VS 15, 26 (P342479)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VS 15, 26 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342479 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09179 |
| 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 | [Nidintu-Anu and Mušallim-Anu, sons of] Anu-uballiṭ, son of Nidintu-Anu, descedant of Hunzu, [voluntarily sold one-twentieth in one day in the seventh day] (and the) eighth day, their ērib bītūti prebends [before ...] Sîn, Šamaš, [...] Nanaya, Beltu-ša-Reš and all the gods of their temples [...] monthly, [...] the guqqānû offering and eššēšu offerings and everything [which pertains to those] prebends [which] is with their brothers and their co-owners [for] 19 shekels of silver, high quality staters of Seleucus as the [full] price [of those prebends to] Anu-šum-lišir, son of Rabi-Anu, son of [Dumqi]-Anu, descendant of Hunzu in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | That silver, 19 shekels, the price of those prebends, Nidintu-Anu and [Mušallim-Anu], sons of Anu-uballiṭ received from Anu-šum-lišir, son of Rabi-Anu. They are paid in full. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | Should a claim arise concerning that prebend, Nidintu-Anu and Mušallim-Anu, sellers of that prebend, sons of Anu-uballiṭ, will clear it and pay (the) 12-fold (penalty) to Anu-šum-lišir in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | Nidintu-Anu and Mušallim-Anu, sons of Anu-uballiṭ, bear mutual responsibility for the clearing of that prebend in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [13:16] o 1414–o 1616 | Those one-twentieths of a day in one day in the seventh day (and) eighth day of the ērib bītūti prebends belong to Anu-šum-lišir, son of Rabi-Anu, son of Dumqi-Anu, descendant of Hunzu in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818 | Whenever Anu-šum-lišir wishes, he will register those prebends in his name in the registry of prebends which is in the temple of the gods. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [... descendant of Ah]ʾutu |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... descendant of] Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] descendant of Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [... descendant] of Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [... descendant of] Ahʾutu |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | [Ring of ...] |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | [Ring of] Ina-qibit-Anu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | [Ring of] Anu-ab-[uṣur] |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | [Ring of] Anu-belšunu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-zer-[...] |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 11– | Ri[ng of ...] |
| Right [0:3] r.e. 1r.e. 1– | [...] seller of those prebends |
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{⸢iṭ⸣} DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 2 | [... 20{ʾu-u₂} ša₂ u₄-mu ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 7-⸢KAM₂⸣ U₄ 8-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂-nu {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{⸢u₂⸣-[tu₂]} | |
| 3 | [... {d]}30 {d}UTU [... {d]}⸢na⸣-na-a {d}GAŠAN-ša₂-SAG u DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu] | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢ITI(ša₂){us-[su} ...] ⸢gu⸣-uq-qa-ne₂-e U₄.EŠ.EŠ-MEŠ u mim-[ma] | |
| 5 | [...] ⸢x⸣ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA [...] ⸢KI⸣ ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂-nu u {lu₂}EN HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | [...] 19 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR is-⸢ta⸣-[tir-ra-nu {m}se]-⸢lu⸣-ku bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ | |
| 7 | [...] ⸢x⸣ {m}{d}60-MU-⸢GIŠ⸣ [DUMU ša₂ {m]}⸢GAL⸣-{d}60 ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ {[m}dum-qi₂]-{⸢d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ | |
| 8 | [it-ta-din]-ʾu KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 19 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 u₃ | |
| 9 | {[m}GI-{d}60 DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ {[m]}⸢GAL⸣-{d}60 ma-hir-ʾu e-ṭir₃-ʾu | |
| 10 | u₄-mu ⸢pa⸣-qa-ri ana muh-hi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 u₃ | |
| 11 | {m}GI-{d}60 {lu₂}na-din-na-ʾa GIŠ.ŠUB.BA [MU]-⸢MEŠ⸣ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} u₂-mar-raq-ma-ʾa | |
| 12 | a-di 12-TA.AM₃ a-na {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ina-an-din-ʾu pu-ut a-ha-miš | |
| 13 | a-na mu-ru-qu ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-⸢MEŠ⸣ {m}⸢ni⸣-din-tu₄-{d}60 u₃ {m}GI-{d}60 DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ | |
| 14 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ 20{ʾu-u₂} ša₂ u₄-mu ina 1{en} u₄-mu | |
| 15 | ina U₄ 7-KAM₂ U₄ 8-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ DUMU ša₂ | |
| 16 | {m}GAL-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu₂-nu | |
| 17 | u₄-mu ma-la {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ ṣe-bu-u₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ ina {giš}DA ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ | |
| 18 | ša₂ ina E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ina MU-šu₂ u₂-šal-lim | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | [... A {m}ŠEŠ]-ʾu-⸢u₂⸣-[tu] | |
| 3' | [... A] {⸢m}ŠEŠ⸣-ʾu-⸢u₂⸣-[tu] | |
| 4' | [...] A {m}hun-zu-[u₂] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢A {m⸣}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-[tu] | |
| 6' | [... A] {⸢m⸣}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-⸢tu⸣ | |
| 7' | [... A {m]}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-[tu] | |
| 8' | [...]-⸢x-x⸣-tu₂-{d}[...] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢AD⸣-[URI₃] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-[...] | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [... {lu₂]}⸢na-din⸣ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
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