TCL 13, 238 (P342434)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 13, 238 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342434 |
| Museum no. | AO 08558 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By Contenau, Georges · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
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| Obverse [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin and Nanaya-iddin, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendants of Hunzu, of their own free will, said to Anu-zer-iddin, son of Anu-x as follows: Give (us) for five years one-half of a day, in the twenty-eighth day of the entire prebend of the butcher's-prebend that is before Anu, Antu, Belet-ṣeri, Nanaya, Beltu-ša-Reš and all the gods of their temples, that (are) monthly, throughout the year -- the guqqānê offerings, the eššeššu offerings -- for prebendary service. (and) we will perform your prebendary service and whatever (else) pertains to that prebend among the Urukeans, we will give you. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | At that time, Anu-zer-iddin heard him and he gave them that prebend for five [years]. |
| Obverse [9:19] o 1010– | Nidintu-Anu and [Nanaya-iddin] bear responsibility for five years for the performance of the prebendary service without interupption and entering into ... prebend .... Anu-zer-iddin shall have no power to dispose of that prebend until five years are completed. From Nidintu-Anu and Nanaya-iddin he shall not ... (by) Nindintu-Anu and Nanaya-iddin ... that prebend ... five years will be completed. ... and if anything causes an interruption ... they must complete whatever ... the people of the land will impose on it. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Witnesses: |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Anu-ah-ušabši, son of Anu-[...], descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Mušezib-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Ša-Anu-iššu, son of Anu-ah-ušabši, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Labaši, son of Šamaš-ittannu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Ša-Anu-iššu, son of Ištar-šum-iddin, descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | Dumqi-Anu, scribe, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Uruk. Nisanu. 2nd day. 66th year Antiochus (being) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-ušabši |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of Labaši |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of Kidin-Anu |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of Ša-Anu-iššu |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of Ša-Anu-iššu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Mušezib-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin |
| Right Column ii [0:1] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1–r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1 | Ring of Nanaya-iddin |
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}ni-din]-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU u {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} [A-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | {m}hun-zu-u₂ ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu a-na {<m>}{d}60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-[...] | |
| 3 | [iq-bu um-ma] mi-šil ⸢u₄⸣-mu ina U₄ 28-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA gab-bi {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-[tu₂]} | |
| 4 | IGI {d}60 an-tu₄ {d}GAŠAN-EDIN {d}na-na-a {d}GAŠAN-ša₂-SAG u DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 5 | gab-bi ša₂ ITI{us-su} kal MU.AN.NA gu-uq-qa-ne₂-e U₄.EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ | |
| 6 | a-na {lu₂}re-si-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-di 5-TA MU.AN.⸢NA⸣ bi-in-nam-ma | |
| 7 | {lu₂}re-si-nu-u₂-tu₂-ka ⸢ni⸣-pu-uš-ʾu u mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA | |
| 8 | MU-MEŠ ik-kaš-ši-du [lib₃-bu]-u₂ {lu₂}UNUG{ki}a-a ni-id-dak-ka u₄-⸢mu šu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 9 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU iš-mu-šu₂-u₂-ma GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ a-di 5-TA [...] | |
| 10 | id-dan-šu₂-nu-tu₂ pu-ut pa-lah₃-ha {lu₂}re-si-nu la [baṭ]-⸢la⸣ ša₂-[ka-nu] | |
| 11 | u KU₄ a-na x [...] GIŠ.ŠUB.⸢BA⸣ [...] {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 u [...] | |
| 12 | a-di 5-TA MU.AN.NA ⸢na-šu-u₂⸣ [ul i-šal]-laṭ-ma {m}{d}60-[NUMUN-MU] | |
| 13 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ a-di la MU.AN.NA 5-ta i-⸢šal⸣-[lim-ma ina ŠU-MIN] | |
| 14 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 u {m}{d}na-na-a-MU ul u₂-x-x-[...] | |
| 15 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 u {m}{d}na-na-a-MU GIŠ.ŠUB.⸢BA MU⸣-[MEŠ ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | MU.AN.NA 5-⸢TA⸣ i-šal-lim-ma ul [...] u ki-i mim-ma baṭ-al | |
| 2 | iš-šak-nu GI-GI-ma mim-ma ma-[...] ⸢x⸣ UN-MEŠ ma-a-tu₂ | |
| 3 | UGU im-du-šu₂ | |
| 4 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ | |
| 5 | {m}{d}60-[ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši]} DUMU ša₂ {m}{⸢d}60-[...] A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 6 | {m}KAR-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 7 | {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 8 | {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 9 | {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}INANA-MU-MU A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 10 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 11 | {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ UNUG{ki} {iti}BARA₂ U₄ 2-KAM₂ | |
| 12 | ⸢MU⸣ 66-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-ku-su ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ(MU-)GAL₂{ši} | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}la-ba-ši | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ki-din-{[d}60 | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ša₂-{⸢d⸣}60-⸢iš⸣-šu-u₂ | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}KAR-{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| 2 | [DUMU ša₂] {d}⸢na⸣-[na-a-MU] | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}na-na-[a-MU] | |
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