BRM 2, 18 (P296694)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 2, 18 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296694 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02118 |
| 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 [0:25] o 1o 1– | The sealed tablet of the price of one-third of the built house and one-third in the property of the undeveloped plot, which is in the city quarter of the temple of Adad, which is in Uruk: 34 cubits, the upper length to the north, adjacent to the other plot of the undeveloped plot of that house, and adjacent to the house of Anu-belšunu, son of Tanittu-Anu, descendant of Ah'utu; 34 cubits, the lower length to the south, adjacent to the house of Anu-belšunu, son of Tanittu-Anu; 27 cubits, the upper width to the west, adjacent to the house of Anu-belšunu, son of Tanittu-Anu; 26 cubits, the lower width to the east, adjacent to the narrow street "Passageway of the People"; a(nother) plot of land of the undeveloped plot of that property: 20 cubits, the upper length to the north, adjacent to the house of Anu-belšunu, son of Tanittu-Anu; 20 cubits, the lower length to the south, adjacent to the previous plot of that house; 10 cubits, the upper width to the west, adjacent to the house of Anu-belšunu, son of Tanittu-Anu; 10 cubits, the lower width to the east, adjacent to the narrow street "Passageway of the People"; the third plot of the undeveloped plot which is in the city quarter of the temple of Adad, which is in Uruk: 34 cubits, the upper length to the north, adjacent to the house of Anu-belšunu, son of Tanittu-Anu; 34 cubits, the lower length to the south, adjacent to the house of Šidaya, son of Iddin-Nabu; 34 cubits, the upper width to the west, adjacent to the narrow street "Passageway of the People"; 34 cubits, the lower width to the east, adjacent to the house of Anu-belšunu, son of Tanittu-Anu. The total of the three plots of that house and undeveloped plot: one-third of the house and that undeveloped plot, as little and as much as exists, all of it, and one-third in the entire prebend, as much as (equal to) the share of Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni, which is with Nidintu-Anu and Nanaya-iddin, his brothers, sons of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni, and the sealed document of the price of the house and that prebend, which is in the name of Anu-zer-iddin, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Ah'utu, and the documents [...] Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Ah'utu, [...] Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Ah'utu, [...] the house and that prebend, and the documents [...] for a business venture, which Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni, in perpetuity [....] |
| Reverse [5:9] r 66–r 99 | Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Ah'utu, shall not have the authority of disposition. He has not given and shall not give the sealed documents of the price of that house, undeveloped plot, and prebend, for silver, as a gift, as a marriage gift, for a business venture, for anything and to anyone else, apart from Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni, and if he did give or will give it, they shall not stand. |
| Reverse [9:12] r 1010–r 1212 | The sealed tablet of price of that house and the documents of the business venture of that house and that prebend, (and) the house, undeveloped plot, and that prebend, (and) the land that pertains (to them), belong to Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Sinleqi-uninni, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [12:15] r 1313–r 1515 | Witnesses: Anu-ah-ušabši, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Anu-zer-iddin and Tanittu-Anu, sons of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Ah'utu. Anu-zer-iddin, son of Ša-Anu-iššu, descendant of Hunzu. |
| Reverse [15:17] r 1616–r 1717 | Balaṭu, son of Šamaš-ittannu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Mannu-iqapu, descendant of Kuri. Labaši, son of Tanittu-Anu, descendant of Ah'utu. |
| Reverse [17:19] r 1818–r 1919 | Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. Illut-Anu, son of Ša-Anu-iššu, descendant of Ebabbar-šum-ibni. Kidin-Anu, son of Ištar-hiṭu'a, and Anu-balassu-iqbi, his son. |
| Reverse [19:21] r 2020–r 2121 | Itti-Anu-nuhšu, scribe, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Uruk. 20th day of Tašritu, year 68, Seleucus (being) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-zer-iddin |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-ah-ušabši |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Kidin-Anu |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | Ring of Anu-zer-iddin |
| Top Column v [0:3] t.e. v 1t.e. v 1– | Ring of Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Balaṭu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Labaši |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 1l.e. iii 1– | Ring of Illut-Anu |
| Right [0:3] r.e. 1r.e. 1– | Ring of Anu-balassu-iqbi, the seller of that house and undeveloped plot and prebend |
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 | {na₄}KIŠIB GANBA-MEŠ ša₂ šal-šu₂ ina E₂ ep₂-šu₂ u šal-šu₂ ina E₂ ki-šub-ba-MEŠ ša₂ ina KI{ti₃} E₂ {d}IŠKUR | |
| 2 | ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} 34 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA meš-hat 2-tu₄ ki-šub-ba ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| 3 | u DA E₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu 34 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{u₂} | |
