HANE/M 8, 277-279 (P342291)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | HANE/M 8, 277-279 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342291 |
| Museum no. | BM 109957 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By Corò, Paola · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1'1'–o 6'6' | [...] sold [...] monthly, [... and] everything that pertains to [...] in those days of [those] brewer's prebends that are with his brothers and all their (co-)owners for 1 mina silver, staters of Antiochus in good condition, as the complete sale price to Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | That silver, 1 mina, the price of one-half of one day in those days of those brewer's prebends, Nidintu-Anu received from Labaši. He is paid. |
| Obverse [8:13] o 9'9'– | Should a claim arise concerning one-half (share) of one day in those days, Ša-Anu-iššu, son of Nidintu-Anu, the seller of those prebends, will clear it and pay 12-fold to Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Ša-Anu-iššu, son of Anu-ah-ušabši and Ša-Anu-iššu, his son, mutually assume responsibility for the clearing of those prebends, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | One-half of one day in the 11th day, 12th day, and one half in the 13th day, a total of one-half day in those days of those brewer's prebends, belongs to Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant Ekur-Zakir, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | As soon as Labaši wishes, he will register in his name that prebend in the prebend registry that is in the temple of the gods. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witnesses: Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-belšunu [...] X-iššu, descendant of Hunzu; |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of [...] Gimil-Anu; Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Lišir |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | [...] son of [...] |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | [Ring of] Anu-zer-iddin |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-iddin |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 11– | Ring of Ina-qibit-Anu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-zer-lišir |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu, seller of that prebend |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 11– | Ring of Ša-Anu-iš[šu], son of [Nidintu-Anu] |
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' | [...] ⸢ITI{us-su⸣} | |
| 2' | [... u mim]-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-⸢na⸣ | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢u₄⸣-mu-MEŠ MU-⸢MEŠ⸣ [GIŠ].⸢ŠUB⸣.BA {lu₂}LUNGA₃{u₂-tu₂} | |
| 4' | [MU-MEŠ ik]-⸢kaš-ši-du⸣ ša₂ KI {lu₂}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ u {lu₂}EN-MEŠ-šu₂-nu gab-bi | |
| 5' | ⸢a-na 1 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR is-ta-⸢tir⸣-ri-MEŠ ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su | |
| 6' | bab-ba-[nu]-⸢u₂⸣-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-⸢MU⸣ | |
| 7' | A {m}E₂.⸢KUR-za⸣-kir a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 1 MA.⸢NA⸣ | |
| 8' | ŠAM₂ mi-šil ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {⸢lu₂⸣}LUNGA{u₂-tu₂} | |
| 9' | MU-MEŠ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 ina ŠU-MIN {m}la-ba-ši ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu | |
| 10' | pa-qa-ri ana muh-hi mi-šil ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ | |
| 11' | it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 {lu₂}na-⸢din⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ u₂-mar-raq-ma a-di 12-TA.AM₃ a-na {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢NUMUN⸣-[MU] | |
| 2 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-⸢tu₂⸣ ina-an-din pu-ut a-ha-miš a-na mu-ru-qu ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
| 3 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 [DUMU] ⸢ša₂ {m⸣}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}{⸢d⸣}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} u {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ DUMU-šu₂ | |
| 4 | a-na u₄-mu ⸢ṣa-a⸣-tu₂ ⸢na⸣-šu-⸢u₂⸣ mi-šil ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 11-KAM₂ U₄ 12-KAM₂ | |
| 5 | u₃ mi-šil ina ⸢U₄⸣ 13-KAM₂ PAP mi-šil u₄-mu ina u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA | |
| 6 | {lu₂}LUNGA₃{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}la-⸢ba⸣-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}E₂.[KUR]-za-kir a-na u₄-mu | |
| 7 | ⸢ṣa⸣-a-tu₂ šu₂-nu u₄-mu ma-⸢la⸣ {m}la-ba-ši ṣe-bu-u₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA ⸢MU-MEŠ⸣ ina {giš}DA | |
| 8 | [GIŠ].⸢ŠUB⸣.BA-MEŠ ša₂ ina E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ina MU-šu₂ u₂-šal-lim {lu₂}⸢mu-kin₇⸣ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | [DUMU ša₂ ... ... DUMU ša₂ {m}ša₂-{d}60-⸢iš⸣-šu-u₂ A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ | |
| 10 | [... A {m]}⸢ŠU-{d}60 {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{li}GIŠ | |
| 11 | [...] ⸢x⸣-ia DUMU ša₂ | |
| 12 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa {m}ni]-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| 2 | {[lu₂]}⸢na-din⸣ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ša₂-{⸢d}60-iš⸣-[šu-u₂] | |
| 2 | DUMU ⸢ša₂⸣ {[m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
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