OECT 09, 40 (P342377)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 09, 40 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342377 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1930-0575 |
| 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 [0:11] o 1o 1–o 1111 | Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Anu-ab-utir, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, descendant of Ahʾutu, has sold willingly half in a whole shoulder of sheep of the hitpī sacrifices of Antu's lubuštu ceremony every year and in the month of Nisannu juniper and the first ?????? of ????? of Antu; in the month of Tašritu, one-half qû of juniper and the first ??? of ??? of Antu and the whole share of what is in the bull, the bird, and the lamb of Papsukkal's offering table; day 17 of the month of Tašritu of every year and the whole share of the bull, the bird and the lamb of the offering table of Antu; day 8 of the month of Addaru of every year all that is with those prebends of the goldsmith in those months of every year, for 3 sheqels of refined silver as the whole price to Illut-Anu, son of Dannat-Belti, descendant of Luštammar-Adad in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [11:17] o 1212–o 1717 | That silver, 3 sheqels, the whole price of those prebends, Anu-balassu-iqbi received in full from Illut-Anu. When a claim arises regarding those prebends, Nidintu-Anu, his son will clear (it) of claims and will pay the twelve-fold penalty to Illut-Anu in perpetuity. The mutual responsibility for the clearing of those prebends belonges to Anu-balassu-iqbi, the seller of those prebends, and Nidintu-Anu, his son, will clear (it) of claims and as far as 12 times... |
| Top Column i [0:2] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1–t.e. i 22 | [Ring] of Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Top Column ii [0:2] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1–t.e. ii 22 | [Ring] of Ša-Anu-iš[šu] |
| Right Column i [0:2] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | ...of those prebends... |
| Right Column ii [0:1] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1–r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1 | ...of those prebends |
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—DIN-su]-E DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—AD-GUR A ša₂ {m}{d}60—DIN-su—E A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-⸢u₂⸣-[tu] | |
| 2 | [ina hu-ud] ⸢lib₃⸣-bi-šu₂ mi-šil ina {uzu}ZAG.LU UDU.NITA₂ ša₂ hi-it-pi-MEŠ | |
| 3 | [ša₂ {tug₂]}⸢lu⸣-bu-ša₂-a-tu₂ gab-bi ša₂ an-tu₄ ša₂ MU-us-su gab-bi u₃ ina {iti}BAR | |
| 4 | ŠIM-LI u₃ 1{en}tu₄ ṣu-up-pi-ti ša₂ {giš}tal-lu ša₂ an-tu₄ | |
| 5 | ina {iti}DU₆-KAM₂ 1/2 SILA₃ ŠIM-LI u₃ 1{en}tu₄ ṣu-up-pi-ti ša₂ {giš}tal-lu | |
| 6 | [ša₂] ⸢an⸣-tu₄ u₃ HA.LA-šu₂ gab-bi ša₂ ina GU₄ MUŠEN u₃ {udu}SILA₄ ša₂ {giš}BANŠUR | |
| 7 | [ša₂] {⸢d⸣}PAP.SUKKAL U₄ 17-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}DU₆ ša₂ MU-us-su gab-bi u₃ HA.LA-šu₂ gab-bi | |
| 8 | ⸢GU₄⸣ MUŠEN u₃ {udu}SILA₄ ša₂ {giš}BANŠUR ša₂ an-tu₄ U₄ 8-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}ŠE ša₂ MU-us-su | |
| 9 | ⸢gab⸣-bi ša₂ KI {lu₂}KU₃.DIM-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ ina ITI-MEŠ MU-MEŠ ša₂ MU-us-su gab-bi | |
| 10 | [a-na] 3 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}il-lut—{d}60 DUMU ša₂ | |
| 11 | {[m]}⸢dan⸣-na-at-{d}GAŠAN A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar—{d}IŠKUR a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ⸢it⸣-ta-din | |
| 12 | [KU₃].⸢BABBAR⸣ a₄ 3 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}{d}60—DIN-⸢su⸣-E ina ŠU-MIN {m}⸢il⸣-[lut—{d}60 | |
| 13 | ⸢ma⸣-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri ana muh-hi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ | |
| 14 | it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄—{d}60 DUMU-šu₂ u₂-mar-raq-ma a-di 12-TA.AM₃ | |
| 15 | a-na {m}il-lut—{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-nam-din pu-ut a-ha-a-miš | |
| 16 | a-na mu-ru-qu ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ {m}{d}60—DIN-su—E {lu₂}na-din GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ | |
| 17 | MU-MEŠ u₃ {m}ni-din-tu₄—{d}60 DUMU-šu₂ u₂-mar-raq-ma a-di 12-TA.AM₃ | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60—DIN-su—E | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}ša₂—{d}60—⸢iš⸣-[šu-u₂] | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [... GIŠ].ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ {lu₂}⸢x x⸣ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [... GIŠ].ŠUB.BA-MEŠ; MU-MEŠ | |
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