BRM 2, 36 (P296714)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 2, 36 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296714 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02136 |
| 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 [0:20] o 1o 1– | Illut-Anu, whose second name is Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Anu-mukin-apli, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, interpreter scribe of the property of Anu, voluntarily sold his prebend of qayyātu of the house of Nidintu-Ištar, the loins of sheep, the stomach and meat [...] and asnû dates which are offered to the offering table of Anu monthly, his prebend of the qayyātu of the house of Nidintu-Ištar, which is offered every month to the offering table of the image of the king, and two-fifths of a day on the 15th day of the prebend, which is in the house of the chief lamentation priest, the temple of Belet-mati, the house which is added to the Temple of Eana; those prebends, which are monthly and yearly, all of it, and anything which pertains to those prebends, which are with his brothers and the owners of all of those shares, and the built house--the north room, the front room, the bedroom, the winter room, (another) bedroom, the west room--half of the courtyard and half of the access-way of the district of the Ištar Gate, which is in Uruk: the upper length to the north, adjacent to the access-way of that house, and the access-way of Nidintu-Anu and Anu-mukin-apli, his brothers, [...] half of the courtyard of Nidintu-Anu and Anu-mukin-apli, his brothers, and adjacent to the east house of Nidintu-Anu and Anu-mukin-apli, his brothers; the lower length to the south, adjacent to the house of Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Rihat-Anu; the upper width to the west, adjacent to the waste field of Nidintu-Anu and Anu-mukin-apli, his brothers; the lower width to the east, adjacent to the street, not extending to the access-way of that house, and the access-way of Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Rihat-Anu; the total of lengths and widths (of) that house; that house, as little and as much exist, all of it, for one mina of refined silver, high quality staters of Seleucus, as the complete price, to Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Nidintu-[Ištar, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, an interpreter scribe of the property of Anu], in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | That silver, the one mina of refined (silver), Illut-Anu, the seller of that prebend and house, received from Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Nidintu-Ištar; he is paid. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | Should a claim concerning that prebend and house arise, Anu-mar-ittannu, Nidintu-Anu, Anu-uballiṭ, and Anu-mukin-apli, his brothers, sons of Anu-mukin-apli, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, will clear it, (and) they will pay it twelve-fold to Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Nidintu-[Ištar], in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | Illut-Anu, the seller of that prebend and house, Anu-mar-ittannu, Nidintu-Anu, Anu-uballiṭ, and Anu-mukin-apli, his brothers, sons of Anu-mukin-apli, bear shared responsibility for the clearing of that prebend and house. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | That prebend and house belong to Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Nidintu-Ištar, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, interpreter scribe of the property of Anu, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witnesses: Ištar-šum-eriš, son of Nergal-naṣir, descendant of Šu[mati]. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Dumqi-Anu, son of Anu-ikṣur, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Anu-ah-iddin, son of Anu-ab-uṣur; Illut-Anu, son of [...]; and Kittu-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Nidintu-Anu, (all) descendants of Kuri. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [... son of] Anu-ah-ušabši, son of Anu-ah-utir. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, son of [...], interpreter scribe of the property of Anu. |
| Reverse [17:19] r 1818–r 1919 | Mukin-apli, scribe, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. [...] Uruk. 12th day of Simanu, year 131, Seleucus being king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Ištar-šum-eriš |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Dumqi-Anu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Labaši |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | Ring of Kittu-Anu |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 1b.e. iv 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-ah-iddin |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i' 1r.e. i 1– | [Ring of ... guar]antors |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii' 1r.e. ii 1– | [Ring of ...] |
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 | {m}il-lut-{d}60 ša₂ MU-šu₂ 2-u₂ {m}ina-<qi₂>-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DU-A A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} {lu₂}se-pir NIG₂.GA {d}60 ina hu-ud [lib₃-bi-šu₂] | |
| 2 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ ša₂ qa-a-a-tu₄ ša₂ E₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}INANA UZU.GIŠ.KUN ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ {uzu}kar-šu₂ u ⸢UZU⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | u₃ 30 as-ne₂-e ša₂ ina U₄ 27-KAM₂ ša₂ ITI{us-su} a-na BANŠUR ša₂ {d}60 E₁₁{⸢u₂⸣} [GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂] | |
