VDI 1955/4, 8 (P342453)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VDI 1955/4, 8 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342453 |
| Museum no. | Erm 15544 |
| 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 [0:14] o 1o 1–o 1414 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Ana-rabut-Anu, descendant of Kuri, voluntarily to Idat-Anu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Arad-Reš, a gatekeeper of the storehouse, said, "Give me your prebend, one-sixth of a day on one day on the 23rd day, your prebend in the temple butcher, that prebend, which is before Anu, Antu, Ellil, Ea, Papsukkal, Ištar, Belet-ṣeri, Nanaya, Beltu-ša-Reš, Šarrahitu, and all of the gods of their temples, which are monthly and yearly guqqû and eššēššu offerings, and everything which pertains to that prebend, which is with the owners of your shares, all of it for up to 20 years. Let me perform your prebendary service, on which I will not place a cessation and I will not miss a transfer deadline, and I will pay anything which they give to the performer of the service to you, the owner of the prebend, and I will give you for all eššēššu offerings of the year, from Nisannu to Tašritu, two butcher's cuts, two head-cuts, four ankle cuts, and four cuts from the allocated meat, and ten bull cuts, everything which pertains, from Tašritu up to and not including Nisannu, and I will give you yearly one skin in Simanu and one skin in Kislimu, and anything which pertains to you from the provisions of the gods." |
| Obverse [14:20] o 1515– | On that day, that Idat-Anu heard him, and freely gave that prebend, anything under his control which he (Nidintu-Anu) claimed. That Idat-Anu does not have the authority to dispose of that prebend from Nidintu-Anu until twenty years are complete. He shall not transfer it, and shall not give it to any other person, and if he does give it, it shall not stand, and he will make restitution. There should be neither lawsuit nor objection, lest he pay ten high quality shekels to Nidintu-Anu. |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | And if Nidintu-Anu sets a cessation and misses a deadline, anything which the assembly of Uruk and the overseer of the temple of the gods wish, they will impose on him, (and) he shall bear it; and if that Nidintu-Anu places a cessation through the giving of that prebend (to anyone else), he shall make restitution; he shall pay one shekel to that Idat-Anu on that month. |
| Reverse [6:14] r 77–r 1414 | Witnesses: Tattannu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-ikṣur, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Labaši, son of Lišir, descendant of Gimil-Anu. Anu-ah-iddin, son of Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Anu-belšunu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. Ša-Anu-iššu, son of Anu-ah-ušabši, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Iqiša, son of Nidintu-Anu, son of Iqiša, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Ištar-šum-eriš, descendant of Hunzu. Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-eriba, descendant of Kuri. |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | Ina-qibit-Anu, scribe, son of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Uruk. 10th day of Simanu, year 165, Alexander being king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Tattannu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Ša-Anu-iššu |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-ah-iddin |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of Iqiša |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Ring of Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Ina-qibit-Anu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of that Idat-Anu |
| Right Column ii [0:1] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1–r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1 | Ring of that Nidintu-Anu |
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}⸢NIG₂.SUM⸣.[MU-{d]}60 A⸣ ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 A {m}kur-i ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 2 | a-na {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}SAG {lu₂}I₃.DU₈ ša₂ E₂ NIG₂.GA | |
