BRM 2, 35 (P296713)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 2, 35 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296713 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02135 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | Tablet of exchange between Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Rihat, descendant of Luštammar-Adad, and Nidintu-šarri, son of Rihat-Anu, a builder, in the undeveloped plot, the property of Anu, which is in the district of the Ištar Gate, which is in Uruk. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | They voluntarily exchanged with each other in the month of Abu, year 129, Seleucus (being) king, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [3:11] o 44–o 1111 | The undeveloped plot of the property of Anu, in the district of the Ištar Gate, which is in Uruk: 18 cubits, the upper length to the north, adjacent to the house of the property of Anu, the bīt ritti of Idat-Anu, son of Illut-Anu; 18 cubits, the lower length to the south, adjacent to the undeveloped plot of the property of Anu, the bīt ritti of Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Rihat; 7 cubits, the upper width to the west, adjacent to the undeveloped plot of the property of Anu; 7 cubits, the lower width to the east, adjacent to the street, "Passage of the Ištar Canal"; a total of 18 cubits in lengths, 7 cubits in widths, (for) the plot of that undeveloped plot; that undeveloped plot, as little and as much as exists, for exchange of the undeveloped plot of the property of Anu, in that place, Nidintu-Anu, son of Rihat-Anu, a builder, gave to Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Rihat, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | That undeveloped plot of the property of Anu belongs to Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Rihat, descendant of Luštammar-Adad, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [13:24] o 1414– | The undeveloped plot of the property of Anu, in the district of the Ištar Gate, which is in Uruk: 27 cubits, the upper length to the north, adjacent to the undeveloped plot of the property of Anu, the bīt ritti of Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Rihat; 27 cubits, the lower length to the south, adjacent to the house of the property of Anu, the bīt ritti of Nidintu-šarri, son of Rihat-Anu, and adjacent to the house of the property of Anu, the bīt ritti of Idat-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin; 7 cubits, the upper width to the west, adjacent to the house of the property of Anu, the bīt ritti of Nidintu-šarri, son of Rihat-Anu; 7 cubits, the lower width to the east, adjacent to the street, "Bank of Ištar Canal"; a total of 27 cubits in lengths, 7 cubits in widths, (for) that undeveloped plot; that undeveloped plot, as little and as much exists, all of it, for exchange of the undeveloped plot, the property of Anu, Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Rihat, descendant of Luštammar-Adad, gave to Nidintu-šarri, son of Rihat-Anu, a builder, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | That undeveloped plot of the property of Anu belongs to Nidintu-šarri, son of Rihat-Anu, a builder, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [5:9] r 66–r 99 | Regarding the memorandum in that undeveloped plot, (there is) a partition wall, which is 27 cubits in length, 1 5/6 cubits in width, of Nidintu-šarri, son of Rihat-Anu, in his own undeveloped plot, and in his worked lalittu, and that partition wall is in between Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, and Nidintu-šarri, son of Rihat-Anu, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [9:14] r 1010–r 1414 | Concerning their exchange, they shall not renege, and they shall not raise a claim against one another. Any (further) exchange in perpetuity shall stand. They bear shared responsibility for the clearing of their exchange in perpetuity, and anyone who changes this agreement in a written document, without a lawsuit and without an objection, shall pay 1/3 mina of high quality silver to whomever did not change it. Each took one document. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [Witnesses: Anu]-ahhe-iddin, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Hunzu. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | [Anu-ah-ittannu, son] of Sumuttu-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin, and Anu-ittannu, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendants of Kuri. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | [Nanaya-iddin], son of Anu-mukin-apli, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | [Anu]-ahhe-iddin, son of Nidintu, interpreter scribe of the property of Anu. |
| Reverse [19:21] r 2020–r 2121 | [...], scribe, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Uruk. 20th day of [...], year 129, Seleucus being king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Nidintu-Ištar |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Arad-Ninurta |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | Ring of Arad-Ninurta |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-ittannu |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 1b.e. iv 1– | Ring of Nanaya-iddin |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Illut-Anu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Mušallim-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | Ring of Nidintu-šarri |
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)
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| o | ||
| 1 | [ṭup-pi ŠE].⸢BAL⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ri-hat A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 2 | [u₃ {m]}NIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 {lu₂}ŠIDIM ina ki-šub-ba-a NIG₂.⸢GA⸣ {d}60 ša₂ ina KI{ti₃} KA₂.GAL {d}INANA ša₂ qe₂-reb; UNUG{ki} | |
