OECT 09, 18 (P342355)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 09, 18 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342355 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1923-0728 |
| 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 [0:16] o 1o 1–o 1616 | Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of ..., voluntarily sold two-thirds of a share in a house and undeveloped plot in the quarter of the Ištar gate that is in Uruk: n length on the upper side on the (direction) adjacent to the treasury of Anu ... PN son of Anu-ab-uṣur, descendant of Kuri ... PN son of Anu-ab-utir ... Adad, the upper wide (side) ... Kidin-Anu, son of Dannat-Belti; lower width ... adjacent to ... the Ištar Canal: the total of length and width; the plot of land of that house and undeveloped plot. That house and undeveloped plot, as little or as much as there is, all of it, two-thirds share ... six shekels of silver, high quality staters of ...., as the total price, to Ahat-abišu, daughter of Paranahuru, wife of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Kidin Anu, in perpetuity. That silver [six shekels] is the price of that house and undeveloped plot ... |
| Reverse [0:8] r 1r 1–r 88 | When a claim should arise concerning that two-thirds share in that house and undeveloped plot, Anu-mukin-apli, his brother, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, will clear it and will pay the 12-fold penalty to Ahat-abišu in perpetuity. Anu-mukin-apli and Kidin-Anu bear mutual responsiblity for the clearing of the two-thirds (share) in that house and undeveloped plot in perpetuity. Two-thirds share in that house and undeveloped plot belongs to Ahat-abišu, daughter of Paranahuru, wife of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Luštammar-Adad in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Witnesses: Tattannu, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi and Anu-ahhe-iddin, his son, descendants of Ekur-zakir; Anu-zer-iddin, son of Ša-Anu-iššu descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [10:13] r 1111–r 1313 | Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin and Anu-zer-iddin, his son, descendants of Ekur-zakir; Lišir, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Gimil-Anu; Balaṭu, son of Anu-mar-ittanu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad; Nanaya-iddin, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Kuri |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 1515 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Tattannu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni; Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Mušezib-Anu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [15:20] r 1616– | Ištar-šum-eriš, scribe, son of Anu-eriba, descendant of Kuri. (Written in) Uruk, 15th day of Nisannu, year 76, Seleucus (being) king. |
| Bottom Column i [0:2] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1–b.e. i 22 | Ring of Lišir |
| Bottom Column ii [0:2] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1–b.e. ii 22 | Ring of Ina-qibit-Anu |
| Bottom Column iii [0:2] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1–b.e. iii 22 | Ring of Anu-zer-iddin |
| Bottom Column iv [0:2] b.e. iv 1b.e. iv 1–b.e. iv 22 | Ring of Balaṭu |
| Left Column i [0:2] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1–l.e. i 22 | Ring of ... |
| Left Column ii [0:2] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1–l.e. ii 22 | Ring of ... |
| Right Column i [0:2] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1–r.e. i 22 | Ring of Kidin-Anu, seller of two-thirds in that house and undeveloped plot |
| Right Column ii [0:2] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1–r.e. ii 22 | Ring of .... |
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—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—MU DUMU ša₂ ... ina hu-ud lib₃]-⸢bi⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 2 | 2-ta ŠU-MIN HA.LA ina E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ ša₂ KI{ti₃]} ⸢KA₂⸣.GAL {d}INANA | |
| 3 | [ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} x US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}x-x DA ...]-⸢x⸣ NIG₂.GA {d}60 | |
| 4 | [... DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD—URI₃ A {m}kur-i | |
| 5 | [... DUMU] ša₂ {m}{d}60—AD-⸢GUR x x⸣ | |
| 6 | [...] {d}IŠKUR SAG.⸢KI⸣ AN.TA {⸢im⸣}[x-x] | |
| 7 | [... {m]}ki-din—{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}dan-na-at-{<d>}GAŠAN SAG.[KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}x-x] | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢DA⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣ ID₂-{d}INANA ŠU.NIGIN US₂-⸢MEŠ⸣ u [SAG.KI-MEŠ] | |
| 9 | [mi-ših-tu₄] E₂ u ⸢ki⸣-šub-⸢ba⸣-a MU-MEŠ E₂ u ki-šub-[ba-a MU-MEŠ] | |
| 10 | [i-ṣi u ma]-a-⸢du⸣ ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi 2-ta ŠU-[MIN HA.LA-šu₂] | |
| 11 | [...] 6 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR is-ta-tir-ra ša₂ {m}⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 12 | [bab-ba-nu-u₂]-⸢tu₂⸣ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {f}⸢NIN₉⸣-[AD-šu₂] | |
| 13 | [DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}pa-ra-na-hu-u₂-ru] DAM {m}{d}60—DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-⸢din⸣-{[d}60 | |
| 14 | [a-na u₄]-⸢mu⸣ ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-⸢din KU₃⸣.[BABBAR a₄ ...] | |
| 15 | [ŠAM₂] ⸢E₂⸣ u ki-šub-ba-a MU-[MEŠ ...] | |
| 16 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₄-mu pa-qa-ri ana muh-hi 2-ta ŠU-MIN ina E₂ u ki-šub-<ba-a> MU-MEŠ ⸢it⸣-[tab-šu-u₂] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60—DU—A ŠEŠ-šu₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—MU a-di 12-TA.AM₃ u₂-⸢mar⸣-[raq-ma] | |
| 3 | a-na {f}NIN₉-AD-šu₂ ina-an-din a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ pu-ut a-⸢ha⸣-[miš] | |
| 4 | a-na mu-ru-qu ša₂ 2-ta ŠU-MIN ina E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ | |
| 5 | {m}{d}60—DU—A u {m}ki-din—{d}60 a-na {f}NIN₉-AD-šu₂ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-[a-tu₂] | |
| 6 | na-šu-u₂ 2-ta ŠU-MIN ina E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ ša₂ {f}NIN₉-AD-šu₂ | |
| 7 | DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}pa-ra-na-hu-u₂-ru DAM {m}{d}60—DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din—{d}60 | |
| 8 | A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar—{d}IŠKUR a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 9 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}tat-tan-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—DIN-su—E u {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—MU DUMU-šu₂ | |
| 10 | A {m}E₂.KUR—za-kir {m}{d}60—NUMUN—MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ša₂—{d}60—iš-šu-u₂ A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 11 | {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—NUMUN—MU u {m}{d}60—NUMUN—MU DUMU-šu₂ A {m}E₂.KUR—za-kir | |
| 12 | {m}{li}GIŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄—{d}60 A {m}ŠU—{d}60 {m}ba-la-ṭu DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—DUMU—MU{nu} | |
| 13 | A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar—{d}IŠKUR {m}{d}na-na-a—MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄—{d}60 A {m}kur-i | |
| 14 | {m}ni-din-tu₄—{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ | |
| 15 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit—{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}KAR—{d}60 A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar—{d}IŠKUR | |
| 16 | {m}{d}INANA—MU—KAM₂ {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—SU A {m}kur-i UNUG{ki} {iti}⸢BARA₂⸣ U₄ 15-KAM₂⸣ MU 76-KAM₂; {m}se-lu-ku LUGAL | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{li}GIŠ | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit—{d}60 | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60—NUMUN—MU | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}ba-la-⸢ṭu⸣ | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {[m}x-x]-⸢x-x⸣ | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {⸢m}x-x-x-x⸣ | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ki-din—{d}60 {lu₂}na-din | |
| 2 | 2-ta ŠU-MIN ina E₂ [u ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ] | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] | |
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