BiMes 24, 49 (P342255)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BiMes 24, 49 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342255 |
| Museum no. | OIM A03422 + OIM A03489 + OIM A03493 + OIM A03655 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1'1'– | obverse too damaged for translation |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [as long as] that ... of that Antu-ṭabat is alive, Zaki-Anu will serve her. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | And if he does not [serve(?)] him, for each day that he does not [...] |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | [...] that ... which that Antu-banat [...] is for the clay work of the temple of the gods of Uruk in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witness(es): Ša-Anu-iššu son of Kidin-Anu son of Ša-Anu-iššu |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Labaši son of Anu-balassu-iqbi son of Labaši |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Anu-balassu-iqbi son of Tattannu son of Anu-ahhe-iddin and Anu-ahhe-[iddin son of Tat]tannu son of Dumqi-Anu descendants of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Anu-belšunu son of [... Nik]archos descendant of Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Zeriya son of Anu-mukin-apli [...] descendant of Gimil-Anu |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | Kidin-Anu son of Labaši son of Anu-uballiṭ descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | [...], scribe, son of PN [descendant of Ekur]-zakir. Uruk. [... Demet]rios (was) king. |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | [Ring of] Zeriya |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | [Ring of] Kidin-Anu |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | [Ring of] Labaši |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i' 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of [An]tu-banat [...] of that [...] |
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⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...]-⸢x-x-mu⸣-nu [...] | |
| 7' | [...]-⸢hi 2-ta ru⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x x x a-na⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...]-la-tu₂ MU-MEŠ ša₂ {f}an-tu₄-DU₁₀.⸢GA⸣{at} MU-MEŠ bal-ṭa-at {m}za-ki-{d}60 | |
| 2 | i-pal-lah₃-šu₂ u ki-i la uš-ta-[x]-šu₂ a-na 1{en⸣} u₄-mu ša₂ la ⸢i⸣-[...] | |
| 3 | ⸢x x x x x x x x MU-MEŠ⸣ ša₂ {f}⸢an⸣-tu₄-DU₁₀.GA{at} MU-MEŠ | |
| 4 | [... a-na dul]-⸢lu⸣ IM-⸢HI⸣.A ša₂ ⸢E₂⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} | |
| 5 | ⸢a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂⸣ | |
| 6 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}ša₂-{d}60-⸢iš⸣-[šu]-⸢u₂ A ša₂ {m⸣}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši⸣} | |
| 7 | ⸢A ša₂ {m⸣}{d}60-DIN-su A ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢x⸣-[...] {⸢m}NU⸣-TEŠ₂ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}⸢NU⸣-[TEŠ₂] | |
| 8 | {⸢m}{d}60-DIN⸣-su-E A ša₂ {m}tat-tan-⸢nu A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-MU u {⸢m⸣}{[d}60-⸢ŠEŠ-MEŠ⸣-[MU] | |
| 9 | [A ša₂ {m}tat]-⸢tan⸣-nu A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A-MEŠ {m}E₂.KUR-⸢za-kir⸣ {m}{d}60-⸢EN-šu₂-nu A ša₂ {m}{d⸣}[...] | |
| 10 | {[m}ni-iq]-ar-qu-su A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu {m}⸢NUMUN⸣-ia A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DU-A | |
| 11 | [...]-⸢x⸣ A {m}ŠU-{d}60 {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}NU-TEŠ₂ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 12 | [...] {⸢lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}{d}x-x-x⸣ [A {m}E₂.KUR]-za-kir UNUG{ki} {⸢iti⸣}[x] | |
| 13 | [... {m}de-e-me₂-ṭi]-ri-su ⸢LUGAL⸣ [...] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}NUMUN-ia | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}BARA₂-{d}60 | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}⸢NU-TEŠ₂⸣ | |
| l.e. i' | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | [x] | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {[f}an]-⸢tu₄⸣-DU₁₀.GA{⸢at⸣} | |
| 2 | [...]-⸢x MU-MEŠ⸣ | |
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