TCL 13, 242 (P342438)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 13, 242 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342438 |
| Museum no. | AO 08556 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:12] o 1o 1–o 1212 | [Anu]-ab-uṣur and Nidintu-Anu, sons of [...], son of Anu-ab-uṣur, descendant of Luštammar-Adad, voluntarily sold all of their shares that (are) in the (prebends of the) temple enterer and the temple-butcher and in the cooked and raw sheep meat that is before Papsukkal and Amasagnudi and all their gods, which pertain to one bow-field (of) which one-sixth is lacking (that is) with the Urukeans, the holders of the bow-field of the Adad Gate, that monthly, (all throughout) the year, the guqqû offerings, the eššēšu offerings, and everything that pertains to that prebend that is with all of their brothers and co-owners for 4 shekels of refined silver as the complete price to Anu-zer-iddin, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | That silver, 4 shekels, the complete price of that prebend, Anu-ab-uṣur and Nidintu-Anu received from Nidintu-Anu. They are paid. |
| Obverse [14:19] o 1515– | Should a claim arise concerning that prebend, Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-X-ibni, descendant of Luštammar-Adad, [will clear it and] pay [12-fold] to Anu-zer-iddin in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | Anu-ab-uṣur and Nidintu-Anu, sellers [of that prebend, Nidin]tu-Anu, son of Anu-ab-uṭir, bear mutual responsibility for clearing that prebend for Anu-zer-iddin, [in perpetuity]. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | That [prebend] belongs to Anu-zer-iddin [...] Mušallim-Anu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad [... in perpetuity]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [Witnesses: ...] son of []...] descendant of Kuri |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [...] Anu-mukin-apli, son of [...]-Anu; Anu-DIN-[...], son of Anu-mukin-apli |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [...] Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-ik[ṣur], descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [...], son of Šamaš-eṭir, descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [...] son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [...] descendant of Gimil-Anu; Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-šum-lišir |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [descendant of Hunzu]; Nidintu-Anu, son of Iqiša, descendant of Ekur-zakir; Anu-belšunu |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [son of] Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni; Rihat-Anu, son of Illut-Anu, descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [16:18] r 1717–r 1818 | [Anu]-ahhe-iddin, the scribe, son of Anu-belšunu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Uruk. [Month.] 11th day, 99th year Antiochus (was) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of [...]-Anu |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of Zeriya |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 11– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | Ring of Rihat-Anu |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 11– | Ring of Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur, seller of that prebend |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 11– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Right Column iii [0:3] r.e. iii 11– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu, guarantor of that prebend |
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}{d}60-AD-URI₃ u {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}⸢x-x⸣-[...] A ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
| 2 | A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂-nu | |
| 3 | gab-bi ša₂ ina {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} u₃ {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-tu₂} u₃ ina UZU ⸢ba-aš₂-lu⸣ | |
| 4 | u₃ UZU ba-al-ṭu gab-bi ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ ša₂ IGI {d}PAP.SUKKAL | |
| 5 | u₃ {d}AMA.SAG₃.NU.⸢DU₇⸣ u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ-šu₂-nu gab-bi | |
| 6 | ša₂ ik-kaš-ši-du a-na 1{et}tu₄ qa-al-tu₄ ša₂ ši-iš-šu₂ | |
| 7 | LAL-u₂ ša₂ KI {lu₂}UNUG{ki}a-a EN-MEŠ qa-ša₂-a-tu₂ ša₂ KA₂.GAL {d}IŠKUR | |
| 8 | ša₂ ITI{us-su-un} MU.AN.NA gu-uq-qa-ne₂-e U₄.EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ | |
| 9 | u₃ mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ ik-kaš-ši-du | |
| 10 | ša₂ KI ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂-nu u₃ EN-MEŠ HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂-nu gab-bi a-na | |
| 11 | 4 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| 12 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 13 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-tan-nu-MEŠ KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 4 GIN₂ | |
| 14 | ŠAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ u {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| 15 | ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU mah-ru-MEŠ e-ṭir₃-MEŠ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri | |
| 16 | a-na muh-hi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| r | ||
| 1 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-[... ... ... ...]-⸢x⸣-DU₃ A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 2 | ⸢u₂-mar⸣-[raq-ma a-di 12-TA].AM₃ a-na {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| 3 | a-⸢na⸣ [u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i]-nam-din pu-ut a-ha-a-miš a-na mu-ru-qu | |
| 4 | ša₂ GIŠ.[ŠUB.BA ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ u {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 {lu₂}na-din-na-an-MEŠ | |
| 5 | [GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ {m}ni-din]-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-GUR a-na {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| 6 | [a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA] MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| 7 | [DUMU ša₂ ... DUMU ša₂ {m]}GI-{d}60 A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢x⸣ U₄ [...] | |
| 9 | {[lu₂}mu-kin₇ ...]-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ [...] A {m}kur-i | |
| 10 | [...] {[m]}{d}60-DU-A A {m}⸢ŠU⸣-{d}60 {m}{d}60-DIN{⸢iṭ⸣} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DU-A | |
| 11 | [A ... {m]}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-[ṣur] A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 12 | [...] DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-SUR A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 13 | [...] DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 ⸢A {m⸣}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 14 | [...] A {m}ŠU-{d}60 {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ | |
| 15 | [A {m}hun-zu-u₂] {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}BA{ša₂}a A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | |
| 16 | [DUMU ša₂ {m]}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 17 | {[m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir UNUG{ki} | |
| 18 | [...] U₄ 11-KAM₂ MU 99-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {[m}...]-{d}60 | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NUMUN-ia | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢DIN{iṭ⸣} | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {[m}...] x x [...] | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {[m}...] x x | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {[m]}⸢ri⸣-hat-{d}60 | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-[DIN]-⸢su-E⸣ | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {⸢m}x-x-x⸣ | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-na-an-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| r.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| 2 | {lu₂}mu-mar-ri-⸢qa-an GIŠ.ŠUB.BA⸣ MU-MEŠ | |
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