NCTU 13 (P342316)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | NCTU 13 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342316 |
| Museum no. | VAT 16480 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [...] Nanaya-iddin, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Anu-MU-[...] [...] voluntarily [sold] his built house, his bīt ritti within the wall of [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...] the house [...] of the temple of the gods of the city quarter of Irigal, within the city wall of [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] Uruk, the upper length on the north next to the bīt ritti of Mannu-ki-[...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] Ana-rabutika-Anu and next to the bīt ritti of Illut-Anu, son of Arad-[...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] the interpreter scribe of the property of [Anu ...] the lower [...] on the south next to the bīt [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] Haninna, son of Rihat-Belet-ṣeri, clay worker [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] of Uruk, the upper width on the west next to the bīt ritti [... of] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Idat-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin, who until now holds this [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] anyone else, and next to the bīt ritti of Rihat-Belet-ṣeri, son [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...] the lower width to the east next to the bīt ritti of that Illut-[Anu ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [son] of Arad-Ninurta [...] next to the access-way of that house ... [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [...] the "thoroughfare of the people"---- the total [...] next to [... the empty fie]lds are the measurements [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [...] that [...], as little and as [much as there is], all of it, to [...] |
| Obverse [15:18] o 1616– | [...] Anu-ab-uṣur, son [of ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] x Ina-banat-Na[naya ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [... for] silver, for a gift [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... t]o anyone else for anything else [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... except to] Anu-ab-uṣur, her son, she did not give [it] and will not give [it]; if [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] if she will give [it], it will not stand, and she will pay, for which there will not be a lawsuit |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] mina of refined, high quality silver to Anu-ab-uṣur, son of [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] that gift, 1 mina of silver, Ina-banat-Nanaya [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] his son, she holds. That house, a gift of a house [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | belongs to [Anu]-ab-uṣur, son of Nanaya,iddin, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Kuri [...] [... in] perpetuity. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Witnesses: Tattannu, son of Anu-zer-iddin, son of [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | Tattannu, son of Anu-ah-iddin, son of Nanaya-iddin and Nidintu-[Anu ...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-ah-iddin, descendant of Hunzu; Anu-balassu-iqbi, [son of] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | Anti[ochus], descendant of Ahʾutu; Anu-[...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | son of [...]-i; Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Nidin[]tu-Anu ...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [...] Anu-ab-uṣur, son of [...] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | [...] the worker [...] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | [...] son of Ina-qi[bit-Anu]. [...] Uruk. [...] |
| Reverse [17:20] r 18'18'– | [...] 155th [year]. Deme[...] |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Tat[tannu ...] |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-mar-[ittannu] |
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 | [...] | |
| 2 | [... {m]}{⸢d}na⸣-na-a—MU A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit—{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢MU⸣-[...] | |
| 3 | [... ina hu]-⸢ud⸣ lib₃-bi-šu₂ E₂-su DU₃{uš} E₂ rit-ti-šu₂ ina BAD₃ ša₂ {d}x [...] | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢E₂⸣ u₂ [...] ri ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ KI{ti₃} {e₂}IRI₁₂.GAL ina lib₃-bi BAD₃ ša₂ {d}[...] | |
| 5 | [...] UNUG{ki} US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ rit-ti ša₂ {m}man-nu-ki-i-[...] | |
| 6 | [...] {⸢m}ana-GAL-ka-{d}60 u⸣ DA E₂ rit-ti ša₂ {m}il-lut—{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ARAD-[...] | |
| 7 | [... {lu₂]}⸢KUŠ.SAR⸣ NIG₂.⸢GA⸣ {[d}60 ...] KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ [...] | |
| 8 | [... {m]}ha-nin-na-ʾa A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}GAŠAN-EDIN {lu₂}e-piš dul-lu [...] | |
| 9 | [...]-x-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ rit-ti [...] | |
| 10 | {[m]}⸢i⸣-dat—{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a—MU ša₂ en-na a-ga-a kul-lu [...] | |
| 11 | [...] man-am ša₂-nam-ma u DA E₂ rit-ti ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}GAŠAN-EDIN A [...] | |
| 12 | [...] SAG.KI KI.⸢TA⸣ {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂ rit-ti ša₂ {m}il-lut-{⸢d⸣}60 ...] | |
| 13 | [...] ša₂ {m}ARAD-{d}MAŠ MU-MEŠ [...] ⸢DA⸣ mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ ša₂ dul-lu [...] | |
| 14 | [...] mu-taq UN-MEŠ ŠU.⸢NIGIN DA⸣ [... ki-šub]-⸢ba⸣-MEŠ mi-ših-⸢tu₄⸣ [...] | |
| 15 | [...] MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du [ma-la ba-šu]-⸢u₂⸣ gab-bi a-na [...] | |
| 16 | [... {m]}{d}60—AD—URI₃ ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂ x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...]-ṭu-ma {f}ina-DU₃-{[d]}na-[na-a ...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢KU₃.BABBAR⸣ a-na ri-mut a-[...] | |
| 3' | [...]-⸢na⸣ {lu₂}man-am-man-am gab-bi ina mim-ma man-am gab-bi [...] | |
| 4' | [... {m]}{⸢d}60-AD—URI₃ A-šu₂ ul tad-din-nam u NU ta-din-nam u ki-i [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢ki⸣-i tad-dan-nu ul GUB{zu} u tu-ša₂-lam ša₂ la di-ni | |
| 6' | [...] MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ bab-ba-nu-u₂ a-na {m}{d}60—AD—URI₃ A-šu₂ [...] | |
| 7' | [...]-um ri-mut MU-MEŠ 1 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR {f}ina-DU₃-{d}na-na-a [...] | |
| 8' | [...]-URI₃ A-šu₂ <qu> kul{ul}la-⸢at⸣ E₂ MU-MEŠ ri-mut E₂ [...] | |
| 9' | {[m}{d}60-⸢AD-URI₃ A⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a—MU A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit—{d}60 A {m}kur-i(ia) [...] | |
| 10' | ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}tat-tan-nu A ša₂ {m}{d}60—NUMUN-MU A ša₂ [x] | |
| 11' | {m}tat-tan-nu A ša₂ {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ—MU A ša₂ {m}{d}na-⸢na⸣-a-MU u {m}NIG₂.SUM.⸢MU⸣-{[d}60 ...] | |
| 12' | {m}NIG₂.SUM.⸢MU⸣-{[d}60 A ša₂] {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ—MU A {m}[hun]-zu-u₂ {m}{d}60—DIN-su—E [...] | |
| 13' | {m}an-ti-[ʾi-ku-su] A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu {m}{d}60—[...] | |
| 14' | A ša₂ {m}[... A {m}kur]-i {m}{d}60—DUMU—MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.⸢SUM⸣.[MU—{d}60 ...] | |
| 15' | {⸢lu₂⸣}[... {m}{d]}60-AD—URI₃ A ša₂ {m}[...] | |
| 16' | [...] ⸢e⸣-piš ⸢dul⸣-[lu ...] | |
| 17' | [x] A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-[bit—{d}60 ...] UNUG{ki} {iti}[...] | |
| 18' | [... MU] 155-KAM₂ {m}⸢de-e-me₂-eṭ⸣-[ri-su ...] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | [x] | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [x] | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | |
| 2 | {⸢m}tat⸣-[tan-nu] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | [x] | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-[qa] | |
| 2 | {[m]}{⸢d}60-DUMU⸣-[MU{nu]} | |
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