| 4 | {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 27 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA | |
| 5 | {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 26 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA | |
| 6 | {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA SILA ŠU.MIN{nu} mu-taq UN-MEŠ ⸢meš⸣-[hat ša₂ ki-šub-ba E₂ MU-MEŠ] | |
| 7 | 20 <KUŠ₃> US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 20 KUŠ₃ | |
| 8 | US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA meš-hat IGI{ti₃} ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ 10 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA | |
| 9 | {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 10 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA | |
| 10 | {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA SILA ŠU.MIN{nu} mu-taq UN-MEŠ meš-hat ša₂-⸢lul⸣-tu₄ ša₂ ki-šub-ba ša₂ ina KI{ti₃} | |
| 11 | E₂ {d}IŠKUR ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} 34 KUŠ₃ US₂(E₂) AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | |
| 12 | DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 34 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ {m}ši-da-ʾa DUMU ša₂ | |
| 13 | {m}MU-{d}AG 34 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA SILA ŠU.MIN{nu} mu-taq UN-MEŠ | |
| 14 | 34 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI <KI.TA> {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| 15 | PAP 3-ta meš-hat ša₂ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-MEŠ MU-MEŠ šal-šu₂ ina E₂ u ki-šub-ba-ʾa-MEŠ [MU]-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 16 | i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi u₃ šal-šu₂ ina GIŠ.ŠUB.BA ⸢gab-bi⸣ [ma]-⸢la⸣ | |
| 17 | HA.LA ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ ša₂ it-ti {m}⸢ni⸣-[din-tu₄]-{d}60 u | |
| 18 | {[m]}{⸢d⸣}na-na-a-MU ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢DIN⸣{iṭ} A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ u₃ {⸢na₄⸣}KIŠIB GANBA ša₂ E₂ u is-qu MU-MEŠ | |
| 19 | [ša a-na MU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d]}na-na-a-MU A {m}⸢ŠEŠ⸣-ʾu-u₂-tu u₃ ša₂-ṭa-ri-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [... {m}{d}60-DIN]-⸢su-E⸣ DUMU ⸢ša₂ {m}ina⸣-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A | |
| 2 | {[m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu ... {m}{d}60-DIN-su]-E DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| 3 | [A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu ... E₂ u GIŠ].⸢ŠUB⸣.BA MU-MEŠ u₃ ša₂-ṭa-ri-MEŠ | |
| 4 | [...] a-na e-peš ṣu-bu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 5 | ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ]} A {m}{d}30-⸢TI⸣-[ER₂] [a]-⸢na⸣ u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-x-x [...] | |
| 6 | ul i-šal-laṭ-ma {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu {na₄}KIŠIB GANBA-MEŠ ša₂ E₂ ki-⸢šub-ba⸣-MEŠ | |
| 7 | u GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ a-na KU₃.BABBAR a-na ri-mut a-na <nu>-dun-nu-u₂ ⸢a-na⸣ e-peš ṣu-bu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 8 | a-na mim-ma gab-bi a-na man-am-ma ša₂-nam-ma gab-bi e-lat {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{⸢iṭ⸣} A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ | |
| 9 | ul id-din ul i-nam-din u₃ ki-i id-din u₃ ki-i it-ta-din ul u₂-šu-zu | |
| 10 | {na₄}KIŠIB GANBA-MEŠ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ u ša₂-ṭa-ri-MEŠ ša₂ e-peš ṣu-bu-u₂-tu₂ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| 11 | u GIŠ.ŠUB.⸢BA MU⸣-MEŠ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-MEŠ u GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ a-šar ša₂ ik-kaš-ši-du ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| 12 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu₂-nu | |
| 13 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ | |
| 14 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU u {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU-<MEŠ> ša₂ | |
| 15 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu {m}{⸢d}60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 16 | {m}ba-la-ṭu DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ DUMU ša₂ | |
| 17 | {m}man-nu-i-qa-pu A {m}kur-i {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 18 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}il-lut-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ | |
| 19 | {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ A {m}E₂-BABBAR{ra}<MU>-DU₃ {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}INANA-hi-ṭu-u₂-a u {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E {lu₂}⸢DUMU⸣-šu₂ | |
| 20 | {m}KI-{d}60-nu-uh-šu₂ {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ UNUG{ki} {iti}DU₆ U₄ 20-KAM₂ MU 68-KAM₂ | |
| 21 | {m}se-lu-ku LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| t.e. v | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | {m}DIN | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}la-ba-ši | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}⸢il-lut⸣-{d}60 | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E {lu₂}na-din-na | |
| 2 | E₂ u ki-šub-ba-ʾa u GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
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