NCTU 08 (P342311)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | NCTU 08 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342311 |
| Museum no. | VAT 16474 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By Sarkisian, Gagik Kh. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
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| Obverse [0:15] o 1o 1–o 1515 | Aristeus son of Aiata-Nanaya son of Mak-Ištar voluntarily said to ... son of Anu-balassu-iqbi son of Anu-belšunu descendant of Ahʾutu (as follows): ... undeveloped plot, property of Anu, tenured property of Anu-balassu-iqbi ... (in) the Reš quarter that is in Uruk ... [according to] what he requested from the temple: 50 cubits the long upper northern side adjacent to the undeveloped plot, property of Anu, tenured property of Nanaya-iddin, Nidintu-šarri sons of Nidintu-šarri, the carpenter; 50 cubits the long lower southern side adjacent to the undeveloped plot, property of Anu, tenured property of Kidin-Anu son of Anu-belšunu descendant of Ahʾutu; 50 cubits the upper western width adjacent to the undeveloped plot, property of Anu, tenured property of Šamaš-[...] son of Nanaya-iddin descendant of SAL-ṣabit ...; 50 cubits the lower eastern width [...] to the "passageway of the gods and king"; the total [...] cubits (are) the measurements of that undeveloped plot--- give me that undeveloped plot in perpetuity, let me build a house on it [...] in perpetuity and whatever from/by the temple [...] concerning that house, in/from the storehouses of the property of Anu [...] |
| Obverse [15:26] o 1616– | That Anu-belšunu heard and transferred the house and undeveloped plot to him from his authority [...] in perpetuity and whatever [...] from the temple he TARADU concerning that house in the storehouses of the property of Anu, he will provide service. The aforementioned Aristeus shall have no authority to dispose of the property and the aforementioned Anu-belšunu has not given nor shall he give to anyone, apart from the aforementioned Aristeus, that undeveloped plot for silver, as a gift, as a marriage gift, for a business agreement, (or) anything else; should he gave it or should he give it, it will not stand. That undeveloped plot, tenured property of Aristeus son of Aiata-Nanaya son of Mak-Ištar [...] bears [responsibility]. |
| Reverse [7:10] r 2626–r 2828 | Witness(es): [... son of] Anu-belšunu son of Anu-ahhe-iddin descendant Ahʾutu. Mannu-iqapu son of Nidintu-Anu son of Nikarchos descendant of Ahʾutu. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 2929–r 3030 | Kidin-Anu son of Anu-mar-ittannu son of Anu-balassu-iqbi descendant of Ahʾutu. Anu-mar-ittannu son of Tanittu-Anu son of Anu-mar-ittannu descendant of Ahʾutu. |
| Reverse [12:15] r 3131–r 3333 | Šamaš-ittannu son of Anu-zer-iddin son of Šamaš-šum-iddin descendant of Ahʾutu. x-Anu son of Labaši son of Rabi-Anu descendant of Hunzu. x-Anu son of Ina-qibit-Anu descendant of Hunzu |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of Mannu-iqapu |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of Ana-rabut-Anu |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of Kidin-Anu |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | Ring of Kallilu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of [...]-nu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Ina-qibit-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-belšunu |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 11– | Ring of Aristeus |
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 | {[m}ar]-⸢ri⸣-[si-ṭe-ʾe-mu-su A ša₂ {m}a-a-ta-{d}na]-⸢na⸣-a A ša₂ {m}ma-⸢ak⸣-{[d}TAR] | |
| 2 | [ina] ⸢hu⸣-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ a-na [... DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN]-su-E A ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-[nu] | |
| 3 | [A] {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu iq-bi ⸢um⸣-[ma ... ki-šub]-ba-a NIG₂.GA {d}60 E₂ ⸢rit-ti⸣ | |
| 4 | [ša₂ {m]}{d}60-DIN-su-E x [...] ⸢KI{ti₃⸣} {e₂}re-eš ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} x [...] | |
