BRM 2, 34 (P296712)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 2, 34 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296712 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02134 |
| 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 [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | Nidintu-šarri, son of Anu-ah-ušabši, son of Anu-ah-utir, voluntarily has sold a total of five days in a month in the porter's prebend of the storehouse of the temple of the gods of Uruk and in the rations and anything at all that pertains to that porter's prebend, as many of those days that monthly, throughout the year, for fifteen shekels of refined silver in high quality staters of Antiochus, as the complete price, to Dumqi-Anu, son of Arad-Reš, son of Dumqi-Anu, in perpetuity. Nidintu-šarri, son of Anu-ah-ušabǐ received those fifteen shekels, the price of those porter's prebend and rations, from Dumqi-Anu, son of Arad-Reš; he is paid in full. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | Should a claim concerning those porter's prebend and rations, Nidintu-šarri son of Anu-ah-ušabši, will clear it. He will pay the 12-fold penalty to Dumqi-Anu, son of Arad-Reš, son of Dumqi-Anu, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [11:15] o 1212–o 1515 | From the first day, the sixth day, a total of five days in the month of the porter's prebend and rations, and anything that pertains to all the days of the porter's prebend that (are) monthly throughout the year belong to Dumqi-Anu, son of Arad-Reš, son of Dumqi-Anu, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [15:19] o 1616– | [... for the] performance of the porter's prebend, for all of those days [...] this Dumqi-Anu, and if he has gone out, from the temple of the gods of Uruk, concerning the matter of those days, this Dumqi-Anu will perform service in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Witnesses: Labaši, son of Anu-mukin-apli, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Anu-ab-utir, son of Anu-zer-iddin, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Bassia, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Rihat-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Anu-uballiṭ, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Ana-rabut-Anu; Nidintu-Ištar, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin; and Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Kidin-Anu, interpreter scribes of the property of Anu |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin |
| Reverse [11:15] r 1212– | Anu-ah-iddin, scribe, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. (Written in) Uruk. 12th day of ... month, year 124, Antiochus and Seleucus[his son (being) kings]. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Nidintu-Ištar |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of Ina-qibit-Anu |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 11– | Ring of Anu-mar-ittannu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Rihat-Anu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
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 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GUR ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ TA U₄ 1-KAM₂ 1{en} U₄ 6-KAM₂ | |
| 2 | PAP 5 u₄-mu ina ITI {lu₂}I₃.DU₈-u₂-tu₂ ša₂ E₂ NIG₂.GA ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} u₃ ŠUK-HI.A u₃ | |
| 3 | mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ ik-kaš-ši-du a-na {lu₂}I₃.DU₈-u₂-tu₂ MU-MEŠ ma-la u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ | |
| 4 | ša₂ ITI{us-su} MU.AN.NA-<<us-su>> gab-bi a-na 15 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ | |
| 5 | is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ | |
| 6 | a-na {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}re-eš A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ | |
| 7 | it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 15 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ {lu₂}I₃.DU₈-u₂-tu₂ u₃ ŠUK-HI.A MU-MEŠ | |
| 8 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} ina ŠU-MIN {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}re-eš ma-hir | |
| 9 | e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-⸢ri⸣ a-na muh-hi {lu₂}I₃.DU₈-u₂-tu₂ u ŠUK-HI.A MU-MEŠ | |
| 10 | it-tab-šu-<<šu>>-u₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} u₂-mar-raq-ma a-di 12-TA.AM₃ | |
| 11 | a-na {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}re-eš ⸢A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 a⸣-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ | |
| 12 | i-nam-din TA U₄ 1-KAM₂ 1{en} U₄ 6-KAM₂ PAP 5 u₄-mu ⸢ina ITI⸣ {[lu₂}I₃.DU₈]-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 13 | u₃ ŠUK-HI.A u mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-na {lu₂}I₃.DU₈-u₂-tu₂ ma-la [u₄-mu-MEŠ] [MU-MEŠ] | |
| 14 | ik-kaš-ši-du ša₂ ITI{us-su} MU.AN.NA-us(ŠE-)su gab-bi ša₂ {m}dum-⸢qi₂⸣-{[d}60 | |
| 15 | ⸢A⸣ ša₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}re-eš A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-nu | |
| 16 | [...] ⸢DU₃⸣-uš {lu₂}I₃.DU₈-u₂-tu₂ ⸢ma-la⸣ u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [... {m}dum-qi₂]-{⸢d}60 a⸣-ga-a u ki-i mim-ma ⸢it-ta⸣-ṣa-a TA E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 2 | [ša₂] ⸢UNUG{ki} a-na muh⸣-hi pa-ni ša₂ u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ i-pal-lah₃ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 | |
| 3 | ⸢a-ga-a⸣ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}la-ba-ši A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DU-A A ša₂ {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 4 | {m}{d}60-AD-GUR A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 5 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}ba-as-si-ia A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 6 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}hun-zu-[u₂] | |
| 7 | {m}ri-hat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A {⸢m⸣}[...] | |
| 8 | {[m}{d}60-⸢DIN{iṭ⸣} A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU [A {m}lu]-uš-tam-mar-{d}[IŠKUR] | |
| 9 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ {⸢m⸣}[ana]-⸢GAL⸣-{d}60 {⸢m}NIG₂.SUM.MU⸣-{d}INANA A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-[MU] | |
| 10 | u {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 {lu₂}se-pir-MEŠ NIG₂.⸢GA⸣ {[d}60 | |
| 11 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| 12 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir [UNUG{ki} {iti}...] | |
| 13 | U₄ 12-KAM₂ MU 124-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-i-ku-su u {m}se-lu-ku [A-šu₂ LUGAL-MEŠ] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}INANA | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | {[m}ri]-⸢hat⸣-{d}60 | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
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