BIN 02, 136 (P297123)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 02, 136 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297123 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01216 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian 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 Nies, James B. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
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| Obverse [0:19] o 1o 1– | Amatiya daughter of Rihat-Anu who [...] wife of Haninna, whose second name is Ina-qibit-Anu (x) son of Rihat-Bunene, the clay-worker of the temple of Uruk, voluntarily sold in perpetuity her undeveloped plot of (x) Anu in the Reš temple quarter which ... entirety ... to Haninna, whose second name is Straton, son of Diogenes for 2 shekels of refined silver, for the complete price: 20 cubits the north upper length ... Habba-Anu son of Ana-rabut-Anu the carpenter and the developed plot ... of Tanittu-Anu son of Anu-belšunu descendant of Ahʾutu; 20 cubits the southern lower length adjacent to the house of Ana-rabut-Anu the carpenter ... and the undeveloped plot of Halil-Anu son of Ṭabat-Anu; 20 cubits the upper western width adjacent to the house of the aforementioned Amatiya and the access-way of that undeveloped plot; 20 cubits the lower eastern width adjacent to the undeveloped plot of that Amatiya and the access-way of Amatiya, the seller; Haninna received; ... the measurement of that undeveloped plot --- as little or as much as there is. 2 shekels silver, the complete price of [that] undeveloped plot, Amatiya received from Haninna; she is paid in full. |
| Reverse [2:8] r 33–r 88 | Should a claim arise concerning [that ....], Raʾuba son of ... will clear it and pay the 12-fold penalty to Haninna in perpetuity. [...] and Raʾuba bear mutual responsibility for clearing of that undeveloped plot in perpetuity. [That undeveloped plot] belongs to Haninna, whose other name is Straton ... in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [8:11] r 99–r 1111 | Witness(es): ...; Anu-balassu-iqbi son of Ana-rabut-Anu son of ...; Anu-balassu-iqbi son of Anu-ah-ittannu ... |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | Nanaya-ereš son of Nidintu-[Anu ...]; Anu-balassu-iqbi son of Tattannu ... Anu-... .... |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 1515 | Anu-ab-uṣur son of Anu-MU-... son of Dumqi-Anu; Idat-Anu son of Ariston son of Anu-... |
| Reverse [15:17] r 1616–r 1717 | Ṭuhat-apli son of Idat-Anu; Anu-ahhe-iddin, scribe, son of Nidintu-Anu descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. (Written in) Uruk. Ayyaru [(day broken)], year 163. Alexander (being) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Nanaya-ereš |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Ṭuhat-apli |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of ... |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Idat-Anu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of [...], seller of that house |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1–r.e. ii 33 | Ring of Haninna, 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 | {[f}AMAT-ia DUMU].⸢MUNUS⸣ ša₂ {m}ri-⸢hat⸣-{d}60 ša₂ ⸢x x⸣ DAM {m}ha-ni-na-ʾa | |
| 2 | ša₂ MU-šu₂ ⸢ša₂⸣-nu-u₂ {m}ina-E-{d}60 x x A ⸢ša₂⸣ {m}ri-hat-{d}⸢bu-ne⸣-ne | |
| 3 | {lu₂}[e]-⸢piš dul-lu₄⸣ IM-HI.A ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} ina hu-⸢ud lib₃-bi⸣-šu₂ | |
| 4 | ⸢ki-šub⸣-ba-a-šu₂ ša₂ ⸢x⸣ {d}60 KI{ti₃} {e₂}SAG ša₂ X gab-bu-u₂ | |
| 5 | ⸢x x⸣ x ša₂ ri x bu-u₂-tu₂ 20 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ | |
| 6 | [...] {m}ha-⸢ab⸣-ba-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 {lu₂}NAGAR u ki-šub-ba-a | |
| 7 | [x] ⸢x⸣-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 8 | 20 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI⸣{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 {⸢lu₂⸣}NAGAR [...] KU X | |
| 9 | u ⸢ki-šub-ba-a⸣ ša₂ {⸢m⸣}ha-lil₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}DU₁₀.GA{at}{d}60 20 KUŠ₃ ⸢SAG.KI⸣ | |
| 10 | AN.⸢TA⸣ {tu₁₅}⸢MAR⸣.TU DA E₂ {f}AMAT-ia MU-MEŠ u mu-ṣu-u₂ | |
| 11 | ša₂ ki-⸢šub-ba⸣-a MU-MEŠ 20 KUŠ₃ US₂ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.⸢RA⸣ DA | |
| 12 | ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {f}AMAT-ia MU-MEŠ u mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ {f}AMAT-ia | |
| 13 | {f}na-din-na-tu₄ {m}ha-ni-⸢na⸣-ʾa ⸢ma⸣-hir x šu x uš a SAG.KI | |
| 14 | meš-hat-tu₄ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-⸢du⸣ ma-la ba-šu-u₂ | |
| 15 | a-na 2 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}ha-ni-na-ʾa | |
| 16 | ša₂ MU-šu₂ ša₂-nu-u₂ {m}is-ra-tu-nu A ša₂ {m}di-ge-ni-ia a-na | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ta x na x [x]+1 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ ki-šub-ba-⸢a⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | gam-ri {f}AMAT-ia ina ŠU-MIN {m}ha-ni-⸢na⸣-[ʾa ma]-hir-tu₄ ⸢e-ṭir⸣-[...] | |
| 3 | u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-⸢na⸣ UGU {lu₂}x [...] x [...] | |
| 4 | {m}ra-u₂-ba-ʾa x [x] x A ša₂ {m}x-[...] a-di [...] | |
| 5 | 12-TA.AM₃ a-na {m}ha-ni-na-ʾa a-⸢na⸣ [...] ⸢i⸣-nam-[din] | |
| 6 | pu-u₂-ut a-ha-miš a-na mu-ur-raq ša₂ ⸢ki⸣-[šub-ba-a ...] x x [...] | |
| 7 | u {m}ra-u₂-⸢ba-ʾa⸣ [...] u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-[u₂ ...] | |
| 8 | ša₂ {m}ha-⸢ni⸣-[na-ʾa ša₂ MU]-šu₂ ša₂-nu-u₂ {m}is-ra-⸢tu⸣-[nu ...] | |
| 9 | a-na u₄-[mu ...] ⸢šu⸣-u₂ {lu₂}mu-kin₇ [...] | |
| 10 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}[...] | |
| 11 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{⸢nu⸣} [...] | |
| 12 | {m}{d}na-na-a-KAM₂ A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.⸢MU⸣-[...] | |
| 13 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}⸢tat⸣-tan-[nu ... {m]}{⸢d}60-[...] | |
| 14 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-MU-[...] A {m}⸢dum⸣-[qi₂-{d}60 ...] | |
| 15 | {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}a-ri-⸢is⸣-[tu]-ʾa ⸢A⸣ [ša₂ {m]}{d}60-x-[...] | |
| 16 | {m}ṭu-hat-A A ša₂ {m}i-dat-{⸢d⸣}60 {m]}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ-MEŠ⸣-MU {lu₂}UMBISAG [...] | |
| 17 | A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ UNUG{ki} {iti}GU₄ [...] | |
| 18 | MU 163 {m}a-lik-sa-a-dar LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{⸢d⸣}na-na-⸢a-KAM₂⸣ | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ṭu-hat-A | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢DIN-su⸣-[E] | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}i-dat-{d}60 | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [na-di]-⸢na⸣-tu₄ E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa {m}ha-ni-na]-ʾa | |
| 2 | {lu₂}mu-ur-raq | |
| 3 | E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
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