BRM 2, 20 (P296696)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 2, 20 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296696 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02120 |
| 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 [0:13] o 1o 1–o 1313 | Kidin-Anu and Anu-ah-ittannu, sons of Rihat-Anu, son of Anu-mukin-apli, builder, voluntarily sold their built house and its undeveloped plot, their bīt ritti, the property of Anu, in the Emihallake temple quarter that is in Uruk: 28 cubits of upper length to the north, adjacent to the narrow street, "Bank of the Ištar Canal"; 30 cubits of lower length to the south, adjacent to the undeveloped plot of the property of Anu; 30 cubits of upper width to the west, adjacent to the undeveloped plot of Anu-ab-utir, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, and Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendants of Ekur-zakir; 24 cubits of lower width to the east, adjacent to the access-way of that house, up to the Ištar Canal, and adjacent to the house and undeveloped plot of Kidin-Anu and Anu-ah-ittannu, sellers of that house and undeveloped plot, sons of Rihat-Anu; a total of 30 cubits in length, 30 cubits in width, the measurements of that house and undeveloped plot--that house and undeveloped plot, as little and as much as there is, all of it, for 14 shekels of refined silver, high quality staters of Antiochus, as the complete price, to Sumuttu-Anu and Mattanatu-Anu, sons of Nidintu-Anu, son of Rihat-Anu, a sailor, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [13:17] o 1414– | That silver, 14 shekels, the complete price of that house and undeveloped plot, Kidin-Anu and Anu-ah-ittannu, sons of Rihat-Anu, received from Sumuttu-Anu and Mattanatu-Anu, sons of Nidintu-Anu; they are paid. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | Should a claim concerning that house and undeveloped plot arise, Kidin-Anu and Anu-ah-ittannu, the sellers of that house and undeveloped plot, sons of Rihat-Anu, will clear it and will pay the 12-fold penalty in perpetuity to Sumuttu-Anu and Mattanatu-Anu, sons of Nidintu-Anu; they bear responsibility for the clearing of that house and undeveloped plot to Sumuttu-Anu and Mattanatu-Anu in perpetuity . |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | That house and undeveloped plot belong to Sumuttu-Anu and Mattanatu-Anu, sons of Nidintu-Anu, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | Should everything from the property of Anu regarding that house and undeveloped plot returns, Sumuttu-Anu and Mattanatu-Anu, sons of Nidintu-Anu, will perform the service. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Witnesses: Anu-zer-iddin, son of Ša-Anu-iššu, descendant of Hunzu; Bassia, son of Ištar-šum-eriš, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Tattannu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. |
| Reverse [10:15] r 1111–r 1515 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Ah'utu; Labaši, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, descendant of Ekur-zakir; Rabi-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir; Lišir, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Gimil-Anu; Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Anu-ab-uṣur, descendant of Hunzu. Balaṭu, son of Bassia, descendant of Ekur-zakir; Arad-adešu, son of Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin. |
| Reverse [15:18] r 1616– | Anu-eriba, scribe, son of Rabi-Anu, descendant of Kuri. (Written in) Uruk. 20th day of Ululu, year 71, Seleucus (being) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-mar-ittannu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Balaṭu |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | Ring of Bassia |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of Arad-adešu |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Ring of Rabi-Anu |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 1b.e. iv 1– | Ring of Anu-zer-iddin |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Labaši |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Lišir |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of Kidin-Anu and Anu-ah-ittannu, his son. |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | Ring of Rihat-Anu |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {[m]}⸢ki⸣-din-{d}60 u {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU-MEŠ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DU-A {⸢lu₂}ŠIDIM⸣ ina hu-ud ⸢lib₃⸣-[bi-šu₂-nu] | |
| 2 | [E₂]-⸢su⸣-nu ep₂-šu₂ u ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ E₂ rit-ti-šu₂-nu NIG₂.GA {d}60 KI{ti₃} | |
| 3 | [E₂].⸢MI.HAL.LA⸣.KE₄ ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} 28 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ | |
