TCL 13, 246 (P342442)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 13, 246 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342442 |
| Museum no. | AO 07037 |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:12] o 1o 1–o 1212 | Nanaya-iddin son of Nidintu-Anu son of Šibqat-Anu [...] of the temple of the gods of Uruk with the advice of Antu-Banat, his wife, daughter of Illut-Anu voluntarily sold his undeveloped plot (in) the city quarter of the Šamaš gate which is within Uruk —— 20 cubits (is) the upper length on the north next to the house of Antu-Banat daughter of Illut-Anu wife of Nanaya-Iddin, that seller, and the undeveloped plot of Anu-ahhe-iddin the son of Kidin-Anu; 20 cubits (is) the lower length on the south next to the undeveloped plot of Anu-ahhe-iddin son of Kidin-Anu; 10 cubits (is) the upper width on the west next to the undeveloped plot of Šumāti son of Idat-Anu; 10 cubits (is) the lower width on the east next to the undeveloped plot of Anu-ahhe-iddin son of Kidin-Anu; a total of 20 cubits long, 10 cubits wide are the measurements of that undeveloped plot —— that undeveloped plot, as little or as much as there is, all of it, for 10 shekels of refined silver, high quality staters of Demetrios, for the complete price, to Antipatros son of Diodoros in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [12:19] o 1313– | That silver, 10 shekels, the complete price of that undeveloped plot, Nanaya-iddin received from Antipatros; he is paid. Should there arise a claim concerning that undeveloped plot, the aforementioned Nanaya-iddin will clear it of claims and will pay the 12-fold penalty to Antipatros in perpetuity. That undeveloped plot belongs to Antipatros son of Diodorus in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 1919–r 1919 | Witnesses: Anu-ahhe-iddin son of Kidin-Anu son of Anu-ah-ušabši |
| Reverse [4:5] r 2020–r 2020 | Anu-ah-iddin son of Nidintu-Anu son of Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Reverse [5:6] r 2121–r 2121 | Labaši son of Anu-ah-ušabši son of Ina-qibit-Anu |
| Reverse [7:8] r 2323–r 2323 | Anu-zer-iddin son of Nidintu-Anu son of Nanaya-iddin descendant of Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [8:10] r 2424–r 2525 | Anu-zer-iddin son of Idat-Anu son of Sumuttu-Anu descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [9:11] r 2525–r 2626 | Ina-qibit-Anu scribe son of Šamaš-eṭir descendant of Ekur-zakir. (Written in) Uruk. [Month ...]. 3rd day. 161st year. [...] |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of X-iddin |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-X |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-zer-iddin |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of Labaši |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 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 Šibqat-Anu |
| Right [0:2] r.e. 1r.e. 1–r.e. 22 | Ring of ... Antu-banat, his wife |
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) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | {[m}{d}na-na-a-MU] ⸢A ša₂ {m⸣}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}šib-qat₂-{d}60 [...] | |
| 2 | ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ ina mil-ki ša₂ {f}an-tu₄-DU₃{at} ⸢DAM⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 3 | DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ KI{ti₃} KA₂.GAL {d}UTU ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{[ki]} | |
| 4 | 20 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ {f}an-tu₄-DU₃{at} DUMU.MUNUS [ša₂ {m]}il-lut-{d}60 | |
| 5 | DAM {m}{d}na-na-a-MU {lu₂}na-din-na-an MU-MEŠ u₃ ki-šub-⸢ba-a ša₂⸣ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-⸢MU⸣ | |
| 6 | A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 20 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-⸢MU⸣ | |
| 7 | A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 10 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}MU-MEŠ | |
| 8 | A ša₂ {m}i-dat-{d}60 10 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA ki-šub-ba-a {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| 9 | A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 PAP 20 KUŠ₃ US₂ 10 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI mi-ših-tu₄ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ | |
| 10 | ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ i-ṣi-i u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na 10 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 11 | qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}de-meṭ-ri-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ | |
| 12 | TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}an-ti-ʾi-pa-aṭ-ru-su A ša₂ {m}di-i-du-ur-su a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ | |
| 13 | it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 10 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| 14 | MU-MEŠ ina ŠU-MIN {m}an-ti-ʾi-pa-aṭ-ru-su ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri | |
| 15 | a-na muh-hi ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU MU-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 16 | u₂-mar-raq-ma a-di 12-TA.AM₃ {m}an-ti-ʾi-pa-aṭ-ru-su a-na | |
| 17 | u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-nam-din ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-pa-aṭ-ru-su | |
| 18 | A ša₂ {m}di-i-du-ur-su a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 19 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} {m}šib-qat₂-{d}60 A ša₂ | |
| 20 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}šib-qat₂-{d}60 {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | |
| 21 | {m}NU-TEŠ₂ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| 22 | A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 u {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A-MEŠ {m}E₂.KUR-za-⸢kir⸣ | |
| 23 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 24 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A ša₂ {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-[u₂] | |
| 25 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-SUR A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir [UNUG{ki} ...] | |
| 26 | U₄ 3-KAM₂ MU 161-KAM₂ {m}x-[...] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-[qa] | |
| 2 | [...]-MU | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{⸢d}60-[...] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NU-TEŠ₂ | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 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}šib-qat₂-{d}60 | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | [... {f}an-tu₄-DU₃]{⸢at} DAM⸣-šu₂ | |
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