VS 15, 16 (P342469)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VS 15, 16 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342469 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08562 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Mukin-apli [...] voluntarily [exchanged with ... ] his prebend, two (parts) from [... (his portion)] in one from the chine, the cooked meat [...] — a total of four meat(-cuts), cooked and raw, in one eššēšu offering for one from [...] from sheep which were slaughtered [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | of the image of the kings that were brought up for the feast day |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | one-fourth of the meat for the image of the kings that [...] on the [x-]day [...] |
| Obverse [8:13] o 99–o 1313 | his brothers and all the co-owners of his shares, [...] and as much as there is, all [...] as the full price, to [PN ...] Nanaya-iddin [...] from [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | of Tattannu, son of [...], [are his] in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | Witnesses: Balaṭu, son of [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Anu-ab-uṣur, son of [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Anu-ah-ittannu, son of [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Anu-šum-lišir, son of [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Anu-zer-iddin, son of [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Ša-Anu-iššu [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Kidin-Anu, son of [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Illut-Anu, son of [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of [...] |
| Reverse [11:14] r 12'12'– | Ayyaru. [...th]. Year 100+ [... (is) king] |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of [...]-Anu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu |
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-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}DU-A ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ 2-⸢ta⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | ina 1{en} TA UZU.GIŠ.KUN UZU ba-⸢šal⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | PAP 4 UZU-HI.A ba-šal u ⸢bal⸣-[ṭu ...] | |
| 5 | ina 1{en} U₄.EŠ.EŠ a-na 1{en} TA ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | TA UDU.NITA₂-MEŠ ša₂ in-ep-pu-uš-MEŠ [...] | |
| 7 | ša₂ ṣa-lam LUGAL-MEŠ ša₂ ina U₄.EŠ.EŠ-MEŠ ⸢E₁₁⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | 4{ta} UZU-HI.A ša₂ ṣa-lam LUGAL-MEŠ ša₂ ina ⸢U₄⸣ [...] | |
| 9 | ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ u(DIŠ) EN-MEŠ HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂ gab-⸢bi⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-⸢bi⸣ [...] | |
| 11 | a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 12 | {m}{d}na-⸢na-a-MU x⸣ [...] | |
| 13 | ⸢TA⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ša₂ {m}⸢tat-tan⸣-nu ⸢A ša₂ {m⸣}[...] | |
| 2' | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ [...] | |
| 3' | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}DIN A ša₂ {⸢m}x⸣-[...] | |
| 4' | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {⸢m⸣}[...] | |
| 5' | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}[...] | |
| 6' | {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ ⸢A⸣ ša₂ {m}[...] | |
| 7' | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU ⸢A ša₂ {m⸣}[...] | |
| 8' | {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-⸢šu⸣-[u₂ ...] | |
| 9' | {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m⸣}[...] | |
| 10' | {m}il-lut-{d}60 ⸢A ša₂ {m⸣}[...] | |
| 11' | {m}{d}60-DIN-⸢su-E⸣ A ša₂ {m}[...] | |
| 12' | {iti}GU₄-KAM₂ U₄ [...] MU 100-[...] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [...]-{d}60 | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
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