VS 15, 27 (P342480)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VS 15, 27 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342480 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09171 |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:16] o 1o 1–o 1616 | Anu-ah-iddin son of Rihat-kitti son of Anu-ah-iddin, the clay-worker of the temple of the gods of Uruk, on the advice of Antu-Banat-niri daughter of Anu-ah-iddin, voluntarily, sold in perpetuity his built north house, the house and its passageway and its developed roof-room, the property of Anu, his bīt ritti, that is in the Irigal quarter which they call the village of all gods of Uruk---as little and as much exists, (its) entirety---for 1 mina of refined silver high quality staters of Demetrios, as the complete price---to Šamaš-eṭir son of Nidintu-Anu son of Šamaš-eṭir descendant of Luštammar-Adad: the long upper north-facing side (is) adjacent to the courtyard of that house and adjacent to the house of Anu-ah-iddin, seller of that house; the long lower east-facing side (is) adjacent to the house of Šahila and Ana-rabut-Anu sons of Nidintu-Anu, the clay-worker of the temple of Uruk; another measurement of the courtyard of that house: 12 cubits the upper length of the north is adjactent to the courtyard of Anu-ah-iddin, seller of that house, and adjacent to half (share) in the accessway of Anu-ah-iddin, the seller of that house and adjacent to half (share) in the accessway of Šamaš-eṭir, buyer of that house (but) apart from the roof-room facing the accessway that is in the midst of ... to Anu-ah-iddin, the seller of that house; 12 cubits the lower south (is) adjacent to the previous measurement of that house; 9 1/2 cubits lower west width (is) adjacent to the house of anu-ah-iddin, the seller of that house; 9 1/2 cubits the lower east width (is) adjacent to the house of Šahila and Ana-rabut-Anu, sons of Nidintu-Anu, the clay worker of the temple of the gods of Uruk. The total of two measurements, ... of that house. |
| Obverse [16:22] o 1717– | Anu-ah-iddin, seller of that house, son of Rihat-kitti received that 1 mina of silver, the complete price of that house, from Šamaš-eṭir; he is paid. Should a claim concerning that house arise, Anu-ah-iddin son of Idat-Anu son of [...] the clay-worker of the house of the gods of Uruk will clear it and [will pay] the 12-fold penalty in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [2:7] r 33–r 77 | Anu-ah-iddin, seller of that house, and Anu-ah-iddin son of Idat-Anu, the clearer of that house, bear mutual responsibility for the guarantee of that house in perpetuity. That north house, the passageway of the house and the roof-room and one-half (share) of the accessway of that house, apart from the roof-room that faces the accessway [that] belongs to Anu-ah-iddin, seller of that house. That house belongs to Šamaš-eṭir son of Nidintu-Anu son of Šamaš-ẹtir descendant of Luštammar-Adad in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witnesses: Anu-ah-iddin son of Anu-ahhe-iddin son of Tattannu descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Tanittu-Anu son of Anu-belšunu son of Tanittu-Anu descendant of Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [Anu-mar]-ittannu son of Nanaya-iddin son of Kidin-Anu descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [Anu-balassu-iqbi] son of Ana-rabut-Anu son of Anu-eriba descendant of Kuri |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [Kidin-Anu] son of Tanittu-Anu son of Šamaš-ittannu descendant of Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [Rihat-Anu] son of Kidin-Anu son of Nidintu-Anu descendant of Gimil-Anu |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [Illut-Anu] son of Anu-ahhe-iddin son of Dannat-Belti descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | [Anu-ah-ittannu] son of Anu-šum-lišir son of Anu-ah-ittannu descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [15:17] r 1616–r 1717 | [... scribe son of ...]-Anu son of Ina-qibit-Anu descendant of Ekur-zakir. (Written in) Uruk. 15th day of Kislimu, year 156, Demetrios (being) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-mar-ittannu |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of Illut-Anu |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | Ring of Rihat-Anu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i' 11– | Ring of Tanittu-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-iddin seller of that house |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 11– | Ring of Antu-banat-niri |
| Right Column iii [0:3] r.e. iii 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-iddin guarantor of that house |
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)
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| o | ||
| 1 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-ki-it-ti-iʾ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU {lu₂}DU₃{uš} dul-lu IM-HI.A ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} | |
| 2 | ina mil-ki ša₂ {f}an-tu₄-DU₃{at}ni-ri DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU(AŠ) ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ E₂-su ep₂-šu₂ E₂ ša₂ {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ | |
| 3 | E₂ dul-ba-ni-šu₂ u E₂ ru-gu-bu-šu₂ ep₂-šu₂ NIG₂.GA {d}60 E₂ rit-ti-šu₂ ša₂ ina KI{ti₃} {e₂}IRI₁₂.GAL | |
