VS 15, 33 (P342486)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VS 15, 33 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342486 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09152 |
| 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 [0:12] o 1o 1–o 1212 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-uballissu, son of [...] voluntarily [sold], on the advice of Imba, (his) mother [... daughter of] Tanittu-Anu, wife of Anu-uballissu [...] 1/24 of a day in one day in the twenty-fourth day [...], 1/25 of a day in one day in the tenth day, prebe[nd ...], one-fourth of a day in one day in the twenty-fifth day and [...] those [pre]bends which are before Anu, Antu, Papsukkal, Ishtar, [...], monthly throughout the year guqqānû offering and [eššēšu offerings ... and everything] that pertains [to those prebends] which are with his brother and his co-ow[ners ... for n shekels of] refined [silver, high quality] staters of [...] as the full price to Anu-ah-[...], descendant of Hunzu in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [That silver, the full price of] those prebends [Nidintu-Anu received from ...]. He is paid in full. |
| Obverse [13:17] o 1414–o 1717 | If a claim [should arise ...] Nidintu-Anu, son of [...] descendant of Hunzu will clear it and pay [twelve-fold to ...] in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [17:20] o 1818– | [...] and Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Ša-Anu-iššu bear [mutual responsibility] for [the clearing] those prebends. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | Those prebends [belong to ...] Nanaya-iddin, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, descendant of Hunzu [in perpetuity]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Witnesses: Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Anu-ah-iddin, son of [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Anu-ah-ušabši, son of Anu-[...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Anu-ab-[...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Kidin-Anu [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Anu-ittannu, son of Nidintu-Anu [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Sumuttu-[Anu ...] |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | Illut-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu, son of [...] |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | Illut-Anu, scribe, son of Nidintu-Anu, son of [... (Written in) Uruk], 13th day of Addaru, year 145 An[tiochus (being) king] |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | [Ring of] Ina-qibit-Anu |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-ušabši |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i' 11– | Ring of Illut-Anu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii' 11– | Ring of Anu-mar-ittannu |
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}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-u₂-bal-liṭ-su ⸢A⸣ ša₂ [...] | |
| 2 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ ina mil-ki ša₂ {f}AG-a AMA [... DUMU.MUNUS] | |
| 3 | {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 DAM {m}{d}60-u₂-bal-liṭ-su [...] | |
| 4 | 24{uʾ-u₂} ša₂ u₄-mu ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 24-KAM₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | 25{uʾ-u₂} ša₂ u₄-mu ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 10-KAM₂ GIŠ.⸢ŠUB⸣.[BA ...] | |
| 6 | ⸢re⸣-bu-u₂ ša₂ u₄-mu ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 25-⸢KAM₂ u⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | [GIŠ].ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ ša₂ ina IGI {d}60 an-tu₄ {d}PAP.SUKKAL {d}INANA {d}[...] | |
| 8 | ša₂ ITI{us-su} kal MU.AN.NA gu-uq-qa-ne₂-e ⸢U₄⸣.[EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ ...] | |
| 9 | TIL-MEŠ ik-kaš-ši-du ša₂ KI ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ u EN-MEŠ ⸢HA⸣.[LA-MEŠ-šu₂ ...] | |
| 10 | [qa]-⸢lu⸣-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}[x ...] | |
| 11 | a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-⸢MEŠ⸣ a-na {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[...] | |
| 12 | A {m}hun-zu-u₂ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ [...] | |
| 13 | [... GIŠ].⸢ŠUB⸣.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ TIL-⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 14 | [... ma-hir] ⸢e⸣-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri [...] | |
| 15 | [...] ⸢x⸣ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}[...] | |
| 16 | ⸢A⸣ {m}⸢hun-zu⸣-u₂ u₂-mar-raq-ma EN [...] | |
| 17 | ⸢a⸣-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-nam-din [...] | |
| 18 | [... GIŠ].⸢ŠUB.BA-MEŠ⸣ MU-MEŠ {m}[...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-⸢šu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 2 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ [...] | |
| 3 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A {m}hun-zu-u₂ [...] | |
| 4 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}[...] | |
| 5 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 6 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-[x ...] | |
| 7 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{⸢d}60 [...] | |
| 8 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 [...] | |
| 9 | {m}{d}60-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 [...] | |
| 10 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}su-mut-⸢tu₄⸣-{[d}60 ...] | |
| 11 | {m}il-lut-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A [...] | |
| 12 | {m}il-lut-{d}60 {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 ⸢A⸣ [...] | |
| 13 | {iti}ŠE U₄ 13-KAM₂ MU 145-KAM₂ {m}an-[ti-ʾi-i-ku-su LUGAL] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{⸢d⸣}[...] | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.⸢MU⸣-{[d}60 | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{⸢ši⸣} | |
| l.e. i' | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}il-lut-{d}60 | |
| l.e. ii' | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢DUMU⸣-MU{nu} | |
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