VDI 1955/4, 3 (P342448)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VDI 1955/4, 3 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342448 |
| Museum no. | Erm 15568 |
| Collection | State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By Sarkisian, Gagik Kh. · 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 | Athenion, Athenophilos, Athenodoros and Kephalon, sons of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-zēr-iddin who is said to be the son of Rihat-Anu who was (a member) of the kiništu of the temple of Uruk, voluntarily sold in perpetuity a developed bīt ritti, a house and its passageway, and a house with a second story. Their bīt ritti is in the Irigal district, in the space betwetween the gardens that are in Uruk --- that bīt ritti as little or as much as there is, [the entirety] of that bīt ritti [--- for 1 mina 10 shekel] of refined silver in staters of Demetrios for the complete price for tenured property to Anu-ab-uṣur son of Anu-bēlšunu son of Nikarchos descendant of Ahʾutu: the long upper northern side adjacent to the bīt ritti of Anu-šum-līšir son of Anu-ah-ittannu; the long lower southern side adjacent to bīt ritti of Anu-zēr-iddin son of Anu-uballiṭ who is said to be (of?) the cella (?); [the short upper west]ern side adjacent to the gardens of the Irigal; the short lower eastern side [adjacent to ... ] of that bīt ritti: the total of the long and short measurements of that bīt ritti. |
| Obverse [12:23] o 1313– | The aforementioned Athenion, Athenophilos, Athenodoros and Kephalon received that 1 mina 10 shekel silver, the price of that complete bīt ritti from Anu-ab-uṣur; they are paid. Should there arise a claim against that bīt ritti, the brothers Athenion, Athenophilos, Athenodoros and Kephalon will clear it and will pay the 12-fold penalty in perpetuity. The aforementioned Athenion and his brothers bear mutual responsibility in perpetuity for the guarantee of that bīt ritti to Anu-ab-uṣur son of Anu-bēlšunu. That bīt ritti belongs to Anu-ab-uṣur son of Anu-bēlšunu son of Nikarchos descendant of Ahʾutu in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness(es): Ša-Anu-iššu son of Kidin-Anu son of Ša-Anu-iššu and Kidin son of Anu-ah-ittannu son of Nidintu-Anu, descendants of Ekur-zākir |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | Anu-uballiṭ son of Anu-ah-iddin son of Nidintu-Anu descendant of Ahʾutu; Tattannu son of Dumqi-Anu son of Tattannu |
| Reverse [9:13] r 1010–r 1313 | Anu-ab-uṣur son of Anu-zēr-iddin son of Nanaya-iddin and Anu-ab-uṣur son of Idat-Anu son of Dumqi-Anu, the gatekeeper of the property of Anu; Nanaya-iddin son of Ša-Anu-iššu son of Nanaya-iddin descendant of Ebabbar-šum-ibni |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 1515 | Ina-qibīt-Anu, scribe, son of Šamaš-ēṭir descendant of Ekur-zākir. (Written in) Uruk. Šabaṭu 20 year 159, Demetrios (being) king |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of Nanaya-iddin |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| 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 Tattannu |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | Ring of Kidin |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Dumqi-Anu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur |
| Right Column i [0:4] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Athenion, seller of that bīt ritti |
| Right Column ii [0:2] r.e. ii 11–r.e. ii 22 | Ring of Athenophilos |
| Right Column iii [0:3] r.e. iii 11–r.e. iii 33 | Ring of Athenodoros |
| Right Column iv [0:2] r.e. iv 11–r.e. iv 22 | Ring of Kephalon |
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}a-ti⸣-e-ni-u₂-nu {m}a-ti-e-nu-u₂-pi-lu-su {m}a-ti-e-nu-u₂-du-ur-su u | |
| 2 | {m}qe₂-ep-lu-u₂-nu A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU ša₂ E{u₂} A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 ša₂ TA | |
| 3 | {lu₂}ki-niš-tu₄ ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu E₂ ŠU-MIN{ta} e-pu-uš-tu₄ | |
| 4 | E₂ dul-ba-ni-MEŠ-šu₂ u E₂ rug-bu-MEŠ-šu₂ E₂ rit-ti-šu₂-nu ina {e₂}IRI₁₂.GAL ina bi-rit {giš}KIRI₆-MEŠ | |
