Babyloniaca 08, 27-35 (P342164)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | Babyloniaca 08, 27-35 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342164 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Uruk |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By Boissier, Alfred · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
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| Obverse [0:10] o 1o 1–o 1010 | Kittu-[Anu, son of Illut-Anu, a fuller,] voluntarily sold his built house, his bīt ritti in the city quarter of the ["Seventh Corner", property of Anu,] which is within Uruk: the upper length to the north is adjacent to the house of Adešu-ṭabat, daughter of [Anu-balas]su-iqbi, a fisherman, (the house) which now Dumqi-Anu, son of Anu-ah-utir, [a carpenter], holds, adjacent to the house of Anu-mar-ittannu, a workman of the house of the gods; the lower length to the south is the bank of the Ištar Canal; the upper width to the west is adjacent to the house of Tattannu-Nanaya, slave of Kephalon, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, and adjacent to the house of Nidintu-šarri, son of [Sumuttu]-Anu, slave of the sons of Anu-belšunu, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi; the lower width to the east is adjacent to the narrow street, "Bank of the Ištar Canal"; thus are the total measurements of the lengths and widths of those houses; those houses, as little and as much exists, all of it, for one-third mine and five shekels of refined silver, high quality staters of Seleucus, as the complete price, to Kittu-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin, son of Rihat-Anu, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | That silver, the one-third mina and five shekels, the complete price of those houses, Kittu-Anu, son of Illut-Anu, received from Kittu-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin; he is paid. |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313–o 1515 | Should a claim concerning those houses arise, Talattaʾ, son of Anu-uballiṭ, a fuller, will clear it twelve-fold, and will pay it to Kittu-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [15:18] o 1616–o 1818 | Kittu-Anu, the seller of those houses, and Talattaʾ, the guarantor of those houses, bear shared responsibility for the clearing of those houses for Kittu-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin, son of Ri[hat-Anu], in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [18:21] o 1919– | Those houses belong to Kittu-Anu, [son of] Anu-zer-iddin, son of Rihat-Anu, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Witnesses: Nidintu-Anu, son of Tanittu-Anu, son of Uppulu, descendant of Ah'u[tu]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Anu-ušallim, son of Zeriya, descendant of Gimil-Anu. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Anu-balas[su]-iqbi, son of Anu-ah-ušabši, descendant of Ekur-zakir. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Nanaya-iddin, son of Ina-qi[bit]-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Kuri. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Rihat-Ištar, son of Anu-belšunu, son of Rihat-Ištar, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Anu-ah-ittannu, son of [Nidin]tu-Ištar, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of Šumati. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Nanaya-iddin, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Illut-Anu. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-bullissu, son of Rihat-Anu. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | [Anu-iqišan]ni, scribe, chief lamentation priest of Anu, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. [Uruk. 17th day of Nisannu, year 130, Se]leucus (being) king. |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | [Ring of] Kittu-Anu, [seller of those houses] |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | [Ring of] Ṭalattaʾ, [guarantor of those houses] |
| Edge Column i [0:3] e. i 1e. i 1– | [Ring of] Anu-ah-ittannu |
| Edge Column ii [0:3] e. ii 1e. ii 1– | [Ring of] Nidintu-Anu |
| Edge Column iii [0:3] e. iii 1e. iii 1– | [Ring of] Nanaya-iddin |
| Edge Column iv [0:3] e. iv 1e. iv 1– | [Ring of] Anu-ah-ittannu |
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 | {m}ki-tu-{⸢d⸣}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 {lu₂}AZLAG] ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ E₂-su ep₂-šu₂ E₂ KIŠIB-šu₂ | |
| 2 | ina KI{ti₃} UB 7 NIG₂.GA {d}60 ša₂⸣ qe₂-⸢reb⸣ UNUG{ki} ⸢US₂⸣ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ {f}a-de-aš₂-šu₂-DU₁₀.GA | |
| 3 | DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN⸣-[su]-E {lu₂}ŠU.HA ša₂ en-na in-ga-⸢a⸣ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GUR {lu₂}NAGAR | |
| 4 | ⸢ku⸣-u₂-lu u DA E₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} e-piš dul-lu ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU | |
| 5 | GU₂ ID₂-{d}INANA SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ {m}tat-tan-nu-{d}na-na-a | |
| 6 | {lu₂}ARAD ša₂ {m}qe₂-ep-lu-u₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E u DA E₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-LUGAL DUMU ša₂ {[m}su-mut-tu₄]-{d}60 | |
| 7 | {lu₂}ARAD ša₂ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA SILA qat₂-nu | |
| 8 | mu-rad ID₂-{d}INANA ŠU.NIGIN US₂-MEŠ u SAG.KI-MEŠ mi-ših-tu₄ E₂ MU-MEŠ E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| 9 | i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na 1/3 MA.NA 5 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ | |
| 10 | is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}se-lu-ku bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}ki-tu-{d}60 | |
| 11 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ | |
| 12 | 1/3 MA.NA 5 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ gam-ru {m}ki-tu-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 | |
| 13 | ina ŠU-MIN {m}ki-tu-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri | |
| 14 | a-na muh-hi E₂ MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}ṭa-la-ta-ʾa DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} {lu₂}AZLAG | |
| 15 | a-di 12-TA.AM₃ u₂-mar-raq-ma a-na {m}ki-tu-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU a-na u₄-mu | |
| 16 | ṣa-a-tu₂ i-nam-din pu-u₂-ut a-ha-a-miš a-na mu-ur-qu ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| 17 | {m}ki-tu-{d}60 {lu₂}na-din-na-an E₂ MU-MEŠ u {m}ṭa-la-at-ta-ʾa DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| 18 | {lu₂}mu-mar-raq-an E₂ MU-MEŠ a-na {m}ki-⸢tu⸣-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 | |
| 19 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-[u₂] E₂ MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ki-tu-{d}60 | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [DUMU ša₂ {m]}{d}60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 [a]-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 2 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-⸢nit⸣-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}up-pu-lu A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-[tu] | |
| 3 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-GI DUMU ša₂ {m}NUMUN-ia A {m}ŠU-{d}60 | |
| 4 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-[su]-E DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} A {m}E₂.KUR-za-⸢kir⸣ | |
| 5 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-[bit]-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}kur-i | |
| 6 | {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}⸢IŠKUR⸣ | |
| 7 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {[m}ni-din]-tu₄-{d}INANA DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A {m}MU-MEŠ | |
| 8 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 | |
| 9 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 | |
| 10 | {[m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an]-⸢ni⸣ {lu₂}UMBISAG {lu₂}GALA.MAH {d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ | |
| 11 | [UNUG{ki} {iti}BARA₂ U₄ 17-KAM₂ MU 130-KAM₂ {m}se]-lu-ku LUGAL | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] {m}ki-tu-{d}60 | |
| 2 | {[lu₂}na-din-na-an E₂ MU-MEŠ] | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] {m}ṭa-la-at-ta-ʾa | |
| 2 | {[lu₂}mu-mar-raq-an E₂ MU-MEŠ] | |
| e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| e. iv | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{[nu]} | |
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