VS 15, 20 (P342473)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VS 15, 20 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342473 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08568 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Nanaya-ereš, voluntarily sold Rihat-Nanaya, his female slave, whose right hand is inscribed with the name of Ribut-Nanaya, daughter of Abdi-Marduk, (and) with a second slave mark, written with the name of Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Nanaya-ereš, for 1/3 mina of refined silver, as the complete price, to Buʾitu, daughter of Nanaya-ereš, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Nanaya-ereš, received that 1/3 mina of silver, the complete price of that female slave, from Buʾitu, the daughter of the Nanaya-ereš. He is paid. |
| Obverse [10:14] o 1111–o 1414 | Should a claimant concerning that servant come forth, Anu-mar-ittannu will clear that servant of claims, and he will pay <the 12-fold penalty> to Buʾitu. [He guarantees] that she is not in a position of temple oblate, does not have the status of šušānu nor of mār banûti, is not of the cavalry .... |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | [...] Anu-mar-iddin [...] |
| Reverse [3:9] r 4'4'–r 9'9' | [... son of ...] descendant of Ekur-zakir; [... son of ...] descendant of Ekur-zakir; [... son of Ta]ttannu, descendant of Ekur-zakir; [... and] Anu-mar-ittannu, sons of Labaši; [... son of ...]-apla-iddin, descendant of [...]; [...]-ereš. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'–r 11'11' | [...] (Written in) Uruk. [Month] Ayyaru [...] king of lands. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | [Ring of] x-x-A |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-utir |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of Labaši |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 11– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | [Ring of] Anu-re'ušunu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | [Ring of] Anu-zer-iddin |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 11– | [Ring of] Anu-uballiṭ-x |
| Right [0:4] r.e. 1r.e. 1– | [...] Anu-mar-ittannu [...] seller of that servant [...], son of [Nanaya-...]. |
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-DUMU-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-KAM₂{eš} ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ | |
| 2 | {⸢f⸣}ri-ha-at-{d}na-na-a GEME₂-su ša₂ ŠU-MIN 15-šu₂ | |
| 3 | a-na MU ša₂ {f}ri-bu-ut-{d}na-na-a DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}ab-di-{d}⸢AMAR.UTU⸣ šaṭ-ri | |
| 4 | hu-ṭar-tu₄ ša₂-ni-tu₄ a-na MU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ | |
| 5 | {m}{d}na-na-a-e-re-eš šaṭ-rat a-na 1/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ | |
| 6 | a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {f}bu-ʾu-i-tu₄ DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ | |
| 7 | {m}{d}na-na-a-e-re-eš a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din | |
| 8 | KU₃.BABBAR ⸢a₄⸣ 1/3 MA.NA ŠAM₂ GEME₂ MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ | |
| 9 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-it-tan-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-<a>-e-re-eš ina ŠU-MIN | |
| 10 | {f}bu-ʾu-i-tu₄ DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-KAM₂{eš} ⸢ma-hir⸣ | |
| 11 | e-ṭir u₄-mu {lu₂}pa-qa-ri ina muh-hi LU₂-ut-ti₃ MU-MEŠ | |
| 12 | it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} LU₂-ut-ti₃ MU-MEŠ u₂-⸢mar⸣-[raq-ma] | |
| 13 | a-na {f}bu-ʾu-i-tu₄ i-nam-din pu-ut la {lu₂}šir₃-[ku-u₂-tu₂] | |
| 14 | ⸢la {lu₂⸣}šu-ša₂-an-nu-u₂-tu la {lu₂}DUMU DU₃{u₂-tu₂} la {lu₂}⸢ANŠE⸣.[KUR.RA] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢ma⸣ šal | |
| 2' | [... {m]}{d}60-DUMU-MU | |
| 3' | [...] MU | |
| 4' | [... DUMU ša₂ ...] ⸢A {m}E₂⸣.KUR-za-kir | |
| 5' | [... DUMU ša₂ ...] ⸢A⸣ {m}E₂.KUR-za-⸢kir⸣ | |
| 6' | [... DUMU ša₂ ...]-⸢tan-nu A⸣ {m}E₂.KUR-za-[kir] | |
| 7' | [... u {m}{d}60-⸢DUMU-MU⸣{nu} [A]-MEŠ ša₂ {m}la-⸢ba⸣-[ši] | |
| 8' | [... DUMU ša₂ ...]-A-⸢MU A {m⸣}[...] | |
| 9' | [...]-e-re-eš | |
| 10' | [... UNUG]{⸢ki⸣} {iti}GU₄ | |
| 11' | [...]-⸢dar⸣-su LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | [...]-⸢x⸣-A | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GUR | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}la-ba-ši | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-SIPA-šu₂-nu | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢DIN⸣-[...] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] {m}{d}60-⸢DUMU⸣-MU{nu} [...] | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-na-nu LU₂-ut-ti₃ ⸢MU⸣-[MEŠ ...] | |
| 3 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-[...] | |
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