BiMes 24, 54 (P342260)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BiMes 24, 54 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342260 |
| Museum no. | OIM A03473 |
| 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' | [...] 6th year Seleucus (being) king. [...] |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | Anu-uballiṭ, whose other name is Kephalon, the ša rēši of Uruk, [son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, descendant of Ah]ʾutu; Anu-belšunu, his brother, Te-e-a-X |
| Obverse [3:10] o 4'4'–o 10'10' | [...] the house of x [...] all of it [...] his brother ... [... in pe]rpetuity. ... his house plot |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'– | [...] Kidin-Anu, all of it [...] bears (responsibility). They(?) will not search (for) [...] that was made. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | The x, in addition to their document [...] the gods of Uruk, which was performed, the sons of Labaši, son of |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | [...] descendant of Gimil-Anu ... Labaši, their father, he did. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] Kephalon, commander of Uruk, with his ring |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [... Ti]mokrates, with ... of Uruk, with his ring |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] the assembly of Uruk, with the slave of the house that is between them |
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' | [...] MU 6-KAM₂⸣ {m}se-lu-⸢ku LUGAL⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | {[m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} ša₂ MU-šu₂ ša₂-nu-u₂ {m}qe₂-ep]-lu-u₂-nu {lu₂}GAL {lu₂}SAG {lu₂}SAG ša₂ UNUG{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 3' | [A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A {m}ŠEŠ]-ʾu-u₂-tu {m}{⸢d}60-EN-šu₂-nu ŠEŠ-šu₂⸣ {m}te-e-a-[...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ E₂ ⸢ša₂ x⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] | |
| 6' | [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 8' | [...] gab-bi | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢ŠEŠ-šu₂⸣ [...]-da-ʾ | |
| 10' | [... a-na u₄]-⸢mu⸣ ṣa-a-tu₂ ⸢x⸣-[...]-⸢šu₂ x x be-am-ma⸣ x x x ⸢qa⸣-nu-šu₂ | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢x x {m}ki-din-{d⸣}60 ⸢gab⸣-[bi ...] na-x-šu₂ ul u₂-ba-ʾa-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...]-šu₂ ša₂ ip-pu-uš lu-u₂-ʾu(HI-)pu e-lat ša₂-ṭa-ri-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢DINGIR⸣-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} ša₂ ip-pu-uš A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}NU-TEŠ₂ A ša₂ | |
| 3 | [...]-⸢x⸣ A {m}ŠU-{d}60 lib₃-bu-u₂ ša₂ ina IGI gu su {m}NU-TEŠ₂ AD-šu₂-nu; i-pu-uš | |
| 4 | [... {m]}⸢qe₂⸣-ep-lu-u₂-nu {lu₂}GAL {lu₂}SAG {lu₂}SAG ša₂ UNUG{ki} ina un-qa-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [... {m}x]-mu-uq-ra-te-e ina ⸢x-x⸣-uš ša₂ UNUG{ki} ina un-qa-šu₂ | |
| 6 | [...]-a {lu₂}UKKIN ša₂ UNUG{ki} ina ARAD E₂ ša₂ bi-rit-šu₂-nu | |
Sources & licences
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