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NCTU 12 (P342315)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | NCTU 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342315 |
| Museum no. | VAT 16479 |
| 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 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [... {m}ni]-⸢din-tu₄⸣—{d}60 {m}{d}60—GI u {m}ana-GAL—{d}60 | Nidintu-Eštar, Anu-ušallim and Ana-rabut-Anu |
| 2 | [... {m]}ni-din-tu₄—{d}60 u {m}NUMUN-ia DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60—ik-ṣur A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄ | Nidintu-Anu and Zeriya, sons of Anu-ikṣur, son of Nidin[tu] |
| 3 | [A {m}lu-uš-tam]-⸢mar⸣—{d}IŠKUR <ina> hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu E₂-su-nu ab-tu₄ ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ KI{ti₃} KA₂.GAL {d}LUGAL-KI-SUR-RA | descendant of Luštam-Mar-eṭer-Adad. <In> their happy heart, I built their temple. I surrounded its outer courtyard with the Gate of Šarru-kisura. |
| 4 | [...] ⸢KI⸣ 42 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ {m}{d}UTU-SUR | ... the Emānu, 42 cubits, the upper length on the north, next to the house of Šamaš-eṭir |
| 5 | [...] ⸢ki⸣-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din—{d}60 u EN-MEŠ HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂ gab-bi 42 KUŠ₃ | ... that E-šubbâ, the son of Kidin-Anu and the owners of his share all 42 cubits |
| 6 | [... {tu₁₅]}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ {m}{d}UTU-SUR {lu₂}ma-hi-ra-nu ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ 16 KUŠ₃ | the south, next to the house of Šamaš-eṭir the satrap of that undeveloped plot 16 cubits |
| 7 | [...] {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA meš-hat ša₂-ni-tu₄ ša₂ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ 13 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI | ... the west side next to the second mešḫatu of that courtyard, 13 cubits, the width |
| 8 | [...] {⸢tu₁₅⸣}KUR.RA DA ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60—MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-SUR | ... the east side next to the storehouse of water of Anu-ittannu, son of Šamaš-eṭir |
| 9 | [A {m}lu]-⸢uš⸣-tam-mar—{d}IŠKUR meš-hat ša₂-ni-tu₄ ša₂ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ 62 KUŠ₃ US₂ | descendant of Lu-euš-etammar-Adad. This is a šanûtu of that undeveloped plot. 62 cubits length |
| 10 | [...] {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA SILA qat₂-nu mu-taq UN-MEŠ 62 KUŠ₃ ⸢US₂⸣ [...] | ... the Amorites, next to the narrow street, the thoroughfare of the people; 62 cubits ... |
| 11 | [... {tu₁₅}KUR].RA DA meš-hat IGI{tu₄} ša₂ ki-šub-ba-a ⸢MU-MEŠ⸣ [...] | ... the east, next to the first-fruits offering of the courtyard of the ešubba-temple |
| 12 | [...]-x-nu ki-šub-ba-a MU-⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | ... in the courtyard ... |
| 13 | [...] ⸢SILA⸣ rap-šu₂ [...] | ... wide sceptre |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | Ring of |
| 2 | [...]-60 | ...-Anu |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60—AD-GUR | Anu-ab-utir |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-na-an-MEŠ E₂ [...] | the sellers of the house |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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