VDI 1955/4, 5 (P342450)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VDI 1955/4, 5 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342450 |
| Museum no. | Erm 18952 |
| 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 [0:13] o 1o 1–o 1313 | Rihat-Ištar son of Bagana-Anu son of Hiba, clay-worker of the temples of Uruk, voluntarily sold in perpetuity a developed north-facing house, its passageway and a developed shop, the property of Anu, which is to the right of the Turnu canal that is in the Adad-temple quarter in Uruk --- as little or as much as there is, the entirety--- for 15 shekels of refined silver in staters of Seleucus for the complete price to Halil-Nergal son of Ṣule-Adad: 31 cubits the long upper northern side adjacent to courtyard of Rihat-Ištar the seller of that north house, its passageway and shop; 31 cubits the long lower southern side adjacent to the house of Idat-Anu son of [...]hi-Adad; 11 cubits the short upper western side adjacent to [... ] of Anu-zēr-iddin son of Nidintu-Anu descendant of Ahʾutu; 11 cubits the short lower eastern side adjacent to the narrow street "The Thoroughfare of the people": the total 31 cubits the long (and) 11 cubits short measurements of that northern house, its passageway and shop. |
| Obverse [13:21] o 1414– | Rihat-Ištar received that 15 shekels silver, the price of that north-facing house, its passageway and shop from Halil-Nergal; he is paid. [Rihat-Ištar] son of Bagana-Anu son [of Hiba ...] will pay the twelve-fold penalty in perpetuity to Halil-Nergal. [Rihat-Ištar son of] Bagana-Anu son [of Hi]ba bears responsibility for guarantee of that house to Halil-Nergal in perpetuity. That north-facing house, its passageway and its shop [belong to Halil-Nergal [son of Ṣule-Adad] in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | Witness(es): [...] son of Anu-[...] and Anu-ah-ittannu son of Anu-ikṣur son of Kidin-Anu, descendants of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Anu-ahhē-iddin (and) Šamaš-ittannu sons of [...] descendants of Luštammar-Adad; Nanaya-iddin [son of ... son of] Nanaya-iddin descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [10:13] r 1111–r 1313 | Balāṭu son of [...]; Ap-... son of Anu-ah-iddin son of Kidin-Anu [...]; Kittu-Anu son of Kidin-Anu descendant of [...] |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 1515 | [... scribe] son of [...]-Anu descendant of Sin-leqe-unninni. [(Written in) Uruk. month day] year [], Seleucus (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 Kidin-Anu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of Ina-qibīt-Bēlti |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of [...]-uballiṭ |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of [...]-Anu |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | Ring of Anu-ab-[...]šu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Rihat-Ištar, seller of those houses |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | Ring of Bagana-Anu, guarantor |
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}ri-hat-{d}INANA DUMU ša₂ {m}ba-ga-na-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}hi-ba-a {lu₂}e-piš dul-⸢lu IM⸣-HI.⸢A⸣ | |
| 2 | ša₂ E₂-MEŠ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ E₂ ša₂ {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ ep₂-šu₂ | |
| 3 | dul-ba-ni-šu₂ u {e₂}ha-nu-ut-tu₂ ep-šu₂ NIG₂.GA {d}60 ša₂ ina 15 ID₂-tur₂-nu | |
| 4 | [ša₂] ⸢ina⸣ KI{ti₃} E₂ {d}IŠKUR ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} 31 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ | |
| 5 | [DA] ⸢tar⸣-ba-aṣ ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA {lu₂}na-din-na E₂ ša₂ {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ dul-ba-ni-šu₂ | |
| 6 | [u {e₂]}⸢ha⸣-nu-ut-tu₄ ⸢MU-MEŠ⸣ 31 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}⸢U₁₈.LU DA E₂ ša₂ {m}i-dat-{d⸣}60 | |
| 7 | [A ša₂ {m}x-x]-⸢hi⸣-ʾi-{d}IŠKUR 11 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU ina DA | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢x⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu 11 KUŠ₃ | |
| 9 | [SAG.KI KI].TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA SILA qat₂-nu mu-taq-qa UN-MEŠ ⸢ŠU.NIGIN⸣ | |
| 10 | 31 KUŠ₃] US₂ 11 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI meš-hat E₂ ša₂ {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ u dul-ba-ni-šu₂ | |
| 11 | [u {e₂}ha]-nu-ut-tu₄ MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi | |
| 12 | [a-na 15 GIN₂] ⸢KU₃.BABBAR⸣ qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu-MEŠ {m}se-lu-ku | |
| 13 | [bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL]-⸢MEŠ a⸣-na {m}ha-lil₂-{d}|U.GUR| A ša₂ {⸢m}ṣu-le-e-{d⸣}[IŠKUR] | |
| 14 | [a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄] 15 ⸢GIN₂⸣ [ŠAM₂] ⸢E₂ ša₂ {tu₁₅⸣}[SI.SA₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢dul⸣-[ba-ni]-⸢šu₂⸣ [u {e₂}ha-nu-ut-tu₄ {m}ri-hat-{d]}⸢INANA⸣ ina ŠU-MIN {m}ha-lil₂-{d}|U.GUR| | |
| 2 | [ma-hir e-ṭir₃ ... {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA] ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}ba-ga-na-{d}60 ⸢A⸣ [ša₂] | |
| 3 | {[m}hi-ba-a ... a]-⸢di 12-TA⸣.AM₃ a-na {m}ha-lil₂-{d}|U.GUR| a-⸢na⸣ | |
| 4 | [u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ina-an-din pu-ut a]-⸢ha-miš a-na⸣ mu-ru-qu ša₂ E₂-MEŠ MU-MEŠ | |
| 5 | [...] {⸢m}ba⸣-ga-[na-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}hi]-⸢ba-a⸣ a-na {m}ha-lil₂-{d}|U.GUR| a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ | |
| 6 | ⸢na⸣-[šu-u₂ E₂ ša₂] {⸢tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ dul⸣-ba-ni-šu₂ u {e₂}ha-nu-ut-tu₄-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ha-lil₂-{d}|U.GUR| | |
| 7 | [... {m}{d]}x-[x]-⸢x⸣-[x] a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ {lu₂}mu-kin₇ | |
| 8 | {m}[...]-⸢x-x⸣ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-[x-x] u {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢ik⸣-ṣur A ša₂ | |
| 9 | {m}⸢ki-din⸣-{d}60 A-⸢MEŠ⸣ {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} A-MEŠ ša₂ | |
| 10 | {m}[...] ⸢A-MEŠ⸣ {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}{d}na-na-a-MU [A ša₂ ... A ša₂] | |
| 11 | {⸢m}{d}na-na-a-MU⸣ A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}⸢ba-la-ṭu A⸣ [ša₂ ...] | |
| 12 | {m}⸢ap-x-x⸣ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ-MU A⸣ ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 [...] | |
| 13 | {m}⸢ki-tu⸣-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 ⸢A⸣ [...] | |
| 14 | [...] {⸢lu₂⸣}[UMBISAG] A ša₂ {m}[...]-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-[TI-ER₂ ...] | |
| 15 | [... MU] 22-[KAM₂] {⸢m⸣}se-lu-ku ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}GAŠAN | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}[...]-⸢DIN⸣ | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}[...]-{⸢d⸣}60 | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{⸢d}60-AD-⸢x⸣-šu₂ | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-na E₂-MEŠ MU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ba-ga-na-{d}60 | |
| 2 | ⸢mu⸣-[mar]-⸢raq-qa⸣-[an-nu ...] | |
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