| 5 | ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}⸢SI.SA₂ DA E₂⸣ ŠU-MIN{ta} E₂ rit-ti ša₂ {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ | |
| 6 | A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} US₂ KI{u₂} {⸢tu₁₅⸣}[U₁₈.LU DA E₂ ŠU-MIN]{ta} E₂ rit-ti ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| 7 | A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} ša₂ E{u₂} pa-pa-⸢hi⸣ [... SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR].⸢TU DA⸣ {giš}KIRI₆ ša₂ IRI₁₂.GAL | |
| 8 | SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.⸢RA⸣ [DA ...] ⸢ša₂⸣ E₂ ŠU-MIN{ta} | |
| 9 | MU-MEŠ ŠU.NIGIN US₂-MEŠ u ⸢SAG⸣.[KI meš-hat E₂ ŠU-MIN{ta} MU]-⸢MEŠ⸣ E₂ ŠU-MIN{ta} | |
| 10 | MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ⸢ba⸣-[šu-u₂ gab-bi ana 1 MA.NA 10 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR] qa-lu-u₂ | |
| 11 | is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}de-meṭ-⸢ri⸣-[su ...] ⸢ŠAM₂⸣ TIL-MEŠ | |
| 12 | a-na E₂ rit-ti-u₂-tu₂ a-na {⸢m}{d⸣}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu A {m}ni-iq-ar-qu-su | |
| 13 | A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ [it]-⸢ta-din⸣-ʾu KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 1 MA.NA 10 GIN₂ | |
| 14 | ŠAM₂ E₂ ŠU-MIN{ta} MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}a-ti-e-ni-u₂-nu {m}a-ti-e-nu-pi-lu-su | |
| 15 | {m}a-ti-e-nu-du-ur-su u {m}qe₂-ep-lu-u₂-nu MU-MEŠ ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
| 16 | mah-ru-MEŠ e-ṭir₃-MEŠ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-na muh-hi E₂ ŠU-MIN{ta} MU-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | it-⸢tab-šu⸣-u₂ {m}a-ti-e-ni-u₂-nu {m}a-ti-e-nu-pi-⸢lu-su⸣ {[m}a-ti-e-nu-du-ur-su] | |
| 2 | u {m}qe₂-ep-lu-u₂-nu ŠEŠ-MEŠ u₂-mar-raq-u₂-ma a-di 12-TA.AM₃ a-na {⸢m⸣}{[d}60-AD-URI₃] | |
| 3 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-nam-din-nu-⸢u₂⸣ pu-ut a-ha-miš a-na mur-ru-qu ša₂ E₂ ŠU-MIN{⸢ta⸣} [MU-MEŠ] | |
| 4 | {m}a-ti-e-ni-u₂-nu u {lu₂}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ MU-MEŠ a-na {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A [ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu a-na] | |
| 5 | u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ E₂ ŠU-MIN{ta} MU-MEŠ E₂ rit-ti ša₂ {m}{⸢d}60-AD-[URI₃] | |
| 6 | A ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A ša₂ {m}ni-iq-ar-qu-su A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 7 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ A ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ u {m}ki-din | |
| 8 | A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A-MEŠ {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU | |
| 9 | A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu {m}tat-tan-nu A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu | |
| 10 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU u {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}i-dat-{d}60 | |
| 11 | A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A-MEŠ {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}SAG | |
| 12 | A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 {lu₂}I₃.DU₈ NIG₂.GA {d}60 {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A ša₂ {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ | |
| 13 | A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}E₂-BABBAR-MU-DU₃ | |
| 14 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-SUR A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir UNUG{ki} {iti}ZIZ₂ | |
| 15 | U₄ 20-KAM₂ MU 159-KAM₂ {m}de-meṭ-ri-su LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-[DIN{iṭ]} | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}tat-tan-nu | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ki-din | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}a-ti-e-ni-u₂-nu | |
| 3 | {lu₂}na-din-na-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}a-ti-e-nu-pi-lu-su | |
| r.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}a-ti-e-nu-du-ur-su | |
| 3 | E₂ ŠU-MIN{ta} | |
| r.e. iv | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}qe₂-ep-⸢lu-u₂⸣-[nu] | |
| 3 | MU-MEŠ | |
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