NCTU 09 (P342312)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | NCTU 09 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342312 |
| Museum no. | VAT 16475 |
| 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)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1'o 1'–o 5'5' | ... one-tenth of [a day] on the second day, the [xth] year, [...] everything that pertains to [...] that temple-butcher's prebend (of) the guqqû offerings and all that pertains to one-tenth of a day of that butcher's prebend that is with all his brothers and the co-owners (of his share) and (that is) with [PN ...] the seller of that prebend. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 6'6'–o 8'8' | As little or as much as there is, all of it, for 23 šeqels of [...] silver, [high quality sta]ters of Antiochus [...] |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'– | [...] to Idat-[Anu ...] |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1'r 1'–r 5'5' | [...] that prebend. Ana-rabut-Anu, seller of that prebend [... and PN], his brother, the guarantors of that prebend for I[dat-Anu,] bear responsibility [for the clearing of] that prebend in perpetuity. One-tenth of a day in the second day [of] that butcher's prebend belongs to Idat-Anu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of [...], the gate-keeper of the store-house of Anu, in perpetuity. [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Witnesses: Anu-mar-ittannu son of Tanittu-Anu [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | descendant of Ahʾutu. Anu-ah-ušabši son of [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Nidintu-Anu son of [...] Li-[...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Anu-šum-lišir son of [...] |
| Reverse [9:12] r 10'10'– | [...] sons of [...] |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | [Ri]ng of [...] |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-ah-ušabši |
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' | 10{ʾu-u₂} ša₂ [...] U₄ 2-KAM₂ ⸢MU⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | u MU.AN.NA x [... mim]-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-[...] | |
| 3' | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-tu₂} gu-uq-qa-[...] | |
| 4' | u mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-na 10{ʾu-u₂} ša₂ u₄-mu {lu₂}GIR₂.[LA₂{u₂-tu₂]} ⸢MU⸣-MEŠ ik-⸢kaš⸣-[ši-du] | |
| 5' | ša₂ KI ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ u EN-MEŠ HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢gab⸣-bi u KI {m}[...] | |
| 6' | {lu₂}na-din-na-an GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du [ma-la] | |
| 7' | ⸢ba⸣-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na 1/3 MA.NA u₃ 1 GIN₂ KU₃.⸢BABBAR⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [... is-ta-tir]-ra-an-nu ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-⸢ku⸣-[su ...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢a-na⸣ {m}i-dat-{⸢d⸣}60 ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... GIŠ].⸢ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 {lu₂}na-din GIŠ.ŠUB⸣.BA ⸢MU⸣-[MEŠ ...] | |
| 2' | ŠEŠ-šu₂ {lu₂}mu-mar-raq-qa-an-nu GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ a-na {m}⸢i⸣-[dat-{d}60 ...] | |
| 3' | u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ 10{ʾu-u₂} ša₂ u₄-mu ina U₄ 2-[...] | |
| 4' | {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {⸢m⸣}[...] | |
| 5' | {lu₂}I₃.DU₈ E₂ NIG₂.GA {d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ [...] | |
| 6' | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}ta-nit-⸢tu₄-{d}60 [...] | |
| 7' | A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} A ša₂ [x] | |
| 8' | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ [...] {m}⸢li⸣-[x] | |
| 9' | {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ A ša₂ [x] | |
| 10' | [...] A-MEŠ [...] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | [...]-x | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{⸢ši⸣} | |
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