VS 15, 51 (P342504)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VS 15, 51 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342504 |
| Museum no. | VAT 07533 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1'o 1'–o 6'6' | [...] Nidintu-Anu, son of [PN ...], on the west, next to the vacant field of Nidintu Anu [....] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] alongside the second measurement of that house, 31 [cubits ...] |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | [...] the previous(?) measurement of that house: 26 cubits and ..., the lower front side on the south, alongside the [... of] Anu-balassu-iqbi and alongside the vacant field of [Anu-ab-utir,] son of Anu-ah-ušabši, descendant of Ah'utu. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 9'9'–o 11'11' | [...] that [...]: 41 cubits, the long upper side on the west [...] the previous(?) measurement of that house: 7 cubits and 4 "fingers" on the front upper side on the north, alongside the house of Nidintu-Anu, son of Labaši, descendant of Hunzû. [...] cubits and 4 "fingers" on the fron lower side [...] |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'–o 13'13' | [...] the vacant field of Anu-ab-utir, son of Anu-ah-ušabši, descendant of Ah'utu. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] that [...] 31 5/6 cubits, the long upper side on the north, alongside the house of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Hunzû |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [...] long lower side on the south, alongside the vacant field of Anu-ab-utir, son of Anu-ah-ušabši, descendant of Ah'utu |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [...] "fingers" on the short upper side on the west, alongside the previous(?) measurement of that house. 29 5/6 cubits, the short lower side [on the east] |
| Obverse [15:18] o 16'16'–o 18'18' | [...] x cubits, 4 <<fingers>> (is) the measurement of that house. That house, as little or much as there is, all of it .⸢...] (as) the complete price of that house to [PN] son of Anu-ah-ušabši, descendant of Ah'utu [...]. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [...] received from Nanaya-iddin, son of Tanittu-Anu, descendant of Ah'utu. He is paid. |
| Obverse [19:22] o 20'20'– | That house belongs to Nanaya-iddin, son of Tanittu-Anu,] descendant of Ahʾutu in perpetuity. The dimensions of the streets that pertain to that house belong to Nanaya-iddin in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Witnesses: |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Anu-belšunu, Nidintu-Anu, u Anu-zer-lišir, sons of Tanittu-Anu, descendant of Ahʾutu. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-[zer?]-lišir, descendant of Hunzu. Anu-mukin-apli, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Anu-ikṣur, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Kurî. Anu-ikṣur, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Ahʾutu. Aplâ, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | Balaṭu and Anu-ušallim, sons of Šamaš-eṭir, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. Nidintu-Anu and Anu-ab-uṣur, sons of Ša-Anu-iššu, descendant of Hunzu. Anu-ab-utir, son of Iddinaya, descendant of Ahʾutu. Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Gimil-Anu. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-ah-ušabši, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Anu-uballiṭ, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Ahʾutu. Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Iqiša, son of Ištar-šum-eriš, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Anu-ah-iddin, descendant of Kurî. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-ab-uṣur, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. Anu-belšunu, son of Qišti-Anu, descendant of Gimil-Anu. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | Anu-ab-utir, son of Anu-ah-ušabši, descendant of Ahʾutu. Anu-iqišanni, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Kurî. |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | [...] of Belet, daughter of Anu-ikṣur, mother of Ana-rabutika-Anu, son of Anu-ah-ušabši, that document is written. |
| Reverse [13:22] r 1414– | [...] son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Uruk. Nisānu, 15th day, year x [... king(s)]. |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Seal of Anu-belšunu [...] |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | Seal of Anu-ikṣur [...] |
| Top Column v [0:3] t.e. v 1t.e. v 1– | Seal of [...] |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | [Seal of ...] descendant of Ah'utu |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | [Seal of ...] descendant of Kurî |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Ring of Iqiša descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 1b.e. iv 1– | Ring of Kidin-Anu descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Bottom Column v [0:3] b.e. v 1b.e. v 1– | Ring of Anu-ikṣur descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Bottom Column vi [0:3] b.e. vi 1b.e. vi 1– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu descendant of Hunzû |
| Bottom Column vii [0:3] b.e. vii 1b.e. vii 1– | Seal of Anu-mukīn-apli descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i' 1l.e. i 1– | [Seal of] Anu-ab-utir [...] |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii' 1l.e. ii 1– | [Seal of] Anu-[...] |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | [Ring of] Anu-zēr-lišir [...] |
| Right Column iii [0:3] r.e. iii 1r.e. iii 1– | Ring of Anu-zēr-lišir [...]-tu |
| Right Column iv [0:4] r.e. iv 1r.e. iv 1– | Ring of Ana-rabutika-Anu, seller of that house [and] that [...], son of Anu-ah-ušabši, descendant of Ahʾutu |
| Right Column v [0:3] r.e. v 1r.e. v 1– | Ring of [...], daughter of Anu-ikṣur |
| Right Column vi [0:3] r.e. vi 1r.e. vi 1– | Ring of Balāṭu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | [...] | |
| 3' | [...]-⸢ti₃⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [... {m}ni]-din-tu₄-{d}⸢a⸣-nu DUMU ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [... {tu₁₅}MAR].⸢TU⸣ DA ki-šub-ba-a ⸢ša₂⸣ {m}ni-⸢din⸣-[tu₄-{d}60 ...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢DA⸣ meš-hat ša₂-ni-tu₄ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ 31 [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢meš⸣-hat IGI{tu₄} ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ 26 KUŠ₃ ⸢u₃⸣ x-⸢ta⸣ SAG.KI KI.TA {⸢tu₁₅⸣}[U₁₈].LU DA [x] | |
