VS 15, 37 (P342490)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VS 15, 37 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342490 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08548 |
| 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 [0:11] o 1o 1–o 1111 | Ina-qibit-anu, son of Anu-ah-ušabši, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, the reed-cutter, voluntarily sold one-eighteenth of his prebend of the ērib bīt pirišti and the goldsmith's prebend; one-seventeenth in the sheep of the hitpu sacrifices, in the wine, juniper, sashes, ṣubātu garments, aromatics and wood; one-eighteenth in the meat, cooked and raw, that is presented on the offering table of Bel in the eššēšu offerings; one-eighteenth in the meat, cooked and raw, that is presented monthly in the eighth day on the offering table of Ištar; one-eighteenth in the oxen that [is presented] in the eighth day ... [...] year(ly) ... those prebends belong to Nanaya-iddin [...]-Anu and Ina-qibit-Anu ... of Ša-Anu-iššu [...] on [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [Should a claim] arise [concerning ...] that Ina-qibit-Anu will clear (it) and will pay 12-fold to Nanaya-iddin and Kidin-Anu in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [2:9] r 33–r 99 | One-eighteenth of the prebend of the ērib bīt pirištūti and the goldsmith's prebend (as well as) one-eighteenth in the sheep of the hitpu sacrifice, the wine, the juniper, the sashes, the ṣubātu garment, the aromatics and wood (as well as) one eighteenth in the meat, cooked and raw, that is presented on the offering table of Bel in the eššēšu offerings (as well as) one-eighteenth in the meat, cooked and raw, that is presented in the eighth day, monthly, on the offering table of Ištar (as well as) one-eighteenth in the oxen that are presented on the eighth day on the offering table of Antu ---- those prebends belong to Nanaya-iddin and Kidin-Anu, sons of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Luštammar-Adad, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witnesses: |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-ah-iddin, descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Kidin-Anu, son of [...]-at-Anu, son of Anu-ikṣur, descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, desšedant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | Dumqi-Anu, son of Anu-ikṣur, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | Anu-ittannu, son of Anu-ah-ušabši, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, reed-cutter |
| Reverse [17:21] r 1818– | Anu-ahhe-iddin, scribe, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Uruk. Tašritu. 7th day. Year 107, Arsaces (was) king that is (year) 171 (in the Seleucid Era). |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of Kidin-anu |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | [Ring of ...]-MU-[...] |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Kidin-Anu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Dumqi-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of Ina-qibit-Anu, seller of [those] pre[bends] |
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}ina-qi₂-bit-{⸢d⸣}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-GAL₂{ši} A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 {lu₂}ga-ṭa-a-a | |
| 2 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ 18{ʾu-⸢u₂⸣} GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ {lu₂}KU₄ E₂ pi-ri-iš-tu₄{u₂-tu₂} | |
| 3 | u {lu₂}KU₃.⸢DIM⸣{u₂-tu₂} 17{ʾu-⸢u₂⸣} ina UDU.⸢NITA₂⸣-MEŠ ša₂ hi-ta-tap ina GEŠTIN ŠIM-⸢LI⸣ | |
| 4 | {tug₂}hu-ṣa(A-)an-tu₄ {tug₂}ṣu-⸢pat-tu₄⸣ ŠIM-MEŠ u GIŠ-MEŠ 18{ʾu} ina UZU | |
| 5 | ba-šal u bal-ṭu ša₂ ⸢E₁₁{u₂} a-na BANŠUR⸣ ša₂ {d}EN ⸢E₁₁⸣{u₂} ina U₄.⸢EŠ₃⸣.[EŠ₃]-MEŠ | |
| 6 | 18{ʾu⸣-u₂} ina UZU ba-šal u bal-ṭu ša₂ ina U₄ 8-KAM₂ a-na ⸢BANŠUR⸣ [ša₂] {d}⸢INANA⸣ | |
| 7 | E₁₁ ša₂ ITI{us-su} 18{ʾu-u₂} ina GU₄-HI.A ša₂ ina U₄ 8-KAM₂ ša₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | MU.AN.NA ⸢a⸣-[...] ⸢x⸣ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ ⸢MU⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 9 | ša₂ {<m>}{⸢d}na-na⸣-[a-MU ...]-{d}60 u {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{[d}60 | |
| 10 | ša₂ [x] ša₂ {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-⸢u₂⸣ [...] | |
| 11 | a-na [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 MU-MEŠ u₂-mar-raq-ma a-di 12-TA.⸢AM₃⸣ | |
| 2 | a-na {m}{d}na-na-a-MU u {m}ki-din-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-nam-din | |
| 3 | 18{ʾu-u₂} GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}KU₄ E₂ pi-ri-iš-tu₄{u₂-tu₂} u {lu₂}KU₃.DIM{u₂-tu₂} | |
| 4 | 18{ʾu-u₂} ina UDU.NITA₂-MEŠ ša₂ hi-ta-tap GEŠTIN ŠIM-LI {tug₂}hu-ṣa-na-tu₄ | |
| 5 | {tug₂}ṣu-pat-ta ŠIM-MEŠ u GIŠ-MEŠ 18{ʾu-u₂} ina UZU ba-šal u bal-ṭu | |
| 6 | ša₂ a-na BANŠUR ša₂ {d}EN ina U₄.EŠ.EŠ-MEŠ E₁₁ 18{ʾu-u₂} ina UZU ba-šal u | |
| 7 | bal-ṭu ša₂ ina U₄ 8-KAM₂ a-na BANŠUR ša₂ {d}INANA E₁₁{u₂} ša₂ ITI{us-su} 18{ʾu-u₂} | |
| 8 | ina GU₄-HI.A ša₂ ina U₄ 8-KAM₂ a-na BANŠUR ša₂ an-tu₄ E₁₁{u₂} GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU u {m}ki-din-{d}60 A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| 10 | A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu₂-nu {lu₂}mu(KAM₂-)kin₇ | |
| 11 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}⸢hun⸣-zu-u₂ | |
| 12 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 13 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 14 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 A ša₂ [...]-at-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 15 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 16 | {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur(UL) A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 17 | {m}{d}60-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 {lu₂}ga-ṭa-a-a | |
| 18 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU {⸢lu₂⸣}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ UNUG{ki} {iti}DU₆ | |
| 19 | U₄ 7 MU 107 {m}a-ri-šak-ka-ʾa LUGAL ša₂ ši-tu₄ 171 | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-⸢URI₃⸣ | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | [...]-⸢MU⸣-[...] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-na ⸢GIŠ⸣.[ŠUB.BA ...] | |
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