VS 15, 05 (P342458)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VS 15, 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342458 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09184 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By Schroeder, Otto · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
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| Obverse [0:11] o 1o 1–o 1111 | Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Šulum-[...], sold in perpetuity a house and his undeveloped plot that is in Uruk [...] the long upper side on the north, alongside the house(?) [...] son of Anu-iqišanni [...] descendant of Kidin-Marduk; 13 cubits on the lower length on the south, along side the house [...] of Anu-mukin-apli, son of Arad-Ninurta; 16 cubits on the short lower side on the west, alongside the house of Anu-ikṣur, son of Anu-ah[...] 16 cubits on the short lower side on the east, alongside the house of Labaši, son of Tattannu —— total: 13 cubits lengths, 16 cubits short sides on the east, alongside the house of Labaši, son of Tattannu: total of 13 cubits length, 16 cubits short side, the measurements of that house and undeveloped plot that house and field, as little or as much as there is, for 4 1/2 šekels of silver (in) high-quality staters of Alexander, as the [complete] price [...] to Nidintu-Ištar, son of Arad-Ninurta, interpreter scribe. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | That silver [...] staters of [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'r 1'–r 2'2' | [...] it (belongs to) Nidintu-Ištar [...] in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | Witnesses: |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Kidin son of Ša-Anu-iššu descendant of Ekur-zakir; Ubar son of Mušezib-Anu descendant of Kuri |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Sin-banunu son of Tattannu descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Ina-qibit-Anu son of Anu-balassu-iqbi descendant of Kuri |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Anu-uballiṭ son of Rihat-Anu descendant of [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Mukin-apli son of Rihat-Anu shepherd |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'–r 10'10' | Anu-ab-uṣur son of Anu-ah-utir |
| Reverse [9:13] r 10'10'– | Nanaya-iddin, scribe, son of Ina-qibit-Anu. (Written in) Uruk, 12th day, Addaru, 37th year Antiochus and Seleucus (being) kings. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11–r.e. i 33 | [...] descendant of [...]-tu, [...] undeveloped plot [...] |
| Right Column ii [0:1] r.e. ii 11–r.e. ii 11 | Ring of [...] |
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}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}šu-⸢lum-{d⸣}[...] | |
| 2 | E₂ ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ ša₂ ina ⸢KI⸣{ti₃} ⸢UNUG{ki⸣} [...] | |
| 3 | US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA ⸢x E₂⸣ [x] A ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢BA{ša₂}an⸣-nu [...] | |
| 4 | A {m}ki-din-{d}AMAR.UTU 13 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ [...] | |
| 5 | ša₂ {m}{d}60-DU-A DUMU ša₂ {m}ARAD-{d}MAŠ 16 ⸢KUŠ₃ SAG⸣.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU | |
| 6 | DA E₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[... 12-4 KUŠ₃ ⸢SAG⸣.KI ⸢KI.TA⸣ | |
| 7 | {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂ {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}⸢tat-tan-nu⸣ ŠU.NIGIN 13 KUŠ₃ US₂ | |
| 8 | 16 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI meš-hat-tu₄ E₂ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ E₂ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ | |
| 9 | i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na 4-1/2 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 10 | is-ta-tir-ri-MEŠ ša₂ {m}a-lik-sa-an-dar bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ⸢ŠAM₂⸣ [...] | |
| 11 | ⸢a-na⸣ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}INANA DUMU ša₂ {m}⸢ARAD-{d}MAŠ {lu₂⸣}se-pi-ri a-na u₄-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 12 | [ṣa-a-tu₂ ina]-⸢an-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ x⸣ [... is]-⸢ta⸣-tir-ri-MEŠ ša₂ {m}[...] | |
| 13 | [...] x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] {⸢m}ni⸣-din-tu₄-{d}⸢INANA x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | {⸢d}x-x-x⸣ [... u₄]-⸢mu ṣa⸣-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 3' | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ | |
| 4' | {m}ki-din DUMU ša₂ {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}u₂-bar DUMU ša₂ {m}KAR-{d}60 A | |
| 5' | {m}kur-i {m}{d}30-ba-nu-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 6' | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A {m}kur-i {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ | |
| 7' | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}{d}60-DIN{⸢iṭ⸣} DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 A {m}⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 8' | {m}DU-A DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 {lu₂}SIPA EDIN {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu A | |
| 9' | {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GUR | |
| 10' | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 UNUG{ki} {iti}ŠE U₄ 12-KAM₂ | |
| 11' | MU 37-KAM₂ {m}at-ti-ʾi-ku-su u {m}se-lu-ku LUGAL-MEŠ | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [...] A [...]-⸢x⸣-tu₂ | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢ki⸣-šub-ba-a | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{⸢d⸣}[...] | |
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