| 8' | {[m}{d}60-DIN]-su-E u DA ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}{⸢d⸣}60-AD-GUR] ⸢DUMU ša₂ {m⸣}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{⸢ši⸣} [A] {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-[tu] | |
| 9' | [...] MU-MEŠ 41 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}MAR.⸢TU⸣ [...] meš-hat ⸢IGI⸣{tu₄} ša₂ ⸢E₂ MU⸣-MEŠ [x]-1 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{⸢u₂⸣} | |
| 10' | [... meš]-hat IGI{ti₃} ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ 7 KUŠ₃ u₃ 4{ta⸣} ŠU.SI ⸢SAG⸣.KI AN.⸢TA⸣ {[tu₁₅}SI].⸢SA₂⸣ DA E₂ | |
| 11' | {[m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}a]-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši A {m}hun-zu-⸢u₂⸣ [x] KUŠ₃ u₃ 4{ta} ŠU.SI [SAG].⸢KI KI⸣.TA | |
| 12' | [... ki]-⸢šub-ba-a ša₂⸣ {m}{d}60-AD-GUR DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} ⸢A⸣ {[m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂]-tu | |
| 13' | [...] MU-MEŠ 31 5/6 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ {m}⸢ni⸣-din-tu₂-{⸢d⸣}[a-nu] A {m}hun-zu-u | |
| 14' | [...] US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-GUR DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-⸢GAL₂⸣{[ši} A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu]-u₂-tu | |
| 15' | [...]-⸢ta⸣ ŠU.SI SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA meš-hat IGI{tu₄} ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ 29 5/6 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA | |
| 16' | [...] ⸢x x KUŠ₃⸣ 4{ta} meš-hat ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ E₂ MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi | |
| 17' | [...] ŠAM₂ E₂-šu₂ MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ [a-na ...] DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| 18' | [... ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}na-na-a]-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu [ma-hir] e-ṭir u₄-mu pa-qa-ri ⸢ana muh-hi⸣ E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| 19' | {[m}ana-GAL-ka]-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{⸢ši⸣} [A {m]}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu u₂-mar-raq-ma a-di 12-TA.AM₃ a-na {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| 20' | [DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A] {⸢m⸣}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu ⸢x⸣ [x x] E₂ MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-⸢MU⸣ [A ša₂ {m]}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| r | ||
| 1 | A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ KUŠ₃-MEŠ ša₂ SILA-e-tu₂ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ ⸢ik-kaš-ši-du⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU a-na u₄-mu ⸢ṣa-a-tu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | {[lu₂]}mu-kin₇ | |
| 3 | {[m}{d}60-⸢EN⸣-šu₂-nu {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 u {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ ⸢DUMU-MEŠ⸣ ša₂ | |
| 4 | {[m}{d]}⸢UTU⸣-MU{nu} A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{⸢d⸣}60-NUMUN]-GIŠ A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{d}60-DU-A DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MU{nu} A | |
| 5 | {[m]}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A {m}kur-⸢i {m}{d⸣}60-ik-ṣur DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 6 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu {m}ap-la-a DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 7 | {m}⸢ba⸣-la-ṭu u {m}{⸢d}60-GI⸣ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-SUR A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 u {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ | |
| 8 | {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ A {m}⸢hun-zu⸣-u₂ {m}{d}60-AD-GUR DUMU ša₂ {m}MU{a} A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}ŠU-{d}60 | |
| 9 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-⸢GAL₂⸣{ši} A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ | |
| 10 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}E₂.[KUR-za]-⸢kir⸣ {m}BA{ša₂}a DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU A {m}kur-i | |
| 11 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{⸢d⸣}60-AD-URI₃ A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}NIG₂.BA-{d}60 A {m}ŠU-{d}60 | |
| 12 | {[m]}{⸢d}60-AD-GUR DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu {m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}kur-i | |
| 13 | [...] ša₂ {f}be-lit DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur AMA ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-ka-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} ša₂-ṭa-ri MU-MEŠ ša₂-ṭi-⸢rat⸣ | |
| 14 | [...]-⸢x DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ UNUG{ki} {iti}BARA₂ U₄ 15-KAM₂ MU [...] | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | {⸢na₄⸣}KIŠIB {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| t.e. v | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB {m}[...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| 2 | A {m}kur-i | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}BA{ša₂}a | |
| 2 | A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ki-din-{d}60 | |
| 2 | A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| b.e. v | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur | |
| 2 | A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| b.e. vi | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ni-din-tu₂-{d}60 | |
| 2 | A {m}⸢hun⸣-zu-u | |
| b.e. vii | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB {m}{d}60-⸢DU⸣-A | |
| 2 | A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| l.e. i' | ||
| 1 | [... {m]}{⸢d}60-AD-GUR | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. ii' | ||
| 1 | {⸢na₄⸣}[KIŠIB] {⸢m}{d}60-[...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa {m]}{⸢d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| r.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ | |
| 2 | [...]-⸢x⸣-tu₂ | |
| r.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ana-GAL-ka-{d}60 | |
| 2 | na-din ⸢E₂ MU-MEŠ⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢MU-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 3 | A <ša₂> {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu | |
| r.e. v | ||
| 1 | un-qa [...] | |
| 2 | DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-⸢ṣur⸣ | |
| r.e. vi | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ba-la-ṭu | |
| 2 | {[m}lu-uš]-tam;-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
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