BiMes 24, 42 (P342248)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BiMes 24, 42 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342248 |
| Museum no. | OIM A03672 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1'1'–o 5'5' | [There shall be] no [claim on the part of ...] against Anu-ah-ušabši, son of Kidin-Anu and his sons, descendants of Ekur-zakir, in perpetuity,[concerning] the long upper north side [...] the lower south side, next to the house of Ki-[...] [...]-ittannu, the short upper west side next to the [house of ...] Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-ah-iddin, the short lower east side (at) the bank of the Ištar-canal. |
| Obverse [5:14] o 6'6'– | Šibqat-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu and Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, his brother, (and) Anu-ah-[...] and Anu-bullissu, sons of Anu-mar-ittannu, Nidintu-Anu and Anu-ahhe-iddin, sons of Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Nidintu-Anu, shall have no power of disposition (and) they did not transfer and are not transferring that 2/5 of the houses and their empty fields for money as a gift, as a marriage gift, for a business transaction, for any reason at all to anyone else [...]. But if they transferred (it) or shall transfer (it) [...] x apart from to this Anu-ah-[...] ... |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | Those houses and their empty fields belong to [...]-apli, descendant of Ekur-zakir in perpetuity. [...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Witnesses: [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Anu-mukin-[apli ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Nidin[tu-Anu], son [of ...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Ina-qibit-Anu and X-X-[...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Dumqi-Anu and ... [...] |
| Reverse [9:13] r 1010–r 1313 | [...] son [of] ... [... son] of ... ...]-iddin [...] ... [...] |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column v [0:3] b.e. v 1b.e. v 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-ušallim |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Balaṭu |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 11– | Ring of Ina-[...] |
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' | [...] ⸢US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI⸣.[SA₂ ...] | |
| 2' | [... KI]{⸢u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈⸣.LU ⸢DA⸣ E₂ {⸢f}ki-x⸣-[...] | |
| 3' | [...]-⸢MU⸣{nu} SAG.KI AN.⸢TA⸣ {tu₁₅}⸢MAR.TU DA⸣ [E₂ ...] | |
| 4' | {[m]}⸢ki⸣-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ⸣-MU SAG.KI KI.⸢TA⸣ {tu₁₅}KUR.RA GU₂ ⸢ID₂⸣-{[d}INANA] | |
| 5' | ⸢it⸣-ti {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ A-MEŠ {m}E₂.KUR-za-⸢kir⸣ | |
| 6' | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ia-a-nu ul i-šal-laṭ-ma-ʾa {m}šib-qat₂-{⸢d⸣}60 | |
| 7' | DUMU ša₂ {m}⸢ki-din⸣-{d}60 u {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E ŠEŠ-šu₂ {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[...] | |
| 8' | u {m}{⸢d}60-DIN-su DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 u {m}{⸢d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU ⸢DUMU⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 9' | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A <ša₂> {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 2 ha-an-za E₂-MEŠ u ki-šub-ba-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 10' | MU-⸢MEŠ a-na⸣ KU₃.BABBAR a-na ⸢ri⸣-mut a-na nu-dun-nu-u₂ a-na e-⸢peš⸣ | |
| 11' | ⸢ṣu⸣-bu-u₂-tu₂ a-na mim-ma gab-bi a-na man-am-ma ša₂-nam-⸢am-ma⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | gab-bi ul id-din-ʾu ul i-nam-din-na-ʾa u ki-⸢i⸣ [id-din-ʾu] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u ki-⸢i it-ta-din⸣-[ʾu ...] ⸢ga⸣ a-hi [...] | |
| 2 | a-na {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[...] ⸢x⸣-a E₂-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 3 | u ki-⸢šub⸣-ba-MEŠ-šu₂-[nu] ⸢MU-MEŠ ša₂⸣ {m}[... DUMU ša₂ ...]-⸢a A {m⸣}E₂.KUR-za-⸢kir⸣ | |
| 4 | a-na u₄-mu [ṣa]-a-tu₂ [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | {lu₂}mu-⸢kin₇⸣ [x] | |
| 6 | {m}{⸢d}60-DU⸣-[A ...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | {m}⸢ni-din⸣-[tu₄-{d}60 ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂] {⸢m⸣}[...]-{⸢d⸣}[...] | |
| 8 | {m}⸢ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 u {⸢m}x-x-x u {lu₂}x⸣-[...] | |
| 9 | {⸢m}dum-qi₂-{d⸣}60 ⸢u {m⸣}[x]-⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 10 | [...] ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂] {⸢m⸣}x-[x]{⸢meš⸣}[...] | |
| 11 | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ {m}⸢x-x⸣-[x]-{⸢d⸣}[...] | |
| 12 | [...]-⸢MU⸣ [...] | |
| 13 | [...]-⸢x-nu⸣ [...] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢DIN{iṭ⸣} | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-⸢URI₃⸣ | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [x] | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [x] | |
| b.e. v | ||
| 1 | un-[qa] | |
| 2 | [x] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-GI | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ba-la-ṭu | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}⸢ina⸣-[...] | |
| r.e. i' | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}⸢ni⸣-[din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| r.e. ii' | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-⸢MU⸣ | |
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