BRM 2, 24 (P296701)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 2, 24 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296701 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02124 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | Tablet of shares which Rihat-Anu and Anu-mar-ittannu, sons of Labaši, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, a builder, in the builder's prebend, rations, (and) in the houses and undeveloped plot of Labaši, their father, and Nanaya-iddin, the brother of their father, in Tašritu, year 82, Seleucus (being) king, mutually divided voluntarily in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [4:14] o 55–o 1414 | The built house, the property of Anu, in the city quarter of the Gate of Ištar, which is in Uruk --- the upper length to the north, adjacent to the house of Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Ana-rabutika-Ištar, and adjacent to the house of Dumqi-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu; the lower length to the south, adjacent to the access-way of Anu-bel-zeri, son of Anu-ab-uṣur, and the access-way of the that house; the upper width to the west, adjacent to the house of Anu-bel-zeri, son of Anu-ab-uṣur, and adjacent to the house of Ia, daughter of Nanaya-iddin, wife of Rihat-Anu, son of Labaši, and adjacent to the house of Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Ana-rabutika-Ištar; the lower width to the east, adjacent to the house of Dumqi-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu, and adjacent to the house of Nanaya-iddin, son of Anu-bel-zeri --- the total of the measurements of the lengths and widths of that house, as little and as much exist, all of it, one-half (share) in the builder's prebend, one-half (share) in the rations which pertain to Labaši and Nanaya-iddin, sons of Anu-mar-ittannu, concerning the builder's prebend; Amat-kiru-hallat, a female slave, who was purchased in the name of Labaši, their father, and Illut-Anu, his son; this is the share of Rihat-Anu, the older brother, son of Labaši, a builder. |
| Obverse [14:23] o 1515– | The built house and the undeveloped plot in the Market Gate district, which is in Uruk: the upper length to the north, adjacent to the bank of the Ištar Canal; the lower length to the south, adjacent to the house of Arad-Ninurta, son of Nidintu-Ištar; the upper width to the west, adjacent to the street of the bank of the Ištar Canal; the lower width to the east, adjacent to the undeveloped plot of Anu-ikṣur, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of Ekur-zakir; the total measurements of the lengths and widths of that house and undeveloped plot; that house and undeveloped plot, as little and as much exist, all of it, one-half in the prebend of the builder's prebend, one-half in the rations which pertain to Labaši and Nanaya-iddin, sons of Anu-mar-ittannu, (and) which pertain to the builder's prebend, this is the share of Anu-mar-ittannu, the younger brother, son of Labaši, a builder. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | Concerning their shares, they shall not come back and raise a claim against each other. Each shall stand in their shares in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | They bear shared responsibility for the clearing of their shares in perpetuity. Whoever changes these share in a lawsuitor in an objection will pay two minas of high quality silver of Seleucus to his brother. Each took one copy (of the document). |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witnesses: Nanaya-iddin, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Lišir, son of Zeriya, son of Anu-ušallim, descendant of Gimil-Anu; Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Tattannu, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Mannu-iqapu, descendant of Kuri; Anu-mukin-apli, son of Ištar-šum-eriš, descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Tattannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, descendant of Hunzu; Anu-zer-iddin, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Ah'utu |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-qišanni, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Anu-uballiṭ, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Sin-banunu, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [12:15] r 1313–r 1515 | Sumuttu-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin, son of Nadin, descendant of Kuri; Anu-ikṣur, son of Kidin-Anu, son of Dannat-Belti, descendant of Luštammar-Adad; Arad-Reš, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, palace servant. Nanaya-iddin, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [15:17] r 1616–r 1717 | Mannu-ki-Ištar, son of Illut-Anu, son of Nidintu-Ištar |
| Reverse [16:19] r 1717– | Ištar-šum-eriš, scribe, son of Anu-eriba, descendant of Kuri. (Written in) Uruk, 11th day of Tašritu, year 82, Selecus (being) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Nanaya-iddin |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Tattannu |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Top Column v [0:3] t.e. v 1t.e. v 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of Sumuttu-Anu |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Ring of Anu-ikṣur |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 1b.e. iv 1– | Ring of Mannu-ki-Ištar |
| Bottom Column v [0:3] b.e. v 1b.e. v 1– | Ring of Nanaya-iddin |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-mukin-apli |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Arad-Reš |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 1l.e. iii 1– | Ring of Lišir |
| Left Column iv [0:3] l.e. iv 1l.e. iv 1– | Ring of Anu-zer-iddin |
| Left Column v [0:3] l.e. v 1l.e. v 1– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of Rihat-Anu |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-mar-ittannu |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| o | ||
| 1 | {im}DUB HA.LA ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{⸢d}60 u {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} {lu₂}ŠIDIM | |