| 3 | {⸢iti⸣}NE-KAM₂ MU 129-KAM₂ {m}se-lu-ku LUGAL ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu KI a-ha-miš a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ uš-šu-pal-MEŠ | |
| 4 | ki-šub-ba-a NIG₂.GA {d}60 KI{ti₃} KA₂.GAL {d}INANA ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} 18 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ | |
| 5 | DA E₂ NIG₂.GA {d}60 E₂ rit-ti ša₂ {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 18 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU | |
| 6 | DA ki-šub-ba-a NIG₂.GA {d}60 E₂ rit-ti ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ri-hat | |
| 7 | 7 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA ki-šub-ba-a NIG₂.GA {d}60 7 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA | |
| 8 | {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA SILA mu-taq ID₂-{d}INANA ŠU.NIGIN 18 KUŠ₃ US₂ 7 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI meš-hat ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na ŠE.BAL ša₂ ki-šub-ba-a | |
| 10 | NIG₂.GA {d}60 ina a-šar MU-MEŠ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 {lu₂}ŠIDIM a-na {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| 11 | A [ša₂] {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ri-hat a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din | |
| 12 | ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ NIG₂.GA {d}60 ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ | |
| 13 | {m}ri-hat A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 14 | ki-šub-ba-a NIG₂.GA {d}60 KI{ti₃} KA₂.GAL {d}INANA ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} 27 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} | |
| 15 | {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA ki-šub-ba-a NIG₂.GA {d}60 E₂ rit-ti ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ | |
| 16 | {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ri-hat 27 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ NIG₂.GA {d}60 E₂ rit-ti | |
| 17 | ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 u DA E₂ NIG₂.GA {d}60 E₂ rit-ti ša₂ {m}i-dat-{d}60 | |
| 18 | A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU 7 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ NIG₂.GA {d}60 | |
| 19 | E₂ rit-ti ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 7 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA | |
| 20 | {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA SILA mu-rad ID₂-{d}INANA ŠU.NIGIN 27 KUŠ₃ US₂ 7 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI | |
| r | ||
| 1 | meš-hat ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi | |
| 2 | a-na ŠE.BAL ša₂ ki-šub-ba-a NIG₂.GA {d}60 {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ | |
| 3 | {m}ri-hat A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR a-na {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 {lu₂}ŠIDIM | |
| 4 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ NIG₂.GA {d}60 ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL | |
| 5 | A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 {lu₂}ŠIDIM a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 6 | a-na tah-sis-tu₄ ina ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ {im}a-ma-aš₂-tu₄ ša₂ 27 US₂-šu₂ 1 5/6 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI | |
| 7 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 ina ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ NI₂-šu₂ u ina la-lit-tu₄ ša₂ NI₂-šu₂ | |
| 8 | DU₃{uš} u {im}a-ma-aš₂-tu₄ MU-MEŠ ina bi-rit-ti {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 | |
| 9 | [u₃] {⸢m⸣}NIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₄ ši-i | |
| 10 | [a-na] ⸢muh⸣-hi ŠE.BAL-šu₂-nu ul i-GUR{ru}ma KI a-ha-a-miš a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ul i-rag-gu-mu | |
| 11 | [man-am ŠE].⸢BAL⸣-šu₂-<nu> a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ GUB{zu} pu-u₂-ut mu-ur-ru-qu ša₂ ŠE.BAL-šu₂-nu | |
| 12 | [a-na u₄-mu] ṣa-a-tu₂ a-ha-a-miš na-šu-u₂ u man-am ša₂ ri-ik-su ša₂ ina {im}ša₂-ṭa-ri an-na-a | |
| 13 | [u₂-ša₂-nu-u₂ ša₂] la DI.KU₅ u la ha-ra-ra 1/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR bab-ba-nu-u₂ a-na man-am ša₂ la u₂-ša₂-nu-u₂ | |
| 14 | [i-nam-din] 1{en}TA.AM₃ {im}ša₂-ṭa-ri TI{qi₂}MEŠ | |
| 15 | {[lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}ARAD-{d}MAŠ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} | |
| 16 | {[m}ARAD-{d}MAŠ A ša₂] {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}INANA u {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}INANA A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU {lu₂}se-pir-MEŠ NIG₂.GA {d}60 | |
| 17 | {[m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A] ša₂ {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU u {m}{d}60-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A-MEŠ {m}kur-i | |
| 18 | {[m}{d}na-na-a-MU] A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DU-A A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}GI-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| 19 | [... {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU{nu} {lu₂}se-pir NIG₂.GA {d}60 {m}il-⸢lut⸣-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU | |
| 20 | [... {lu₂]}⸢UMBISAG⸣ A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir UNUG{ki} | |
| 21 | {[iti}... U₄] 20-KAM₂ MU 129-KAM₂ {m}se-lu-ku LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | {[m]}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}INANA | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ARAD-{d}MAŠ | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ARAD-{d}MAŠ | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-MU{nu} | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}il-lut-{d}60 | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}⸢GI-{d⸣}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL | |
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