VS 15, 31 (P342484)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VS 15, 31 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342484 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08551 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Rihat-Anu, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Šumati, voluntarily spoke thus to Anu-belšunu, whose other name is Antiochus, son of Nidintu-Anu, son of Tanittu-Anu, descendant of Ahʾutu: |
| Obverse [2:11] o 33–o 1111 | Your bīt qāti in the Reš, in the Anu temple, in the chamber of wooden objects --- (its) upper long side to the north, adjacent to the Antu cella, (its) lower long side to the south, adjacent to the cella of Beltu-ša-Reš, (its) short upper side to the west, adjacent to the area between the city walls, (its) short lower side to the east, adjacent to the [...] of the chamber of wooden objects and the accessway of that bīt qāti --- the total of the long sides and the short sides of that bīt qāti, as little or as much as there is, all of it, give me for thirty years. Concerning that bīt qāti, I will supervise and pay you for the entering and exiting of it and (for) whatever you have paid with respect to its administrator. |
| Obverse [11:22] o 1212– | On that day, this Anu-belšunu heard this Anu-ab-uṣur (and) he gave him that bīt qāti for thirty years. This Anu-bēl-šunu does not have a claim against that bīt qāti until thirty years have passed. He will not transfer it from the hands of this Anu-ab-uṣur and he will not give it to any other. If he transfers that bīt qāti from the hands of Anu-ab-uṣur and gives it to someone else, without legal proceedings and without claims, he will pay Anu-ab-uṣur [x] shekel of silver. And if this Anu-ab-uṣur ... has given, he will pay one mina of silver to Anu-belšunu. That bīt qāti, and the entering and exiting of that bīt qāti, belongs to Anu-ab-uṣur for thirty years |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | Witnesses: Anu-X-X [...] his brothers, sons of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Ahʾutu. [...] son of X-MU-Anu, son of Anu-ab-uṣur, descendant of Kuri |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Tanittu-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Dumqi-Anu, descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Dumqi-Anu, son of [...]-Anu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [...], son of [...], descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | [...]-Ištar, interpreter scribe of the property of Anu |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | Anu-qišanni, scribe (and) chief lamentation-priest of Anu, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. (Written in Uruk. date destroyed. Antiochus) and Seleucus (being) king(s). |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | [Ring of] X-ittannu |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | [Ring of] Kidin-Anu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Nanaya-iddin |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i' 1b.e. i 1– | [Ring of] Nidintu-Anu |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii' 1b.e. ii 1– | [Ring of] Anu-ittannu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-belšunu, whose other name is Antiochus |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur |
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-AD-URI₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}MU-MEŠ ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ | |
| 2 | ⸢iq⸣-bi a-na {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu ša₂ MU-šu₂ ša₂-nu-u₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su DUMU ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| 3 | DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu um-mu E₂ ⸢ŠU⸣-MIN at-tu-ka | |
| 4 | ⸢ina {e₂}re⸣-eš ina E₂ {d}60 ina E₂ iṣ-ṣi US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA | |
| 5 | {[e₂]}⸢pa⸣-[pa-hi] ša₂ an-tu₄ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA {⸢e₂⸣}pa-pa-<hi> ša₂ {<d>}GAŠAN-ša₂-{e₂}SAG | |
| 6 | ⸢SAG.KI⸣ AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA bi-rit BAD₃-<<DA>>-MEŠ SAG.KI | |
| 7 | [KI].⸢TA⸣ {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA ⸢E₂ DU₃-DU₃⸣ ša₂ E₂ iṣ-ṣi u mu-ṣu-u₂ | |
| 8 | [ša₂ E₂] MU-MEŠ ŠU.NIGIN US₂-MEŠ u SAG.KI mi-ših-tu₄ E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ⸢E₂⸣ [ŠU-MIN MU]-⸢MEŠ⸣ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-di | |
| 10 | 30 MU.[AN].⸢NA⸣ bi-in-nam ina E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ KU₄ u E₃ ina lib₃-bi-šu₂ u mim-ma | |
| 11 | ⸢gab⸣-bi ša₂ {lu₂}re-du ša₂ ta-din a-na-aṣ-ri u a-na-da-ka | |
| 12 | [U₄]-⸢BI {m⸣}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu a-ga-a a-na {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ iš-mu-u₂-ma a-na | |
| 13 | {[m}{d]}60-AD-URI₃ a-ga-a E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ a-di 30 MU.AN.NA-šu₂ i-da-šu₂ | |
| 14 | ⸢ul⸣ i-rag-ma {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu a-ga-a E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ a-di la 30 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ | |
| 15 | i-šal-lim-ma(LU) ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ a-⸢ga-a⸣ ul ⸢u₂-še⸣-ti-iq u ma-am | |
| 16 | [ša₂]-⸢nam⸣-ma ul i-nam-din u ki-i E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
| 17 | [ul]-⸢te⸣-[ti]-⸢iq⸣ [u] ⸢ma-am⸣ ša₂-nam-ma it-tan-nu ša₂ la DI.⸢KU₅⸣ u la har-har-ra | |
| 18 | [x GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR a-na {m}{d}60-⸢AD-URI₃ i⸣-[nam]-⸢din u ki⸣-i {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ a-ga-a | |
| 19 | [...] ⸢it⸣-tan-nu 1 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a-na {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu i-nam-din E₂ ŠU-MIN] ⸢MU⸣-MEŠ a-di 30 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ i-šal-lim-ma | |
| 2 | [ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ a-[ga-a u ina E₂ ŠU-MIN MU]-MEŠ KU₄ u ⸢E₃⸣ | |
| 3 | {[lu₂]}mu-kin₇ {m}{d}60-[... ... ...]-⸢x⸣ {lu₂}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| 4 | [A {m]}ŠEŠ-ʾu-⸢u₂⸣-[tu ...]-⸢nu⸣-[...] ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂ ...]-MU-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A {m}kur-i | |
| 5 | {[m]}⸢ta⸣-nit-tu₄-{⸢d⸣}60 DUMU ša₂ {m]}{⸢d}na-na⸣-[a-MU A {m]}⸢ŠEŠ⸣-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 6 | {[m]}⸢ni⸣-din-tu₄-{d}60 ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂ {m}dum]-qi₂-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 7 | {[m]}⸢dum⸣-qi₂-{d}60 ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂ ...]-{⸢d}60 A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [DUMU ša₂ ... A {m}lu-uš]-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 9 | [...-{d]}⸢INANA⸣ {lu₂}se-pir NIG₂.GA {d}60 | |
| 10 | {[m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an]-ni {lu₂}UMBISAG {⸢lu₂}GALA.MAH⸣ {d}60 DUMU ša₂] {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ | |
| 11 | [UNUG{ki} ... {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su] u {m}se-lu-ku LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | [...]-MU{nu} | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {[m}ki]-⸢din⸣-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| b.e. i' | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {⸢m⸣}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| b.e. ii' | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-MU{nu} | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | |
| 2 | ša₂ MU-šu₂ ša₂-nu-u₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
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