| 2 | ina GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}ŠIDIM{u₂-tu₂} ŠUK-⸢HI⸣.A ina E₂-MEŠ u ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši AD-šu₂-nu u {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| 3 | ŠEŠ AD-šu₂-nu ina {iti}DU₆ MU 82-KAM₂ {m}se-lu-ku LUGAL ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu KI a-ha-a-miš a-na | |
| 4 | u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-zu(SU-)zu-ʾu | |
| 5 | E₂ ep₂-šu₂ NIG₂.GA {d}60 KI{ti₃} ⸢KA₂⸣.GAL {d}INANA ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ | |
| 6 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-⸢ka⸣-{d}⸢INANA⸣ u DA E₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 US₂ KI{u₂} | |
| 7 | {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢EN⸣-NUMUN ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ u mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ SAG.KI AN.TA | |
| 8 | {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ {m}{d}60-EN-NUMUN DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ u ⸢DA E₂⸣ {f}ia DUMU.MUNUS ⸢ša₂⸣ {m}{⸢d}na⸣-na-a-MU | |
| 9 | ⸢DAM {m⸣}ri-hat-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši u DA E₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU {m}ana-⸢GAL⸣-ka-{d}INANA SAG.KI ⸢KI⸣.TA | |
| 10 | {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 u DA E₂ {m}{d}⸢na⸣-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-NUMUN | |
| 11 | ŠU.NIGIN US₂-MEŠ u SAG.KI-MEŠ mi-ših-tu₄ E₂ MU-MEŠ E₂ MU-MEŠ ⸢i⸣-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi | |
| 12 | mi-šil ina GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}ŠIDIM{u₂-tu₂} mi-šil ina ŠUK-HI.A ša₂ a-na {m}⸢la⸣-ba-ši u {m}{d}na-na-a-MU ⸢DUMU-MEŠ⸣ ša₂ | |
| 13 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} ša₂ a-na {lu₂}ŠIDIM{u₂-tu₂} ik-kaš-ši-du {f}GEME₂-{giš}⸢KIRI₆⸣-hal-⸢lat GEME₂ ša₂⸣ [ina MU ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši AD-šu₂-nu] ⸢mah-rat-tat⸣ | |
| 14 | u {m}il-lut-{d}60 DUMU-šu₂ an-na-a HA.LA ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 ŠEŠ GAL{u₂} ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši {lu₂}ŠIDIM] | |
| 15 | E₂ ep₂-šu₂ u ki-šub-ba-a KI{ti₃} KA₂ ⸢GANBA⸣ [E₂ ša₂ qe₂-reb] ⸢UNUG{ki} US₂⸣ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA | |
| 16 | GU₂ ID₂-{d}INANA US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}⸢U₁₈⸣.[LU DA E₂ {m]}ARAD-{d}MAŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}INANA | |
| 17 | SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.⸢TU⸣ [DA SILA mu-rad] ID₂-{d}INANA SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA | |
| 18 | DA ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢ik⸣-[ṣur DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ]-⸢MU⸣{nu} A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir ŠU.NIGIN US₂-MEŠ | |
| 19 | [x] ⸢SAG⸣.KI-MEŠ mi-ših-tu₄ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du | |
| 20 | ⸢ma⸣-[la] ⸢ba⸣-šu-⸢u₂ gab⸣-bi mi-šil ina GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}ŠIDIM{u₂-tu₂} mi-šil ina ŠUK-HI.A ša₂ a-na | |
| 21 | {m}⸢la⸣-ba-⸢ši⸣ u {⸢m}{d}na-na⸣-a-MU DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} a-na {lu₂}ŠIDIM{u₂-tu₂} ik-kaš-ši-du | |
| r | ||
| 1 | an-na-a ⸢HA⸣.LA ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢DUMU⸣-MU{nu} ŠEŠ ṣa-har DUMU ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši {lu₂}ŠIDIM | |
| 2 | ana muh-hi HA.LA-⸢MEŠ-šu₂-nu ul⸣ GUR{ru-u₂}ma KI a-ha-a-miš a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ | |
| 3 | ul i-rag-gu-⸢mu-ʾu {lu₂⸣}man-⸢am⸣-ma ina HA.LA-šu₂ ⸢a⸣-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ u₂-šu-zu | |
| 4 | pu-ut a-ha-a-miš a-na mu-ru-qu ša₂ HA.LA-⸢MEŠ-šu₂⸣-nu ⸢a⸣-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ a-na a-ha-a-miš | |
| 5 | na-šu-u₂ {lu₂}man-⸢am⸣-ma ša₂ HA.LA-MEŠ an-na-a u₂-ša₂-an-⸢nu-u₂⸣ ša₂ la di-i-ni u la ha-ra-ra | |
| 6 | 2 ⸢MA⸣.NA KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ {m}se-lu-ki bab-ba-nu-u₂ a-na ŠEŠ-šu₂ ⸢ina-an-din⸣ 1{en}⸢TA⸣.AM₃ ša₂-ṭa-ri TI{u₂} | |
| 7 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}⸢lu-uš⸣-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}{⸢li}GIŠ⸣ | |
| 8 | DUMU ša₂ {m}NUMUN-ia DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-GI A {m}ŠU-{d}60 {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 9 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}man-nu-i-qa-pi A {m}kur-i {m}{d}60-DU-A DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 10 | {m}tat-tan-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{⸢d}60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 11 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an-ni A {m}{d}30-⸢TI⸣-ER₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 | |
| 12 | A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ⸢ša₂⸣ {[m]}{d}30-ba-nu-nu A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 13 | {m}su-mut{ut}tu₄-{d}60 DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂] {⸢m⸣}na-din A {m}kur-i {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur DUMU ša₂ | |
| 14 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}dan-na-at-{d}GAŠAN A ša₂ {m}⸢lu-uš⸣-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}ARAD-{e₂}re-eš DUMU ša₂ | |
| 15 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} {lu₂}ARAD E₂.GAL {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{⸢nu⸣} A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 16 | {m}man-nu-ki-i-{d}DIL-BAT DUMU ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}INANA | |
| 17 | {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-SU A {m}kur-i UNUG{ki} {iti}DU₆ U₄ 11-KAM₂ MU 82-KAM₂ {m}se-lu-ku LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}tat-tan-nu | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| t.e. v | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}su-mut{ut}tu₄-{d}60 | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}man-nu-ki-i-{d}DIL-BAT | |
| b.e. v | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DU-A | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ARAD-{e₂}re-eš | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{li}GIŠ | |
| l.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| l.e. v | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ri-hat-{d}60 | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} | |
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