VS 15, 34 (P342487)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VS 15, 34 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342487 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08553 |
| 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 [0:13] o 1o 1–o 1313 | [...] Anu-ah-iddin, son of [... descendant] of Ah'utu, voluntarily [sold] a built house [...] that is in the great [...] 6 villages [...] to the north, next to the house [...] 2 [...] of Ha[lil]-Nanaya, [...] work [...] temples of the gods that are in Uruk; the lower length [... Illut]-Anu [...] that are in Uruk [...] the upper width to the west [...] the upper [...] to the south, the temples of the gods [...] the house [...] the lower length to the east, next to [...] of that house, the total of the lengths and the widths [...] that house; [that house], as little and as much as there is, all of it, [...] staters of Antiochus [...] that silver, the complete price, to Ina-qibit-Anu, son of [...] descendant of [...] next to [...]. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [... received]; he is paid. |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | [...] the son of Anu-ab-[uṣur ...], 12 [...] to Illut-[Anu ...] |
| Obverse [16:20] o 1717– | [...]-Anu [...] that house, and Anu-balassu-iqbi, the guarantor, bear [responsibility] mutually for the clearing of claims of that house for Il[lut-Anu, ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | That house belongs to Illut-Anu, son of Kidin-[Anu], interpreter scribe of the property of Anu, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] the parchment document concerning the purchase (of the house) is accepted. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | That Illut-Anu is the purchaser. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 1313– | Anu-belšunu, scribe of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Uruk. Šabaṭu. 2nd day. [... + 33rd] year. Antiochus (was) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of Arad-Ninurta |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-iddin |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Dumqi-Anu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Nidintu-Ištar |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 11– | Ring of Tattan[nu] |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-balassu-iqbi, [...] |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 11– | [...], guarantor |
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-ŠEŠ-MU ⸢A⸣ [...]-⸢x⸣-ni-⸢šu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [A] {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ [E₂] ⸢ep₂-šu₂ ša₂⸣ [...] ⸢ša₂ ina GAL DI⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | 6{šu-u₂} kap-⸢ri x⸣ [...] {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ | |
| 4 | ⸢DA⸣ E₂ [x] 2-TA⸣.AM₃ a-[...] ⸢ša₂ {m}ha-lil₂⸣-{d}⸢na-na-a⸣ [... {lu₂]}dul-lu IM [...] | |
| 5 | [x] ⸢E₂-MEŠ⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} ⸢US₂⸣ KI{u₂} [... {m]}⸢il⸣-lut-{d}60 [...] | |
| 6 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ UNUG{ki} [...] | |
| 7 | ⸢x⸣ [SAG].KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU [...] ⸢x x tir piš⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | ⸢AN{u₂⸣} {tu₁₅}1 E₂-MEŠ DINGIR-MEŠ [x x x] ⸢E₂⸣ [x] ⸢US₂⸣ [KI]{⸢u₂⸣} {<tu₁₅>}KUR.RA DA | |
| 9 | [...] ⸢x⸣ ŠUB [...]-⸢x ša₂ E₂⸣ MU-MEŠ ŠU.NIGIN US₂ u SAG.KI | |
| 10 | [...] ⸢E₂⸣ MU-[MEŠ E₂ MU-MEŠ i]-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ ⸢gab⸣-bi | |
| 11 | [... is-ta-tir]-⸢ra⸣-nu ša₂ {m}an-ti-[ʾi-i-ku-su] | |
| 12 | [...] ⸢KU₃.BABBAR a₄ ŠAM₂⸣ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}⸢ina-qi₂⸣-bit-{d}60 A ⸢ša₂ {m⸣}[...] | |
| 13 | ⸢A⸣ [...] ⸢DA⸣ [...] | |
| 14 | ⸢x⸣ [... ma-hir] | |
| 15 | e-ṭir₃ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 16 | A ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-[URI₃ ...] | |
| 17 | 12-TA.AM₃ a-na {m}il-⸢lut-{d⸣}60 ... pu-ut] | |
| 18 | a-ha-a-miš a-na mur-ru-qu ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ {⸢m⸣}[x]-⸢x-{d}60 [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | E₂ MU-MEŠ u {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E {lu₂}mu-mar-raq-qa-an-nu a-na {m}⸢il⸣-[lut-{d}60 ...] | |
| 2 | ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ki-⸢din⸣-{[d}60 | |
| 3 | {lu₂}se-pir NIG₂.GA {d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ {kuš}GID₂.DA ša₂ ⸢GANBA⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | qu-ub-bal {m}il-lut-{d}60 MU-MEŠ {lu₂}ma-hi-ra-nu {lu₂}mu-⸢kin₇⸣ | |
| 5 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ni-iq-ar-qu-su ⸢A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂⸣-[tu] | |
| 6 | {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 | |
| 7 | {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 8 | {m}{d}60-⸢ik⸣-ṣur A ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur A {m}kur-⸢i⸣ | |
| 9 | {m}⸢tat-tan⸣-nu A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu A {m}hun-zu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 10 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{⸢d}INANA⸣ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A ša₂ {m}ARAD-{d}MAŠ u {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU [x] | |
| 11 | {m}ARAD-{d}MAŠ ⸢A⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}INANA {lu₂}se-pir-MEŠ NIG₂.GA {⸢d⸣}60 | |
| 12 | {⸢m⸣}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}SAG A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 {lu₂}I₃.DU₈ ša₂ E₂ [x] | |
| 13 | {⸢m⸣}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ UNUG{ki} {iti}ZIZ₂ | |
| 14 | ⸢U₄ 2-KAM₂ ⸢MU⸣ [...] 33-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}⸢ARAD-{d⸣}MAŠ | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-⸢MU⸣ | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{⸢d}INANA⸣ | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}tat-⸢tan⸣-[nu] | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] {⸢m}{d}60-DIN-su-E⸣ | |
| 2 | [...]-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | {lu₂}mu-mar-raq | |
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