BIN 02, 135 (P297124)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 02, 135 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297124 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01217 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [...] Na-[...] Tanittu-Anu son of [Kidin-Anu ...] voluntarily [exchanged] between themselves [the shares] in their houses and undeveloped plots in Uruk |
| Obverse [5:19] o 66–o 1919 | Ina-qibit-Nanaya daughter of Nidintu-Anu voluntarily gave in exchange, in perpetuity, to Rihat-Anu son of Ša-Anu-iššu descendant of Hunzu a house [...]: 16 cubits the long upper western side adjacent to the second plot of land of [Anu-ahhe-iddin] son of Šamaš-ittannu; 16 cubits the long lower [eastern] side [...]; x+13 cubits the upper northern [width] adjacent to the street of the kings [... x] cubits the southern lower width [...] adjacent to the access-way of that house [... Anu-ahhe-iddin] son of Šamaš-ittannu. A [second] measurement of land of that house: 14 1/3 cubits [...] the undeveloped plot of the house [...]; 14 1/3 cubits the lower [...] length; [...] upper [...] width adjacent to the broad street "the thoroughfare of the gods [and kings]" [...] Anu-ahhe-[iddin] son of Šamaš-ittannu. A third measurement of land of that undeveloped plot of [...]: [...] cubits the western upper length [...] the undeveloped plot of Anu-ahhe-iddin son of Šamaš-ittannu; 8 cubits the [lower western] side [...] the east-facing suite adjacent to the [...] plot [...]; 7 cubits the northern upper width adjacent to the broad road, "the thoroughfare of the gods and king"; 7 cubits the lower southern width adjacent to the house of Anu-ahhe-iddin son of Šamaš-ittannu: Total of the three measurements of that house and undeveloped plot---that [house and] undeveloped plot, as much and as little as there is, all of it. |
| Obverse [19:23] o 2020– | Should a claim concerning that house and undeveloped plot arise, Uṣuršu-Anu son of Tanittu-Anu son of Kidin-Anu descendant of Hunzu will clear it and pay the 12-fold penalty to Rihat-Anu in perpetuity. That house and undeveloped plot belong to Rihat-Anu son of Ša-Anu-iššu son of Kidin-Anu descendant of Hunzu in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [2:11] r 33–r 1111 | Rihat-Anu son of Ša-Anu-iššu son of Kidin-Anu descendant of Hunzu voluntarily gave in exchange, in perpetuity, for the house to Ina-qibit-Nanaya daughter of Nidintu-Anu his house and his undeveloped field in the Lugal-ira temple district that is in Uruk: 23 cubits the long upper western side adjacent to the undeveloped field of Ina-qibit-Nanaya daughter of Nidintu-Anu wife of Ša-Anu-iššu [son of] Tanittu-Anu; 23 cubits the long lower side adjacent to the [house] of Ina-qibit-Anu son of Kidin-Anu; [23] cubits the upper [southern width [...] and the out-buiding of that house and Tanittu-Anu son of Kidin-Anu; 12? cubits the northern upper width that is adjacent to the broad road "the thoroughfare of the gods and king"; 9 5/6 cubits the lower southern width adjacent to the house of Tanittu-Anu son of Kidin-Anu: [the total] 23 cubits the long sides, 11 5/6 cubits the widths (are) the measurements of that house and that undeveloped plot----as little or as much as there is, entirely---and one-half the x-ba-x and the out-building that is with Tanittu-Anu [son of] Kidin-Anu and one-third of the access-way. |
| Reverse [11:14] r 1212–r 1414 | Should a claim concerning that house arise, Rihat-Anu, the seller of that house, son of Ša-Anu-iš̌šu, will clear it and pay the 12-fold penalty to Ina-qibit-Anu in perpetuity. That [house] and undeveloped plot belongs to Ina-qibit-Nanaya daughter of Nidintu-Anu wife of Ša-Anu-iššu [...] in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | With respect to their exchange, they will not turn away (from it) and they are mutually responsible in perpetuity [...]; its exchange is valid in perpetuity. Whoever may change the agreement of this document will pay [1] mina of silver to the one who does not change it; each took a copy of the document. