BiMes 24, 40 (P342246)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BiMes 24, 40 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342246 |
| Museum no. | OIM A03499 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | [...] x x x [... whose hand, with the name of PN] is written, |
| Obverse [2:6] o 3'3'–o 6'6' | [...] ... Arad-Nergal, that [slave] ... |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | [Should] a claim [arise] concerning Arad-Nergal, that slave, [...] Nabu-ušallim, son of Kudurru, will clear (it) and will pay to Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Nanaya-iddin. |
| Obverse [8:13] o 9'9'–o 13'13' | The Kudurru estate bears responsibility for guaranteeing in perpetuity that Arad-Nergal, that slave, does not have the position of temple oblate, does not have the status of šušānū, does not have the status of a free person, does not have the status of royal slave, is not in the royal cavalry, and is not in the charioteer service [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 11–r 11 | [...] descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [2:8] r 33– | [... descendant of Sin]-leqi-unninni |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i' 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Right [0:3] r.e. 11– | [Ring of] Nabu-ušallim, the seller of that slave |
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 ŠEŠ x | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ku-ur-ru šaṭ-rat | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ru [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ a ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x u₂ ma⸣ {m}ARAD-{d}|U.GUR| {[lu₂}ARAD] MU-MEŠ | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x x tu x mu⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [... pa]-⸢qa-ri ana⸣ muh-hi {⸢m⸣}ARAD-{d}|U.GUR| {⸢lu₂}ARAD MU-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 8' | ⸢x x x⸣ {m}{d}⸢AG-GI⸣ DUMU ša₂ {m}NIG₂.DU u₂-mar-⸢raq⸣-ma a-⸢na⸣ | |
| 9' | {⸢m}{d}60-ŠEŠ⸣-[MEŠ]-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-⸢MU⸣ ina-⸢an-din pu⸣-[ut] | |
| 10' | ⸢la⸣ {lu₂}⸢šir₃⸣-ku-u₂-tu₂ la {lu₂}šu-ša₂-⸢nu⸣-u₂-⸢tu₂ la {lu₂⸣}[...] | |
| 11' | ⸢la⸣ {lu₂}⸢ARAD⸣ LUGAL{u₂-⸢tu₂⸣} la E₂ ANŠE.KUR.⸢RA⸣ u ⸢la E₂⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | {m}⸢ARAD-{d⸣}|U.GUR| {lu₂}⸢ARAD MU-MEŠ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a⸣-[tu₂ ...] | |
| 13' | E₂ {⸢m}ku-du⸣-ur-ru na-ši | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x] ⸢A {m}E₂⸣.KUR-za-kir | |
| 2 | [x A {m]}⸢E₂.KUR⸣-za-kir | |
| 3 | [x A {m}{d}30-⸢TI⸣-ER₂ | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [x] | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [x] | |
| l.e. i' | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] {m}{d}AG-GI {<lu₂>}na-din | |
| 2 | {[lu₂}ARAD MU]-MEŠ | |
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