| 4 | ša₂ i-qab-bu-u₂ kap-ri ša₂ kal DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA TUR₃ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| 5 | u DA E₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU {lu₂}na-din E₂ MU-MEŠ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA SILA SIG mu-taq UN-MEŠ | |
| 6 | SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA SILA SIG mu-taq UN-MEŠ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂ | |
| 7 | {m}ša₂-hi-la-a u₃ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 {lu₂}DU₃{uš} dul-lu IM-HI.A ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} | |
| 8 | meš-hat 2-tu₄ TUR₃ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ 12 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA TUR₃ ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU | |
| 9 | {lu₂}na-din E₂ MU-MEŠ u DA mi-šil ina mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU {lu₂}na-din E₂ MU-MEŠ u DA | |
| 10 | mi-šil ina mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-SUR {lu₂}ma-hir-an-na E₂ MU-MEŠ e-lat E₂ ru-gu-bu-MEŠ ina muh-hi | |
| 11 | mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ lib₃-bi IGI-DU a-na {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU {lu₂}na-din E₂ MU-MEŠ 12 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU | |
| 12 | ⸢DA⸣ meš-hat IGI{tu₄} ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ 9 1/2 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}4 DA E₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU {lu₂}na-din E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| 13 | 9 1/2 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂ {m}ša₂-hi-la-a u {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| 14 | {⸢lu₂⸣}DU₃{uš} dul-lu IM-HI.A ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} PAP 2-ta meš-hat 3-tu₄ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| 15 | ⸢i⸣-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na 1 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu | |
| 16 | {[m]}de-e-me₂-e-ṭi-ri-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL(GAM-)MEŠ a-na {m}{d}UTU-SUR A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ | |
| 17 | {[m}{d]}⸢UTU⸣-SUR A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 1 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR ŠAM₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ TIL(GAM-)MEŠ | |
| 18 | {[m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MU {lu₂}na-din E₂ MU-MEŠ A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-ki-it-ti-iʾ ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}UTU-SUR ma-hir e-ṭir₃ | |
| 19 | [u₄-mu pa]-⸢qa⸣-ri ana muh-hi E₂ MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [... {lu₂}DU₃]{⸢uš} dul⸣-lu IM-HI.A ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} u₂-mar-raq-ma EN 12-TA.AM₃ | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢a⸣-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-nam-din pu-u₂-ut a-ha-a-miš a-na mu-ru-uq E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| 3 | {[m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU {lu₂]}⸢na⸣-din E₂ MU-MEŠ u {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}i-dat-{d}60 mu-mar-raq-an-na E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| 4 | [... a]-⸢na⸣ u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ E₂ ša₂ {tu₁₅}2 E₂ dul-ba-ni-šu₂ u E₂ ru-gu-bu-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [u DA mi]-⸢šil⸣ ina mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ e-lat E₂ ru-gu-bu-MEŠ ina muh-hi mu-ṣu-u₂ | |
| 6 | [...] ⸢a⸣-na {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU {lu₂}na-din E₂ MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-SUR A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-SUR | |
| 7 | [A {m}lu-uš]-⸢tam⸣-mar-{d}IŠKUR a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ {lu₂}mu-kin₇ | |
| 8 | {[m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MU A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 9 | {[m}ta]-⸢nit⸣-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 10 | {[m}{d}60-DUMU]-⸢MU⸣{nu} A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 11 | {[m}{d}60-DIN-su]-⸢E⸣ A ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-SU A {m}kur-i | |
| 12 | {[m}ki-din-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 13 | {[m}ri-hat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A {m}ŠU-{d}60 | |
| 14 | {[m}il-lut-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}KI.KAL-{d}GAŠAN A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 15 | {[m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu]} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 16 | [...]-{m}60 A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir UNUG{ki} {iti}GAN U₄ 15-KAM₂ MU 156-KAM₂ | |
| 17 | {[m}de-e-me₂]-e-ṭi-ri-su LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | {[m}{d}60-DUMU]-MU{nu} | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}il-lut-{d}60 | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ri-hat-{d}60 | |
| l.e. i' | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {[m]}⸢ta-nit-tu₄⸣-{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {f}an-tu₄-DU₃{at}ni-ri | |
| r.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU mu-mar-raq-an-na | |
| 2 | E₂; MU-MEŠ | |
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