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | Witness(es): Anu-balassu-iqbi and [... son of ... son of ...] descendant of Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [17:20] r 1818–r 2020 | Anu-mar-ittannu son of Mannu-iqapu descendant of Kuri; Anu-ab-uṣur son of Anu-ahhe-iddin descendant of Ahʾutu; Labaši son of Anu-ušallim and Anu-ušallim son of Balaṭu descendants of Luštammar-Adad; Anu-ah-ittannu son of Labaši descendant of Ahʾutu; Anu-balassu-iqbi son Labaši descendant of Ekur-zakir; Anu-ahhe-iddin son of Ubar son of Ittannat-Bel son of Nanaya-ereš descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [20:21] r 2121–r 2121 | Ša-Anu-iššu son of Tanittu-Anu son of Kidin-Anu descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [21:24] r 2222– | Anu-ahhe-iddin, the scribe, son of Anu-belšunu son of Ekur-zakir. (Written in) Uruk. Arahšamnu 22. Year 95 Antiochus (being) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of ... |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of .... |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of ... |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | Ring of ... |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Ring of Labaši |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 1b.e. iv 1– | Ring of Anu-mar-ittannu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of [Anu-balas]su-iqbi |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Labaši |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 1l.e. iii 1– | Ring of Ša-Anu-iššu |
| Left Column iv [0:3] l.e. iv 1l.e. iv 1– | Ring of Ana-rabut-Anu son of [...] |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of Rihat-Anu [...] |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | Ring of Ina-qibit-Nanaya [...] |
| Right Column iii [0:3] r.e. iii 1r.e. iii 1– | Ring of Uṣuršu-Anu son of Tanittu-Anu |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [x x x (x)] A x ši x {m}{d}na-[...] | |
| 3 | šu x x {m}⸢ta⸣-[nit]-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}[ki-din-{d}60 ...] | |
| 4 | ⸢ina⸣ E₂-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ⸢u₃⸣ ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂-nu ina ⸢UNUG⸣{[ki} ...] | |
| 5 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu KI a-ha-a-[miš ...] | |
| 6 | {f}ina-E-{d}na-na-a DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 ina hu-⸢ud⸣ lib₃-bi-šu₂ E₂ [...] | |
| 7 | 16 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA meš-hat ša₂-ni-tu₄ ša₂ ⸢x⸣ [... ...] | |
| 8 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu}; 16 ⸢KUŠ₃ US₂⸣ KI{u₂} {⸢tu₁₅⸣}[KUR.RA ...] [... x]+13 KUŠ₃ [...] | |
| 9 | [AN].TA {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA ⸢SILA⸣ LUGAL-⸢MEŠ x x x⸣ [... SAG].⸢KI⸣ KI.TA {tu₁₅}⸢U₁₈⸣.[LU ...] | |
| 10 | DA mu-ṣu ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ ⸢x⸣ [... {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU] ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} meš-⸢hat⸣ [...] | |
| 11 | ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ 14 šal-šu₂ KUŠ₃ [... ki]-⸢šub⸣-ba-a ša₂ E₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | 14 šal-šu₂ KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{u₂} x [...] SAG.KI AN.TA {⸢tu₁₅⸣}[...] | |
| 13 | DA SILA rap-šu₂ mu-taq DINGIR-MEŠ [...]-us-sa {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣-[MU] | |
| 14 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} meš-hat ša₂-lul-tu₄ ki-šub-ba-a ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ US₂ [AN{u₂]} {tu₁₅}MAR.⸢TU⸣ [...] | |
| 15 | [x] ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} 8 KUŠ₃ ⸢US₂⸣ [...] ⸢E₂⸣ {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA meš-hat x-[...] | |
| 16 | [x x x]-MEŠ 7 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA SILA rap-šu₂ mu-taq DINGIR-MEŠ u LUGAL 7 KUŠ₃ US₂ SAG.KI KI.TA | |
| 17 | {[tu₁₅]}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} PAP 3-TA meš-hat ša₂ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ | |
| 18 | [E₂ u] ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a₄ ⸢šu⸣-pel-tu₄ ša₂ E₂ | |
| 19 | [x] {m}ri-hat-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {⸢m}ša₂-{d⸣}60-⸢iš⸣-šu-u₂ A {m}hun-zu-u₂ a-⸢na⸣ u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ⸢it⸣-ta-din u₄-mu pa-qa-ri | |
| 20 | [a]-na UGU{hi} E₂ u ki-šub-⸢ba-a⸣ MU-MEŠ [it]-tab-šu-u₂ {m}URI₃-šu₂-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 | |
| r | ||
| 1 | A {m}hun-zu-u₂ a-di 12-TA.AM₃ u₂-mar-raq-ma a-na {m}ri-hat-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-⸢nam-din⸣ | |
