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VS 15, 23 (P342476)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VS 15, 23 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342476 |
| Museum no. | VAT 07538 |
| 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 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {[m]}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ E₂ ep₂-⸢šu₂⸣ | Anu-rēš-iddin, son of Nanaya-uballiṭ, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni, voluntarily sold the house. |
| 2 | u₃ E₂ ki-šub-ba-ʾa-MEŠ ša₂ ina KI{ti₃} E₂ {d}IŠKUR ša₂ qe₂-⸢reb⸣ UNUG{ki} 34 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}⸢SI⸣.[SA₂] | and the storehouse which is in the district of the temple of Adad that is inside the city wall of Uruk, 34 cubits the upper length on the north |
| 3 | DA ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ u₃ DA E₂ {m}{d}60-EN-⸢šu₂-nu⸣ DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | next to the undeveloped plot of that house and adjacent to the house of Anu-bel-ešunu-iqbi, son of Tanittu-Anu, descendant of Šadâtu |
| 4 | 34 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 27 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA | 34 cubits, the lower length on the south, next to the house of Anu-belšunu, son of Tanittu-Anu; 27 (cubits), the upper width on the north |
| 5 | {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ⸢ša₂⸣ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 27 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA | the west, next to the house of Anu-belšunu, descendant of Eša-e23; Tanittu-Anu 27 cubits, the lower front, on the east |
| 6 | DA SILA qat₂-nu mu-taq UN-MEŠ meš-hat ša₂-ni-tu₄ ša₂ ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ 20 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ | next to the narrow street, the thoroughfare of the people; the second measure of the courtyard of that house; 20 cubits the upper length on the north |
| 7 | DA ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 20 KUŠ₃ ⸢US₂⸣ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA meš-hat | next to the storehouse of Anu-belšunu, son of Tanittu-Anu, 20 cubits lower length on the south, next to a narrow street |
| 8 | IGI{tu₄} ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ 10 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 | The upper front on the west, next to the house of Anu-belšunu, son of Tanittu-Anu |
| 9 | 10 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA SILA qat₂-nu mu-taq UN-⸢MEŠ⸣ meš-hat ša₂-lul-tu₄ ša₂ ki-šub-ba-a | 10 cubits, the lower front on the east, next to the narrow street, the thoroughfare of the ešû-priests; the threshold of the courtyard. |
| 10 | ⸢ša₂⸣ KI{ti₃} E₂ {d}IŠKUR ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} 34 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | The upper side on the north, next to the house of Anu-belšunu, is in Uruk. |
| 11 | ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 34 KUŠ₃ US₂ ⸢KI{u₂⸣} {[tu₁₅]}⸢U₁₈⸣.LU DA E₂ {m}ši-da-ʾa DUMU ša₂ {m}MU-{d}AG | The house-born slave of Tanittu-Anu: 34 cubits, the length of the house, the south side, next to the house of Vidala, son of Šumma-Nabû |
| 12 | 34 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU ⸢DA SILA qat₂⸣-nu ⸢mu⸣-[taq] ⸢UN-MEŠ⸣ 34 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA | 34 cubits, the upper front on the west, next to the narrow street, the street of the “house of the people’šānu-house; 34 (cubits), the lower front |
| 13 | {[tu₁₅]}⸢KUR⸣.RA DA E₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 [ŠU.NIGIN US₂]-⸢MEŠ⸣ u₃ SAG.KI-⸢MEŠ⸣ mi-⸢ših⸣-tu₄ E₂ | the east, next to the house of Anu-belšunu, son of Tanittu-Anu; a total of two-thirds of the length and one-third of the width of the house. |
| 14 | u₃ E₂ ki-šub-ba-ʾa-MEŠ MU-MEŠ E₂ u₃ ⸢ki⸣-[šub-ba]-⸢ʾa⸣-MEŠ MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-⸢da⸣ ma-la | That house and that alley house, that house and the E-šubba-e-alâ-house he will build and as many as there will be |
| 15 | ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi šal-šu₂ ma-la HA.LA-šu₂ ina ⸢E₂⸣ [u₃ ki-šub]-⸢ba-ʾa⸣-MEŠ MU-MEŠ ša₂ KI {m}[ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | All of it is well. As much as there is of his share in the E-house and in the courtyards, that is with Nidintu-Anu |
| 16 | u {m}{d}na-na-a-MU ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-[DIN{iṭ} ...] | and Nanaya-iddin, his sons, sons of Anu-uballiṭ |
| 17 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ gab-bi ša₂ KI {m}ni-din-tu₄-{⸢d}60 [...] | All his prebends, which are with Nidintu-Anu |
| 18 | u₃ EN HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂-nu a-na 1 ⸢MA⸣.[NA ...] | and the owners of their shares for 1 ešme-boat |
| 19 | a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-⸢na {m⸣}{[d}60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU ...] | For the complete price of Enuma Anu-zer-iddin, son of Nanaya-Iddin |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢na⸣ [...] | ... the en priestess |
