VS 15, 08 (P342461)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VS 15, 08 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342461 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09181 |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:12] o 1o 1–o 1212 | Labaši, son of Tanittu-Anu, descendant of Ahʾutu, voluntarily [sold] his built house and his empty field (in) the city quarter of the temple of Adad which is within Uruk--the upper length on the north is next to the house(s) of Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Kidin-Anu (and of) Akka, son of Sumuttu-Anu and next to the house of Parruʾ, son of Adda, and next to the house of Illutti, son of Kiddati; the lower length on the south is next to the narrow street, "Thoroughfare of the People"; the upper width on the west is next to the house of Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Kidin-Anu and next to the empty field and the access-way of that house; the lower width on the east is next to the house of Illutti, son of [Kiddati]--the total of the lengths and widths, the measurement of that house and empty field, the house and empty field [... (whether) little] or more, as much as there is, all of it and his prebend share [...] meat of sheep which is from [...] as much as his share, all of it of ... which on the 12th day to [...] the lower side of that prebend, monthly throughout the year [...] |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | [Ring of] Anu-mar-ittannu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | [Ring of] Kidin-Anu |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 11– | [Ring of] Tattannu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | [Ring of] Anu-belšunu |
| Right [0:3] r.e. 11– | [...] seller of [that] house [...] |
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) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | {[m]}⸢la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}ta⸣-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ E₂-su ⸢ep₂⸣-šu₂ u ki-šub-ba-šu₂ KI{ti₃} | |
| 2 | ⸢E₂⸣ {d}IŠKUR ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}BARA₂-{d}60 | |
| 3 | {m}ak-ka-a A ša₂ {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 [u] DA E₂ {m}pa-ar-ru-ʾu A ša₂ {m}ad-da-a u DA E₂ | |
| 4 | {m}il-lut-ti-i A ša₂ {m}kid-da-ti-ʾi US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA SILA SIG mu-taq-qa UN-MEŠ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 u DA ki-⸢šub⸣-[ba] | |
| 6 | u mu-⸢ṣu⸣-[u] E₂ MU-MEŠ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂ {m}⸢il⸣-lut-ti-i ⸢A ša₂ {m⸣}[kid-da-ti-ʾi] | |
| 7 | ⸢ŠU⸣.[NIGIN] ⸢US₂⸣-MEŠ u SAG.KI-MEŠ mi-ših-⸢tu₄⸣ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ E₂ ⸢u⸣ [ki-šub-ba-a ...] | |
| 8 | [... i-ṣi] u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi u GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ 2-ta⸣ [...] | |
| 9 | [...] ⸢x⸣ za UZU ša₂ UDU.NITA₂-MEŠ ša₂ TA an [...] ⸢ša₂ x⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | [...] ⸢x ma⸣-la ⸢HA.LA⸣-[šu₂] ⸢gab-bi ša₂ x x ša₂⸣ U₄ 12-KAM₂ a-na [...] | |
| 11 | [...] ⸢x KI⸣{u₂} GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ ša₂ ITI{su} kal MU.AN.NA ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | [...] ⸢x x x x x⸣ [...] | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}BARA₂-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}tat-tan-nu | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din E₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
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