NCTU 16 (P342319)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | NCTU 16 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342319 |
| Museum no. | VAT 16484 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [...] all of his shares [...] |
| Obverse [1:5] o 2'2'–o 5'5' | [...] as much as there is, all of it, for 5/6 manā of [refined silver, sta]ters of Demetrios [... for the] complete [price], [she has so]ld to Idat-Anu, son of [...] Arad-Reš, who is a member of the kiništu-priesthood of the gods. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 6'6'– | That silver, 5/6 manā [... Antu]-banat, whose other name is [Ereštu-Nanaya received]. She is paid. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'r 1'–r 3'3' | [When a claim] should arise, Anu-balassu-iqbi [...] to Idat-Anu, son of Dumqi-[Anu ...]. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 4'4'–r 7'7' | Antu-banat, whose other name is [Ereštu-Nanaya, daughter of Anu-balassu-iqbi and Anu-balassu-iqbi], his son, son of Anthiochus, [...] mutually [bear] responsibility for clearing [that temple-but]cher's [prebend ...]. |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | [Ri]ng of (seal impression) [Tat]tannu |
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' | [...] HA.⸢LA-MEŠ⸣-šu₂ gab-bi [...] | |
| 2' | [... ma]-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na 5/6 MA.⸢NA⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [... qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra]-an-nu ša₂ {m}de-e-me₂-eṭ-ri-su [...] | |
| 4' | [...] TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}i-dat—{d}60 A ša₂ [x] | |
| 5' | [... {m}ARAD-{e₂]}SAG ša₂ TA {lu₂}ki-niš-tu₄ ša₂ DINGIR-MEŠ [...] | |
| 6' | [...]-⸢din⸣-nam KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 5/6 MA.NA [...] | |
| 7' | [... {f}an-tu₄]-⸢DU₃⸣{at} ša₂ MU-šu₂ 2-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] e-ṭir-tu₄ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢it⸣-tab-šu-u₂ {m}{d}60—DIN-su—E [...] | |
| 3' | [...] x x x ⸢a-na⸣ {m}i-dat—{d}60 A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{⸢d⸣}60 ...] | |
| 4' | [... pu]-u₂-ut a-ha-a-miš a-na mu-ru-uq(UR-)qu [...] | |
| 5' | [... {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂]{u₂-tu₂} {f}an-tu₄-DU₃{at} ša₂ MU-šu₂ 2-u₂ [x] | |
| 6' | [x]-x A-šu₂ A ša₂ {m}an-ti-[ʾi-ku-su] | |
| 7' | [...] x ⸢šu⸣-u₂ [...] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | {[m}tat]-tan-nu | |
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