OECT 09, 57 (P342394)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 09, 57 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342394 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1923-0078 |
| 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)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:11] o 1'1'–o 11'11' | [...] all [...] day [...] silver of the gift (and) everything [that pertains to the prebends] of the enterer of the bīt pirištūti and the goldsmith's prebend, which is with his brothers and all of his co-owners, for one-third mina of refined silver, staters of Antiochus in good condition, as the complete price, to Idat-Anu, son of Illut-[Anu], son of Dannat-Belti, descendant of Luštammar-Adad, i[n perpe]tuity. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'–o 13'13' | That silver, one-third mina, the complete price of th[ose prebends], Amat-Banitu received from I[dat-Anu. She is paid.] |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | Should there arise a claim concerning those prebends of the enterer of the bīt pirištūti and the goldsmith, Labaši son of Anu-mukin-apli son of Anu-uballiṭ descendant of Hunzu will clear (it) and pay the 12-fold penalty to Idat-Anu, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | Amat-banitu, the seller of those prebends, and Labaši son of Anu-mukin-apli mutually bear responsibility for clearing those prebendsfor Idat-Anu son of Illut-Anu in perpetuity. label+ r 7 - 10 One-thirtieth in those prebends of the enterer of the bīt pirištūti and the goldsmith belongs to Idat-Anu son of Illut-Anu son of Dannat-Belti descendant of Hunzu in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witnesses: Anu-belšunu son of Nidintu-Anu descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Anu-uballiṭ son of Nidintu-Anu son of Ina-qibit-Anu descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Ša-Anu-iššu son of Nanaya-iddin descendant of Ebabbar-šum-ibni |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 1515 | Kidin-Any son of Illut-Anu, the interpreter scribe, property of Anu; Anu-ah-ittannu son of Ša-Anu-iššu son of Tanittu-Anu descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [15:17] r 1616–r 1717 | Labaši son of Rihat-Anu, the builder; Nanaya-iddin son of Sumuttu-Anu son of Nanaya-iddin descendant of Kuri; Kidin-Anu son of Anu-ah-ušabši son of Anu-ah-utir |
| Reverse [17:19] r 1818–r 1919 | Anu-ab-uṣur, the scribe, son of Anu-ahhe-[iddin] son of Anu-belšunu descendant of Ekur-zakir. [(Written in) Uruk] (on the) 22nd day (of) Duʾuzu, 110[th year Antioch]us and Antiochus (being) [kings]. |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring [of] Nanaya-iddin |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring [of] Anu-ah-ittanu |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | [Ring of] Kidin-Anu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Kidin-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:5] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Amat-banitu, seller of those prebends |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 11– | Ring of Labaši, seller 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' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢gab-bi⸣ | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x] ⸢U₄⸣ | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ KU₃.⸢BABBAR⸣ ša₂ [ta]-⸢am⸣-mar-ra-a-tu₂ | |
| 6' | ⸢mim-ma gab-bi⸣ [ša₂ a-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA] {⸢lu₂}KU₄ E₂ pi⸣-[riš]-⸢tu₄⸣{u₂-⸢tu₂} u₃⸣ | |
| 7' | {lu₂}KU₃.DIM{u₂-tu₂} MU-⸢MEŠ ik⸣-kaš-ši-du ša₂ ⸢KI⸣ ŠEŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ | |
| 8' | u EN-MEŠ HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂ gab-bi a-na 1/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 9' | qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su ⸢bab⸣-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 10' | a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}i-dat—{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}il-⸢lut⸣-{d}60 | |
| 11' | A ša₂ {m}BAD₄-{d}GAŠAN A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar—{d}IŠKUR a-[na u₄-mu] | |
| 12' | ṣa-a-tu₂ tat-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 1/3 MA.NA ŠAM₂ ⸢GIŠ⸣.[ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ] | |
| 13' | TIL-MEŠ {f}GEME₂-DU₃{tu₄} ina ŠU-MIN {m}i-[dat—{d}60 mah-rat e-ṭir₃-tu₄] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-na muh-hi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}KU₄ E₂ pi-riš-tu₄{u₂-⸢tu₂⸣} | |
| 2 | u {lu₂}KU₃.DIM{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}NU-TEŠ₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DU-A | |
| 3 | A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}hun-zu-u₂ u₂-mar-raq-ma a-di 12-TA.AM₃ | |
| 4 | a-na {m}i-dat-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-nam-din pu-u₂-ut a-ha-a-miš | |
| 5 | a-na mu-ru-qu ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ {f}GEME₂-DU₃{tu₄} {lu₂}na-din-na-at | |
| 6 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ u {m}NU-TEŠ₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DU-A a-na {m}i-dat-{d}60 | |
| 7 | DUMU ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ 30{ʾu-u₂} | |
| 8 | ina GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}KU₄ E₂ pi-riš-tu₄{u₂-tu₂} u {lu₂}KU₃.DIM{u₂-tu₂} | |
| 9 | MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}i-dat-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}BAD₄-{d}GAŠAN | |
| 10 | A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 11 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ | |
| 12 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 13 | {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}E₂-BABBAR{ra}MU-DU₃ | |
| 14 | {m}BARA₂-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 {lu₂}KUŠ.SAR NIG₂.GA {d}60 {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| 15 | A ša₂ {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ A ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 16 | {m}NU-TEŠ₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 {lu₂}ŠIDIM {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A ša₂ {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| 17 | A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}kur-i {m}BARA₂-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GUR | |
| 18 | {[m]}{⸢d}60-AD-URI₃ {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣-[MU] A {m}{d}60-⸢EN-šu₂⸣-nu A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 19 | [UNUG{ki]} {⸢iti⸣}ŠU U₄ 22-KAM₂ MU 110-[x-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku]-su u {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su; [LUGAL-MEŠ] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}BARA₂-{⸢d⸣}60 | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {⸢m}BARA₂-{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {f}GEME₂-DU₃{tu₄} | |
| 3 | {lu₂}na-din-na-at | |
| 4 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}NU-TEŠ₂ | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-an ⸢GIŠ⸣.[ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ] | |
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