NCTU 22 (P342325)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | NCTU 22 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342325 |
| Museum no. | VAT 16489 |
| 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' | [...] high quality [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... son] of Tanittu-Anu |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] Innina |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] from Anu-mar-ittannu |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] should a claim [arise] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] ērib-bītūtu service, the service of a day |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] Anu-ab-uṣur, the seller |
| Obverse [7:12] o 8'8'– | [...] he will pay ... the 12-fold penalty in perpetuity. That prebend [of ērib bītūtu], that service of a day, the 13th day, belongs to [Anu-mar-ittannu, son of] Tanittu-Anu, descendant of Hunzu. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | [...] Anu-balassu-iqbi [...] |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | [Ring of] (seal impression largely destroyed) x-la-GUR |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of (seal impression) Illut-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | [Ring of] (seal impression not preserved) that [...], seller |
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 bab-ba-nu-u₂-[tu₂] | |
| 2' | [...] ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄—{d}60 | |
| 3' | [...] x-{d}NIN{na} | |
| 4' | [...] ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}60—DUMU—MU{nu} | |
| 5' | [... u₄]-⸢mu⸣ pa-qa-ri | |
| 6' | [... {lu₂]}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} pa-lah u₄-mu | |
| 7' | [... {m}{d]}60-AD—URI₃ {lu₂}na-din-an | |
| 8' | [...] a-di 12-TA.AM₃ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... a-na] ⸢u₄⸣-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ina-an-⸢din⸣ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
| 2' | [... {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂]} ⸢pa⸣-lah u₄-mu U₄ 13-KAM₂ MU-MEŠ ša₂ | |
| 3' | [...] x x {⸢m}ta-nit⸣-tu₄—{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 4' | [...] {m}{d}60—DIN-su-[E ...] | |
| 5' | [...] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | [...]-la-GUR | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | {m}⸢il⸣-lut—{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {[lu₂}na-din]-⸢na⸣-an-nu MU-MEŠ | |
Sources & licences
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