OECT 09, 38 (P342375)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 09, 38 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342375 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1923-0722 |
| 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 [0:15] o 1o 1–o 1515 | There will be no [lawsuit], legal proceeding, [or claim on the part of Anu-zer-iddin, son of Anu-ab-utir, son of] Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Lu[štammar-Adad, concerning the ... houses] and prebends which formerly [...] Anu-ab-utir, his father, son of [Nanaya-iddin, ...] in his name and in the name of the others in the city quarter [...] that is within Uruk---the upper length [to the west ...] Anu-uballiṭ, son of Kidin-[Anu ...] storehouse of Anu, the bīt ritti [of ...]; the lower length to the east next to the house [... ...]-nu, son [of] Nanaya-[iddin ...]; the upper width [next to ...] son of Mannu-ki-Ištar; the lower width [...] next to the house of Kidin-Anu, son of Nidintu-Anu, and next to the access-way of [those] houses---the total of the lengths and widths, the measurements of those houses; concerning the houses, the prebends, and the servants with Eṭirtu, daughter of Anu-ahhe-iddin, wife of Anu-ab-utir, his father, son of Nanaya-iddin, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [15:23] o 1616– | He shall have no power of disposition; Anu-zer-iddin, son of Anu-ab-utir, shall not return and raise an objection (regarding) the houses, prebends, and the servants, and everything that pertains to Eṭirtu, from Eṭirtu, daughter of Anu-ahhe-iddin, Anu-maru-ittanu, and Nanaya-iddin, her sons, and if this Anu-zer-iddin raises an objection with Eṭirtu and her sons, let the entrusted items be returned, [...] he will give, for which are neither lawsuits nor objections, 10 mina of high quality silver of Antiochus to Eṭirtu and her sons. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | Those houses, prebends, and servants belong to Eṭirtu, daughter of Anu-ahhe-iddin, and her sons, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witness: Anu-šum-lišir, son of Ša-Anu-iššu, descendant of Hunzu. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Tanittu-Anu, son of Labaši, descendant of Ahʾutu. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Nanaya-iddin, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Hunzu. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Anu-šum-lišir, son of Rabi-Anu, descendant of Hunzu. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Rihat-Anu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Kuri. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | Anu-ahhe-iddin and Kidin-Anu, sons of Arad-Ninurta, interpreter scribe of the property of Anu. |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | Ištar-šum-eriš, scribe, son of Anu-eriba, descendant of Kuri. Uruk. [... ... day]. 99th year. Antiochus (was) [king]. |
| Top Column i [0:2] t.e. i 11–t.e. i 22 | Ring of [...] |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Top Column iii [0:2] t.e. iii 11–t.e. iii 22 | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of Kidin-Anu |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | Ring of Anu-nadin-šumi |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 11– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Tanittu-Anu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Right [0:3] r.e. 11– | Ring of [... seller] of that unenšumbered item |
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⸣ [dib-bi di]-i-[ni u ra-ga-mu {m}{d}60—NUMUN—MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—AD-GUR DUMU ša₂] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a—MU A {m}lu-[uš-tam-mar—{d}IŠKUR a-na muh-hi ... E₂-MEŠ] | |
| 3 | u₃ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ ša₂ ina IGI-⸢am⸣-[ma ...] | |
| 4 | {m}{d}60—AD-GUR AD-šu₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}[na-na-a—MU ...] | |
| 5 | ina MU-šu₂ u ina MU ša₂ ša₂-nu-u₂-tu₂ ina ⸢KI⸣{[ti₃} ...] | |
| 6 | ša₂ qe₂-reb ⸢UNUG{ki⸣} US₂ AN{⸢u₂⸣} {[tu₁₅}MAR.TU ...] | |
| 7 | {m}{d}60—DIN{iṭ} ⸢DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d⸣}60 ...] | |
