NCTU 17 (P342320)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | NCTU 17 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342320 |
| Museum no. | VAT 16485 |
| 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' | [PN, son of PN, descendant of] Kuri, volunta[rily] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | ... in the house on the East ... |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | ... and in the bed-chamber ... |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | ... the access-way ... |
| Obverse [4:8] o 5'5'–o 8'8' | ... the gate of Ištar ... |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [... son of] Anu-ušallim, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. [PN] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [..., descendant of] Hunzu. Idat-Anu, son of [PN ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... and] Anu-ahhe-iddin, the interpreter-scribes of the property of Anu, [...]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | 26th day of [month], [year RN] (was) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | [Ri]ng of [...]ši |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | [Ri]ng of [...], seller [of (property described)] |
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' | [x DUMU ša₂ x A {m]}kur-i ina hu-ud [lib₃-bi-šu₂] | |
| 2' | [...] ina E₂ {tu₁₅}KUR.⸢RA⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] x u ina E₂ {giš}NA₂ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x bu mu-ṣu-u₂ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢KA₂⸣.GAL {d}⸢INANA⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] x x | |
| 7' | [...] | |
| 8' | [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [x DUMU ša₂ {m]}{d}60—GI A {m}lu-uš-⸢tam-mar⸣—{[d}IŠKUR x] | |
| 3' | [DUMU ša₂ ... A {m}hun]-⸢zu⸣-u₂ {m}i-da-at—{d}60 DUMU ša₂ [x] | |
| 4' | [...] {⸢m⸣}{d}60—ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU {lu₂}se-pir-MEŠ; NIG₂.GA {d}60 | |
| 5' | [...] x x x U₄ 26-KAM₂ | |
| 6' | [x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | [...]-ši | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-[qa ...] | |
| 2 | [lu₂] ⸢na⸣-din-⸢na-an⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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