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TCL 13, 249 (P342445)

Legal, Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE

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DesignationTCL 13, 249
IDP342445
Museum no.AO 10351
CollectionLouvre Museum, Paris, France
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodHellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
GenreLegal
Find spotuncertain (mod. uncertain)

English translation

By Contenau, Georges · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

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Obverse [0:9] o 1o 1–o 992 mina of refined silver (is) the price of one-fourth of the share that is in that arable land, land planted with date palms and cultivated land, in Birānātu, fronting on the Meslamtaea gate in the district of Uruk----100 [...] the upper length to the north, next to [the canal] of the king, which goes to Udannu, 160+ [...] the lower length to the south, next to the arable land, property of Anu, a bīt ritti of Di[...] Anu-Belšunu, son of Nidintu-Anu and Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Anu-[...] Anu-belšunu, son of Tanittu-Anu, Balaṭu and Nidintu-Anu, sons of [...] 45 cubits (being) the upper width to the west [... that goes] to Udannu; 75 cubits (being) the lower width to the east next to [...] Anu-ikṣur and [...] Kidin-Anu; the total of 160 cubits (being) the lengths, 75 cubits (being) [the widths]----as little and as much as there is, all of it, [...]
Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Anu-[bel-zeri], descendant of Kuri received that silver --- 2 refined mina [...] one-fourth of his share that is in that arable land, the complete silver --- from Labaši, son of Šamaš-ittannu, descendant of Ahʾutu; he is paid.
Obverse [11:15] o 1212–[Should a claim] concerning that arable land arise, Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Anu-bel-zeri, descendant of Kuri will clear the 1/4 (share) of that arable land and will pay the 12-fold penalty to Labaši, son of Šamaš-ittannu, descendant of Ah'utu.
Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22That complete 3/4 in that arable land belongs to [Labaši], son of Šamaš-ittannu, descendant of Ahʾutu in perpetuity.
Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33Witnesses: Anu-šum-iddin and Anu-zer-lišer, sons of Šamaš-ittannu, descendant of Ahʾutu
Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Ahʾutu
Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55Anu-zer-iddin, son of Anu-uballiṭ [...]
Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66[Ri]hat, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Rim-Anu
Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77Nanaya-iddin, son of Anu-ah-ušabši, descendant of Ekur-[za]kir
Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88Anu-uballiṭ, son of Nanaya-[...], descendant of Ekur-zakir
Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99[Ana-rabutika]-Anu, son of Libluṭ, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni
Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212Anu-ahhe-iddin, scribe, son of Itti-Anu-nuhšu, descendant of [Sin]-leqi-unninni. Uruk. 20th day. 8th year. Philip (was) king of the lands.
Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11–Ring of Ina-qibit-Anu
Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11–Seal of Nanaya-iddin
Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11–Ring of Ana-rabutika-Anu
Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 11–Seal of Rihat
Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11–Ring of Anu-šum-ittannu
Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11–Ring of Nidintu-Anu
Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11–Ring of Anu-uballiṭ
Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 11–Ring of [...]
Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11–[Ring of] Anu-zer-iddin
Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11–[Ring of ...]
Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 11–[Ring of] Qišti-Anu
Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11–Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur seller of that arable land
Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 11–Ring of Nidintu-Nanaya

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)

