VS 15, 38 (P342491)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VS 15, 38 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342491 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08558 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | [...] Nidintu-Anu [...] of Antiochus, the king, [...] as the complete price, to Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin, [...] Belet-ade-hana, sold in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 4'4'–o 6'6' | That silver, 1 mina, the complete price of the share in that house, Arad-Ninurta, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, and Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Nidintu-Ištar, his brother, received from Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin; they are paid. |
| Obverse [6:10] o 7'7'–o 10'10' | Should a claim concerning the share of the house and that ... arise, Arad-Ninurta, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, and Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Nidintu-Ištar, his brother, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, will clear it of claims; they will pay 12-fold to Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin, in perpetuity [...]. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'–o 12'12' | Arad-Ninurta and Anu-mar-ittanu mutually [...] responsibility for the clearing of claims of the share in the house and that ... for Nidintu-Anu, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | One-half in the house to the north, the passageway, half in the house [...], the passageway, one-fourth in the courtyard, one-fourth in [...], one-fourth in the access-way, one-fourth in the [...] of [...], that [...] belongs to Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-zer-lišir, [...] in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witnesses: Ša-Anu-iššu, son of Anu-ab-uṣur, son [of] Anu-[...], descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [6:8] r 1414–r 1515 | Anu-ah-iddin, scribe, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Uruk. Šabaṭu. 6th day. 122nd 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 [...]-Anu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of Ša-Anu-[iššu] |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of Arad-Reš |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-iqišanni |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | Ring of Nidintu-[Anu] |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Ša-Anu-iššu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-iddin |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Arad-Ninurta, sellers |
| Right Column ii [0:1] r.e. ii 11–r.e. ii 11 | Ring of Anu-mar-ittan[nu] |
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}...] | |
| 2' | [...] ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su ⸢LUGAL x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU [...] | |
| 4' | {[f]}{d}⸢GAŠAN⸣-a-di-e-ha-⸢ʾa a⸣-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din [KU₃.BABBAR a₄] | |
| 5' | 1 MA.NA ŠAM₂ HA.⸢LA ina E₂ MU⸣-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}ARAD-{d}MAŠ(60) A ša₂ {m}{d}60-[DUMU-MU{nu} u] | |
| 6' | {⸢m⸣}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}INANA ŠEŠ-šu₂ ina ŠU-MIN {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 [A ša₂] | |
| 7' | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU ⸢mah-ru⸣-ʾu e-ṭir₃-ʾu u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-na muh-⸢hi⸣ HA.LA | |
| 8' | E₂ u GIŠ.ŠUL-MEŠ MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}ARAD-{d}MAŠ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} u {m}{[d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} | |
| 9' | ⸢A⸣ [ša₂ {m]}⸢NIG₂⸣.SUM.MU-{d}INANA ŠEŠ-šu₂ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} u₂-mar-raq-MEŠ a-di 12-TA.AM₃ | |
| 10' | ⸢a-na {m}NIG₂⸣.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ SUM{⸢in}u₂⸣ | |
| 11' | [pu]-u₂-ut a-ha-a-miš a-na mu-ur-ru-qu ša₂ HA.LA ina E₂ u GIŠ.⸢ŠUL⸣-MEŠ | |
| 12' | MU-MEŠ {m}ARAD-{d}MAŠ u {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} a-na {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | mi-šil ina E₂ {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ E₂ dul-ba-ni{meš}šu₂ mi-šil ina E₂ [...] | |
| 2 | E₂ dul-ba-ni{meš}šu₂ re-bu-u₂ ina ⸢TUR₃⸣ re-⸢bu⸣-u₂ ina [...] | |
| 3 | re-bu-u₂ ina mu-ṣu-u₂ re-bu-u₂ ⸢ina⸣ [...] ⸢ša₂ x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 4 | MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-⸢GIŠ⸣ [...]-⸢na⸣ | |
| 5 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 6 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢AD⸣-[URI₃] A <ša₂> {m}{d}60-x⸣-[x] ⸢A {m⸣}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 7 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.<MU>-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} ⸢A⸣ {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 8 | {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 9 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{li}GIŠ A {m}ŠU-{d}60 | |
| 10 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 11 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur A {m}kur-i | |
| 12 | {m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an-ni A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ | |
| 13 | {m}ARAD-{e₂}SAG A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GUR | |
| 14 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir UNUG{ki} | |
| 15 | {iti}ZIZ₂ U₄ 6-KAM₂ MU 122-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {⸢m}x-x-x⸣-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}ša₂-{d}60-[iš-šu-u₂] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}⸢ARAD-{e₂⸣}SAG | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢qi₂⸣-ša₂-an-ni | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {[m]}⸢ša₂-{d}60-iš⸣-šu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ-MU⸣ | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ARAD-{d}MAŠ | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-⸢na⸣-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-DUMU-⸢MU⸣{[nu]} | |
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