BiMes 24, 13 (P342219)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BiMes 24, 13 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342219 |
| Museum no. | OIM A02518 |
| 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 [0:15] o 1o 1–o 1515 | Anu-ah-ittannu, whose other name is Dumqi-Anu, son of Dumqi-Anu descendant of Luštammar-Adad voluntarily sold in perpetuity to Labaši son of Rihat-Anu son of Labaši, the builder, an undeveloped plot, property of Anu, that is in the Ištar-gate quarter in Uruk: the long northern upper side (is) adjacent to the house of Nidintu-Anu son of Illut-Anu the fisherman and adjacent to the secondary measurement of that undeveloped plot; the long southern lower side (is) adjacent to the house of Labaši, the buyer of that undeveloped plot, son of Rihat-Anu, the builder; the upper western width (is) adjacent to the house of Rihat-Anu son of Anu-ah-ittannu, the leatherworker; the lower eastern width (is) adjacent to the narrow road (leading to) the bank of the Ištar canal---a second measurement of that undeveloped plot: the long upper northern side (is) adjacent to the narrow road "the Thoroughfare of the People"; the long lower southern side (is) adjacent to that undeveloped plot; the upper western width (is) adjacent to the house of Nidintu-Anu son of Illut-Anu, the fisherman; the lower eastern width (is) adjacent to the house of Rihat-Anu son of Anu-ah-ittannu, the leatherworker. Total of the two measurements of that undeveloped plot---as little or as much as there is, all of it---for 1/3 mina of refined, high-quality silver staters of Antiochus, as the complete price. Anu-ah-ittannu received from Labaši that 1/3 mina (as) the complete price of that undeveloped plot; he is paid. |
| Obverse [15:23] o 1616– | Should a claim arise concerning that undeveloped plot, Anu-belšunu son of Anu-mar-ittannu son of Anu-belšunu descendant of Ahʾutu with clear it and he will pay the 12-fold penalty to Labaši in perpetuity. Anu-ah-ittannu, the seller, and Anu-belšunu the son of Anu-mar-ittannu, the guarantor, bear mutual responsibility toward Labaši son of Rihat-Anu in perpetuity. That undeveloped plot belongs to Labaši son of Rihat-Anu son of Labaši, the builder, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness(es): Labaši son of Anu-belšunu son of Nikarchos descendant of Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Ubar son of Mušezib-Anu son of Ubar descendant of Kuri; Anu-uballiṭ son of Nidintu-Anu son of Ina-qibit-Anu descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Anu-ah-iddin and Anu-zer-iddin sons of Nanaya-iddin son of Anu-mar-ittannu descendants of Hunzu; Rihat-Anu son of Kidin-Anu son of Nidintu-Anu descendant of Gimil-Anu |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | Labaši son of Anu-uballiṭ son of Kidin-Anu descendant of Hunzu; Ana-rabut-Anu son of Sumuttu-Anu son of Kittu-Anu descendant of Kuri |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | Anu-belšunu, scribe, son of Nidintu-Anu descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. (Written in) Uruk. 10th day of Addaru. Year 137. Seleucus (being) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of Rihat-Anu |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-zer-iddin |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of Labaši |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of Ubar |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of Labaši |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-iddin |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Ana-rabut-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu, seller of that undeveloped plot |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-belšunu, guarantor |
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-MU{nu} ša₂ MU-šu₂ ša₂-nu-u₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 2 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ NIG₂.GA {d}60 ša₂ ina KI{ti₃} KA₂.GAL {d}INANA ša₂ qe₂-reb | |
| 3 | UNUG{ki} US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 | |
| 4 | {lu₂}ŠU.HA u DA meš-hat ša₂-ni-tu₄ ša₂ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU | |
| 5 | DA E₂ {m}NU-TEŠ₂ {lu₂}ma-hi-ra-nu ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 {lu₂}ŠIDIM | |
| 6 | SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} {lu₂}AŠGAB | |
| 7 | SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA SILA qat₂-nu mu-rad ID₂-{d}INANA meš-hat 2-tu₄ | |
| 8 | ša₂ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA SILA qat₂-nu mu-taq-qa UN-MEŠ | |
| 9 | US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU | |
| 10 | DA E₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 {lu₂}ŠU.HA SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA | |
| 11 | DA E₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} {lu₂}AŠGAB PAP 2-ta meš-hat ša₂ ki-šub-ba-a | |
| 12 | MU-MEŠ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi | |
| 13 | a-na 1/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su | |
| 14 | bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}NU-TEŠ₂ A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}NU-TEŠ₂ | |
| 15 | {lu₂}ŠIDIM a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 1/3 MA.NA ŠAM₂ ki-šub-ba-a | |
| 16 | MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} ina ŠU-MIN {m}NU-TEŠ₂ mah-ru e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ana muh-hi ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ ⸢it-tab⸣-šu-u₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-⸢šu₂-nu⸣ | |
| 2 | A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu u₂-mar-raq-ma a-di 12-TA.AM₃ a-na {m}NU-TEŠ₂ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ina-an-din | |
| 3 | pu-u₂-ut a-ha-a-miš a-na mu-ru-qu ša₂ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| 4 | {lu₂}na-din-na u {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} {lu₂}mu-mar-raq-qa-an-nu a-na {m}NU-TEŠ₂ A ša₂ | |
| 5 | {m}ri-hat-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši A ša₂ | |
| 6 | {m}ri-hat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši {lu₂}ŠIDIM a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 7 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}NU-TEŠ₂ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A ša₂ {m}ni-iq-ar-qu-ra-su A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 8 | {m}u₂-bar A ša₂ {m}KAR-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}u₂-bar A {m}kur-i {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ | |
| 9 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU u {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| 10 | A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A-MEŠ {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}ŠU-{d}60 | |
| 11 | {m}la-ba-ši A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 | |
| 12 | A ša₂ {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ki-tu-{d}60 A {m}kur-i | |
| 13 | {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ UNUG{ki} {iti}ŠE U₄ 10-KAM₂ | |
| 14 | MU 137-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su u {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su A-šu₂ LUGAL-MEŠ | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ri-hat-{d}60 | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NU-TEŠ₂ | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}u₂-bar | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}la-ba-ši | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢DIN⸣{iṭ} | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-na ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | |
| 2 | {lu₂}mu-mar-raq-qa-an-nu | |
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