VS 15, 21 (P342474)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VS 15, 21 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342474 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09165 |
| 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 [0:12] o 1o 1– | [month. day. year] Seleucus (was) king. Nanaya-iddin, Mukin-[apli ...] x-ahhe-iddin, Anu-balassu-iqbi and Labaši [...], their brother, sons of [...] voluntarily [...] are theirs in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'r 1'–r 4'4' | [...] Anu-ša-x [...] ... Ina-qibit-Anu, his brother, the [...-man ...] x 11 shekels of silver, he took (and) to the property of Anu, he will give (it). |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | Witnesses: Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-ah-ušabši, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | Anu-ikṣur, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Kuri |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Iddinaya, descendant of Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Anu-ah-iddin, son of Rihat-Ištar, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Anu-zer-iddin, son of Labaši, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Anu-zer-lišir, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Labaši, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [11:13] r 12'12'–r 13'13' | Anu-uballiṭ, son of Bassia, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [12:14] r 13'13'–r 14'14' | Nidintu-Anu, scribe, son of [...] [Uruk.] Abu. [x-th] day [year] Se[leušus ...] |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii' 11– | [...]-x-uṣur |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv' 11– | Ring of Labaši-Anu |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i' 11– | [... Anu-ab]-uṣur |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i' 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii' 11– | Ri[ng of ....]-x-mar |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii' 11– | [Ring of] x-x |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i' 11– | [...] Mukin-apli [...] |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii' 11– | [...] X-ah-x-x |
| Right Column iii [0:3] r.e. iii' 11– | [...] Anu-uballiṭ |
| Right Column iv [0:3] r.e. iv' 11– | [...] Kidin-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]}⸢se⸣-lu-ku LUGAL {m}{d}na-na-a-MU {m}DU-[A ...] | |
| 2 | [...]-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-MU {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E u₃ {m}NU-[TEŠ₂] | |
| 3 | [...] ŠEŠ-šu₂-nu A-MEŠ ša₂ {⸢m⸣}[...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 4 | [... ina hu]-⸢ud lib₃⸣-bi-šu₂ [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 5 | [...] ša₂ | |
| 6 | [...] mar | |
| 7 | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 19 | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 20 | [...] ṣa-a-tu₂ šu₂-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ {d}60 ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢i x⸣ [x x] {⸢m⸣}ina-⸢qi₂-bit⸣-{d}60 ŠEŠ-šu₂ {lu₂}⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x 11 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR il-qe₂ ⸢x⸣ a-na NIG₂.GA {d}60 i-nam-[din ...] | |
| 5' | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ⸢ša₂⸣ {m}{⸢d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} A {m}E₂.KUR-za-⸢kir⸣ | |
| 6' | {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur A ša₂ {m}⸢BARA₂-{d}60 A {m}kur-⸢i⸣ | |
| 7' | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}MU{a} A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-⸢tu⸣ | |
| 8' | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA A {m}E₂.KUR-za-⸢kir⸣ | |
| 9' | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši A {m}E₂.KUR-za-[kir] | |
| 10' | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ A ša₂ {⸢m⸣}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}hun-⸢zu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 11' | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši A {m}E₂.KUR-[za-kir] | |
| 12' | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}ba-as-si-ia A {m}E₂.[KUR-za-kir] | |
| 13' | {[m]}⸢ni⸣-din-tu₄-{d}60 {lu₂}UMBISAG ⸢A⸣ [...] | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢x⸣ {iti}NE ⸢U₄⸣ [...]; {m}se-[lu-ku ...] | |
| t.e. i' | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| t.e. ii' | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...]-x-URI₃ | |
| t.e. iii' | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur | |
| t.e. iv' | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | {m}la-ba-ši-{d}60 | |
| b.e. i' | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | {[m}{d}60-AD]-⸢URI₃⸣ | |
| b.e. ii' | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | {⸢m}{d}60-NUMUN-[MU] | |
| b.e. iii' | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. i' | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. ii' | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | |
| 2 | [...]-x-mar | |
| l.e. iii' | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | {m}⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| r.e. i' | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | {m}DU-A [...] | |
| r.e. ii' | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | {m}[...]-⸢ŠEŠ-x⸣-[x] | |
| r.e. iii' | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | {[m}{d]}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| r.e. iv' | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | {m}⸢BARA₂⸣-{[d}60 | |
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