BRM 2, 52 (P296730)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 2, 52 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296730 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02152 |
| 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 [0:13] o 1o 1–o 1313 | Athenades son of Alexippos voluntarily sold [in perpetuity] for [x (amount) of] high-quality [refined silver staters of ...] to [...] son of Ariabu his share in a developed bīt qāti that reached to the women's quarters of the Reš that ... to Alexippos his father in the Reš: the upper northern length (is) adjacent to the street "The Passageway of the Reš temple" and the accessway of that bīt qāti; the lower southern length (is) adjacent to the out-building .... that is facing the street; the upper western width (is) adjacent to the house of [...] of the sons of Sumuttu-Anu son of Anu-mar-ittannu descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni; the lower eastern width (is) adjacent to the bīt qāti of Amti-mar-x [...] daughter of Ṭabat-Nanaya: (this is) the total of the lengths and widths, the measurement of the share of that bīt qāti, a share in ...---as little or as much as there is, in (its) entirety ... |
| Obverse [13:19] o 1414– | [Athenades received] that [x (amount) of] silver [from ...; he is paid]. [Should a claim arise ...] will clear it [and pay] the 12-fold penalty ... the share in that bīt qāti belongs to ... in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | Witness(es): Anu-ah-iddin son of Anu-zer-iddin son of Anu-ah-iddin descendant of Hunzu; Anu-balassu-iqbi son of Anu-ah-ittannu son of Anu-ikṣur descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | Anu-ab-uṣur son of Anu-šum-lišir son of Anu-ab-uṣur descendant of Hunzu; Anu-ahhe-iddin son of Iddutu-Anu son of Anu-ah-ittannu ... |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Nidintu-Anu son of Anu-balassu-iqbi ...; Anu-ahhe-iddin and Min-Nanaya sons of Nidintu-Anu descendant of ... |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | Anu-ahhe-iddin, scribe, son of Nidintu-Anu descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. (Written in) Uruk. 8th day of [month], year 109 Arsaces (being) king; that is year 173 (SE) |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-iddin |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of ... |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
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}a-ta-ne₂-e-du-⸢su⸣ A ša₂ {m}a-lik-se-e-up-pu-su ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ | |
| 2 | HA.LA-šu₂ ina E₂ ŠU-MIN ep₂-šu₂-tu₄ ša₂ ina ⸢E₂⸣ SAL ša₂ {e₂}SAG-MEŠ ša₂ ŠID ik-ši-du | |
| 3 | a-na {m}a-lik-se-e-up-pu-su(ŠU) AD-šu₂ ina {e₂}re-eš US₂ AN{u₂} | |
| 4 | {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA SILA mu-taq ša₂ E₂ ša₂ re-eš-MEŠ u mu-ṣu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 5 | ša₂ E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA a-su-[up-pu ...] | |
| 6 | ša₂ a-na pa-ni SILA SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | ša₂ A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}su-mut-tu-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ | |
| 8 | SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂ ŠU-MIN ša₂ {f}GEME₂{ti}DUMU-⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 9 | DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {f}DU₁₀.GA{at}{d}na-na-<a> ŠU.NIGIN US₂-MEŠ u ⸢SAG.KI-MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | meš-hat-tu₄ HA.LA E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ HA.LA ina ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ mu [...] | |
| 11 | [i]-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ ⸢gab⸣-[bi] ⸢a-na⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | [...] bab-ba-nu-u₂ a-na ⸢ŠAM₂⸣ [TIL-MEŠ a-na ...] | |
| 13 | [...] ⸢A {m}a-ri⸣-a-bu-u₂ [...] | |
| 14 | [...] ⸢x⸣ KU₃.BABBAR ⸢a₄⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] x ⸢a⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [... a-di] 12-TA.AM₃ [u₂-mar-raq-ma a-na ...] | |
| 3 | [...] x HA.LA E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ ša₂ [...] | |
| 4 | [... a]-⸢na⸣ u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ {lu₂}⸢mu⸣-[kin₇] | |
| 5 | {[m]}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU A {m}hun-zu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 6 | {[m]}{d}60-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur A {m}hun-zu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 7 | {[m]}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢MU-GIŠ⸣ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {[m]}⸢hun-zu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 8 | {[m]}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}⸢id⸣-du-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} x [...] | |
| 9 | {m}NIG₂.⸢SUM.MU⸣-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-⸢E⸣ x x KA₂ [...] | |
| 10 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU u {m}mi-⸢in⸣-{d}na-na-a A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A [LN] | |
| 11 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ UNUG{⸢ki⸣} [...] | |
| 12 | U₄ 8-<KAM₂> MU 109 {m}a-ri-sak-ʾu LUGAL ša₂ ši-i ⸢MU 173-[KAM] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | [...]-x | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | [...]-x-x | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-⸢din⸣ x x x | |
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