| 4 | ⸢DA⸣ SILA SIG mu-rad ID₂-{d}INANA 30 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA | |
| 5 | ki-šub-ba ša₂ NIG₂.GA {d}60 30 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA ki-šub-⸢ba⸣-a | |
| 6 | {m}{d}60-AD-GUR DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} u {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| 7 | A-MEŠ {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir 24 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA ⸢DA⸣ mu-ṣu-u₂ | |
| 8 | ⸢ša₂⸣ E₂ MU-MEŠ a-di ID₂-{d}INANA u DA E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 u {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| 9 | {⸢lu₂}na⸣-din-MEŠ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ MU-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 ŠU.NIGIN 30 KUŠ₃ ⸢US₂⸣ | |
| 10 | 30 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI mi-ših-tu₄ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ | |
| 11 | i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na 14 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ | |
| 12 | is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ | |
| 13 | a-na {m}su-mut{ut}tu₄-{d}60 u {m}mat-ta-nit-⸢tu₄⸣-{d}60 DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ | |
| 14 | {m}ri-hat-{d}60 {lu₂}MA₂.LAH₄ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ⸢it-tan⸣-nu-ʾu KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 14 GIN₂ | |
| 15 | ŠAM₂ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}ki-din-{d}60 u {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ | |
| 16 | {m}ri-hat-{d}60 ina ŠU-MIN {m}su-mut{ut}tu₄-{d}60 u {m}mat-ta-⸢nit-tu₄⸣-{d}60 DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| r | ||
| 1 | mah-ru-ʾu e-ṭir₃-ʾu u₄-mu pa-qa-ri ana muh-hi E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ | |
| 2 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 u {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} {lu₂}na-din-MEŠ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ MU-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 | |
| 3 | a-di 12-TA.AM₃ u₂-mar-raq-u₂-ma a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ {m}su-mut{ut}tu₄-{d}60 u {m}mat-⸢ta⸣-nit-⸢tu₄⸣-{d}60 | |
| 4 | DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 ina-an-din-ʾu pu-ut mu-ru-qu ša₂ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ MU-MEŠ a-na u₄-mu | |
| 5 | ṣa-a-tu₂ a-na {m}su-mut{ut}tu₄-{d}60 u {m}mat-⸢ta⸣-nit-tu₄-{d}60 na-šu-u₂ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ | |
| 6 | MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}su-mut{ut}⸢tu₄⸣-{d}60 u {m}mat-ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU-MEŠ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-⸢a-tu₂⸣ šu₂-nu | |
| 7 | ina u₄-mu ša₂ mim-ma gab-bi ul-tu NIG₂.GA {d}60 ana ⸢muh⸣-hi E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ MU-MEŠ i-⸢tur⸣-ru | |
| 8 | {m}su-mut{ut}tu₄-{d}60 u {m}mat-ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU-MEŠ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 i-pal-⸢lah₃⸣-ʾu | |
| 9 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}ba-as-si-ia DUMU ša₂ | |
| 10 | {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 11 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | |
| 12 | A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}GAL-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}{li}GIŠ DUMU ša₂ | |
| 13 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU ⸢A {m}ŠU⸣-{d}60 {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 14 | {m}ba-la-ṭu DUMU ša₂ {m}ba-as-si-ia A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 15 | {m}ARAD-a-de-e-šu₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| 16 | {m}{d}60-SU {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}GAL-{d}60 A {m}kur-i UNUG{ki} {iti}KIN U₄ 20-KAM₂ MU 71-⸢KAM₂⸣ {m}se-lu-ku LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}⸢ba-la-ṭu⸣ | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}⸢ba-as-si-ia⸣ | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ARAD-a-de-e-šu₂ | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ-MU{nu⸣} | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}GAL-{d}60 | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢NUMUN-MU⸣ | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}la-ba-ši | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{li}GIŠ | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ {[m]}⸢ki-din⸣-{d}60 | |
| 2 | u {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ-MU⸣{nu} ⸢DUMU⸣-šu₂ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ri-hat-{d}60 | |
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