BaAr 5 16 (P311584)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Uruk · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BaAr 5 16 |
|---|---|
| ID | P311584 |
| Museum no. | YBC 11413 |
| 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 | 15 minas of silver belonging to Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribtu, descendant of Sin-naṣir, is the debt of Nabu-eṭir, son of Ahhea, descendant of Ṭabiya. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Each month one shekel of silver per mina will accrue (as interest). |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44–o 1010 | His one-sixth share in an orchard, his brother Šulaya's half share in (that) orchard, and the house in Uruk from which Nabu-eṭir has (already) withdrawn silver and paid a debt of his brother Šulaya, (and a property measuring) 13 reeds [in] Babylon, next to the house of Nabu-ušallim, son of Amati, [and] the house of Šumaya, descendant of Miṣiraya, (and) his assets in (both) city [and coun]try, as much as there is (of it), are the security [of] Mušezib-Marduk. |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111–o 1313 | No other creditor shall have right of disposal (over it), until Mušezib-Marduk recovers his silver. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 14r 14–r 14r 14 | [..., son of Na]bu-ušallim; |
| Reverse [1:9] r 1515–r 2222 | [... ..., descendant] of Ṭabiya; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 2323–r 2323 | [...], descendant of Ṭabiya; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 2424–r 2424 | Marduk-naṣir, descendant of Mudammiq-Adad; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 2525–r 2525 | the scribe, Aplaya, descendant of Šangu-Sippar. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 2626–r 2626 | Babylon, 1st day of Kislimu, 12th year of Šamaš-šum-ukin, king of Babylon. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 15 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ki-rib-tu₂ | |
| 2 | A {m}{⸢d}30-PAB⸣ ina muh-hi {m}{d}NA₃-SUR A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-e-a | |
| 3 | A {m}DUG₃.GA-ia ša₂ ITI ina UGU 1 MA.NA{e} 1 GIN₂ | |
| 4 | KU₃.BABBAR i-rab-bi 6{šu₂} HA.LA-šu₂ ša₂ ina {giš}SAR | |
| 5 | a-hi {giš}SAR HA.LA-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-la-a ŠEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 6 | u₃ E₂ ša₂ ina UNUG{ki} ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-SUR KU₃.BABBAR is-suh-am-ma | |
| 7 | ⸢ana⸣ UGU {m}šu-la-a ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-šu₂ i-ṭi-ru 13 GI-MEŠ | |
| 8 | [ina] ⸢TIN⸣.TIR{ki} DA ⸢E₂⸣ [(ša₂)] {m}{d}NA₃-GI A {m}a-⸢ma⸣-ti | |
| 9 | [u] ⸢E₂⸣ {m}šu-ma-a A {⸢m⸣}mi-ṣir-a-a NIG₂.ŠID-šu₂ ša₂ URU | |
| 10 | [u] ⸢EDIN⸣ ma-la ba-šu-u₂ maš-ka-nu | |
| 11 | [ša₂ {m]}⸢mu⸣-še($ text: zib# $)-zib($ text: še $)-{d}AMAR.UTU {lu₂}ra-šu-u₂ ša₂-nam-ma | |
| 12 | [ina muh]-⸢hi ul i⸣-šal-laṭ a-di {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 13 | [KU₃.BABBAR-šu₂] ⸢i⸣-šal-li-mu | |
| r | ||
| 14 | [... A {m}{d]}NA₃-⸢GI⸣ | |
| 15 | [...]-{⸢d⸣}30 | |
| 16 | [...]-DU | |
| 17 | [...]-x-BI | |
| 18 | [...]-x-TI | |
| 19 | [...]-ṢUR | |
| 20 | [...]-x | |
| 21 | [...]-AN | |
| 22 | [... A] {⸢m}DUG₃⸣.GA-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 23 | [...]-⸢KAR{ir⸣} A {m}DUG₃.GA-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 24 | {[m]}{⸢d⸣}AMAR.UTU-URU₃{ir} A {m}SIG₁₅-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 25 | {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}A-($ erasure $)-a A {lu₂}E₂.BAR-sip-par{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 26 | TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}GAN UD 1-KAM₂ MU 12-⸢KAM₂⸣ | |
| 27 | {d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-⸢GI.NA⸣ LUGAL TIN.⸢TIR{ki⸣} | |
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