BaAr 5 21 (P297595)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Uruk · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BaAr 5 21 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297595 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04576 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By Frame, G. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | If, by the month of Duʾuzu Raši-ili, son of Bel-iddin, does not give Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribtu, 4 1/2 minas of silver, the debt owed by Bel-iddin, then the orchard of Bel-iddin which he acquired from Bel-naṣir, son of Iluʾa, shall belong to Mušezib-Marduk. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | The orchard has been given (and) received. He has been paid; he is free from claims. He shall have no claim or dispute. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Before: Nabu-zer-lišir, descendant of Egibi; |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | Nabu-gamil, descendant of Sin-tabni; |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212– | Balassu, descendant of Rab-bane; |
| Reverse [0:1] r 13r 13–r 13r 13 | Mušezib-Bel, descendant of Nappahu; |
| Reverse [1:2] r 1414–r 1414 | Bel-šum-iškun, descendant of Šangu-Zariqu; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 1515–r 1515 | Nabu-ušezib, son of Bibea; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 1616–r 1616 | Gimillu, descendant of Egibi; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 1717–r 1717 | Marduk-naṣir, descendant of Mudammiq-Adad; |
| Reverse [5:6] r 1818–r 1818 | [...], son of Nergal-iddin; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 1919–r 1919 | [...], son of Šullum; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 2020–r 2020 | and [the scribe, ...]. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 2121–r 2222 | [... day of ...], 16th [year] of Šamaš-šum-ukin, [king of Babylon]. |
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 | ⸢ki⸣-i a-di lib₃-bi {iti}ŠU 4 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 2 | ra-šu-tu ša₂ UGU {m}{d}EN-SUM.NA {m}TUK{ši}DINGIR DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 3 | {m}{d}EN-SUM.NA a-na {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 4 | {m}ki-rib-ti la it-tan-nu | |
| 5 | {giš}⸢SAR⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-SUM.NA i-na ŠU.II {m}{d}EN-PAB | |
| 6 | DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}DINGIR-MEŠ-u₂-a im-hu-ru | |
| 7 | pa-ni {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU id-da-⸢gal⸣ | |
| 8 | {giš}SAR na-din ma-hir a-pil za-⸢ki⸣ | |
| 9 | pa-qa-ru u ru-gu-um-ma-a ul i-ši | |
| 10 | IGI {m}{d}NA₃-NUMUN-SI.SA₂ DUMU {m}e-gi-bi | |
| 11 | {m}{d}NA₃-ga-mil DUMU {m}{d}30-tab-ni | |
| 12 | {m}ba-laṭ-su ⸢DUMU⸣ {m}{lu₂}GAL-DU₃ | |
| r | ||
| 13 | {m}mu-še-zib-{d}EN DUMU {lu₂}SIMUG | |
| 14 | {m}{d}EN-MU-GAR{un} DUMU {lu₂}SANGA-{d}za-ri-qu | |
| 15 | {m}{d}NA₃-u₂-še-zib DUMU {m}bi-be₂-e-a | |
| 16 | {m}gi-mil-lu DUMU {m}e-gi-bi | |
| 17 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-URU₃{ir} DUMU {m}SIG₁₅-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 18 | {m}x-[x]-x ⸢DUMU⸣ {m}{d}U.GUR-SUM.NA | |
| 19 | {⸢m⸣}x-[x-x-x DUMU {m]}⸢šul⸣-lu-mu | |
| 20 | ⸢u₃⸣ {[lu₂}UMBISAG/DUB.SAR ...]-AN | |
| 21 | UD.[x.(x){ki} {iti}x UD x-KAM₂ MU] 16-KAM₂ | |
| 22 | {⸢d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI⸣.[NA LUGAL TIN.TIR]{ki} | |
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