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BRM 2, 09 (P296685)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 2, 09 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296685 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02109 |
| 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}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}up-pu-lu A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | Tanittu-Anu, son of Uppulu; son of Anu-mukin-šum-iddin, descendant of Aḫu-allutu |
| 2 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ E₂ ŠU-MIN-su DU₃{uš}tu₄ ša₂ ina KA₂ ne₂-re-bu ša₂ {e₂}re-eš | On his own accord, the house of his hands is built, which is at the gate of the entrance of the brewer's market |
| 3 | US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA | the upper side on the north, next to the house of the šēpi guard; the lower (side) on the south |
| 4 | E₂ ŠU-MIN-su ša₂ {lu₂}I₃.DU₈ ša₂ ina lib₃-bi mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ SAG.KI AN.TA | The upper front (of the 'finger') is the one of the doorkeeper, which is inside that storehouse. |
| 5 | {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA TUR₃ E₂ {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA | the west, next to the door of the house of the šangû-priest; the lower front, on the east; next to |
| 6 | IM a-ma-aš₂-tu₄ mit-ha-ar(MI-)tu₄ ša₂ {e₂}re-eš ŠU.NIGIN(LU) US₂-MEŠ u SAG.KI-MEŠ | Tablet of a grievous curse concerning the brewer's prebend: a total of the lengths and widths |
| 7 | meš-hat E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ | That house, that bedroom, that house, whatever that is there is, |
| 8 | gab-bi a-na 1/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su | All this for 1/3 mina of refined silver, the debt note of Anti-alikusu. |
| 9 | bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}ki-din-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A ša₂ | to Kidin-Anu son of Anu-balassu-iqbi son of |
| 10 | {m}{d}UTU-SUR A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din | Šamaš-eṭir, son of Luṣammar-Adad, in perpetuity. |
| 11 | KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 1/3 MA.NA ŠAM₂ E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ | That silver, 1/3 mina, the complete price of that house, Tanittu-Anu, son of |
| 12 | {m}up-pu-lu ina ŠU-MIN {m}ki-din-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E ma-hir e-ṭir₃ | Uppulu received from Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi; he is paid. |
| 13 | u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-na muh-hi E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ | If a claim concerning that house arises |
| 14 | {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 {lu₂}na-din-na E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ A ša₂ {m}up-pu-lu A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | Tanittu-Anu, seller of that house |
| 15 | u₂-mar-raq-ma a-di 12-TA.AM₃ a-na {m}ki-din-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | he will clear it and pay the 12-fold penalty to Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| 16 | A ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-SUR A {m}lu-uš-<tam>-mar-{d}IŠKUR a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-nam-din | son of Šamaš-eṭir, descendant of Luṣmar-Adad, in perpetuity. |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...]-x-⸢a⸣ | ...-x-ea |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] A-MEŠ | ... water |
| 4 | [...] A diš | ... from the family |
| 5 | [...]-x | |
| 6 | [...]-x x x | |
| 7 | [...]-x x x | |
| 8 | [...] x x x ⸢LU₂⸣ x [...] | ... a man |
| 9 | [...] x A ša₂ {m}[...] | ... son of |
| 10 | [...] A ša₂ {m}{d}x-[...] | ... son of |
| 11 | [... A {m}E₂].⸢KUR⸣-za-kir [...] | ... descendant of Ekur-ezakir |
| 12 | [...] x x [...] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | Nidintu-Anu |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}INANA | Nidintu-Ishtar, |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | Anu-ab-uṣur |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | [...] ⸢URI₃⸣-[...] | ... the ešāru-house |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {⸢m⸣}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | Nidintu-Anu |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} | Šamaš-iddin |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | Anu-ab-uṣur |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}⸢ta-nit-tu₄⸣-{d}60 | Ring of Etanittu-Anu |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-na E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ | the seller of that house |
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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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