OECT 09, 01 (P342338)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 09, 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342338 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1923-0081 |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By McEwan, Gilbert J. P. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | There will be no lawsuit, legal proceeding, or claim of any kind on the part of Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Anu-ab-x, descendant of Hunzu concerning the arabl, planted land and fallow land of the Bānītu-canal opposite the Šamaš gate (in) the district of Uruk--the upper length on the north (is) the arable land [...] the lower [...] side on the south (is) the arable land, the property of the Lady of Uruk; the upper front side on the west is adjacent to the royal highway which goes to Larsa; the lower front side on the east is adjacent to the Bānītu-canal--the total length and width [... less or mo]re, as much as there is, all of it, with [..., in perpetuity]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [witnesses:] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] son of Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] and Anu-zer-lišir, sons of Šamaš-ittannu, descendant of Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Anu-ik]ṣur, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Kuri |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...]-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin, son of Abu-ṭab |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Šamaš-ittannu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Anu-belšunu, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-ah-ušabši, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [...], the scribe, son of KI-x-Ištar, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Uruk. |
| Reverse [9:12] r 1010– | [...] day. 3+ year. Antigone is strategos. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | [Ring of] Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | [Ring of] Anu-ikṣur |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Anu-zer-iddin |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | [Ring of] Anu-ah-ittannu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | [Ring of] Anu-ah-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 | ⸢mim⸣-ma di-ib-bi di-i-⸢ni⸣ u ra-ga-mu ⸢ša₂ {m⸣}{[d}60—ŠEŠ—MU{nu]} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—AD—⸢x⸣ | |
| 2 | [A {m}hun]-⸢zu⸣-u₂ ana muh-hi ŠE.NUMUN zaq-⸢pi⸣ [u KA šul-pu] ⸢ID₂⸣-DU₃{i-tu₄} ⸢GABA⸣ | |
| 3 | ⸢KA₂⸣.GAL {d}UTU NAM UNUG{ki} US₂ ⸢AN⸣{[u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂] ⸢US₂⸣.SA.DU ŠE.NUMUN | |
| 4 | [...]-⸢MEŠ⸣ US₂ KI{u₂} {⸢tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU⸣ [ŠE].⸢NUMUN⸣ [NIG₂].⸢GA⸣ {d}GAŠAN-UNUG{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 5 | [SAG.KI AN{u₂} {tu₁₅]}⸢MAR.TU⸣ [US₂.SA.DU KASKAL-MIN LUGAL ša₂] ⸢a⸣-na UD.UNUG{ki} tal-la-⸢ak⸣ | |
| 6 | [SAG.KI KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}KUR.RA US₂.SA].⸢DU ID₂-DU₃{i-tu₄} ŠU.NIGIN US₂-MEŠ⸣ u SAG.KI-[MEŠ] | |
| 7 | [... i-ṣi u ma-a]-⸢du ma-la ba⸣-[šu-u₂] ⸢gab⸣-bi it-ti | |
| 8 | [... a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂] ⸢ia⸣-[a]-nu | |
| 9 | [...] šu-u₂ | |
| 10 | [...]-tu₂ | |
| 11 | [...] ki-i | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[lu₂}mu-kin₇] | |
| 2 | [...]-⸢x DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ—MU{nu} A {⸢m}lu⸣-uš-tam-mar—{d}IŠKUR | |
| 3 | [x] u {m}{⸢d}60—NUMUN—GIŠ ⸢DUMU-MEŠ⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU—MU{nu} A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 4 | {[m}{d}60—ik]-⸢ṣur⸣ DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din—{d}60 A {m}kur-i | |
| 5 | [...]—{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a—⸢MU⸣ A {m}AD—DU₁₀.GA | |
| 6 | {m}{d}UTU—MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—DIN{iṭ} A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 7 | {m}{⸢d}60—ŠEŠ—MU⸣{nu} ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}60—EN-šu₂-nu A {m}E₂.KUR—za-kir | |
| 8 | {m}⸢ki⸣-din—{⸢d⸣}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—⸢ŠEŠ—GAL₂⸣{ši} A {m}E₂.KUR—za-kir | |
| 9 | [x {lu₂]}⸢UMBISAG DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}⸢KI-x—{d}INANA⸣ A {m}{d}30—TI—ER₂ UNUG{ki} {[iti}x] | |
| 10 | [U₄ x-KAM₂] ⸢MU⸣ 3+⸢x⸣-KAM₂ {m}⸢ar⸣-tu-gu-nu {lu₂}<GAL> u₂-[qu] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—⸢MU⸣ | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60—ik-ṣur | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60—NUMUN—MU | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ—MU{nu} | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ—MU{nu} | |
| 2 | [...]-x-na | |
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