BRM 2, 39 (P296717)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 2, 39 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296717 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02139 |
| 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)
| Line | English |
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| Obverse [0:16] o 1o 1–o 1616 | Sumuttu-Anu son of Ana-rabut-Anu son of Anu-uballiṭ descendant of Kuri voluntarily sold in perpetuity to Idat-Anu son of Dumqi-Anu son of Arad-Reš, the gatekeeper of the storehouse, his developed bīt qāti that is at the Anu-gate of the Irigal to the left of the bīt targu, apart from the upper roofed room----that belongs to Anu-ahhe-iddin, his brother, son of Ana-rabut-Anu: the long upper northern side (is) adjacent to the bīt qāti of Nidintu-Ištar son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, the interpreter scribe of the property of Anu who now [holds] these [(properties) ...]; the long lower southern side (is) adjacent to the bīt [...]; [...] the accessway of the house; [... the wide lower] eastern [side] (is) adjacent to the projection of the gate of Anu the great [...]. The total of the long sides and wide sides are the measurement of that bīt qāti, that bīt qāti---as little or as much as there is, (its) totality---for 11 shekels of high quality silver in staters of Antiochus, as the complete price. |
| Obverse [16:29] o 1717– | Sumuttu-Anu, the seller of that bīt qāti, received that 11 shekels of silver, the complete price of that bīt qāti apart from that roofed room, from Idat-Anu the son of Dumqi-Anu; he is paid. Should a claim arise concerning that bīt qāti---excluding the roofed room that Anu-ahhe-iddin, his brother, son of Ana-rabut-Anu, holds Anu-eriba, his son, will guarantee it for Idat-Anu son of Dumqi-Anu and will pay the 12-fold penalty in perpetuity. Sumuttu-Anu, the seller of that bīt qāti and Anu-eriba, his son, the guarantor, bear mutual responsibility for guaranteeing that bīt qāti in perpetuity. That bīt qāti apart from the roofed room that is above it belongs to Idat-Anu son of Dumqi-Anu son of Arad-Reš, the gatekeeper of the storehouse in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness(es): Anu-ittannu son of Anu-ab-uṣur son of Tanittu-Anu descedant of Gimil-Anu |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Labaši son of Anu-ahhe-iddin son of Nidintu-Anu and Anu-ahhe-iddin son of Anu-ab-utir son of Anu-zer-iddin descendants of Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | Anu-ah-iddin son of Anu-ah-ittannu son of Kidin-Anu descendant of Ekur-zakir; Anu-ittannu son of Anu-ah-ittanu son of Ša-Anu-iššu descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | Anu-ah-ittannu son of Anu-šum-lišir son of Balaṭu descendant of Luštammar-Adad; Sumuttu-Anu son of Anu-mar-ittannu descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni |
| Reverse [16:18] r 1717–r 1818 | Uṣuršu-Anu son of Ša-Anu-iš̌šu descendant of Ebabbar-šum-iddin |
| Reverse [18:20] r 1919–r 2020 | Anu-uballiṭ, scribe, son of Ina-qibit-Anu descendant of Ekur-zakir. (Written in) Uruk. The first day of Šabaṭu. Year 149 Antiochus (being) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of Uṣuršu-Anu |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of Sumuttu-Anu |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of Labaši |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | Ring of Anu-ittannu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-ittannu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-iddin |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Sumuttu-Anu seller of that bīt qāti |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-eriba his son, guarantor (of) that <bīt qāti> |
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}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}kur-i | |
| 2 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ E₂ ŠU-MIN-su DU₃{uš}tu₂ ša₂ ina KA₂ ša₂ {d}60 ša₂ {e₂}IRI₁₂.GAL | |
| 3 | ina 2.30 ša₂ E₂ tar-gu e-lat E₂ ru-gu-bu ša₂ e-li-šu₂-nu | |
| 4 | ša₂ ik-kaš-ši-du a-na {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU {lu₂}ŠEŠ-šu₂ A ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 | |
| 5 | US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ ŠU-MIN ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}INANA A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| 6 | {lu₂}KUŠ.SAR NIG₂.GA {d}60 ša₂ en-na a-ga-a-nu ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ [...] | |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ ⸢E₂ KUŠ₃⸣ [... {tu₁₅}KUR].RA DA | |
| 10 | {e₂}ku-bur-ru-u₂ ša₂ KA₂ ša₂ {d}60 [...] ⸢GAL⸣ ŠU.NIGIN US₂-MEŠ | |
| 11 | u SAG.KI-MEŠ mi-ših-tu₄ E₂ ⸢ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ⸣ E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ | |
| 12 | i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na | |
| 13 | 11 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-an-nu | |
| 14 | ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ | |
| 15 | a-na {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}SAG | |
| 16 | {lu₂}I₃.DU₈ ša₂ E₂ NIG₂.GA a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din | |
| 17 | KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 11 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ e-lat | |
| 18 | ⸢E₂⸣ ru-gu-bu-šu₂ {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 {lu₂}na-din E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina ŠU-MIN {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-na | |
| 2 | muh-hi E₂ ⸢ŠU⸣-[MIN] MU-MEŠ e-lat E₂ ru-gu-bu-šu₂ ša₂ ik-kaš-ši-du a-na | |
| 3 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU {lu₂}ŠEŠ-šu₂ A ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 it-tab-šu-ma {m}{d}60-SU DUMU-šu₂ | |
| 4 | u₂-mar-raq-⸢qa⸣-[ma] a-di 12-TA.AM₃ a-na {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 | |
| 5 | a-na u₄-mu ⸢ṣa⸣-a-tu₂ i-nam-din pu-ut a-ha-a-miš a-na mu-ur-qu | |
| 6 | ša₂ E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 {lu₂}na-din E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ u {m}{d}60-SU | |
| 7 | DUMU-šu₂ {lu₂}mu-mar-⸢raq-qa-an⸣-nu E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ a-na {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 | |
| 8 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ e-lat E₂ ru-gu-bu-šu₂ | |
| 9 | ša₂ UGU{nu} E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ | |
| 10 | {m}ARAD-{e₂}SAG {lu₂}I₃.DU₈ ša₂ ⸢E₂ NIG₂.GA⸣ [a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a]-⸢tu₂ ši⸣-i | |
| 11 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}{d}60-MU{nu} A ša₂ {⸢m}{d}60-AD-URI₃⸣ A ša₂ {m}ta-[nit-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}ŠU-{⸢d⸣}60 | |
| 12 | {m}NU-⸢TEŠ₂ A⸣ ša₂ {⸢m⸣}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 u {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| 13 | A ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-GUR A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A-MEŠ {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU | |
| 14 | A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}{d}60-MU{nu} A ša₂ | |
| 15 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| 16 | A ša₂ {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ A ša₂ {m}DIN A {m}lu-uš-tam-<mar>-{d}IŠKUR {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ | |
| 17 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ {m}URI₃-šu₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ A | |
| 18 | {m}E₂-BABBAR-MU-DU₃ | |
| 19 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir UNUG{ki} {iti}ZIZ₂-KAM₂ | |
| 20 | U₄ 1-KAM₂ MU 149-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}URI₃-šu₂-{d}60 | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ-MU{nu⸣} | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NU-TEŠ₂ | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-MU{nu} | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢MU{nu⸣} | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-[ŠEŠ]-MU | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}su-[mut]-⸢tu₄⸣-{d}60 | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din E₂ ŠU-⸢MIN⸣ MU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-SU DUMU-šu₂ | |
| 2 | {lu₂}mu-mar-raq-qa-an-nu MU-MEŠ | |
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