OECT 09, 21 (P342358)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 09, 21 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342358 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1923-0737 |
| 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 | Anu-ab-uṣur son of Anu-ah-ittannu son of Nidintu-Anu son of Anu-ah-ittannu descendant of Hunzu voluntarily sold one-tenth and one-sixtieth of a day in one day, in the eleventh day (and) the twelfth day of his butcher's prebend before Anu, Antu, Ištar, Belet-ṣeri, Nanaya, Beltu-ša-Reš and all the gods of their temple(s), monthly throughout the year, the guqqānû-offerings, the eššeššāni-offerings, and whatever else pertains to that prebend that is with Kidin-Anu, the purchaser of that prebend, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin and their brothers and all their co-owners for 54 shekels of silver (in) high-quality staters of Seleucus,as the complete price, to Kidin-Anu son of Anu-ahhe-iddin son of Nanaya-iddin descendant of Hunzu in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | Anu-ab-uṣur son of Anu-ah-ittannu received that 54 shekels of silver, the complete price of that prebend, from Kidin-Anu son of Anu-ahhe-iddin; he is paid. |
| Obverse [10:14] o 1111–o 1414 | Should a claim arise concerning one-ten[th and] one-sixtieth of a day in one day in those days of that butcher's prebend, Kidin-Anu son of Anu-ah-ittannu son of Nidintu-Anu descendant of [...] will clear (it) and will pay 12-fold to Kidin-Anu son of Anu-ahhe-iddin in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [14:19] o 1515– | Kidin-Anu and Anu-ab-uṣur, sons of Anu-ah-ittannu, mutually bear responsibility for clearing that prebend. Those one-tenth and one-sixtieth of a day in one day in the eleventh day (and) twelfth day of that butcher's prebend belong to Kidin-Anu son of Anu-ahhe-iddin descendant of Hunzu in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | As soon as Kidin-Anu desires he will register in his name that prebend in the registry of prebends that is in the temple of the gods. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Witnesses: |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Kidin-Anu and Labaši, sons of Anu-mukin-apli descendants of Ekur-zakir; [...] descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | Anu-belšunu son of Tanittu-Anu son of [... ...] Luštammar-Adad; Anu-mukin-apli son of Anu-uballiṭ descendant of Hunzu; [... and] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Anu-ittannu, sons of Balṭu descendants of Luštammar-Adad; [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Anu-belšunu descendant of Kuri; Anu-uballiṭ son of Rihat-Anu [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Rihat-Ištar descendant of [...]; Arad-adešu [son of ...] |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | Kidin-Anu son of [...] |
| Reverse [12:62] r 1313– | Dumqi-Anu, scribe, son of [... Uruk. month.] 26th day, 80[+×th year Seleucus (being) king.] |
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}{d}60-AD-URI₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-⸢tu₄⸣-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A {m}hun-zu-[u₂] | |
| 2 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ 10{ʾu-u₂} u₃ 60{ʾu-u₂} ša₂ u₄-mu ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 11-KAM₂ U₄ 12-[KAM₂] | |
| 3 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-tu₂} IGI {d}60 an-tu₄ {d}INANA {d}GAŠAN-EDIN {d}na-na-a {d}GAŠAN-ša₂-SAG u DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 4 | E₂-šu₂-nu gab-bi ša₂ ITI{us-su} kal MU.AN.NA gu-uq-qa-ne₂-e U₄.⸢EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 5 | u mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ ik-kaš-ši-du ša₂ KI {m}ki-din-{d}60 {lu₂}ma-[hi-ra-an] | |
| 6 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂-nu {lu₂}EN HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 7 | gab-bi a-na 54 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR is-ta-⸢tir⸣-ra-nu ša₂ {m}se-lu-ku bab-ba-nu-[u₂-tu₂] | |
| 8 | a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}⸢na⸣-[na-a-MU] | |
| 9 | A {m}hun-zu-u₂ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 54 GIN₂ [ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ ša₂] | |
| 10 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} ina ŠU-MIN {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU [ša₂] | |
| 11 | {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU⸣ ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri ana muh-hi 10{ʾu⸣-[u₂} u₃] | |
| 12 | 60{ʾu-⸢u₂} ša₂⸣ u₄-mu ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.⸢BA⸣ {[lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-tu₂]} | |
| 13 | MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {⸢m⸣}[...] | |
| 14 | u₂-mar-raq-ma a-di 12-TA.AM₃ a-na {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU a-na [u₄-mu] | |
| 15 | ṣa-a-tu₂ ina-an-din pu-ut a-ha-miš a-na mu-ru-qu ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ {m}⸢ki⸣-[din-{d}60 | |
| 16 | u {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ⸢na⸣-[šu-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 10{ʾu-u₂} u₃ 60{⸢ʾu⸣-u₂} ša₂ u₄-mu ina 1-en⸣ [u₄-mu ina U₄ 11-KAM₂ U₄ 12-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA] | |
| 2 | {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 [DUMU] ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-[MEŠ-MU A {m}hun-zu-u₂] | |
| 3 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu₂-nu ⸢u₄⸣-mu ma-⸢la⸣ {[m}ki-din-{d}60 ṣe-bu-u₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA] | |
| 4 | MU-MEŠ ina {giš}DA ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ ša₂ ina E₂ ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ ina MU-šu₂ u₂-šal-lim] | |
| 5 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ | |
| 6 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 u₃ {m}la-ba-ši DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢DU⸣-A A {m}E₂.KUR-⸢za-kir⸣ [x] | |
| 7 | A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂ x] | |
| 8 | A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}{d}60-DU-A DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}hun-zu-u₂ [x] | |
| 9 | {m}{d}60-MU{nu} ⸢DUMU⸣-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu A {m}⸢lu⸣-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}⸢x⸣-[x] | |
| 10 | {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A {m}⸢kur-i {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{⸢d}60 [...] | |
| 11 | {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA A [x {m}ARAD]-⸢a-de-e-šu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}[...] | |
| 13 | {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ [x UNUG{ki} {iti}x] | |
| 14 | U₄ 26-KAM₂ MU 80-[x-KAM₂ {m}se-lu-ku LUGAL] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}la-ba-ši | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}la-ba-ši | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}ARAD-a-⸢de-e-šu₂⸣ | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{⸢iṭ⸣} | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{[d}60-EN-šu₂-nu] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-GI | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-MU{nu} | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}DU₃{a} | |
| l.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DU-A | |
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