BiMes 24, 38 (P342244)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BiMes 24, 38 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342244 |
| Museum no. | OIM A03694 |
| 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 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...] Anu-x-[...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] Ina-qibit-Anu [...] the lower length [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [adjacent to the] narrow [street], the "Thoroughfare of the People", the upper [...] on the west, adjacent to [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] and Sumuttu-Anu [...], sons of Balaṭu [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] son of [PN ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... next to] the house of Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-ab-uṣur, descendant of [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] Mannu-iqapu, son of Labaši, descendant of Kuri. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] in perpetuity he bears [responsibility]. That silver — 25 shekels, the price [....] |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'–o 13'13' | [...], the seller of that house and undeveloped plot [...] |
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' | [...] ⸢x {m}{d}60-x⸣-[...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... {m]}⸢ina-qi₂⸣-bit-{d}60 ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x x x US₂ KI⸣{[u₂} ...] | |
| 3' | [DA SILA] ⸢SIG⸣ mu-taq ⸢UN-MEŠ x AN.TA⸣ {tu₁₅}MAR.TU [DA ...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢u {m}su-mut-tu₂⸣-{d}60 ⸢x x x šu₂⸣ A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ba-la-[ṭu ...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x x A ša₂ {m⸣}[...] | |
| 6' | [... DA] ⸢E₂⸣ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢AD-URI₃ A⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [... {m}man]-nu-i-qa-pu A ša₂ {m}NU-TEŠ₂ A {m}kur-i ŠU.NIGIN [US₂-MEŠ u] | |
| 8' | [SAG.KI-MEŠ E₂] ⸢ki-šub-ba MU-MEŠ⸣ [E₂ ki-šub]-⸢ba-a⸣ [MU-MEŠ] ⸢i-ṣi⸣ [u ma-a-du ma-la] | |
| 9' | [ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi] ⸢a-na⸣ 1/3 MA.NA 5 GIN₂ ⸢KU₃.BABBAR⸣ qa-lu-u₂ is-⸢ta-tir⸣-[ra-nu ...] | |
| 10' | [bab-ba-nu-u₂]-⸢tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}{d⸣}[...] | |
| 11' | [... a-na u₄-mu] ⸢ṣa-a⸣-[tu₂] ⸢na-šu₂-u₂⸣ [KU₃.BABBAR] ⸢a₄⸣ 1/3 MA.NA 5 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ ...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x {lu₂}na-din E₂ ki-šub-ba⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x ti x⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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