OECT 09, 58 (P342395)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 09, 58 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342395 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1923-0742 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | The tablet of the exchange between Balaṭu son of Nidintu-Anu son of Anu-ah-ittannu (and) Kidin son of Anu-ah-ittannu, brother of Nidintu-Anu, descendants of Ekur-zakir of the developed house that is in the Šamaš-gate district in Uruk and (of) their own slaves; they mutually (and) voluntarily exchanged in perpetuity on the 26th of Arahšamnu, year 143 Antiochus (being) king. |
| Obverse [5:16] o 66–o 1616 | [This (is)] the share of Anu-ah-ittannu his father: the access-way of that house which is in the Šamaš-gate district that is in Uruk: the long upper northern side adjacent to the house of Sumuttu-Anu son of Pakkan-Anu and adjacent to the house which they hold; [...] son of Mannu-ki-Ištar son of Ina-qibit-Anu: the long lower southern side adjacent to the house, the share of the aforementioned Balaṭu son of Nidintu-Anu; the upper western width adjacent to the [house of] Alexander son of Anu-ah-ittannu; the lower eastern width adjacent to the access-way [of that house]: the total of the lengths and widths (are) the measurement of that house---that house, as little or as much as there is, all of it, (is) of Kidin son of Anu-ah-ittannu. The former (property) [PN] son of Nidintu-Anu set on the tablet of the share for Anu-ah-ittannu his father. X-banitu the slave whose right hand is not inscribed with anyone's name ... he has given in perpetuity. That house (belongs to) [... his] brother in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [16:23] o 1717– | [...] that no-one has inscribed that she will return, daughter of .... who himself from the sons of .... silver ... |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | ... their exchange they shall not return and mutually they shall not make a claim. The [tablet] of claims in which ... is written [no-one] shall change. ... to any other person .... |
| Reverse [7:17] r 88–r 1717 | (list of witnesses, almost entirely destroyed) |
| Reverse [17:19] r 1818–r 1919 | Anu-balassu-iqbi [scribe ... (Written in) Uruk, day, month year] Antiohcus [(being) king] |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-mukin-apli |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | [Ring of] Nidintu-Anu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of Šamaš-[...] |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of Ina-qi[bit-Anu] |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | Ring of .... |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i' 11– | [Ring of ...]-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | [Ring of Ba]laṭu |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 11– | Ring of Kidin |
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 | ṭup-pi šu-pel-tu₄ ša₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU—{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ—MU{nu} [KI] | |
| 2 | {m}ki-din A ša₂ {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ—MU{nu} ŠEŠ-šu₂ A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU—{d}60 A-MEŠ {m}E₂.KUR—za-kir ša₂ E₂ ⸢ep₂⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 3 | ša₂ ina KI{ti₃} KA₂.GAL {d}UTU ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} u LU₂-ut-ti₃ ša₂ ra-man-ni-šu₂-nu ina {iti}APIN | |
| 4 | U₄ 26-KAM₂ MU 143-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su LUGAL ina UNUG{ki} ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu | |
| 5 | ⸢KI⸣ a-ha-a-miš a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ uš-pel-MEŠ | |
| 6 | [an-na]-⸢a⸣ HA.LA ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} AD-šu₂ mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ ša₂ ina KI{ti₃} KA₂.GAL {d}UTU ša₂ qe₂-reb | |
| 7 | [UNUG{ki]} ⸢US₂⸣ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}pak-kan-{d}60 u DA E₂ ša₂ kul-lu | |
| 8 | [x-x]-⸢x⸣-ʾu A ša₂ {m}man-nu-ki-i-{d}DIL-BAT A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 US₂ KI.<TA>{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU | |
| 9 | [DA E₂] ⸢HA⸣.LA ša₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu ⸢MU⸣-MEŠ A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA | |
| 10 | [E₂ {m}a]-⸢lik⸣-sa-an-dar A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA mu-ṣu-u₂ | |
| 11 | [ša₂ E₂ MU]-⸢MEŠ ŠU⸣.NIGIN.NA US₂-MEŠ u SAG.KI-MEŠ mi-ših-tu₄ E₂ MU-MEŠ E₂ MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u | |
| 12 | [ma-a-du] ⸢ma⸣-la ba-šu-u₂ ⸢gab⸣-bi ša₂ {m}ki-din A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} lib₃-bu-u₂ ša₂ ina IGI-a-am | |
| 13 | [...]-MEŠ A ša₂ {[m}NIG₂].⸢SUM.MU⸣-{d}60 ⸢ina ṭup⸣-pi HA.LA a-na {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} AD-šu₂ iš-kun | |
| 14 | [... {f}x]-⸢DU₃⸣{tu₄} GEME₂ ša₂ ŠU-MIN ZAG-šu₂ a-na MU ša₂ {lu₂}man-am la šaṭ-rat | |
| 15 | [...] ⸢x ša₂ x⸣ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| 16 | [...] ⸢x ŠEŠ x⸣ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 17 | [...] ⸢ša₂ {lu₂}man⸣-am la šaṭ-rat ša₂ ta-tur-ru DUMU.MUNUS | |
| 18 | [...]-⸢MEŠ x⸣ ša₂ ra-man-ni-šu₂ ina ŠU-MIN DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢KU₃.BABBAR x⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [...]-MEŠ ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢x⸣ a [...] | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢x x x x x⸣ [...] ⸢u₄-mu⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | [... šu]-⸢pel⸣-tu₄-⸢šu₂-nu⸣ ul i-[tur-ru-ma] KI a-ha-miš ⸢ul⸣ [i-rag-gu-mu] | |
| 6 | [...] ri-ik-su ša₂ ina ⸢ša₂ x an⸣-na-a šaṭ-⸢ri u₂⸣-ša₂-[an-nu-u₂ ...] | |
| 7 | [... a]-⸢na⸣ {lu₂}⸢man⸣-am ša₂-⸢nam-ma⸣ ša₂ ⸢x u₂ x⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢x EN⸣ [x x] ⸢A x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 9 | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] a [...] | |
| 10 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 11 | [...] | |
| 12 | [... A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu]-u₂-tu [...] | |
| 13 | [...]-{⸢d}60 A ša₂ [...] | |
| 14 | [...] ša₂ [...] | |
| 15 | [...] ⸢A {m}{d}x x⸣ [...] | |
| 16 | [x x x] ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] {lu₂}[...] | |
| 17 | {[m]}⸢il-lut-{d}60 [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 18 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E {[lu₂}UMBISAG ... UNUG{ki} {iti}x U₄ x-KAM₂ MU x-KAM₂] | |
| 19 | {m}an-ti-ʾi-[i-ku-su LUGAL ...] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DU-A | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{[nu]} | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {⸢m}NIG₂⸣.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}UTU-[...] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | [...]-x | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-[bit-{d}60 | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. i' | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | [...]-{⸢d⸣}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {[m}ba]-la-ṭu | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}ki-din | |
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