OECT 09, 08 (P342345)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 09, 08 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342345 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1930-0577 |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-X, [voluntarily] sold one-twelfth of a day in the 7th day and one-twelfth of a day in the 14th day of his brewer's prebend, before Anu, Antu, Ištar, Belet-ṣeri, Nanaya, Beltu-ša-Reš and all the gods of their sanctuaries, monthly, all throughout the year, the guqqānê-offerings and [eššēšu-offerings], and everything pertaining to that brewer's prebend, as much as is the share that is with his brothers and with his co-owner, for one-third mina of silver, high-quality staters of Alexander, as the complete sale price, to Ubar, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Šumāti, in perpetuity. label+ o 8 - o 11 That silver, one-third mina, the price of one-sixth of a day in [those days of] that brewer's [prebend], Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-X, received from Ubar, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin. He is paid. label+ o 11 - o 13 When a claim should arise concerning that brewer's prebend, Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-X, will pay it 12-fold to Ubar and clear it of claims. |
| Obverse [12:16] o 1313–o 1616 | One-twelfth of a day in the 7th day and one-twelfth of a day in the 14th day, a total of one-sixth of a d[ay in those days] of [that brewer's] prebend belongs to Ubar, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Šumāti, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 11–r 11 | Witnesses: [...] descendant of Ahʾutu; Kidin-Anu, son of Tattannu |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | X-X-Anu, son of Anu-ab-uṣur, descendant of Kuri; Nanaya-iddin |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] descendant of Luštammar-Adad; Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Rihat-Ištar |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] Anu-belšunu, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] son of Tattannu, descendant of Ekur-zakir; Anu-ah-ittannu, son of |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] descendant of Ekur-zakir; Nanaya-iddin, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] Rihat-Ištar, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Ekur-Zakir |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [...] Mannu-ki-Dilbat, descendant of Hunzu; Kidin-Anu |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | X-ušbaši, descendant of Kuri |
| Reverse [9:15] r 1010– | [... son of] Belšunu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Uruk. Šabaṭu. [day. xth year, An]tiochus and Seleucus (were) kings. |
| Bottom Column i [0:2] b.e. i 11–b.e. i 22 | Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu |
| Bottom Column ii [0:2] b.e. ii 11–b.e. ii 22 | Ring of Nanaya-iddin |
| Left Column i [0:2] l.e. i 11–l.e. i 22 | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:2] r.e. i 11–r.e. i 22 | Ring of Kidin-Anu [...] |
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 | {[m}ki-din—{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—x-x ...] | |
| 2 | [ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂] ⸢ši-in-ze⸣-ru-⸢u₂⸣ [ša₂ u₄-mu ina U₄ 7-KAM₂ u ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ ša₂ u₄-mu ina U₄ 14-KAM₂] | |
| 3 | [GIŠ].ŠUB.⸢BA-šu₂ {lu₂}LUNGA₃⸣{u₂-tu₂} IGI {d}60 an-⸢tu₄⸣ {[d}INANA {d}GAŠAN—EDIN {d}na-na-a {d}GAŠAN—ša₂—SAG] | |
| 4 | ⸢u⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-šu₂-nu gab-bi ⸢ša₂ ITI⸣{us-su} ⸢kal⸣ [MU.AN.NA] ⸢gu-uq-qa-ne₂⸣-[e EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ] | |
| 5 | u mim-ma gab-⸢bi⸣ a-⸢na GIŠ⸣.[ŠUB.BA] {⸢lu₂}LUNGA₃⸣{[u₂-tu₂} MU]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ik-kaš-ši-⸢du⸣ [ma-la] | |
| 6 | HA.LA-MEŠ ša₂ KI ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ u ⸢EN HA.LA-MEŠ a-na⸣ 1/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR is-ta-⸢tir⸣-[ra-nu] | |
| 7 | ša₂ {m}a-lik-sa-an-dar bab-ba-nu-⸢u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂⸣ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}[u₂-bar] | |
| 8 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}MU-MEŠ a-na u₄-mu ⸢ṣa⸣-[a-tu₂ it]-ta-din ⸢KU₃.BABBAR⸣ [a₄] | |
| 9 | 1/3 MA.NA ŠAM₂ ši-iš-šu₂ ša₂ u₄-mu ina [u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA] | |
| 10 | {[lu₂]}⸢LUNGA₃⸣{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-[... ina ŠU-MIN {m}u₂-bar DUMU ša₂] | |
| 11 | {[m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-MU ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-[ri ina UGU{hi} GIŠ.ŠUB.BA] | |
| 12 | {[lu₂}LUNGA₃]{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}ki-⸢din⸣-{[d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-x-x a-di 12-TA].⸢AM₃⸣ | |
| 13 | [u₂-mar-raq]-ma a-na {m}u₂-bar ina-an-din ši-in-⸢ze⸣-[ru-u₂ ša₂ u₄-mu] ina U₄ 7-KAM₂ | |
| 14 | [u ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ ša₂ u₄-mu ina] ⸢U₄⸣ 14-KAM₂ PAP ši-iš-šu₂ ša₂ ⸢u₄⸣-[mu ina u₄-mu MU-MEŠ] ⸢GIŠ.ŠUB⸣.BA | |
| 15 | {[lu₂}LUNGA₃{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ] ša₂ {m}u₂-⸢bar⸣ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣-[MU] ⸢A⸣ {m}MU-MEŠ | |
| 16 | [a-na u₄-mu ṣa]-⸢a⸣-tu₄ šu₂-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[lu₂}mu-kin₇ ... DUMU ša₂ ... A {m}ŠEŠ]-⸢ʾu⸣-u₂-tu₂ {m}⸢ki⸣-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu | |
| 2 | [A x ...]-⸢x-{d}60 DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}{d}60-AD-⸢URI₃ A {m⸣}kur-i {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| 3 | [DUMU ša₂ ...]-⸢x⸣ A {m}⸢lu⸣-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{⸢d⸣}60 ⸢DUMU ša₂ {m⸣}ri-hat-{d}INANA | |
| 4 | [A ...] {⸢m}{d}60-EN⸣-šu₂-nu ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}{⸢d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ⸣-MU ⸢A {m⸣}{d}30-⸢TI-ER₂⸣ | |
| 5 | [...] ⸢DUMU ša₂ {m}tat-tan⸣-[nu A {m]}⸢E₂⸣.KUR-za-⸢kir⸣ {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ-MU⸣{nu} DUMU ša₂ | |
| 6 | [...] ⸢A {m}E₂⸣.KUR-za-⸢kir⸣ {m}{⸢d}na⸣-na-a-⸢MU DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A | |
| 7 | [x {m]}⸢ri-hat⸣-{d}INANA ⸢DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}E₂⸣.KUR-za-kir | |
| 8 | [... DUMU ša₂] {m}man-nu-⸢ki⸣-i-{⸢d}DIL-BAT A⸣ {[m]}⸢hun-zu⸣-u₂ {m}⸢ki-din⸣-{d}60 | |
| 9 | [DUMU ša₂ ...]-⸢GAL₂⸣{ši} ⸢A⸣ {m}kur-i | |
| 10 | [... {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂] ⸢x⸣ {m}EN-šu₂-nu A {m}{⸢d⸣}30-⸢TI-ER₂⸣ [UNUG{ki]} {⸢iti}ZIZ₂⸣ | |
| 11 | [MU x-KAM₂ {m}an]-⸢ti-i-ku⸣-su u {⸢m}se⸣-[lu-ku LUGAL-MEŠ] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{⸢d⸣}na-na-a-MU | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ki-din-{d}60 | |
| 2 | ⸢x x x x⸣ | |
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