| 3 | iq-bi um-ma GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-ka ši-iš-šu₂ ša₂ u₄-mu ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 23-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-ka ⸢ina⸣ | |
| 4 | {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-tu₂} GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ ša₂ ina IGI {d}60 an-tu₄ {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}IDIM {d}PAP.SUKKAL {d}INANA {d}GAŠAN-⸢EDIN⸣ | |
| 5 | {d}na-na-a {d}GAŠAN-ša₂-{e₂}SAG {d}šar-ra-a-hi-ti u DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-MEŠ-šu₂-nu gab-bi | |
| 6 | ša₂ ITI{us-su} u MU.AN.NA-us-su gu-uq-qa-ne₂-e-MEŠ U₄.EŠ.EŠ-MEŠ u | |
| 7 | mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ ik-kaš-ši-du ša₂ KI EN-MEŠ HA.LA-ka gab-bi | |
| 8 | a-di muh-hi 20 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ bi-in-nam-ma {lu₂}re-si-in-nu-u₂-tu₂-ka lu-pu-uš | |
| 9 | ša₂ baṭ-al la a-šak-kan u si-man la u₂-še-ti-iq u₃ SUM-ka mim-ma ša₂ i-nam-din-MEŠ | |
| 10 | {lu₂}re-si-in-ne₂-e-MEŠ a-na EN-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ u SUM{din}ka a-na U₄.EŠ.EŠ-MEŠ | |
| 11 | gab-bi ša₂ MU.AN.NA TA {iti}BARA₂ a-di {iti}DU₆ 2-ta {uzu}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-tu₂} 2 {uzu}SAG.DU | |
| 12 | 4 {uzu}kur-sin-ni u₃ 4 {uzu}bi-ta-qa ša₂ e-si-ih-tu₂ u {uzu}GU₄-HI.A | |
| 13 | mim-ma ša₂ ik-kaš-ši-du u TA {iti}DU₆ EN {iti}BARA₂ ba-lu-uš-šu₂ u SUM-ka 1{en} KUŠ | |
| 14 | ina {iti}SIG u 1{en} KUŠ ina {iti}GAN u mim-ma ša₂ ik-kaš-ši-du-ka ina ṣi-di-tu₄ DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 15 | MU.AN.NA-us-su u₄-mu šu-u₂ {m}i-dat-{d}60 MU-MEŠ iš-me-šu-u₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
| 16 | lib₃-bu-u₂ mim-ma ša₂ u₂-ba-ʾa-u₂ ina ŠU-MIN-šu₂ id-da-šu₂ ul i-šal-laṭ-ṭu-ma {m}i-dat-{d}60 | |
| 17 | MU-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ ina ŠU-MIN {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 MU-MEŠ a-di 20 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ | |
| 18 | i-šal-lim-ma ul u₂-še-ti-iq u₃ a-na {lu₂}man-am-ma ša₂-nam-ma ul i-nam-din | |
| 19 | u ki-i id-dan-nu ul GUB{zu} u u₂-ša₂-⸢lam⸣ ša₂ la di-ni u la ha-ra-ra 10 GIN₂ ⸢KU₃.BABBAR⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | bab-ba-nu-u₂ a-na {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 MU-MEŠ i-nam-din u ki-i {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| 2 | baṭ-al iš-ta-kan u si-man-nu ul-te-ti-iq mim-ma ša₂ {lu₂}UKKIN ša₂ UNUG{ki} u | |
| 3 | {lu₂}paq-du ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ṣe-bu-u₂ i-mi-du-šu₂ i-za-ab-bil | |
| 4 | u ki-i {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 MU-MEŠ a-na na-da-an ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.⸢BA MU-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 5 | baṭ-al iš-ta-kan u₂-ša₂-lam i-nam-din a-na {m}i-dat-{⸢d}60 | |
| 6 | MU-MEŠ ina ITI-šu₂ 1 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 7 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ | |
| 8 | {m}tat-tan-nu A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 9 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}NU-TEŠ₂ A ša₂ {m}{li}GIŠ A {m}ŠU-{d}60 | |
| 10 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 11 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 12 | {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 13 | {m}BA{ša₂}a A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}BA{ša₂}a A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 14 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}{d}⸢INANA⸣-[MU]-⸢KAM₂⸣ A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-SU A {m}kur-i | |
| 15 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 16 | UNUG{ki} {iti}SIG U₄ 10-KAM₂ MU 165-KAM₂ {m}a-lik-sa-an-dar LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.⸢SUM.MU⸣-{d}60 | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}tat-tan-nu | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}BA{ša₂}a | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}i-dat-{d}60 | |
| 2 | MU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60; MU-MEŠ | |
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