CM 12, 07 (P342267)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | CM 12, 07 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342267 |
| Museum no. | SM 1913.01.004 |
| Collection | Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 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 Wallenfels, Ronald · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
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| Obverse [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | With regard to the entirety of the prebends, which are in Reš, Irigal and the akītu temples, the ones for the builder's prebend(ary office) belonging to Labaši, son of Anu-mar-ittannu; Šapki, son of Anu-ah-ušabši; and Nanaya-iddin, son of Kidin-Anu, the builders; and with regard to the rations that are recorded under the name of Šapik, son of Anu-ah-ušabši, and Nanaya-iddin, son of Kidin-Anu, among the property of Anu in the temple of the gods of Uruk (and) in the record office and with regard to the storehouse that pertained to Irigal at the gate of Ištar, there will be no lawsuit, legal proceeding or claim of any kind on the part of Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Labaši, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, the builder, against Labaši, son of Rihat-Anu, son of Labaši, the builder, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [9:16] o 1010–o 1616 | This Anu-mar-ittannu has no power of disposition, and he did not transfer and is not transferring those prebends, that ration and that storehouse for money, as a gift, as a dowry, in a business transaction, or for any reason to anyone else, and to this Labaši. But if he transferred (it) or shall transfer (it), it will not stand, but Anu-mar-ittannu will guarantee (it) for this Labaši. (Otherwise,) without lawsuit or objection, he will pay one mina of high-quality silver. |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818 | That prebend, that ration and that storehouse belonging to Labaši, son of Rihat-Anu, son of Labaši, the chief builder of Anu, are his in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 11–r 11 | Witnesses: |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Anu-belšunu, son of Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-belšunu, descendant of Ah'utu |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-šum-lišir, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Anu-šum-lišir, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Ah'utu |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Nidintu-Ištar, descendant of Kuri |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Illut-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Anu-belšunu, son of Anu-belšunu, an Urukean |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Arad-Ninurta, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, interpreter scribe, the property of Anu |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | Anu-qišanni, the scribe, chief lamentation priest of Anu, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Uruk. Kislimu 8, year 122, when Antiochus was king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of Arad-Ninurta |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of Anu-šum-lišir |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-belšunu |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of Illut-Anu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-mar-ittannu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| Right [0:3] r.e. 11– | Ring of Anu-mar-ittannu, seller of the property clear of claims with regard to those prebends, that ration and that storehouse |
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 | mim-ma dib-bi DI.KU₅ u₃ ra-ga-mu ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši | |
| 2 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} {lu₂}ŠIDIM a-na muh-hi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ gab-bi ša₂ ina {e₂}re-eš | |
| 3 | {e₂}IRI₁₂.GAL u E₂ a₂-ki-tu₄-MEŠ ša₂ a-na {lu₂}ŠIDIM{u₂-tu₂} a-na {m}la-ba-ši | |
| 4 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} {m}DUB-ki DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} u {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ | |
| 5 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 {lu₂}ŠIDIM-MEŠ u₃ muh-hi ku-ru-um-mat ša₂ MU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}DUB-ki DUMU ša₂ | |
| 6 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} u {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 ina NIG₂.GA {d}60 ina E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 7 | ša₂ UNUG{ki} ina E₂ SAR{ri} šaṭ-rat-ta u a-na muh-hi E₂ ŠU-MIN | |
| 8 | ša₂ ina {e₂}IRI₁₂.GAL ina KA₂ ša₂ {d}INANA tak-ka-⸢iš⸣-ši-du-u₂-tu₂ KI {m}la-ba-ši | |
| 9 | DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši {lu₂}ŠIDIM a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ia-a-nu | |
| 10 | ul i-šal-laṭ-ma {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} a-ga-a GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ | |
| 11 | ku-ru-um-mat MU-MEŠ u E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ a-na KU₃.BABBAR a-na ri-ʾi-i-tu₄ | |
| 12 | a-na nu-dun-nu-u₂ a-na e-peš ṣu-bu-u₂-tu₂ a-na mim-ma gab-bi | |
| 13 | u ma-am ša₂-nam-ma e-lat a-na {m}la-ba-ši a-ga-a ul i-din | |
| 14 | ul i-nam-din ki-i id-din u ki-i it-tan-nu ul u₂-šu-zu | |
| 15 | u₃ u₂-mar-raq {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} a-na {m}la-ba-ši a-ga-a | |
| 16 | ša₂ la DI.KU₅ u la ha-ar₃-ra 1 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR bab-ba-nu-u₂ i-nam-din | |
| 17 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ ŠUK-HI.A MU-MEŠ u₃ E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši | |
| 18 | DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši {lu₂}ŠIDIM GAL{u₂} ša₂ {d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu₂-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 3 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 4 | {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 5 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 6 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}INANA A {m}kur-i | |
| 7 | {m}il-lut-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 8 | {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu {lu₂}UNUG{ki}a-a | |
| 9 | {m}ARAD-{d}MAŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} {lu₂}se-pir NIG₂.GA {d}60 | |
| 10 | {m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an-ni {lu₂}UMBISAG {lu₂}GALA.MAH {d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ | |
| 11 | UNUG{ki} {iti}GAN U₄ 8-KAM₂ MU 122-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ARAD-{d}MAŠ | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}il-lut-{d}60 | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} {lu₂}na-din-na-an zuk-ku | |
| 2 | a-na muh-hi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ ŠUK-HI.A u E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ | |
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