| 5 | [mim]-ma ša₂ u₂-ba-ʾi TA E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ 50 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ ⸢DA⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | ki-šub-ba-a NIG₂.GA {d}60 E₂ rit-ti ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-⸢MU⸣ {m}NIG₂.SUM.[MU-LUGAL] | |
| 7 | A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL {lu₂}NAGAR 50 ⸢KUŠ₃ US₂⸣ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA ki-šub-⸢ba⸣-[a] | |
| 8 | NIG₂.GA {d}60 E₂ rit-ti ša₂ {m}⸢BARA₂⸣-{[d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢EN⸣-šu₂-nu A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu 50 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 9 | ⸢SAG⸣.KI AN.TA 20 [... {tu₁₅}MAR].⸢TU⸣ DA ki-šub-ba-a NIG₂.GA {d}60 E₂ rit-ti | |
| 10 | ša₂ {m}{⸢d}UTU⸣-x [x x x x x x A ša₂] {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A ša₂ {m}SAL-ṣa-bit [...] | |
| 11 | 50 KUŠ₃ US₂⸣ [SAG].KI [...] šu [...] ⸢ana⸣ [mu]-⸢taq⸣-qu DINGIR-MEŠ u₃ LUGAL ⸢ŠU⸣.[NIGIN ...] | |
| 12 | ⸢KUŠ₃⸣-MEŠ [...]-⸢MEŠ mi⸣-ših-tu₄ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ | |
| 13 | [...] ⸢a-na⸣ [u₄]-⸢mu ṣa⸣-a-tu₂ bi-in-nam-ma E₂ ina lib₃-bi lu-pu-uš | |
| 14 | [...] ⸢a-na⸣ u₄-⸢mu⸣ ṣa-a-tu₂ u₃ mim-ma ša₂ TA E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 15 | [...] muh-hi E₂ MU-MEŠ ina ka-re-e E₂-MEŠ ša₂ NIG₂.⸢GA⸣ {d}60 | |
| 16 | [...] {m}{d}60-⸢EN⸣-šu₂-nu MU-MEŠ iš-mu-u₂-ma E₂ ki-šub-ba-a [...] | |
| 17 | [...] ina ŠU-MIN-šu₂ id-da-aš₂ ina ki-šub-ba-a | |
| 18 | [...] a-[na u₄]-⸢mu⸣ ṣa-a-tu₂ u₃ mim-ma | |
| r | ||
| 19 | [...] TA E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ it-ta-ri-du a-na ⸢muh-hi⸣ E₂ MU-MEŠ ina ka-re-e | |
| 20 | E₂-MEŠ ša₂ NIG₂.GA {d}60 i-pal-lah₃ {m}ar-ri-⸢si-ṭe⸣-ʾe-mu-su MU-MEŠ ul | |
| 21 | i-šal-laṭ-ma {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu MU-MEŠ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ a-na KU₃.BABBAR a-na ri-mut | |
| 22 | a-na nu-dun-nu-u₂ a-na DU₃{uš} AŠ₂ mim-ma gab-bi a-na {lu₂}man-am ša₂-nam-ma | |
| 23 | [e-lat] {m}ar-ri-si-ṭe-[ʾe-mu]-su MU-⸢MEŠ⸣ ul id-din u ul i-nam-din u₃ | |
| 24 | ki-i id-din u ki-i i-⸢nam⸣-[din] ul GUB{zu} ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ E₂ rit-ti | |
| 25 | ša₂ {m}⸢ar⸣-[ri]-⸢si⸣-ṭe-ʾe-mu-su A ša₂ {m}a-a-ta-{d}⸢na⸣-na-a A ša₂ {m}ma-⸢ak⸣-{d}⸢TAR⸣ | |
| 26 | a-na [...] ⸢na⸣-šu-u₂ {lu₂}mu-kin₇ | |
| 27 | {m}x x ⸢ša₂⸣ {[m}{d]}60-EN⸣-šu₂-nu [A ša₂] {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 28 | {m}man-nu-i-qa-pu A ša₂ {m}⸢NIG₂.SUM.MU⸣-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ni-iq-ar-qu-su A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 29 | {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-[DUMU-MU]{nu} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-⸢E⸣ A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 30 | {[m]}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}⸢ta-nit⸣-tu₄-{⸢d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A {m}⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[ʾu]-⸢u₂-tu⸣ | |
| 31 | {[m]}{⸢d⸣}UTU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU-MU A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 32 | [...]-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}NU-TEŠ₂ A ša₂ {m}GAL-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 33 | [...]-x-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {⸢m⸣}[hun]-⸢zu⸣-u₂ | |
| 34 | [...] | |
| 35 | [...] x | |
| 36 | [...] x | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | {[m}man-nu-i]-qa-pu | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {[m]}⸢ana⸣-GAL-{d}60 | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | {m}BARA₂-{d}60 | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}kal-li-lu-u₂ | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | [...]-nu | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}ina-⸢qi₂⸣-[bit-{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ar-ri-⸢si-ṭe⸣-ʾe-mu-su | |
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