VS 15, 28 (P342481)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VS 15, 28 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342481 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08550 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:14] o 1o 1–o 1414 | Dumqi-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Hunzu, voluntarily sold one-ninth of a day in the 19th day, one-ninth of a day in the 20th day, one-third of a day in the 21st day, one-sixth of a day in the 22nd day, a total of two-thirds of a day plus one-eighteenth of a day in one day in those days, the oil-presser prebend, before Anu, Antu, Papsukkal, Ištar, Nanaya, Belet-ṣeri, Beltu-ša-Reš, Šarrahitu, and all the gods of their temples, every month throughut the year, guqqānû-offerings, eššēšu-offerings, and everything else that pertains to that prebend that is with his brothers and the co-owners of all of their shares, for 7 shekels of refined silver, high-quality staters of Antiochus, as the complete price, to Nidintu, daughter of Ubar, wife of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Hunzu, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | Dumqi-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, received those 13 shekels of silver, the complete price of that prebend, from Nidintu, daughter of Ubar; he is paid. |
| Obverse [16:21] o 1717– | Should a claim concerning that prebend arise, Nanaya-iddin, his son, [will clear it and will pay the 12-fold penalty t]o Nidintu in [perpetuity]. label+ r 2 - r 5 [Dumqi-Anu, seller] of [that] prebend, [son of Anu-uballiṭ, Nanaya-iddin], his son, [...] mutually bear [responsibility] for the clearing [of that prebend]. label+ r 5 - r 14 On-ninth [...] 20th [...] day [...] |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | [...]-nu, son of [... ... descendant of Hun]zu. |
| Reverse [16:18] r 1717–r 1818 | [...] Month [...]. |
| Top Column i [0:20] t.e. i 11– | [Ring of] Labaši |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | [Ring of Anu]-zer-lišir |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | [Ring of] Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 11– | [Ring of] Anu-mar-ittannu |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of [Anu]-mar-ittannu |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | Ring of Mukin-apli |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-iddin |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Šibqat-Anu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Ina-qibit-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Dumqi-Anu, seller of that prebend |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 11–r.e. ii 33 | Ring of Nanaya-iddin, guarantor of that prebend |
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}dum-qi₂-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{⸢iṭ⸣} A <ša₂> {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 2 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ 9{ʾu-u₂} ša₂ u₄-mu ina U₄ 19-KAM₂ ti-šu-u₂ | |
| 3 | ša₂ u₄-mu ina U₄ 20-KAM₂ šal-šu₂ ša₂ u₄-mu ina U₄ 21-KAM₂ ši-iš-šu₂ ša₂ u₄-mu | |
| 4 | ina U₄ 22-KAM₂ PAP 2-ta ŠU-MIN-MEŠ ša₂ u₄-mu u₃ 18{ʾu-u₂} ša₂ u₄-mu | |
| 5 | ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ {⸢lu₂⸣}I₃.ŠUR{u₂-tu₂} | |
| 6 | IGI {d}60 an-tu₄ {d}PAP.SUKKAL {d}INANA {d}na-na-a {d}GAŠAN-EDIN | |
| 7 | {d}GAŠAN-ša₂-{e₂}SAG {d}šar-ra-hi-i-tu₄ u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 8 | E₂-šu₂-nu gab-bi ša₂ ITI{us-su} kal MU.AN.NA gu-⸢uq⸣-qa-ne₂-e | |
| 9 | EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ u₃ mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
| 10 | ik-kaš-ši-du ša₂ KI ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ u₃ EN-MEŠ HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 11 | gab-bi a-na 7 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu | |
| 12 | ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ | |
| 13 | TIL-MEŠ a-na {f}ni-din-tu₄ DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}u₂-bar DAM {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| 14 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}hun-zu-u₂ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ | |
| 15 | it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 13 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
| 16 | TIL-MEŠ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} ina ŠU-MIN {f}ni-din-tu₄ | |
| 17 | DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}u₂-bar ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-na muh-hi | |
| 18 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a-di 12-TA.AM₃ u₂-mar-raq-ma a]-⸢na⸣ {f}ni-din-tu₄ a-na | |
| 2 | [u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ina-an-din pu-ut a-ha]-⸢miš⸣ a-na mu-ru-qu | |
| 3 | [ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 {lu₂}na-din] GIŠ.ŠUB.BA | |
| 4 | [MU-MEŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} {m}{d}na-na-a-MU] DUMU-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [...]-⸢u₂⸣ ti-⸢šu-u₂⸣ | |
| 6 | [...] ⸢x⸣ 20-⸢x⸣ | |
| 7 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢u₄⸣-mu | |
| 9 | [...]-⸢tu₄⸣ | |
| 10 | [...]-DIN | |
| 11 | [...] | |
| 12 | [...] | |
| 13 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 14 | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 15 | [...]-⸢nu⸣ DUMU ša₂ | |
| 16 | [... A {m}hun]-zu-u₂ | |
| 17 | [...] ⸢ITI⸣ [x] | |
| 18 | [...]-⸢šu⸣ | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}NU-TEŠ₂ | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {⸢m⸣}{[d}60-⸢NUMUN-GIŠ⸣ | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {⸢m⸣}{[d}60-⸢DUMU⸣-MU{nu} | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {⸢m}DU⸣-A | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}šib-qat₂-{d}60 | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| 2 | {lu₂}mu-mar-ri-qa-an | |
| 3 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
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