BiMes 24, 05 (P342211)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BiMes 24, 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342211 |
| Museum no. | OIM A03676 |
| Collection | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By Weisberg, David B. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
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| Obverse [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | Anu-uballiṭ, son of Nanaya-iddin, son of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Sin-leqi-unnini, voluntarily sold in perpetuity his prebend in one day in the twenty-fifth (and) twenty-sixth days, in the neck-cuts of the grown male sheep that are offered (on) the sošle of the offering-table of Anu [...] that pertain to ... one, the neck-cut offerings in those days that are with Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ and Anu-uballiṭ —— those prebends, that are monthly throughout the year, for 16 šekels of silver in high-quality staters of Seleucus as the complete price to Sumuttu-Anu, son of Kittu-Anu [...] |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | That silver, 16 šekels, is the price of the neck-cut offerings Anu-uballiṭ, son of Nanaya-iddin, received from Sumuttu-Anu, son of Kittu-Anu. He is paid. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | Should a claim arise concerning those prebends, Anu-uballiṭ and Dumqi-Anu, sons of Itti-Anu-nuhšu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni, will clear it and [... to Sumuttu]-Anu will pay in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | Anu-uballiṭ and Dumqi-Anu [mutually bear responsibility for guaranteeing] those [prebends for] Anu-uballiṭ in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | The prebend of the neck-cut offering in one day, in the twenty-fifth day ... [in] one day, in the twenty-sixth day [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | ... [...], son of Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | [...] x Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of [...] label+ r 4' - r 5' [...] son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of [...] |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 66 | [...] Ina-qibit-Anu |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 7'7' | [... descendant of] Sin-leqi-unnini. Uruk. Šabaṭu. [day. year] Seleucus (was) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | [Ri]ng of Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-zer-lišir |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 11– | Ring of Lišir |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ, seller of those prebends |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 11– | Ring of [Dumqi-Anu ...] |
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-DIN{iṭ} [DUMU ša₂] {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ | |
| 2 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ {uzu}ti-ik-ka-nu ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ GAL{u₂} ša₂ ki-gal-u₂ | |
| 3 | [... {giš]}⸢BANŠUR⸣ ša₂ {d}60 E₁₁{u₂} ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 25-KAM₂ U₄ 26-KAM₂ | |
| 4 | [...] 1{en} {uzu}ti-ik-ka-nu ina u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ ša₂ KI {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} u {⸢m⸣}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| 5 | [ik-kaš-ši]-⸢du⸣ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ ša₂ ITI{us-su} ša₂ MU-us-su a-na 16 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}se-lu-ku | |
| 6 | [bab-ba-nu]-⸢u₂⸣-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU <ša₂> {m}ki-tu-{d}60 | |
| 7 | [...] ⸢a-na u₄⸣-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 16 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ {uzu}ti-ik-ka-nu | |
| 8 | {[m}{d}60-DIN]{⸢iṭ} DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU ina ŠU-MIN {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-tu-{d}60 | |
| 9 | [ma-hir e]-⸢ṭir₃⸣ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri ana muh-hi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ | |
| 10 | {[m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} u₃ {m}dum-qi₂]-{⸢d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}KI⸣-{d}60-⸢HE₂⸣.NUN A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ u₂-mar-raq-ma | |
| 11 | [...]-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ina-an-din pu-ut | |
| 12 | [...] MU-MEŠ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} u₃ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 | |
| 13 | [a-na {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {uzu]}⸢ti-ik-ka⸣-nu ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 25-[KAM₂] | |
| 14 | [... 1{⸢en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 26-[KAM₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...]-⸢x⸣-tu₂ | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ | |
| 4' | [... A x ...] ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A | |
| 5' | [x ...] {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| 6 | [... {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ ... A] {⸢m}{d}30-TI-ER₂⸣ UNUG{ki} {iti}ZIZ₂ | |
| 7' | [...] {m}se-lu-ku LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-MU | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{⸢li⸣}GIŠ | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} {lu₂}na-din-na | |
| 2 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA ⸢MU-MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {⸢m⸣}[dum-qi₂-{d}60 | |
| 2 | [...] | |
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