BRM 2, 31 (P296709)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 2, 31 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296709 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02131 |
| 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 [0:10] o 1o 1–o 1010 | There will be no lawsuit, legal proceeding or claim of any kind on the part of Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Ana-rabut-Anu, son of Anu-ab-uṣur, descendant of Luštammar-Adad, with regard to the rations of 12 kur of barley, 12 kur of dates and 30 mina of wool —these rations, which are the property of Anu <in> the temple of the gods of Uruk, pertained to Ana-rabut-Anu, his father— against Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad, in perpetuity in accordance with (the fact) that this Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Ana-rabut-Anu, and his brothers, did not execute the work at hand and afterwards these rations were fully registered in the documentation of the administrator [...] of the king and (in) the documents of the property of Anu of the temple of the gods of Uruk in the name of this Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. |
| Obverse [10:19] o 1111– | This Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Ana-rabut-Anu, son of Anu-ab-uṣur, has no power of disposition, and he did not transfer and is not transferring those rations for money, as a gift, as a dowry, [in] a business transaction, or for any reason to anyone else, [except] to this Anu-ah-ittannu. [But if] he transferred (it) or shall transfer (it), it will not stand, and [...] of this Anu-ah-ittanu [...] and those rations of Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad, are his in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Witnesses: [X, son of] Nikarchos; Labaši, son of |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [X, son of Ni]karchos; Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [X, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin; Labaši, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, son of |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [X; and] Anu-zer-lišir, son of Iddinaya, descendants of Ah'utu; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Lišir, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Gimil-Anu; |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Nidintu-Anu, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Hunzu; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Anu-ah-ušabši, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Anu-mukin-apli, son of Ekur-zakir; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Anu-uballiṭ, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Anu-ahhe-ittannu, son of Ša-Anu-iššu, descendant of Hunzu. |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | Mannu-iqapu, the scribe, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Uruk. Kislimu 18, year 118, when Antiochus and Antiochus were kings. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of Ina-qibit-Anu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 11– | Ring of Labaši |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring [of X] |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | [Ring] of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-ušabši |
| Right [0:3] r.e. 11– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur, seller of this 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | mim-ma [dib-bi DI].⸢KU₅⸣ u₃ ra-ga-mu ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 A ša₂ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢AD⸣-URI₃ A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR a-na muh-hi ŠUK-HI.A ša₂ 12 GUR ŠE.BAR | |
| 3 | 12 GUR ZU₂.LUM.MA u₃ 30 MA.NA SIG₂-HI.A ŠUK-HI.A MU-MEŠ ša₂ NIG₂(PAD).GA {d}60 <ina> E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} | |
| 4 | a-na {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 AD-šu₂ tak-kaš-ši-du it-ti {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 | |
| 5 | A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ia-a-nu | |
| 6 | a-na tar-ṣi ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ a-ga-a A ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 u₃ | |
| 7 | {lu₂}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ i-na qa-ti la DU₃{uš}MEŠ u₃ ar₂-ku | |
| 8 | ⸢ŠUK-HI⸣.A MU-MEŠ ina {kuš}ši-pi-iš-tu₄ ša₂ {m}di-ʾi-ki-te-e-su | |
| 9 | [...] ⸢šar⸣-ri u₃ ša₂-ṭar-MEŠ NIG₂.GA {d}60 E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} ina šu-mu | |
| 10 | {[m]}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} a-ga-a A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 11 | [šul]-⸢lum⸣-mat ul i-šal-laṭ-ma {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ a-ga-a A ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 A ša₂ | |
| 12 | {[m]}{⸢d}60-AD-URI₃ ŠUK-HI.A MU-MEŠ a-na KU₃.BABBAR a-na ri-ʾu-u₂-tu a-na nu-dun-nu-u₂ | |
| 13 | [a-na] DU₃-eš ṣi-bu-tu ina mim-ma gab-bi a-na {lu₂}man-am-mu ša₂-nam-ma gab-bi | |
| 14 | [e-lat {m]}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} a-ga-a ul id-din u₃ ul i-nam-din | |
| 15 | [u₃ ki-i] id-din u₃ ki-i it-tan-nu ul GUB{zu} u₃ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} a-ga-a | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢u₂⸣ ŠUK-HI.A MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ | |
| 3 | {[m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ši-i | |
| 4 | {[lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}x A ša₂] {m}ni-i-qi₂-ar-qu-su {m}NU-TEŠ₂ A ša₂ | |
| 5 | {[m}x A ša₂ {m}ni-i]-⸢qi₂⸣-ar-qu-su {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A ša₂ | |
| 6 | {[m}x A ša₂ {m]}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU {m}la-ba-ši A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ | |
| 7 | {[m}x u {m]}{⸢d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ A ša₂ {m}MU{a} A-MEŠ {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 8 | {m}{⸢d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU⸣ A ša₂ {m}{li}GIŠ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}ŠU-{d}60 | |
| 9 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 10 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DU-A A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 11 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ | |
| 12 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 13 | {m}man-nu-i-qa-pu {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {<m>}E₂.KUR-za-kir UNUG{ki} {iti}GAN U₄ 18-KAM₂ | |
| 14 | MU 118-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su u {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su A-šu₂ LUGAL-MEŠ | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{⸢d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ⸣-MU | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}la-ba-ši | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [x] | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {⸢m⸣}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-na-ʾa GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
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