| 2 | [... {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢DIN{iṭ⸣} [...] | ... Anu-ēšu-iddin, son of Enlil-uballit |
| 3 | [... u₄-mu pa]-⸢qa-ri ana⸣ muh-hi šal-šu₂ ina E₂ u₃ [ki-šub-ba-ʾa-MEŠ ...] | ... the day of the ēqāru-festival on account of the well-being in the house and the courtyards |
| 4 | [MU]-⸢MEŠ ša₂ KI⸣ {[m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 ⸢u⸣ {<m>}{⸢d}na-na-a⸣-MU ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU] | That which is with Nidintu-Anu, Nanaya-iddin, his sons, sons of Anu-uballiṭ, Anu's kings |
| 5 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} [u₂]-mar-[raq-ma a-di] 12-TA.AM₃ a-na {m}{d}60-NUMUN-[MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU] | son of Anu-uballiṭ he will clear (the debt) and will pay the 12-fold penalty to Anu?-zer-iddin, son of Nanaya-Iddin |
| 6 | [...] ⸢ul i-šal⸣-laṭ-ma {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-MU šal-šu₂ ina E₂ u E₂ ki-šub-ba-ʾa-⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | ... he will not come out, and Anu-ēšu-iddin, the good one, in the house and the house of the cult centers |
| 7 | [a]-⸢na⸣ KU₃.BABBAR a-na ⸢ri-mut(HI) a-na nu-dun-nu-u₂ e-peš ṣu-bu-u₂-tu₂ u ⸢a-na⸣ [...] | The silver for the ērimut-tree, for the nudunnû-vessel, the construction of the šubbūtu-house and the Eana-e23-house |
| 8 | [x]-⸢x⸣ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU ul id-din u₃ ul i-nam-din ⸢u⸣ [...] | -e23 Anu-zer-iddin, son of Nanaya-Iddin did not give, nor do they give. |
| 9 | ⸢E₂⸣ ki-šub-ba-ʾa-MEŠ MU-MEŠ u₃ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ ša₂ KI {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 ⸢u⸣ {[m}{d}na-na-a-MU] | that house, that courtyard, and that prebend which is with Nidintu-Anu, the house of Nanaya-iddin |
| 10 | ⸢u₃⸣ ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU a-na u₄-mu ⸢ṣa⸣-[a-tu₂ ...] | The debts of the sons of Anu-uballiṭ, of Nanaya-iddin, in perpetuity. |
| 11 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-ka-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}ŠEŠ-[ʾu-u₂-tu] | Witnesses: Kidin-Anu, son of Ana-rabutika-Enlil, descendant of Šūzutu; Nidintu-Ea, son (of) Anu-uballiṭ, son [of Ṣalmu-eṭir] |
| 12 | {m}ri-hat-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an-nu A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ A {m}⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[ʾu-u₂-tu] | Rihat-Anu, son of Anu-iqišanni, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni; Tanittu-Enlil, son [of Anu]-zēra-līšir, (descendant of) Ekur-alutu |
| 13 | {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an-nu A {m}kur-i {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}man-nu-ki-{d}DIL-BAT A {m}hun-zu-⸢u₂⸣ | Anu-belšunu, son of Anu -iqiša-annu, descendant of Kuri; Nanaya-iddin, son (of) Mannu-ki-Illil-utir, from the Hunzu-e22e23 family |
| 14 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-ka-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | Anu-mukin-šum-iddin, son of Ana-rabutika-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni |
| 15 | {m}mu-ra-šu-⸢u₂⸣ DUMU ša₂ {m}šu-zu-bu A {m}MU-MEŠ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}MU-MEŠ | Murašu-ēdu-e3, son of Uzubu, descendant of Iddin-Anu; Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Nanaya-iddin |
| 16 | {m}la-ba-⸢ši⸣ DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ | Labaši-e23, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni |
| 17 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ UNUG{ki} {iti}DU₆ U₄ 10-KAM₂ | Anu-rēš-iddin the scribe, son of Anu?-uballiṭ, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. (Written in) Uruk. 10th day. |
| 18 | MU 33-KAM₂ {m}an-ta-ku-su u {m}se-lu-ku LUGAL-MEŠ | Year 33, kings Antiochus and Seleucus. |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 | Kidin-Anu |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | Nidintu-Anu |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}ri-hat-{d}60 | Rihat-Anu |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | Anu-ah-ittannu |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-[qa] | Ring of |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}mu-ra-šu-u₂ | Murašû |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {[m]}⸢ta⸣-nit-tu₄-{d}60 | Eta-enittu-Anu |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | Ring of Enlil |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU {lu₂}na-din E₂ ki-šub-ba-ʾa-MEŠ u GIŠ.ŠUB.BA [...] | Anu-ahhe-iddin, seller of that house, storehouse, and prebend |
| frag 1 | ||
| 1' | [... {m]}{⸢d}60-DIN{iṭ⸣} [...] | ... Anu-uballiṭ |
| 2' | [...]-{⸢d⸣}60 u {m}{⸢d⸣}[...] | ...-Eštar and E22d-E23 |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| frag 2 | ||
| 1' | [...] {⸢d}60-x-x⸣ [...] | ... Anu-... |
| 2' | [...] A {m}E₂.KUR-[za-kir ...] | ... descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| 3' | [...] ⸢MEŠ x x⸣ [...] | ... eš |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| frag 3 | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... {m}ta-nit]-⸢tu₄⸣-{d}60 [...] | Tanittu-Eštar |
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