BRM 2, 38 (P296716)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 2, 38 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296716 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02138 |
| 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 | Anu-uballiṭ and Anu-ahhe-iddin, sons of Anu-ab-utir, son of Nikarchos, descendants of Ah'utu, voluntarily sold their undeveloped plot, which is in the city quarter of the Ištar Gate, which is in Uruk: the upper length to the north, adjacent to the house of Rihat-Anu, son of Šamaš-iddin, a reed cutter; the lower length to the south, adjacent to the date palm orchard of Anu-ab-utir, son of Nikarchos, descendant of Ah'utu; the upper width to the west, adjacent to the house of Kidin-Anu, the purchaser of that undeveloped plot, son of Tanittu-Anu; the lower width to the east, adjacent to the bank of the Ištar Canal; (these are) the total lengths and widths of the plot of that undeveloped plot; that undeveloped plot, as little and as much exist, all of it, for ten shekels of refined silver, high quality staters of Antiochus, as the complete price, to Kidin-Anu, son of Tanittu-Anu, son of Tattannu, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | That silver, the ten shekels, the complete price of that undeveloped plot, Anu-uballiṭ and Anu-ahhe-iddin, his brother, sons of Anu-ab-utir, received from Kidin-Anu, son of Tanittu-Anu; they are paid. |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | Should a claim arise concerning that undeveloped plot arise, Anu-uballiṭ and Anu-ahhe-iddin, the sellers of that undeveloped plot, will clear it, and will pay it twelve-fold to Kidin-Anu, son of Tanittu-Anu, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [14:18] o 1515– | Anu-uballiṭ and Anu-ahhe-iddin, sons of Anu-ab-utir, [bear] shared responsibility for the clearing of that undeveloped plot for Kidin-Anu, son of Tanittu-Anu, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | That undeveloped plot belongs to Kidin-Anu, son of Tanittu-Anu, son of Tattannu, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | Witnesses: Anu-zer-lišir, son of Nidintu-Anu, son of Ana-rabut-Anu, descendant of Hunzu. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Ah'utu. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Anu-zer-lišir, son of Nanaya-iddin, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Ah'utu. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Anu-ah-iddin, son of Anu-ikṣur, descendant of Kuri. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Anu-belšunu, son of Tanittu-Anu, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Ah'utu. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Dannat-Belti, son of Rihat-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Illut-Anu, descendant of Hunzu. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | Šamaš-ittannu, son of Dannat-Belti, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | Anu-belšunu, scribe, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Uruk. 12th day of Abu, year 139, Antiochus and Antiochus, his son, being kings. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Dannat-Belti |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Anu-zer-lišir |
| Top Column iii [0:4] t.e. iii 11– | Nidintu-Anu |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Šamaš-ittannu |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Anu-zer-lišir |
| Bottom Column iii [0:4] b.e. iii 11– | Ina-qibit-Anu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Anu-belšunu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Nidintu-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ, the seller of that undeveloped plot |
| Right Column ii [0:1] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1–r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1 | Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin [...] |
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 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} u {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-GUR DUMU ša₂ {m}⸢ni⸣-[iq-ar]-⸢ku-su⸣ | |
| 2 | A-MEŠ {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu] ⸢ki⸣-šub-ba-a-šu₂-nu ša₂ ina KI{ti₃} ⸢KA₂⸣.GAL {⸢d}INANA⸣ | |
| 3 | ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} US₂ AN{u₂} {⸢tu₁₅⸣}[SI].SA₂ DA E₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU | |
| 4 | {lu₂}gad-<<da>>-ṭa-a-a US₂ KI.⸢TA {tu₁₅⸣}U₁₈.LU DA {giš}KIRI₆ {giš}GIŠIMMAR ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-GUR | |
| 5 | DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-iq-ar-qu-su(RA) ⸢A⸣ {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA | |
| 6 | E₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 {lu₂}ma-hi-⸢ra⸣-nu ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 SAG.KI | |
| 7 | KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA ⸢DA GU₂⸣ ID₂-{d}INANA ŠU.NIGIN US₂ u SAG.KI meš-hat ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ | |
| 8 | ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na 10 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 9 | qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ | |
| 10 | TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ | |
| 11 | it-ta-din-ʾu KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 10 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| 12 | u {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU ŠEŠ-šu₂ A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-GUR ina ŠU-MIN {m}ki-din-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ta-⸢nit-tu₄⸣-{[d}60 | |
| 13 | ma-hir-ʾu e-ṭir₃-ʾu u₄-mu pa-qa-ri ana muh-hi ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ it-⸢tab⸣-[šu-u₂] | |
| 14 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} u {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU {lu₂}na-din-na-ʾu ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ u₂-mar-raq-ʾu a-di 12-TA.AM₃] | |
| 15 | a-na {m}ki-din-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-nam-din-ʾu pu(PI-)u₂-ut | |
| 16 | a-ha-a-miš a-na mur-ru-qu ša₂ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} u {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-[MU] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-GUR a-na {m}ki-din-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 a-<na> u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ⸢i⸣-[...] | |
| 2 | ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ⸢šu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 3 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ | |
| 4 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 5 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 6 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 7 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur A {m}kur-i | |
| 8 | {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 9 | {m}BAD₄-{d}GAŠAN A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 10 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 11 | {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}BAD₄-{d}GAŠAN A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 12 | {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ UNUG{ki} {iti}NE U₄ 12-KAM₂ | |
| 13 | MU 139-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-⸢i⸣-ku-su u {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su A-šu₂ LUGAL-MEŠ | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | {m}BAD₄-{d}GAŠAN | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | {m}ina-⸢qi₂⸣-[bit-{d}60 | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| 2 | {lu₂}⸢na-din-na⸣-ʾa ki-šub-ba-a [MU-MEŠ] | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU ⸢mu⸣-[...] | |
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