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12 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ ŠAM₂ re-bu-u₂ HA.LA-šu₂ ša₂ ina ŠE.NUMUN zaq-pi KA šul-pu
2ina {uru}bi-⸢ra-na⸣-a-tu₄ GAB KA₂.GAL {d}MES.⸢LAM.TA⸣.E₃.A NAM UNUG{ki} 100 ⸢x⸣-[...]
3US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ US₂.SA.DU [...] LUGAL ša₂ a-na u₂-dan-nu tal-lak 160 [...]
4US₂ KI.TA {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU US₂.SA.DU ŠE.NUMUN NIG₂.GA {d}60 E₂ rit-tu₄ ša₂ {⸢m}di⸣-[...]
5[...] {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 u {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-[...]
6{m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {⸢m}ta⸣-[nit-tu₄]-{d}60 {⸢m⸣}ba-la-ṭu u {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU-[MEŠ ša₂] {m}{d}[...]
755 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.⸢TU⸣ [...] a-na u₂-dan-nu [tal-lak]
875 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.⸢RA⸣ US₂.⸢SA⸣.[DU ...] {m}{d}60-⸢ik-ṣur⸣ u [...]
9{m}ki-din-{d}60 ŠU.NIGIN 160 KUŠ₃ US₂ 75 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [SAG.KI ...]
10i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 2 MA.NA ⸢qa-lu-u₂⸣ [...]
11re-bu-u₂ HA.LA-šu₂ ša₂ ina ŠE.NUMUN MU-MEŠ KU₃.BABBAR TIL-ti₃ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-[EN-NUMUN]
12A {m}kur-i ana ŠU-MIN {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu ma-hir e-ṭir₃ [u₄-mu pa-qa-ri]
13a-na muh-hi ŠE.NUMUN MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-NUMUN A {m}[kur-i]
14⸢re-bu⸣-u₂ ina ŠE.NUMUN MU-MEŠ u₂-mar-⸢raq-ma⸣ a-di 12-TA.AM₃ a-na {m}la-ba-ši ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣
r
1{m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu ina-an-din 3-ta ŠU-MIN-MEŠ ina ŠE.NUMUN MU-MEŠ TIL{ri}
2ša₂ {[m}la-ba-ši] DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ [šu]-u₂
3{lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}{d}60-MU-MU u {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} A {m}⸢ŠEŠ⸣-ʾu-u₂-tu
4{m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{⸢nu} DUMU⸣ [ša₂]
5{[m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} [A {m]}šu-ma-a-⸢ti⸣
6{[m}ri]-hat DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}AM-{d}60 {m}NIG₂.BA-{d}60 ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂ {m}ina]-qi₂-bit-{d}60
7[A {m}...]-{d}60 {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} A {m}E₂.⸢KUR⸣-[za]-⸢kir⸣ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂
8{[m}{d}60-NUMUN-GAL₂{ši} A {m}MU-MEŠ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-[...] A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir
9{[m}ana-GAL-ka]-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}lib-luṭ A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ I [...]
10ina a-ša-bi {[f]}ni-din-tu₄-{d}na-na-a DAM-šu₂ DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60-[...]-da-ri an-na-ʾa ša₂-ṭir
11{m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}KI-{d}60-⸢HE₂⸣.NUN A {[m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ UNUG{ki} {iti}NE
12U₄ 20-KAM₂ MU 8-KAM₂ {m}pi-li-pi-is LUGAL KUR.KUR
t.e. i
1un-qa
2{m}ina-qi₂-⸢bit⸣-{d}60
t.e. ii
1{na₄}KIŠIB
2{m}{d}na-na-a-MU
t.e. iii
1un-qa
2{m}ana-GAL-ka-{d}60
t.e. iv
1{na₄}KIŠIB
2{m}ri-hat
b.e. i
1un-qa
2{m}{d}60-MU-MU{nu}
b.e. ii
1⸢un⸣-[qa]
2{m}ni-din-tu₂-{d}60
b.e. iii
1un-qa
2{m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ}
b.e. iv
1un-qa
2[...]
l.e. i
1[un-qa]
2{m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU
l.e. ii
1[un-qa]
2[...]
l.e. iii
1[un-qa]
2{⸢m}NIG₂.BA⸣-{d}60
r.e. i
1⸢un-qa⸣ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃
2{lu₂}na-din ŠE.NUMUN MU-⸢MEŠ⸣
r.e. ii
1un-qa
2{⸢f}ni-din-tu₄⸣-{d}na-na-a

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