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BRM 2, 46 (P296724)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 2, 46 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296724 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02146 |
| 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 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | Anu-ab-uṣur son of Nanaya-iddin son of Ina-qibit-Anu son of Anu |
| 2 | A {m}kur-i ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ mi-šil u₄-mu ina U₄ 13-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ | from the Kuri family by his own free will a day on the 13th day of his prebend |
| 3 | {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} pa-luh u₄-mu ina U₄ 13-KAM₂ MU-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA | The enterer of the temple is terrified. That day, on the 13th day, that prebend |
| 4 | MU-MEŠ mi-šil u₄-mu {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} pa-luh u₄-mu ina U₄ 13-KAM₂ MU-MEŠ | That day, the enterer of the temple will be terrified; that day, on the 13th day, that day |
| 5 | ša₂ ina IGI {d}60 an-tu₄ {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}IDIM {d}UTU {d}IŠKUR {d}PAP.SUKKAL {d}INANA | which is before Anu, Antu, Enlil, Ea, Šamaš, Adad, Papsukkal, Išar |
| 6 | {d}GAŠAN-EDIN {d}na-na-a {d}GAŠAN-ša₂-SAG {d}šar-ra-a-hi-tu₄ u DINGIR-MEŠ | Šarrat-ṣēti, Nanaya, Ṣarrat-va-Reš, Svarraḫitu and the gods |
| 7 | E₂-šu₂-nu gab-bi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ ša₂ ITI{us-su} u MU.AN.NA-us-su | All their houses, prebends of that month and year |
| 8 | gu-uq-qa-ne₂-e U₄.EŠ.EŠ-MEŠ u mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA | The guqqanê-offerings, rites, and everything that pertains to the prebend |
| 9 | mi-šil u₄-mu {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} pa-luh u₄-mu ina U₄ 13-KAM₂ MU-MEŠ | Whatever day the enterer of the house is terrified, that day on the 13th day they are |
| 10 | ik-kaš-ši-du ša₂ KI ŠEŠ-MEŠ AD-šu₂ A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 gab-bi | The water of Ina-qibit-Anu, all of it |
| 11 | a-na 1/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-an-nu ša₂ | For 1/3 mina of refined silver, it is the extispicy. |
| 12 | {m}de-e-me₂-eṭ-ri-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ | Demetrios is purchased and acquired. |
| 13 | TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 | to Anu-mar-ittannu son of Kidin-Anu descendant of Tanittu-Anum |
| 14 | A {m}hun-zu-u₂ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₄ it-tad-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ | from the Hunzu family in perpetuity. That silver |
| 15 | 1/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR ŠAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | 1/3 mina of silver, the complete price of that prebend, Anu-ab-uṣur |
| 16 | ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri | from Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Kidin-Anu received. He has been paid. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| r | ||
| 1 | ana muh-hi mi-šil u₄-mu GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} pa-luh u₄-mu | Concerning the price of the prebend of the enterer of the temple, who reveres the day |
| 2 | ina U₄ 13-KAM₂ MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-ma {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ {lu₂}na-din-an | On the 13th day that same year Anu-ab-uṣur, the seller |
| 3 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ u₂-mar-raq-qa-ma a-di 12-TA.AM₃ a-na | he will clear that prebend and pay the 12-fold penalty to |
| 4 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₄ ina-an-din GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | Anu-mar-ittannu in perpetuity will give that prebend |
| 5 | mi-šil u₄-mu {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} pa-luh u₄-mu ina U₄ 13-KAM₂ MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} | Every day the enterer of the temple is terrified. That day on the 13th day of that year, Anu-mar-ittannu |
| 6 | A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ a-na u₄-mu | son of Kidin-Anu, son of Tanittu-anu, descendant of Hunzu, in perpetuity. |
| 7 | [ṣa]-a-tu₄ šu-u₂ | that slave |
| 8 | {[lu₂}mu]-kin₇ {m}man-nu-i-qa-pu A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ u {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | Witnesses: Mannu-iqapu son of Kidin-Anu son of Anu-ab-uṣur and Anu's balaŋ-prayer son |
| 9 | [A ša₂ {m]}tat-tan-nu A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A-MEŠ {m}kur-i {m}{d}60-AD(ṢI-)GUR A ša₂ | son of Tattannu son of Nanaya-iddin descendants of Kuri Anu-ab-utir son of |
| 10 | {[m]}{⸢d⸣}60-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | E22di-Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Anu-ikaṣur, descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| 11 | {⸢m⸣}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-SU A {m}kur-i {m}il-lut-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DU-A | Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-eriba, descendant of Kuri; Illut-Enlil, son [of Anu]-mukin-apli |
| 12 | {lu₂}KUŠ.SAR NIG₂.GA {d}60 {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}SAG u {m}i-dat-{d}60 | Scribe of the property of Anu. Dumqi-Anu, son of Warad-Reš and Idat-anu |
| 13 | A-šu₂ ša₂ TA {lu₂}ki-niš-tu₄ ša₂ {e₂}SAG {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A ša₂ | son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| 14 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 {lu₂}ŠU.HA | Nidintu-Anu, the scribe |
| 15 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir UNUG{ki} | Anu-uballiṭ, scribe, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Uruk. |
| 16 | {iti}ZIZ₂-KAM₂ U₄ 17-KAM₂ MU 155-KAM₂ {m}de-e-me₂-eṭ-ri-su LUGAL | Šabaṭu, 17th day, year 155, Demetrios being king. |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 | Dumqi-Anu |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}i-dat-{d}60 | Idat-Anu |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}man-nu-i-qa-pu | Mannu-iqapu, |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-GUR | Anu-ab-utir |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}il-lut-{d}60 | Illut-Anu |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | Nidintu-Anu |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ {lu₂}na-din-an GIŠ.ŠUB.BA | Anu-ab-uṣur, seller of that prebend |
| 3 | u {lu₂}mu-mar-raq-qa-an-nu MU-MEŠ | and that guarantor |
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