| 4 | ša₂ qa-a-a-u₄(QA-)tu₄ ša₂ E₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}INANA ša₂ ina U₄ 27-KAM₂ ša₂ ITI{us-su} a-na {giš}⸢BANŠUR⸣ | |
| 5 | ša₂ ṣa-lam LUGAL-MEŠ E₁₁{u₂} u₃ 2 ha-an-su ša₂ u₄-mu ina U₄ 15-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 6 | ša₂ ina E₂ GALA.MAH E₂ {d}GAŠAN-KUR E₂ ša₂ KI E₂.AN.NA ṭe-pu-u₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 7 | ša₂ ⸢ITI⸣{us-su} u MU.AN.NA-us-su gab-bi u₃ mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ | |
| 8 | MU-MEŠ ⸢ik⸣-kaš-ši-du ša₂ KI ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ u EN-MEŠ HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂ gab-bi u₃ E₂-su ep₂-šu₂ | |
| 9 | E₂ {⸢tu₁₅⸣}[SI].⸢SA₂⸣ E₂ pa-ni-šu₂ E₂ {giš}NA₂-šu₂ E₂ ku-u₂-ṣu E₂ {giš}NA₂-šu₂ E₂ {tu₁₅}MAR.TU | |
| 10 | mi-šil ina TUR₃ u₃ mi-šil ina mu-ṣu-u₂ KI{ti₃} KA₂.GAL {d}INANA ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} | |
| 11 | US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ u mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 u {m}{d}60-DU-A ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 12 | [x]-⸢šil⸣ mi-šil TUR₃ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 u {m}{d}60-DU-A ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ u DA E₂ {tu₁₅}KUR.RA ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| 13 | ⸢u⸣ {m}{d}60-DU-A ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 | |
| 14 | SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 u {m}{d}60-DU-A ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 15 | SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA SILA la a-ṣu-u₂ mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ u mu-ṣu-u₂ | |
| 16 | ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 ŠU.NIGIN US₂-MEŠ u₃ SAG.KI-MEŠ meš-hat E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| 17 | E₂ MU-MEŠ i-ṣi ⸢u ma⸣-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na 1 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ | |
| 18 | is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}se-lu-ku bab-ba-nu-tu a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}{d}60-DUMU-⸢MU⸣{[nu} A ša₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{[d}INANA A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} {lu₂}se-pir NIG₂.GA {d}60 a-na u₄]-⸢mu⸣ ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-⸢din⸣ | |
| 2 | KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 1 MA.⸢NA qa-lu⸣-[u₂] {m}il-lut-{d}60 na-din-na | |
| 3 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ u E₂ MU-MEŠ ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}INANA ma-hir e-⸢ṭir₃⸣ | |
| 4 | u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-na muh-hi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ u E₂ MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ | |
| 5 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} u {m}{d}60-DU-A ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DU-A A [ša₂] | |
| 6 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} u₂-mar-raq-MEŠ a-di 12-TA.AM₃ a-na {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{[d}INANA ...] | |
| 7 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-nam-din-MEŠ pu-u₂-ut a-ha-a-miš a-na mu-ur-ru-⸢qu⸣ | |
| 8 | ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ u E₂ MU-MEŠ {m}il-lut-{d}60 na-din-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ u E₂ [MU-MEŠ] | |
| 9 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} u {m}{d}60-DU-A ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{[d}60-DU-A] | |
| 10 | a-na {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}INANA a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ ⸢GIŠ⸣.[ŠUB.BA-MEŠ] | |
| 11 | u E₂ MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}INANA A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} {lu₂}se-pir NIG₂.[GA {d}60 | |
| 12 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu₂-nu {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ A ša₂ {m}{d}|U.GUR|na-ṣir A {m}MU-[MEŠ] | |
| 13 | {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} [u₃] | |
| 14 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU u {m}NU-TEŠ₂ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A-MEŠ {m}hun-[zu-u₂] | |
| 15 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ {m}il-lut-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 16 | u {m}ki-tu-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A-MEŠ {m}kur-i {m}⸢x⸣ [A ša₂] | |
| 17 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GUR {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}{⸢d⸣}[...] | |
| 18 | {lu₂}se-pir NIG₂.GA {d}60 {m}DU-A {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir [...] | |
| 19 | UNUG{ki} {iti}SIG U₄ 12-KAM₂ MU 131-KAM₂ {m}se-lu-ku ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NU-TEŠ₂ | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}ki-tu-{d}60 | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{⸢iṭ⸣} | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{⸢d}60-ŠEŠ⸣-[MU] | |
| r.e. i' | ||
| 1 | [un-qa ...] | |
| 2 | {[lu₂}mu-mar]-⸢raq⸣-an-na-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii' | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
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