BiMes 24, 06 (P342212)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BiMes 24, 06 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342212 |
| Museum no. | OIM A03678 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 11–o 11 | [...] voluntarily |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [...] monthly |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...] prebend |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...] full [price] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [... of An]tiochus |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | [...] daughter of [...] |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1'1'–r 6'6' | [...] Labaši, the seller of that prebend, and Ša-Anu-iššu will assume [responsibility] for the clearing of that prebend for Antiochis in perpetuity. That prebend belongs to Antiochis, daughter of Diophantos, wife of Anu-uballiṭ, whose second name is Kephalon, the chief rēš-āli of Uruk, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, descendant of Ahʾutu, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [Witnesses:] Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of Ahʾutu. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...], son of Anu-šum-lišir, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Illut-Anu, descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...]-ittannu, son of Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-mukin-apli, descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [11:13] r 12'12'–r 13'13' | [...], son of Zeriya, son of Lišir, descendant of Gimil-Anu |
| Reverse [12:17] r 13'13'– | Anu-ah-iddin, the scribe, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Uruk. Arahšamnu. 3rd day. 121st year. Antiochus was king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of Lišir |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i' 11– | [Ring of ...]-uṣur |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii' 11– | [Ring of] Nidin-[...] |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Labaši, seller [of that prebend] |
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 | [...] ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢ITI⸣{us-su} | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢x⸣ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢gab⸣-bi | |
| 5 | [... {m}an]-⸢ti⸣-ʾi-i-ku-su | |
| 6 | [...] DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ | |
| 7 | [...]-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢a-na mu-ur⸣-ru-qu ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ {m}⸢NU⸣-[TEŠ₂] | |
| 2' | {[lu₂}na-din-na]-an GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ u {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-⸢u₂⸣ a-na | |
| 3' | {[f}an-ti-ʾi]-i-ki-su a-na u₄-⸢mu⸣ ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.⸢BA⸣ [MU-MEŠ] | |
| 4' | {[f}an-ti]-⸢ʾi⸣-i-ki-su DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}di-ʾu-u₂-pa-an-ṭe₃-us-su | |
| 5' | [DAM {m}{d}60-DIN]{⸢iṭ⸣} ša₂ MU-šu₂ 2-u₂ {m}qe₂-ep-⸢lu⸣-u₂-nu {lu₂}GAL SAG SAG ⸢IRI⸣ [ša₂ UNUG{ki]} | |
| 6' | [A ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢DIN⸣-su-E A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu ana ⸢u₄-mu ṣa⸣-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ [...] | |
| 7' | {[lu₂}mu-kin₇] {m}{d}60-AD-⸢URI₃⸣ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A ša₂ {⸢m}{d}60-ŠEŠ⸣-MU{nu} A {m}ŠEŠ-⸢ʾu⸣-[u₂-tu] | |
| 8' | [...]-⸢x⸣ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}hun-⸢zu⸣-u₂ {m}NU-TEŠ₂ A ša₂ | |
| 9' | [...]-{⸢d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {<m>}⸢il-lut⸣-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u | |
| 10' | [...]-⸢MU⸣{nu} A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DU-A A {m}hun-zu-u {⸢m⸣}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| 11' | [DUMU ša₂ ...]-⸢URI₃⸣ A {m}kur-i {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 12' | [...]-⸢x⸣ A ša₂ {m}NUMUN-ia A ša₂ {m}{li}GIŠ A {m}ŠU-{d}60 | |
| 13' | {[m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir UNUG{ki} {<iti>}APIN U₄ 3-<KAM₂> | |
| 14' | [... x] 121 {m}an-⸢ti-ʾi-i-ku-su LUGAL⸣ | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | [x] | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [x] | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {⸢m}{li}GIŠ⸣ | |
| b.e. i' | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | [...]-URI₃ | |
| b.e. ii' | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}ni-⸢din⸣-[...] | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NU-TEŠ₂ {lu₂}na-din-na-⸢an⸣ [GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ] | |
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