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BRM 2, 14 (P296690)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 2, 14 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296690 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02114 |
| 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 | {f}a-de-e-šu₂-DU₁₀.GA{at} DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}SU{a} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DAM | Adešu-ṭāb, daughter of Eriba, son of Anu-belšinu, wife |
| 2 | {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-SU A {m}kur-i ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ E₂ ep₂-šu₂ KI{ti₃} | Ana-rabut-Anu, son of Anu-eriba, descendant of Kuri, voluntarily sold that house |
| 3 | KA₂.GAL {d}INANA ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} 30 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA | The Ištar Gate, which is inside Uruk. The upper length is 30 cubits, the west side adjacent to |
| 4 | E₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}ki-din-{d}AMAR.UTU 30 ⸢KUŠ₃ US₂⸣ | Anu-zer-lišir, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Kidin-Marduk |
| 5 | KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂ DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}dan-na-at-{d}GAŠAN | on the east, next to the house of the daughter of Kidin-Anu, son of Dannat-Belti |
| 6 | u DA ki-šub-ba ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU 15 KUŠ₃ 3 SAG.KI AN.TA | and next to the exit of Nanaya-iddin, 15 cubits 3 fingers upper width |
| 7 | {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ {m}ap-la-a DUMU ša₂ {m}man-nu-ki-i-{d}DIL-BAT 15 KUŠ₃⸣ | the north, next to the house of Aplâ, son of Mannu-kī-Ištar, 15 cubits |
| 8 | SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA SILA ša₂ GU₂ ID₂-{d}INANA ŠU.NIGIN | the lower front on the south, next to the street on the bank of the Ištar canal; total. |
| 9 | 30 KUŠ₃ US₂ 15 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI meš-hat E₂ MU-MEŠ E₂ MU-MEŠ i-ṣi | The length is 30 cubits, the width 0;15, the height equal to that house. That house is empty. |
| 10 | u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR is-ta-tir-ra-nu | and as much as there is, all of it, for 1/2 mina of silver, istāru-tax. |
| 11 | ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na | of Antī-alīkussu, the exalted one, for the complete price to |
| 12 | {m}a-ta-ʾa-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 {lu₂}SIPA GU₄ a-na u₄-mu | Atā-ala-Anu, son of Riḫhat-anu, the herdsman of oxen, in perpetuity. |
| 13 | ṣa-a-tu₄ tat-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR 1/2 MA.NA a₄ E₂ MU-MEŠ {f}a-de-e-šu₂-DU₁₀.GA{at} | That silver, 1/2 mina, the price of that house, Adešu-ṭāb |
| 14 | DAM {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 ina ŠU-MIN {m}a-ta-ʾa-{d}60 ma-hir-tu₄ e-ṭir₃-tu₄ | wife of Ana-rabut-Anu, from Ata-ala-anu received; she is paid. |
| 15 | u₄-mu pa-qa-ri ana muh-hi E₂ MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ | If a claim arises concerning that house |
| r | ||
| 1 | {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-SU A {m}kur-i a-di 12-TA.AM₃ u₂-mar-raq-ma | Ana-rabut-Anu, son of Anu-eriba, descendant of Kuri, shall clear it of claims for 12 (times) and |
| 2 | a-na {m}a-ta-ʾa-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₄ ina-an-din E₂ MU-MEŠ | to Atāl-Anu in perpetuity. He will pay back that house. |
| 3 | ša₂ {m}a-ta-ʾa-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 {lu₂}SIPA GU₄ a-na u₄-mu | From Ata-ala-Anu, son of Rihat-anu, the herdsman of oxen, in perpetuity. |
| 4 | ṣa-a-tu₄ šu-u₂ | that barley |
| 5 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A-šu₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ A {m}hun-zu-⸢u₂⸣ | Witnesses: Anu-mukin-šum-iddin, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Hunzu-e23 |
| 6 | {m}{d}60-DU-A DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}DIN | Ana-mukin-apli, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, descendant of Ekur-zakir; Tanittu-Anu, son (of) Balaṭu |
| 7 | {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}{d}60-DU-A | Anu-ikṣur, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| 8 | DUMU ša₂ {m}NUMUN-ia {m}{d}60-DU-A DUMU ša₂ {m}{li}GIŠ {m}{d}60-DU-A DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | son of Zeriya, Anu-mukin-apli son of Lišir, Anunnaya son of Iddin-Anu |
| 9 | A-MEŠ {m}ŠU-{d}60 {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ | Anu-zer-iddin, son of Ša-Anu-išši, Ana-rabut-Ea, son |
| 10 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ A-MEŠ {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | Anu-zer-lišir, sons of Hunzu; Rihat-Ištar, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| 11 | {m}man-nu-i-qa-pu DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 A {m}kur-i {m}ri-hat-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 | Mannu-iqapu, son of Rihat-Anu, descendant of Kuri. Irḫat- Anu, son (of) Kidin-Anum |
| 12 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}DU-A {lu₂}SIPA EDIN | Anu-uballiṭ, son of Mukin-apli, shepherd of the open country |
| 13 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}KI-{d}60-HE₂.NUN A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ UNUG{ki} {iti}ZIZ₂ | Anu-uballiṭ the scribe son of Itti-Anu-nuhšu descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Uruk. Šabaṭu. |
| 14 | U₄ 15-KAM₂ MU 51-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su LUGAL | 15th day, 51st year of Antiochus, king |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | un-eqae |
| 2 | {m}ta-nit-tu₂-{d}60 | Tanittu-Anu |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}⸢man⸣-nu-i-qa-pu | Emanu-iqapu, |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | Anu-uballit |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DU-A | Anu-mukin-apli |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢NUMUN⸣-[MU] | Anu-zer-iddin |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {[m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | Anu-ah-ittannu |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DU-A | Anu-mukin-apli |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA | Rihat-Ishtar, |
| b.e. v | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ik-⸢ṣur⸣ | Anu-ik-ešbur |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | a kind of plant |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DU-A | Anu-mukin-apli |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}ri-hat-{d}60 | Rihat-Anu |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DU-A | Anu-mukin-apli |
| l.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | [x] | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {f}a-de-e-šu₂-DU₁₀.GA{at} | Ring of Adešu-ṭāb |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-na E₂ MU-MEŠ | the seller of that house |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 | Ring of Ana-rabut-Anu |
| 2 | {lu₂}mu-ru-qu-tu₂ | (a kind of animal) |
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