OECT 09, 59 (P342396)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 09, 59 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342396 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1930-0570 |
| 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 [0:14] o 1o 1–o 1414 | [Sumut]tu-Anu, son of Ana-rabut-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, son of X-X, voluntarily has sold one-half of a day of his oil-presser's prebend in the 6th day of that oil-presser's prebend that is in that day, before Anu, Antu, Enlil, Ea, Sîn, [Šamaš], Adad, Papsukkal, Ištar, Belet-ṣeri, Nanaya, Beltu-ša-Reš, [Šar]rahitu, and all the gods in their temple -- that [oil-presser]'s prebend, one-half in that 6th day, monthly, [throughout] the year [...] the guqqû offerings and the eššeššu offerings and everything [else that pertains] to one-half day of that oil-presser's prebend in the 6th day [...] that is with his brothers and all his co-owners in that prebend, as little or as [much as] there is [...] |
| Reverse [1:5] r 2'2'–r 5'5' | That [...] he will pay paid to [...]. Sumuttu-Anu, seller of that prebend, and Uṣuršu-Anu, son of Anu-eriba [...] mutually bear responsibility for clearing that oil-presser's prebend for Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [5:9] r 6'6'–r 9'9' | That prebend, one-half of a day in the 6th day of the oil-presser's <prebend>, that monthly [...] (belongs) to Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-ah-ittanu, descendant of Gimil-Anu [...] in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Witnesses: X, son of Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [PN], son of Idat-Anu, son of Ša-Anu-iššu; Dumqi-Anu [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [...] Dumqi-Anu; Tanittu-Anu, son of Anu-uballissu [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [...] Tanittu-Anu, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, son of [...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...] Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-ab-uṣur, son of [...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [...] Illut-Anu, son of Dumqi-Anu [...] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | [...] Illut-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | [...] descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [17:20] r 18'18'– | Uruk. [Month. Day. Year.] Demetrios |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of Tanittu-Anu |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of Illut-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:5] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Sumuttu-Anu, seller of that prebend |
| Right Column ii [0:4] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | Ring of Uṣuršu-Anu, guarantor |
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}su-mut]-⸢tu₄⸣—{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ana-GAL—{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60—DIN{iṭ} A | |
| 2 | {[m}x]-⸢x⸣ ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ mi-šil u₄-mu GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ | |
| 3 | {[lu₂]}⸢I₃⸣.ŠUR{u₂-tu₂} ina U₄ 6-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ {lu₂}I₃.ŠUR{u₂-tu₂} | |
| 4 | ⸢ša₂ ina u₄⸣-mu MU-MEŠ ša₂ ina IGI {d}60 an-tu₄ {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}IDIM {d}30 | |
| 5 | {[d}UTU] {⸢d⸣}IŠKUR {d}PAP.⸢SUKKAL {d}INANA⸣ {d}⸢GAŠAN⸣-EDIN {⸢d⸣}na-⸢na-a {d}GAŠAN⸣-ša₂-SAG | |
| 6 | {[d}šar]-⸢ra-a-hi-tu₄ u DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-šu₂-nu gab-bi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU⸣-MEŠ | |
| 7 | {[lu₂}I₃.ŠUR{u₂]-⸢tu₂} mi-šil u₄-mu ina U₄ 6-KAM₂ MU-MEŠ⸣ ša₂ ⸢ITI{us⸣-su} | |
| 8 | [kal] ⸢MU.AN.NA x x⸣ [x x gu]-⸢uq⸣-qa-ne₂-e-⸢MEŠ⸣ U₄.EŠ.⸢EŠ-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 9 | [mim-ma] ⸢gab-bi ša₂ a-na mi-šil u₄-mu⸣ GIŠ.⸢ŠUB⸣.BA {lu₂}⸢I₃⸣.ŠUR{⸢u₂⸣-tu₂} | |
| 10 | [ina] ⸢U₄ 6-KAM₂ x x x x⸣ [x x x x] ⸢ša₂⸣ KI ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ u EN-MEŠ | |
| 11 | [HA].⸢LA⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢gab-bi ina GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ⸣ i-⸢ṣi⸣ [u] ⸢ma-a-du⸣ | |
| 12 | [ma-la ba]-⸢šu-u₂⸣ [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 13 | [...] ⸢x x x KI⸣ [...] | |
| 14 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] a₄ a-na [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ina-an-din pu-u₂-⸢ut⸣ a-⸢ha⸣-[a-miš ...] | |
| 4' | [a-na] mu-⸢ru⸣-[qu ... GIŠ.ŠUB].⸢BA MU⸣-MEŠ {lu₂}I₃.ŠUR{u₂-tu₂} {m}su-⸢mut⸣-[tu₄—{d}60 | |
| 5' | {⸢lu₂}na⸣-din GIŠ.ŠUB.⸢BA MU-MEŠ⸣ <u> {⸢m}URI₃⸣-šu₂—{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60—SU a-na {m}BARA₂-{⸢d⸣}60 | |
| 6' | A ša₂ {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ—⸢MU{nu⸣} a-⸢na u₄⸣-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA ⸢MU⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 7' | [mi-šil] ⸢u₄-mu⸣ {lu₂}I₃.ŠUR{u₂-tu₂} ina U₄ 6-KAM₂ MU-MEŠ ša₂ ⸢ITI{us-su⸣} [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ ša₂ {m}⸢BARA₂⸣—{d}60 ⸢A⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ—⸢MU{nu} A⸣ ša₂ {m}ŠU-{[d}60 | |
| 9' | [... a]-⸢na⸣ u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 10' | {[lu₂}mu-kin₇ ...]-⸢x A⸣ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU—{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60—DIN{iṭ} A {m}ŠEŠ-[ʾu-u₂-tu] | |
| 11' | [... A ša₂ {m}i]-⸢dat⸣—{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ša₂—{d}60—⸢iš-šu⸣-u₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{⸢d}60 [...] | |
| 12' | [...] {⸢m}dum-qi₂⸣—{d}60 {m}ta-nit-tu₄—{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60—u₂-bal-[li-su ...] | |
| 13' | [...] {⸢m}ta⸣-nit-tu₄—{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ—MU{nu} A ša₂ [...] | |
| 14' | [... {m]}⸢ki-din⸣—{d}60 A ⸢ša₂⸣ {m}{d}60—AD—URI₃ A ša₂ [...] | |
| 15' | [...] {m}il-lut—{d}60 A ša₂ {m}dum-⸢qi₂⸣-{[d}60 ...] | |
| 16' | [... {m]}il-lut—{d}60 A-MEŠ {m}{d}30—TI—ER₂ | |
| 17' | [...]-⸢x⸣ A {m}E₂.KUR—za-kir | |
| 18' | [UNUG{ki} {iti}x U₄ x-KAM₂ MU x]-KAM₂ {m}de-e-me₂-ṭi-ri-e-su; LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}ta-nit-tu₄—{d}60 | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | {m}il-lut—{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {[m}su-mut]-⸢tu₄⸣-{[d}60 | |
| 3 | {lu₂}na-din | |
| 4 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}⸢URI₃⸣-[šu₂—{d}60 | |
| 3 | {lu₂}mu-mar-[ri-qa-nu] | |
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