VS 15, 45 (P342498)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VS 15, 45 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342498 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08555 |
| 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 [0:11] o 1o 1–o 1111 | Anu-[...] son of Anu-ah-ittannu [...] voluntarily sold an undeveloped plot of a house in the city district of the Temple of Adad which is in Uruk: 14 cubits, the upper length to the west, adjacent to the house of Labaši, the purchaser of the house of that undeveloped plot, son of Anu-bullissu; 16 cubits, the lower length to the east, adjacent to the house and undeveloped plot of Niditu, the seller of that undeveloped plot, daughter of Anu-ah-ittannu; [...] cubits, the upper width to the north, adjacent to the undeveloped plot of Niditu, the seller of that undeveloped plot, the daughter of Anu-ah-ittannu; 5 cubits, the lower width to the south, adjacent to the street, access-way of that house, up to [...] and adjacent to the access-way of Illut-Anu son of Kidin-[...]; 16 cubits, the [...] length [...], 5 cubits of the width, the measurement of that undeveloped plot; that undeveloped plot, as little and as much as there is, all of it, for 7 shekels of silver, high quality staters of Antiochus as the complete price to Labaši son of Anu-bullissu in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | That silver, the 7 shekels, the complete price of that undeveloped plot, Niditu daughter of Anu-ah-ittannu received from Labaši son of Anu-bullissu; she is paid. |
| Obverse [13:18] o 1414– | Should a claim concerning that undeveloped plot arise, Niditu, the seller of that undeveloped plot, daughter of Anu-ah-ittannu, and Anu-ah-ittannu the guaran[tor ...]-Anu descendant of Ah'utu will clear it and will pay the 12-fold penalty [...] Labaši son of Anu-bullissu. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | They bear shared responsibility for the clearing of that undeveloped plot in perpetuity for Labaši. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | That undeveloped plot belongs to Labaši son of Anu-bullissu in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Witnesses: |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Anu-zer-iddin and Anu-šum-lišir sons of Anu-[...] descendant of Ah'utu. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Anu-uballiṭ son of Nidintu-Anu son [of ... descendant of Hunz]u. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [... descendant of] Ah'utu. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Anu-ab-uṣur son of Nanaya-iddin descendant of [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Nanaya-[iddin son of ... descendant of Ah]'utu. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Labaši son of Mannu-ki-[...] |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | Nanaya-iddin son [...] |
| Reverse [12:18] r 1313– | Anu-eriba scribe son of Anu-[...] |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Ring of [...]-iddin |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 1b.e. iv 1– | Ring of Anu-zer-iddin |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | [Ring of] Nanaya-iddin |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | [Ring of] Nanaya-iddin |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Nidintu [...] |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-ah-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}{d}60-[...] ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{⸢nu⸣} [...] | |
| 2 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ ⸢ki⸣-šub-ba-a ⸢E₂⸣ KI{ti₃} E₂ {d}IŠKUR ša₂ ⸢qe₂-reb UNUG⸣{ki} 14 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{⸢u₂⸣} | |
| 3 | {⸢tu₁₅⸣}MAR.TU DA E₂ {m}la-ba-ši {lu₂}ma-hi-ra-⸢nu E₂⸣ [ki-šub]-⸢ba⸣-a MU-MEŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-[su] | |
| 4 | 16 KUŠ₃ US₂ ⸢KI⸣{u₂} {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {[f}ni]-⸢di₂⸣-tu₄ na-⸢din-at⸣ | |
| 5 | ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} ⸢x⸣ [KUŠ₃ SAG].⸢KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}SI⸣.[SA₂ DA] | |
| 6 | [ki]-⸢šub⸣-ba-a ša₂ {f}ni-di₂-tu₄ na-din-at ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-⸢MU⸣{[nu]} | |
| 7 | 5 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA SILA mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ a-⸢di x⸣ [x] | |
| 8 | u DA mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 ⸢DUMU ša₂ {m}BARA₂-x i tad di dan⸣ 16 KUŠ₃ ⸢US₂ x⸣ [x] | |
| 9 | 5 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI mi-ših-⸢tu₄⸣ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ i-⸢ṣi⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢u⸣ ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na 7 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR is-ta-tir-ra-nu | |
| 11 | ⸢ša₂⸣ {m}an-ti-ʾi-ku-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}la-ba-ši ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ | |
| 12 | {⸢m⸣}{d}60-DIN-su a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ tat-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 7 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ ki-šub-ba-a | |
| 13 | MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {f}ni-di₂-tu₄ DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} ina ŠU-MIN {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su | |
| 14 | ⸢mah-rat⸣-tat e-ṭir-tat u₄-mu pa-qa-ri ana muh-hi ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ | |
| 15 | ⸢it⸣-tab-šu-u₂ {f}ni-di₂-tu₄ na-din-at ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu}; u {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| r | ||
| 1 | mu-mar-raq-[qa-an-nu ...]-{⸢d}60 A {m⸣}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu a-di 12-TA.AM₃ | |
| 2 | u₂-mar-raq-⸢ʾu⸣ [...] {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su | |
| 3 | ina-an-din-ʾu pu-⸢ut⸣ [a-ha-a-miš a-na mu-ru-qu ša₂ ki-šub]-⸢ba⸣-a MU-MEŠ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ a-na | |
| 4 | {m}la-ba-ši ⸢na⸣-šu-⸢u₂ ki-šub-ba⸣-a MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su a-na u₄-mu; ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 5 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ | |
| 6 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU u {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-x⸣-[...] A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 7 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A [ša₂ ... A {m}hun-zu]-⸢u₂⸣ {m}u₂-ṣur-šu₂-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ | |
| 8 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}[... A {m]}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 9 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {⸢m⸣}[... DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN]{iṭ} <A> | |
| 10 | {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-[MU A ... A {m}ŠEŠ]-⸢ʾu-u₂⸣-[tu] | |
| 11 | {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}man-nu-⸢ki⸣-[...] iṭ | |
| 12 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂ ...] | |
| 13 | {m}{d}60-SU {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-[...] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...]-⸢MU⸣ | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {f}⸢ni⸣-di₂-tu₄ [...] | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...]-MEŠ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} [...] | |
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