| 8 | ⸢E₂ NIG₂.GA {d}60 E₂ rit-ti⸣ [ša₂ ...] | |
| 9 | ⸢US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | {⸢m}x-x-nu DUMU⸣ [ša₂] {m}{d}na-na-⸢a⸣-[MU ...] ⸢SAG⸣.KI AN.⸢TA⸣ [DA] | |
| 11 | ⸢x x x x x x-a DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}man-nu-ki-i-{⸢d}DIL-BAT⸣ SAG.KI KI.⸢TA⸣ {[tu₁₅}x-x] | |
| 12 | ⸢DA E₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}ni-din-tu₄—{d}60 u DA mu-ṣu-u₂ E₂-MEŠ [MU-MEŠ] | |
| 13 | ⸢ŠU.NIGIN US₂-MEŠ u SAG.KI-MEŠ⸣ mi-ših-tu₄ E₂-MEŠ MU-MEŠ ana muh-⸢hi⸣ E₂-MEŠ | |
| 14 | ⸢GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ u LU₂⸣-[ut]-⸢ti₃⸣ KI {f}SUR{tu₄} DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—MU ⸢DAM⸣ | |
| 15 | {⸢m}{d}60-AD⸣-GUR ⸢AD-šu₂ DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}{d}na-na-a—MU a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ia-a-nu | |
| 16 | ⸢ul⸣ [i]-šal-laṭ-ma {⸢m}{d}60-NUMUN⸣-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—AD-GUR E₂-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ | |
| 17 | u ⸢LU₂-ut⸣-ti₃ u mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-na {f}SUR{tu₄} ik-kaš-ši-du KI {f}SUR{tu₄} | |
| 18 | DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—MU {m}{d}60—DUMU—MU{nu} u {m}{d}na-na-a—MU DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 19 | ⸢ul⸣ i-tur ha-ru-ru u ki-i {m}{d}60—NUMUN—MU a-ga-ʾa ha-ra-ra | |
| r | ||
| 1 | KI {f}SUR{tu₄} u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ u₂-šab-šu-u₂ ša₂ i-ha-ru-ru šup-qu-ut-ta-nu | |
| 2 | li-tur-ru ⸢x i⸣-nam-din ša₂ la di-i-ni u la ha-ra-ra | |
| 3 | 10 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ {m}⸢an⸣-[ti]-ʾi-i-ku-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-<tu₂> a-na {f}SUR{tu₄} u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 4 | E₂-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ [u LU₂-ut]-ti₃ MU-MEŠ ša₂ {f}SUR{tu₄} DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—MU | |
| 5 | u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ a-⸢na u₄⸣-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 6 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}{d}60—⸢MU-GIŠ DUMU⸣ ša₂ {<m>}ša₂—{d}60—iš-šu-u₂ A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu DUMU ša₂ | |
| 7 | {m}ta-nit-tu₄—{d}60 A {m}⸢lu-uš-tam⸣-mar—{d}IŠKUR {m}ta-nit-tu₄—{d}60 DUMU ša₂ | |
| 8 | {m}⸢la⸣-ba-ši A {m}⸢ŠEŠ-ʾu⸣-u₂-tu {m}{d}⸢na-na⸣-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—MU | |
| 9 | ⸢A {m}hun⸣-zu-u₂ {m}{d}60—MU—GIŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}GAL-{[d]}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{d}UTU—MU{nu} | |
| 10 | [DUMU] ša₂ {m}{d}60—AD—URI₃ A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar—{d}⸢IŠKUR⸣ {m}{d}60—DIN-su—E DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat—{d}60 | |
| 11 | A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar—{d}⸢IŠKUR {m⸣}ni-din-tu₄—{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a—MU A {m}kur-⸢i⸣ | |
| 12 | {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—MU u {m}ki-din-{⸢d}60 DUMU⸣-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ARAD-{d}MAŠ {lu₂}se-pir NIG₂.GA {d}60 | |
| 13 | {m}{d}⸢INANA-MU-KAM₂⸣ {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—SU A {m}kur-i ⸢UNUG⸣{[ki} {iti}x U₄ x-KAM₂] | |
| 14 | MU 99-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su [LUGAL] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [x] | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [x] | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | |
| 2 | [x] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—MU | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}⸢ki⸣-din—{d}60 | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60—na-din-MU | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄—{d}60 | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {⸢m}ta-nit-tu₄⸣—{d}60 | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60—DIN-su—E | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | [... na-din] ⸢zu-u₂⸣-ku MU-MEŠ | |
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