| 2 | E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {⸢m}ša₂-{d⸣}60-iš-šu-u₂ A ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ a-na ⸢u₄⸣-[mu] ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 3 | {m}ri-hat-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {⸢m}ša₂-{d⸣}60-iš-šu-u₂ A ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ ⸢E₂⸣-tu₄-šu₂ ki-šub-ba-šu₂ KI{ti₃} E₂ {d}LUGAL.IR₉.RA | |
| 4 | ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} 23 KUŠ₃ US₂ ⸢AN⸣{u₂} {tu₁₅}4 DA ki-šub-⸢ba-a⸣ ša₂ {f}ina-E-{d}[na]-na-a DUMU.<MUNUS> ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DAM | |
| 5 | {⸢m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu⸣-u₂ [A ša₂] {⸢m}ta⸣-nit-tu₄-{d}60 23 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}3 DA [E₂] {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 | |
| 6 | 23 ⸢KUŠ₃ US₂ AN⸣ [x] x x u₃ a-su-up-pu ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ u₃ {[m]}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 | |
| 7 | 12 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA SILA rap-šu₂ mu-⸢taq DINGIR⸣-MEŠ u₃ LUGAL 9 5/6 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI | |
| 8 | KI.TA {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}⸢ki-din-{d⸣}60 (x)] 23 KUŠ₃ US₂ 11 5/6 KUŠ₃ ⸢SAG⸣.KI | |
| 9 | mi-ših-tu₄ E₂ MU-MEŠ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ⸢ma-la ba⸣-šu-u₂ gab-bi | |
| 10 | ⸢u₃⸣ mi-šil X-ba-X u₃ a-su-up-pu ša₂ KI {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{⸢d}60 [DUMU ša₂] {m}ki-din-{d}60 u₃ šal-šu₂ | |
| 11 | ina mu-ṣu-u₂ a-na šu-pel-tu₄ ša₂ E₂ a-na {f}[ina]-E-{d}na-na-a ⸢DUMU⸣.[MUNUS {m}ni-din]-tu₄-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-⸢a-tu₂⸣ | |
| 12 | it-ta-din u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-na UGU{hi} E₂ MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}⸢ri⸣-[hat-{d}60 {lu₂]}⸢na-din⸣-na-an E₂ MU-MEŠ DUMU ša₂ | |
| 13 | {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ a-di 12-TA-AM₃ u₂-mar-raq-ma a-na {f}[ina-E-{d}na-na-a] ⸢a-na⸣ u₄-⸢mu⸣ ṣa-a-tu₂ [...] | |
| 14 | ki-⸢šub⸣-[ba-a] ⸢ša₂⸣ {f}ina-E-{d}na-⸢na-a⸣ DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}ni-<din>-tu₄-{d}60 DAM {m}ša₂-{d}60-⸢iš⸣-šu-u₂ x [...]-tu₄ x a-na u₄-⸢mu⸣ ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 15 | ana UGU šu-pel-tu₄-šu₂-nu ul i-tur-u₂-ma ⸢KI⸣ a-ha-a-miš a-na u₄-⸢mu ṣa⸣-a-⸢tu₂ x x x x x x⸣ šu-pel-ti-šu₂ | |
| 16 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-⸢tu₂ uš-šu-zum⸣ man-am ša ri-ik-su ša₂ {im}ša₂-ṭa-ri ⸢an-na-a u₂-ša₂-an-na⸣ 1 ⸢MA.NA⸣ KU₃.BABBAR a-na LU₂ ša₂ la u₂-ša₂-nu-u₂ | |
| 17 | ina-an-din 1{en}TA.AM₃ ⸢ša₂⸣-ṭa-ri TI{⸢qe₂⸣}u₂ {⸢lu₂}mu-kin₇⸣ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E u {m}[...] ša₂ {m}[...] ša₂ {m}{d}x A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 18 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}man-nu-i-qa-pu A {m}kur-i {m}{d}60-⸢AD⸣-URI₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ {m}NU-TEŠ₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-GI | |
| 19 | u {m}{d}60-GI DUMU ša₂ {m}DIN A-⸢MEŠ⸣ {m}lu-⸢uš⸣-tam-⸢mar-{d⸣}IŠKUR {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ-MU⸣{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}NU-TEŠ₂ A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E DUMU ša₂ {m}NU-TEŠ₂ | |
| 20 | A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}u₂-bar A {m}it-tan-na-at-EN DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-KAM₂ A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 21 | {m}ša₂-{⸢d⸣}60-⸢iš⸣-šu-u₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 22 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ⸢ša₂⸣ {m}{d}60-⸢EN⸣-šu₂-nu A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir UNUG{ki} {iti}APIN U₄ 22-KAM MU 95-KAM {m}an-ti-ʾi-ku-su LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NU-TEŠ₂ | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {[m}{d}60-DIN]-⸢su⸣-E | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NU-TEŠ₂ | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-[u₂] | |
| l.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 | |
| 2 | DUMU ⸢ša₂⸣ [x] | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ri-⸢hat-{d⸣}60 | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ina-E-{d}na-na-a | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| r.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}URI₃-šu₂-{d}60 | |
| 2 | ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 | |
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