BiMes 24, 48 (P342254)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BiMes 24, 48 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342254 |
| Museum no. | OIM A03684 |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:12] o 1o 1–o 1212 | There will be no [law]suit, legal proceeding or claim [of any kind] on the part of Labaši-Anu, son [of] Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, the potter, concerning ... the undeveloped plot of the city quarter Kirimahhu (tablet: "royal orchard") which is in Uruk--7 cubits is the upper length on the north next to the undeveloped plot of [Nidintu-Anu], son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Kuri; 7 cubits is the lower length on the south next to the undeveloped plot of Labaši-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ; 6 cubits is the upper width on the west next to the house of Arad-Reš, son of Rihat-Anu; 6 cubits is the lower width on the east next to the house of Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Anu-ah-ittannu: 7 cubits length (and) 6 cubits width is the total measurement of that undeveloped plot, as little or as much as there is, all of it--against Anu-ah-ittanu, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, the potter, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [12:19] o 1313– | Labaši-Anu son of Anu-uballiṭ has no power of disposition [did not transfer and will not transfer] that undeveloped plot for money as a gift, as a dowry, as a business transaction, for any reason at all to anyone else, Labaši-Anu [...] Anu-ah-ittannu [...] son of [...] son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, the potter, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [...] but (if) Labaši-Anu has given from his undeveloped plot to Anu-ahhe-iddin, for the partition wall (or) another house, bricks, and Anu-ahhe-iddin has given bricks of the built partition wall to/for [...] Anu-ahhe-idddin, that partition wall (belongs to ) Anu-ahhe-iddin in perpetuity. |
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) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | [mim-ma dib]-bi di-i-ni u ra-ga-mu ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši-{d}60 ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂] | |
| 2 | {[m]}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU {lu₂}BAHAR₂ ana muh-⸢hi⸣ | |
| 3 | ki-šub-ba-a KI{ti₃} {giš}KIRI₆ LUGAL{ri} ša₂ ⸢qe₂-reb UNUG{ki⸣} | |
| 4 | 7 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA ki-šub-ba-a {[m}ni]-⸢din-tu₄⸣-{[d}60 | |
| 5 | DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A {m}kur-i 7 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{u₂} {⸢tu₁₅⸣}U₁₈.LU | |
| 6 | DA ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} 6 KUŠ₃ | |
| 7 | SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}re-eš | |
| 8 | DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 6 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂ | |
| 9 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-⸢MU⸣{nu} ŠU.⸢NIGIN⸣ 7 KUŠ₃ US₂ 6 KUŠ₃ | |
| 10 | SAG.KI mi-ših-tu₄ ki-⸢šub⸣-ba-⸢a MU-MEŠ⸣ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ | |
| 11 | i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-⸢u₂⸣ gab-bi KI {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| 12 | ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}{⸢d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ⸣-MU {lu₂}BAHAR₂ | |
| 13 | ⸢a-na⸣ u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ⸢ia⸣-a-nu ⸢ul i-šal⸣-laṭ-ma {m}la-ba-ši-{d}60 | |
| 14 | ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {⸢m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} ki-šub-ba-⸢a MU-MEŠ a-na⸣ KU₃.⸢BABBAR⸣ a-na {lu₂}ri-⸢mu⸣-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 15 | a-na {lu₂}nu-⸢dun-nu⸣-u₂ ⸢a⸣-na ⸢e⸣-peš ⸢ṣu⸣-bu-u₂-tu₂ a-na mim-ma gab-bi | |
| 16 | a-na {lu₂}man-am-⸢ma ša₂⸣-[nam-ma] ⸢ki⸣-šub-ba-a-MEŠ MU-MEŠ {m}la-ba-ši-{d}60 | |
| 17 | ⸢x x x x x⸣ [...] ⸢x {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} x⸣ [x] | |
| 18 | [...] ⸢A ša₂⸣ {m}⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU {lu₂}⸢BAHAR₂⸣ [a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ...]-zu [x x] | |
| 2 | u it-ta-din {m}la-ba-⸢ši-{d}60 ul⸣-tu ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ a-na | |
| 3 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU a-na {e₂}a-ma-aš₂-tu₄ E₂ 2-ta li-bi-⸢it⸣ | |
| 4 | u {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU it-ta-din li-bi-it a-ma-aš₂-tu₄ DU₃{⸢uš⸣} | |
| 5 | a-⸢na x⸣ [...] ⸢x {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU a-ma-aš₂-tu₄ MU-MEŠ | |
| 6 | {[m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU a]-⸢na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂⸣ ši-ia | |
| 7 | {[lu₂}mu-kin₇ x] ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}ki-din-{⸢d}60 u {m}ki-tu₂-{d}60 DUMU-šu₂ | |
| 8 | [A-MEŠ {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu {m}dum]-⸢qi₂⸣-{d}60 u {m}su-mut{ut}⸢tu₄⸣-{d}60 DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ | |
| 9 | [x A {m}hun-zu]-u₂ {m}ina-⸢qi₂-bit⸣-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| 10 | [x DUMU ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}ina-⸢qi₂⸣-bit-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-⸢u₂⸣-[tu] | |
| 11 | [x DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢GI⸣ A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}⸢IŠKUR⸣ [x] | |
| 12 | [... {m}ina-qi₂]-⸢bit⸣-{d}60 ⸢A {m⸣}hun-zu-⸢u₂ {m}{d⸣}60-...] | |
| 13 | [x A {m}lu-uš]-tam-mar-{⸢d⸣}IŠKUR {m}⸢ARAD-{e₂⸣}[re-eš ...] | |
| 14 | [... {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-MU {lu₂}⸢BAHAR₂⸣ [...] | |
| 15 | [x {lu₂]}⸢UMBISAG⸣ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-SU ⸢x x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢UNUG{ki⸣} | |
| 16 | [...] ⸢MU⸣ 97-⸢KAM₂⸣ {m}⸢an⸣-[ti-ʾi-i-ku-su LUGAL] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {[m]}⸢ARAD⸣-{e₂}re-eš | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢MU{nu⸣} | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | {⸢m}x⸣-[x] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | [...]-⸢x-x⸣ | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}la-ba-ši-{d}60 {⸢lu₂⸣}na-din ki-šub-ba-a MU-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
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