu-Anu |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | Nidintu-Anu |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢EN⸣-šu₂-nu | Anu-belšunu |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | ṣu-pur {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ u {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | Fingernail of Anu-ab-uṣur and Anu?-balassu-I |
| 2 | DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA {lu₂}na-din-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-⸢MEŠ⸣ | sons of Rihat-Ištar, the seller of that prebend |
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- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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