BRM 2, 55 (P296733)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 2, 55 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296733 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02155 |
| 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 [0:11] o 1o 1–o 1111 | Nanaya-iddin, whose other name is Demetrios, son of Nidintu-Anu, son of Tanittu-Anu, descendant of Ah'utu, voluntarily sold his temple enterer's prebend and temple butcher's prebend [...] before Anu, Antu, and all of the gods of their temples, and his entire temple enterer's prebend of the gods of the temples in front of Ellil, Ea, Sin, Šamaš, Adad, Marduk, Papsukkal, Ištar, Belet-ṣeri, Nanaya, Beltu-ša-Reš, Šarrahitu, and all of the gods of their temples, for which monthly throughout the year, (there is) a guqqû and eššēšu offering, and everything else which pertains to those prebends from the first day to the thirtieth day, every month for 9 1/2 mina of refined silver, high quality staters of Antiochus, as the complete price, to Diophantos, son of Kephalon, whose other name is Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-balassu-qibi, descendant of Ah'utu, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | That silver, the 9 1/2 mina, the complete price of those prebends, Nanaya-iddin, whose other name is Demetrios, son of Nidintu-Anu, received from Diophantos, son of Kephalon; he is paid. |
| Obverse [13:16] o 1414–o 1616 | Should a claim concerning those prebends arise, Diophanes, son of Straton, son of Kidin-Anu, an Urukean, will clear it and will pay the 12-fold penalty to Diophantos, son of Kephalon, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [16:19] o 1717–o 1919 | Nanaya-iddin, the seller of those prebends, and Diophanes, the guarantor of those prebends, bear mutual responsibility for the clearing of those prebends for Diophantos in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [19:24] o 2020– | The prebends of the temple enterer and temple butcher [...] |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | [Ring of] Nidintu-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] Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of Nidintu-Ištar |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of Arad-Ninurta |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | [Ring of] Anu-mar-ittannu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | [Ring of] Arad-Ninurta |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | [Ring of Nanaya-iddin,] seller of those prebends |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | [Ring of Diophanes], guarantor of [...] prebend [...] |
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) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU ša₂ MU-šu₂ ša₂-nu-u₂ {m}de-me-ti-ri-ia DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| 2 | A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-tu₂} [...] | |
| 3 | [IGI {d]}60 an-tu₄ u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-šu₂-nu gab-bi u₃ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ gab-bi ša₂ ina {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} | |
| 4 | ša₂ DINGIR-MEŠ E₂ ina IGI {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}e₂-a {d}30 {d}UTU {d}IŠKUR {d}AMAR.UTU {d}PAP.SUKKAL | |
| 5 | {d}INANA {d}GAŠAN-EDIN {d}na-na-a {d}GAŠAN-ša₂-{e₂}SAG {d}šar-rat-hi-i-tu₄ u DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | gab-bi ša₂ ITI{us-su} kal MU.AN.NA gu-uq-qa-ne₂-e U₄.EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ | |
| 7 | u mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ ina TA U₄ 1-KAM₂ a-di U₄ 30-KAM₂ ITI{us-su} a-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ | |
| 8 | ik-kaš-ši-du a-na 9 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu | |
| 9 | ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na | |
| 10 | {m}di-i-⸢pa⸣-tu-su DUMU ša₂ {m}qe₂-ep-<lu>-u₂-ʾu ša₂ MU-šu₂ ša₂-nu-u₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| 11 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din | |
| 12 | KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 9 1/2 MA.NA ŠAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ gam-ru {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| 13 | ša₂ MU-šu₂ ša₂-nu-u₂ {m}di-i-me-ri-ti-ia DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 ina ŠU-MIN {m}di-i-pa-tu-su | |
| 14 | DUMU ša₂ {m}qe₂-ep-lu-u₂-ʾu ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-na muh-hi | |
| 15 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}di-i-pa-ne₂-ʾe DUMU ša₂ {m}i-si-ra-tu-ʾu | |
| 16 | DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 {lu₂}UNUG{ki}a-a a-di 12-TA.AM₃ u₂-mar-raq-ma a-na {m}di-pa-tu-su | |
| 17 | DUMU ša₂ {m}qe₂-ep-lu-u₂-ʾu a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-nam-din pu-u₂-ut a-ha-a-miš | |
| 18 | a-na mu-ur-qu ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU {lu₂}na-din-na-an GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ | |
| 19 | MU-MEŠ u {m}di-i-pa-ne₂-ʾe {lu₂}mu-mar-raq-an GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ a-na {m}di-i-pa-[tu]-⸢su⸣ | |
| 20 | [a-na] ⸢u₄⸣-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} u {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-⸢tu₂⸣} [...] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}INANA | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}⸢ARAD⸣-{[d}MAŠ] | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {⸢m}{d⸣}60-DUMU-MU{nu} | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}ARAD-{d}⸢MAŠ⸣ | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa {m}{d}na-na-a-MU] | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-na-⸢an GIŠ.ŠUB⸣.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa {m}di-i-pa-ne₂-ʾe] | |
| 2 | {lu₂}mu-mar-raq-an GIŠ.⸢ŠUB⸣.[BA ...] | |
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