VS 15, 36 (P342489)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VS 15, 36 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342489 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08566 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:13] o 1o 1–o 1313 | Anu-[belšunu son of] Tanittu-Anu [...] sold that bīt [qāti ...], which is in the portico of that city gate [...] 20 [...] the upper [...] that is above his house [...] the length [... to the north] next to the portico of the city gate [... next to] the dividing wall of the house to the east [...] the upper length to the west [...] street [...] of the upper bīt qāti that is above his house [...] the lengths and the widths are the measurements of that bīt qāti and half of his house that is above his house, as little and as much as there is, all of it, for 50 shekels of refined silver, high quality staters of Antiochus, as the complete price, to Anu-ab-uṣur son of Rihat-Anu son of Anu-ahhe-iddin son Ubar descendant of Šumati, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | Tanittu-Anu received that silver, 50 shekels, the complete price of his bīt [qāti] from Anu-ab-uṣur; he is paid. |
| Obverse [14:18] o 1515– | Should a claim concerning that bīt qāti arise, Nidintu-Anu, his brother, whose other name is Kephalon, son of Anu-belsǔnu descendant of Ahʾutu, will clear (them) of claims and [...] to Anu-ab-uṣur son of Rihat-Anu [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [Anu-belšunu] son [of] Tanittu-Anu, the seller, [and] Nidintu-Anu, his brother, the guarantor, bear [... for] Anu-ab-uṣur son of Rihat-Anu, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | That [upper bīt qāti] that is above his house [...] belongs to Anu-ab-uṣur son of Rihat-[Anu ... in] perpetuity. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Witnesses: [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Anu-DIN-[...] Ahʾutu. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | [...]; [...]-x-nu, son of [...] |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Labaši [...] |
| Reverse [10:12] r 11'11'–r 12'12' | [... Sin-leqi]-unninni. (Written in) Uruk. Ayyaru. 8th day. [... Antio]chus, his son, (being) king. |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of Nanaya-iddin |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Tattannu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Kidin-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | [...] that |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 11–r.e. ii frg.1 1a'1a' | Ring of Kephalon, his brother, 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-[EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m]}⸢ta-nit-tu₄⸣-{d}60 [...] | |
| 2 | [x] ⸢E₂⸣ [ŠU-MIN ...] ⸢MU-MEŠ ša₂⸣ ina E₂ mu-tir-tu₄ ša₂ KA₂.⸢GAL⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | [x] 20 [...] ⸢e⸣-le-ni-tu₄ ša₂ UGU{nu} E₂-⸢su⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | [x] US₂ [... {tu₁₅]}⸢SI⸣.SA₂ DA E₂ mu-tir-tu₄ ša₂ KA₂.⸢GAL⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | [x] {tu₁₅}[... DA] {⸢e₂⸣}a-ma-aš₂-tu₄ ša₂ E₂ {⸢tu₁₅}KUR⸣.[RA ...] | |
| 6 | [...] ⸢US₂⸣ AN.TA {tu₁₅}⸢MAR⸣.[TU ...] | |
| 7 | x [...] | |
| 8 | ⸢SILA⸣ [...] | |
| 9 | ⸢x x⸣ [...]-⸢x x⸣-lu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ ŠU-MIN e-le-ni-tu₄ ša₂ ⸢UGU⸣{[nu]} | |
| 10 | ⸢E₂⸣-su [...] ⸢US₂⸣-MEŠ u SAG.KI-MEŠ mi-ših-tu₄ E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 11 | u mi-šil E₂-su ⸢ša₂⸣ [UGU]{⸢nu⸣} E₂ ŠU-MIN MU-⸢MEŠ i⸣-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la <ba>-šu-u₂ | |
| 12 | gab-bi a-na 50 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su | |
| 13 | bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}{d}60-AD-⸢URI₃ DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 A <ša₂> {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A ša₂ | |
| 14 | {m}u₂-bar A {m}MU-MEŠ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 50 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ E₂-su ⸢ša₂⸣ [x] | |
| 15 | MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri ana ⸢muh⸣-[hi] | |
| 16 | E₂ ŠU-MIN-MEŠ MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 ŠEŠ-šu₂ ša₂ MU-šu₂ ša₂-nu-u₂ {m}qe₂-ep-lu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 17 | A ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu u₂-mar-raq-ma a-di 12-TA.AM₃ a-na {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {m}ri-hat-{⸢d}60 x x x x⸣ {[m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂] {⸢m}ta-nit⸣-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-⸢na⸣-[an u] {⸢m⸣}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 ŠEŠ-šu₂ {lu₂}mu-[mar-qa-nu a-na] {⸢m⸣}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
| 3 | A ⸢ša₂ {m⸣}[ri-hat-{d}60 a]-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ [E₂ ŠU-MIN e-le-ni]-⸢tu₄⸣ ša₂ UGU{nu} | |
| 4 | E₂-[su ...] ⸢ša₂⸣ {m}{d}60-AD-⸢URI₃⸣ A <ša₂> {m}⸢ri-hat⸣-{[d}60 ... a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a]-⸢tu₂⸣ ši-it | |
| 5 | {lu₂}mu-⸢kin₇⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | {m}{d}60-⸢DIN⸣-[... DUMU ša₂ ... A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu]-⸢u₂⸣-tu | |
| 7 | {m}{d}[... DUMU ša₂ ... ...]-⸢x⸣-nu | |
| 8 | A ša₂ {⸢m⸣}[...] | |
| 9 | {m}NU-[TEŠ₂ ...] | |
| 10 | [x] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [...]-⸢ER₃⸣ UNUG{ki} {iti}GU₄ UD 8.KAM | |
| 12' | [...]-⸢ku-su A-šu₂⸣ LUGAL-MEŠ | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {⸢m}{d⸣}na-na-a-MU | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {⸢m⸣}[...] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}tat-tan-nu | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| 2 | [... MU]-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ {m}qe₂-ep-lu-u₂-nu ŠEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 2 | {lu₂}mu-mar-[qa]-⸢nu⸣ | |
| r.e. ii frg.1 | ||
| 1a' | [... {m}{d}30-TI]-⸢ER₂⸣ UNUG{ki} | |
| 1b' | {iti}GU₄ U₄ 8-KAM₂ | |
| 2' | [... {m}an-ti-ʾi-i]-⸢ku-su A-šu₂⸣ LUGAL-MEŠ | |
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