BRM 2, 42 (P296720)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 2, 42 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296720 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02142 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | Rihat-Ištar, son of Sumuttu-Anu, an inspector of the temple of the gods of Uruk, voluntarily [...] his built house, his undeveloped plot, and his built access-way, the property of Anu (in) the district of the Ištar Gate, which is in Uruk: the upper length to the north, adjacent to the undeveloped plot (and) access-way that belongs to that house; the lower length to the south, adjacent to the property of Anu, the house of Dumqi-Anu, son of Arad-Reš, a gatekeeper; the upper width to the west, adjacent to the property of Anu, the house of Uṣuršu-Anu, son of Arad-Reš, a reed cutter of the temple of the gods; the lower width to the east, adjacent to the property of Anu, house of Dumqi-Anu [....] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] descendant of Ekur-zakir. |
| Reverse [1:6] r 2'2'–r 6'6' | [...] Nanaya-iddin, son Arad-Reš, descendant of Hunzu. Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Anu-ab-uṣur, descendant of Hunzu. Anu-uballiṭ, son of Uṣuršu-Anu, son of Dumqi-Anu, descendant of Hunzu. Šamaš-ittannu, son of Dannat-Belti, and Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendants of Luštammar-Adad. Kidin-Anu, son of Rihat-Anu, descendant of Gimil-Anu. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | Anu-uballiṭ, scribe, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Uruk. 9th day of Addaru, year 151, Demetrios being king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Kidin-Anu |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Nanaya-iddin |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of [Anu-ah]-ittannu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of Rihat-Ištar, seller of that house |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | Ring of Sumuttu-Anu, his son, guarantor (of) that <house> |
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}ri-hat-{d}DIL-BAT A ša₂ {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 {lu₂}da-a-a-lu | |
| 2 | ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ E₂-su DU₃{uš} ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ | |
| 3 | u mu-ṣu-u₂-šu₂ DU₃{uš}u₂-tu₂ NIG₂.GA {d}60 KI{ti₃} KA₂.GAL {d}INANA | |
| 4 | ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA ki-šub-ba-a | |
| 5 | mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ ik-kaš-ši-du a-na E₂ MU-MEŠ US₂ KI{u₂} | |
| 6 | {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA NIG₂.GA {d}60 E₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}SAG | |
| 7 | {lu₂}I₃.DU₈ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA NIG₂.GA {d}60 E₂ | |
| 8 | {⸢m}URI₃⸣-šu₂(ME-){d}60 A ša₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}SAG {lu₂}ga-ṭa-a-a ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 9 | [SAG.KI KI.TA] {⸢tu₁₅}KUR⸣.RA DA NIG₂.GA {d}60 E₂ {⸢m}dum⸣-qi₂-{d}60 | |
| 10 | [...] [x x x] [...] [x x] [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | {[lu₂}mu-kin₇ ... A ša ...]-x A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣-u₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A ša₂ | |
| 3' | {m}⸢ARAD⸣-{e₂}SAG A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-⸢bit⸣-{[d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A | |
| 4' | {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}URI₃-šu₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 5' | {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}BAD₄-{d}GAŠAN u {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A-MEŠ | |
| 6' | {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 A {m}ŠU-{d}60 | |
| 7' | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir UNUG{ki} {iti}ŠE U₄ 9-KAM₂ | |
| 8' | MU 151-KAM₂ {m}de-e-me₂-ṭi-ri-e-su LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}BARA₂-{d}60 | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | [...]-⸢MU{nu⸣} | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ri-hat-{d}DIL-BAT | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU-šu₂ | |
| 2 | [mu]-mar-raq-qa-an-nu MU-MEŠ | |
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