BaAr 5 25 (P299751)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Uruk · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BaAr 5 25 |
|---|---|
| ID | P299751 |
| Museum no. | NBC 08392 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | Tablet concerning land, an orchard planted with date palms and uncultivated land, in the New Canal district in the meadow of Uruk: |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | the upper side, next to (the property of) Bel-zeri, descendant of Ahhutu; |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | the lo[wer side], next to (the property of) Nabu-ah-ereš, son of Belani; |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | the lower [front], (on) the bank of the New Canal, extending as [far as the neigh]bours' (property) [(...)] |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | Mušezib-Marduk, [son of Ki]ribtu, [agreed] with Šapik, son of Belani, [a price of ... minas] and 7 shekels of silver, [(and) he purchased it] for its full price. |
| Obverse [9:13] o 1010–o 1313 | [Šapik, son of Belani, has received a total of ... minas and 7 shekels of wh]ite [silver], and 1 shekel of [silver which is gi]ven [as an additional payment, from] Mušezib-Marduk, [son of Kiribtu, as the price of his orchard], the entire amount of [silver]. |
| Obverse [13:20] o 1414– | [......] anyone [......] kin [(...) of the house of Šapik, son of] Belani, comes forward and raises a claim [over] that [orchard], he will pay back [twelve times over the silver he received]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 2020–r 2121 | [At the sealing of that] tablet: [in the presence of Nabu]-kudurri-uṣur, the governor of Uruk; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 2222–r 2222 | [...], son of Bel-[...]; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 2323–r 2323 | [..., son] of Šullum; |
| Reverse [8:9] r 2424–r 2424 | [...], son of Balassu; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 2525–r 2525 | Nabu-leʾi, son of Ahhešaya; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 2626–r 2626 | Šumaya, son of Bel-ahhe-[...]; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 2727–r 2727 | Ea-ibni, son of Bel-ram; |
| Reverse [12:13] r 2828–r 2828 | [and] the scribe, Erešu, son of Šapik. |
| Reverse [13:16] r 2929–r 3131 | [...], 11th day of Tašritu, 2nd year of Kandalanu, king of Babylon. |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 32t.e. 32–t.e. 32t.e. 32 | Fingernail of Šapik is marked in place of his seal. |
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 | ⸢ṭup⸣-pi A.ŠA₃ {giš}SAR GIŠIMMAR zaq-pi u ki-šub-ba-a | |
| 2 | ⸢KI⸣{ti₃} ID₂ iš-še-ti A.GAR₃ E₂ UNUG{ki} | |
| 3 | ⸢UŠ AN⸣.TA DA {m}{d}EN-NUMUN A {m}ah-hu-tu | |
| 4 | [UŠ KI].⸢TA⸣ DA {m}{d}NA₃-ŠEŠ-KAM₂ A {m}EN-⸢a-ni⸣ | |
| 5 | [SAG.KI] ⸢KI⸣.TA GU₂ ID₂ iš-še-ti ⸢ki⸣-[i (pi-i)] | |
| 6 | {[(lu₂)}US₂.SA].DU-MEŠ i-šad-da-ad [(x x)] | |
| 7 | [x MA.NA] 7 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 8 | [A {m}ki]-⸢rib-ti it-ti⸣ {m}{ša₂}⸢DUB A {m}EN-a-ni⸣ | |
| 9 | [KI.LAM im-be₂-e-ma i-šam] ⸢ŠAM₂⸣-šu₂ gam-ru-tu | |
| 10 | [PAB x MA.NA 7 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR]{⸢u₂⸣} a-di 1 GIN₂ | |
| 11 | [KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ ki-i pi-i a-tar SUM].⸢NA⸣ | |
| 12 | {[m}{ša₂}DUB A {m}EN-a-ni ina ŠU.II] {⸢m⸣}mu-še-zib-{d}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU | |
| 13 | [A {m}ki-rib-ti ŠAM₂ {giš}SAR-šu₂ KU₃.BABBAR] ⸢ga⸣-mir-ti | |
| 14 | [ma-hir ...] x x [(...)] | |
| 15 | [...] (x) [(...)] | |
| r | ||
| 16 | [...] ⸢sa⸣-lat [(...)] | |
| 17 | [ša₂ E₂ {m}{ša₂}DUB A {m]}⸢EN-a⸣-ni ša₂ E₁₁-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 18 | [a-na UGU {giš}SAR] UR₅.MEŠ i-dab-bu-ub | |
| 19 | [KU₃.BABBAR im-hu-ru a-di 12.TA.AM₃] i-ta-nap-⸢pal⸣ | |
| 20 | [ina ka-nak {im]}⸢DUB⸣ šu-a-ta | |
| 21 | [ina GUB{zu} ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃]-⸢NIG₂⸣.DU-PAB {lu₂}GAR ⸢UMUŠ⸣ UNUG{ki} | |
| 22 | {[m}...]-⸢ni⸣ A {m}{d}EN-[(x)]-x-x-[(x)] | |
| 23 | {[m}... A] {⸢m}šul-lu-mu⸣ | |
| 24 | {[m}x (x)] x x [(x)] ⸢A⸣ {m}ba-laṭ-su | |
| 25 | {[m}{d]}⸢NA₃⸣-DA A {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-⸢ša₂-a⸣ | |
| 26 | {[m]}⸢šu⸣-ma-⸢a⸣ A {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣-[x] | |
| 27 | {[m}{d]}⸢e₂⸣-a-ib-ni A {m}{d}EN-ra-⸢am⸣ | |
| 28 | [u₃ {lu₂]}⸢DUB.SAR⸣ {m}e-re-ši A {m}ša₂-pik | |
| 29 | [x]{⸢ki⸣} {iti}DU₆ UD 11-KAM₂ | |
| 30 | ⸢MU⸣ 2-KAM₂ {m}kan-dal-a-ni | |
| 31 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{⸢ki⸣} | |
| t.e. | ||
| 32 | ṣu-pur {m}{ša₂}⸢DUB⸣ GIM{ma} {im}KIŠIB-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 33 | tu-ud-da-a-ta | |
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