Babyloniaca 15, 07 (P342165)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | Babyloniaca 15, 07 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342165 |
| Museum no. | AO 17265 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By Rutten, Marguerite · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
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| Obverse [0:10] o 1o 1–o 1010 | Anu-ahhe-iddin and Ištar-šum-eriš sons of Nidintu-Anu son of Anu-ahhe-iddin descendant of Ahʾutu voluntarily sold in perptuity to Demetrios son of Archias, the attendant of Syros son of Kephalon son of Syros one-half (share) in an undeveloped plot in the quarter of the Šamaš gate that is in Uruk: the long upper northern side (is) adjacent to the undeveloped plot of Demetrios son of that Archias; the long lower southern side (is) adjacent to the house of Idat-Anu son of Ina-qibit-Nanaya who is said to be the son of Arad-AMA-ARHUŠ; the upper western width (is) adjacent to the dead-end access-way, the access-way of Hakidda son of Abuta and other people; the lower eastern width is adjacent to the narrow road (leading to) the bank of ...---the total of the lengths and widths, the measurement of the undeveloped plot---for 10 shekels of refined silver in high-quality staters of Demetrios. |
| Obverse [10:15] o 1111–o 1515 | Anu-ahhe-iddin and Ištar-šum-eriš, those sellers, received that 10 shekels of silver, the complete price of that undeveloped plot, from Demetrios; they are paid. When a claim should arise concerning the one-half (share) of that undeveloped plot, Anu-ahhe-iddin and Ištar-šum-eriš, those sellers, will clear it and they will pay the 12-fold penalty to Demetrios in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | The aforementioned Anu-ahhe-iddin and Ištar-šum-eriš bear mutual responsibility for the clearing of that one-half (share in) that undeveloped plot in perpetuity. That one-half (share in) that undeveloped plot belongs to the aforementioned Demtrios in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Witness(es): Ina-qibit-Anu son of Anu-ah-iddin son of Anu-ikṣur descendant of Kuri |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | Labaši son of Anu-ah-ittannu son of Labaši and Ina-qibit-Anu and Nidintu-Anu sons of Tanittu-Anu son of Anu-belšunu descendants of Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | Kidin-Anu son of Anu-ah-ittannu son of Kidin-Anu and Idat-Anu son of Nidintu-Anu son of Eriba descendants of Ekur-zakir; Šamaš-eṭir son of Anu-ittannu son of Anu-ušallim descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Anu-mar-ittannu son of Nanaya-iddin son of Kidin-Anu descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | Ina-qibit-Anu, the scribe, son of Šamaš-eṭir descendant of Ekur-zakir. (Written in) Uruk. 30th day of Tašritu, year 161 Demetrios (being) king |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Kidin-Anu |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Ina-qibit-Anu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Ina-qibit-Anu |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Anu-mar-iddin |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of Šamaš-eṭir |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Ring of Labaši |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Idat-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin, that seller |
| Right Column ii [0:1] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1–r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1 | Ring of Ištar-šum-eriš |
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}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU u {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 2 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu mi-šil ina ki-šub-ba-a KI{ti₃} KA₂.GAL {d}UTU ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} US₂ AN{u₂} | |
| 3 | {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}de-e-meṭ-ri-su A ša₂ {m}ar-ki-ʾi-a {lu₂}ma-hir-an-na | |
| 4 | MU-MEŠ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ {f}ina-E-{d}na-na-a ša₂ E{u₂} | |
| 5 | A ša₂ {m}ARAD-{d}AMA-ARHUŠ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA SILA la a-ṣu-u₂ mu-ṣu-u₂ | |
| 6 | ša₂ {m}ha-kid-da-ʾa A ša₂ {m}a-bu-ta-ʾa u UN-MEŠ ša₂-nu-u₂-tu₂ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA | |
| 7 | DA SILA SIG mu-rad šap-pi ŠU.NIGIN US₂-MEŠ u SAG.KI-MEŠ mi-ših-tu₄ ki-šub-ba-a | |
| 8 | a-na 10 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}de-e-meṭ-ri-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 9 | a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}de-e-meṭ-ri-su A ša₂ {m}ar-ki-ʾi-a {lu₂}pa-li-ih | |
| 10 | ša₂ {m}su₂-ur-su A ša₂ {m}qe₂-ep-lu-u₂-nu A ša₂ {m}su₂-ur-su a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-tan-nu-ʾu | |
| 11 | KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 10 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ mi-šil ina ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU u | |
| 12 | {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ {lu₂}na-din-MEŠ MU-MEŠ ina ŠU-MIN {m}de-e-meṭ-ri-su mah-ru-MEŠ | |
| 13 | e-ṭir-MEŠ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-na UGU{hi} mi-šil ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ | |
| 14 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU u {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ {lu₂}na-din-na-MEŠ MU-MEŠ u₂-mar-raq-u₂-ma | |
| 15 | EN 12-TA-A₄ a-na {m}de-e-meṭ-ri-su MU-MEŠ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-nam-din-nu-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢pu⸣-ut a-ha-miš a-na mur-ru-qu ša₂ mi-šil ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU u | |
| 2 | {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ MU-MEŠ a-na {m}de-e-meṭ-ri-su MU-MEŠ ⸢a-na⸣ u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ | |
| 3 | mi-šil ina ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ {m}de-e-meṭ-ri-su MU-MEŠ ⸢a-na⸣ u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 4 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur A {m}kur-i | |
| 5 | {m}NU-TEŠ₂ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}NU-TEŠ₂ u {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 u {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| 6 | A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A-MEŠ {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 | |
| 7 | A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 u {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}SU{a} | |
| 8 | A-MEŠ {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}{d}UTU-SUR A ša₂ {m}{d}60-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-GI A ša₂ {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 9 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 10 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-SUR A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir UNUG{ki} {iti}DU₆ | |
| 11 | U₄ 30-KAM MU 1-ME 61-KAM {m}de-e-meṭ-ri-su LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}BARA₂-{d}60 | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}UTU-SUR | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NU-TEŠ₂ | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}i-dat-{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-na-MEŠ MU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ | |
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