OECT 09, 67 (P342404)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 09, 67 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342404 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1930-0566 |
| 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 [0:10] o 1o 1–o 1010 | [...] day [...] one-fourth [...] of a day of his prebend in the twelfth day and one-half in the thirteenth day [...] of a day [...] one-fifth of day (and) one-third in one-sixtieth of a day in the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth days of his cook's-prebend — those prebends which are before Anu, Antu, Ištar, Nanaya, Beltu-ša-Reš and all the gods in their temples, monthly all through the year, the guqqû-offerings, the eššēšu offering, and everything else that pertains to that prebend which is with all his co-owners, for 2 1/2 mina of silver in high-quality staters of [...], as the complete price, to Ubar son of Anu-uballiṭ son of Ubar [...] in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111–o 1313 | That 2 1/2 mina of silver, the price of those prebends ... Belessunu daughter of Tanittu-Anu, received from Ubar son of Anu-uballiṭ; she is paid. |
| Obverse [13:16] o 1414–o 1616 | Should a claim arise concerning those prebends, Belessunu, seller of those prebends, will guarantee (them) and she will pay the 12-fold fold penalty to Ubar son of Anu-uballiṭ. |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818 | [... second] day, third day, fourth day, [fifth] day [...] fourteenth [day ...] |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | [Ri]ng of Anu-ahhe-iddin |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢u₄-mu⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢re⸣-bu-u₂ ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | [x] ⸢u₄-mu⸣ [ina] ⸢U₄ 12-KAM₂ u₃ mi-šil ina U₄ 13-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂⸣ [x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x] ša₂ u₄-mu ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 4 | ⸢ha-an-zu ša₂ u₄-mu⸣ [šal]-šu₂ ina 60{ʾu-u₂} ša₂ u₄-mu ina U₄ 15-KAM₂⸣ U₄ 16-KAM₂ u₃⸣ U₄ 17-⸢KAM₂⸣ GIŠ.⸢ŠUB⸣.BA-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 5 | {⸢lu₂}MUHALDIM{u₂⸣-[tu₂} GIŠ].⸢ŠUB.BA⸣-MEŠ ⸢MU-MEŠ⸣ [ša₂ ina] ⸢IGI {d}60 an-tu₄ {d}INANA {d}na-na-a⸣ | |
| 6 | {⸢d}GAŠAN-ša₂-SAG u⸣ [DINGIR-MEŠ] ⸢E₂-šu₂-nu gab-bi ša₂ ITI{us⸣-su} kal ⸢MU.AN⸣.[NA] | |
| 7 | gu-uq-qa-⸢an-ne₂-e U₄⸣.EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ u mim-⸢ma⸣ [gab]-⸢bi⸣ ša₂ a-na ⸢GIŠ.ŠUB.BA⸣ | |
| 8 | ⸢MU-MEŠ ik-kaš-ši-du⸣ ša₂ KI {lu₂}EN HA.⸢LA-MEŠ-šu₂ gab-bi⸣ a-⸢na⸣ | |
| 9 | 2 1/2 MA.⸢NA KU₃.BABBAR is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}x⸣-[x ...] bab-ba-nu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢a-na ŠAM₂⸣ TIL-⸢MEŠ⸣ a-na {m}⸢u₂-bar DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN⸣{[iṭ} DUMU ša₂] {m}u₂-[bar] ⸢A⸣ | |
| 11 | a-na u₄-mu ⸢ṣa-a-tu₂ tat-ta-din⸣ [KU₃].⸢BABBAR a₄ 2 1/2 MA.NA ŠAM₂⸣ | |
| 12 | ⸢GIŠ.ŠUB.BA⸣-MEŠ ⸢MU⸣-[MEŠ TIL]-⸢MEŠ x x x x x šu₂ {f}GAŠAN-su-nu DUMU.MUNUS⸣ ša₂ | |
| 13 | {⸢m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 ina ŠU-MIN {m}u₂-bar⸣ [DUMU ša₂ {m]}{⸢d}60-DIN{iṭ} mah-rat e-ṭir⸣-[rat] | |
| 14 | [u₄-mu pa-qa]-⸢ri⸣ ana ⸢muh-hi GIŠ.ŠUB⸣.[BA]-⸢MEŠ⸣ MU-⸢MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂⸣ | |
| 15 | {[f}GAŠAN-su-nu] {lu₂}⸢na⸣-din-⸢na-at GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ tu-mar⸣-raq-[ma] | |
| 16 | [a-di 12-⸢TA⸣.AM₃ a-na {⸢m⸣}[u₂-bar] ⸢DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} ta-nam⸣-[din] | |
| 17 | [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x U₄ 2-⸢KAM₂ U₄ 3-KAM₂ U₄ 4-KAM₂ U₄⸣ 5-KAM₂] | |
| 18 | [... U₄] 14-⸢KAM₂⸣ [...] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—⸢MU⸣ | |
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