VS 15, 52 (P342505)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | VS 15, 52 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342505 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08567 |
| 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 [0:18] o 1o 1–o 1818 | Anu-belšunu, son of Kidin-Anu, son of Labaši, descendant of Ahʾutu, voluntarily sold his developed house (and) his undeveloped plot of land in the Adad temple quarter that is in Uruk: 42 1/2 units of upper length on the west adjacent to another measured plot of that house; 42 1/2 units of lower length on the east adjacent to the house of Rubuttu, daughter of Anu-ikṣur (and) wife of Anu-belšunu, son of Mukin-apli, and adjacent to the house of Anu-belšunu, son of Mukin-apli; 6 units of upper width on the north, adjacent to the house of Amat-AMA.ARHUŠ, daughter of Tanittu-Anu (and) wife of Anu-belšunu, son of Tanittu-Anu; 10 units of lower width on the south, adjacent to the house of the sons of Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin ...; another measurement of that house: upper length on the north, adjacent to the house of Amat-AMA-ARHUŠ, daughter of Tanittu-Anu [... on the] south, adjacent to the house of the sons of Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin [... n] units of upper width on the west, adjacent to his house, the access-way of Amat-AMA-ARHUŠ, daughter of Tanittu-Anu and the access-way of that house, and adjacent to the <house of the> sons of Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin [... n units of] lower width to the east, adjacent to the house of Amat-AMA-ARHUŠ and the previous measured plot of land of that house [...] undeveloped plot [... n units] of [lower] length to the south, adjacent to the undeveloped plot of Anu-bullissu, son of Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin [... n] units of upper width to the west, adjacent to the house of the sons of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-iqišanni; [... n units of lower width on the] east, adjacent to the access-way of that house --- that house and undeveloped plot, as little and as much as there is, all (of it), n [sheqels of refined silver], high-quality staters of Antiochus [as the full price of that house and undeveloped plot to PN] son of Tattanu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. |
| Obverse [18:27] o 1919– | [That n sheqels of silver], the complete price of that house and undeveloped plot [he received from PN son of Tattanu]. He is paid. When a claim concerning that house and undeveloped plot [should arise, PN], his brother, son of Tanittu-Anu [... will clear it] in perpetuity. [...] Ina-qibit-Anu [...] Anu-... [...] son of ...-Anu, descendant of Ahʾutu [... it in perpetuity]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness(es): ... son of ... descendant of Ahʾutu; Anu-mar-iddin, son of ...; Kidin-Anu, son of ... descendant of Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [8:11] r 99–r 1111 | Nidintu-Anu, son of ... and Anu-..., son of ... descendant of ...; Tanittu-Anu, son of ... son of ... descendant of Kuri |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Rihat-Ištar, son of ..., descendant of Ekur-zakir; Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Dannat-Belti, descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | Nanaya-iddin, son of Anu-mukin-apli, descendant of Luštammar-Adad; Nidintu-[Ištar, son of ...] sepīr of the property of Anu |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | Nidintu-Anu, scribe, son of ... descendant of Sin-leqi-unnini. (Written in) Uruk, 23rd day of Duʾuzu, year 124, Antiochus and Seleucus (being) kings. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | [Ring of ...] |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | [Ring of ...] |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | [Ring of] Nanaya-iddin |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 11– | [Ring of] Anu-ah-iddin |
| Top Column v [0:3] t.e. v 11– | [Ri]ng of Nidintu-Ištar |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-mar-ittannu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Rihat-Ištar |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Anu-belšunu, son of Kidin-Anu, seller of [...] |
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) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | {[m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A ša₂ {m]}⸢ki⸣-din-{d}60 A {m}⸢la⸣-ba-ši A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ E₂-su ep₂-šu₂ | |
| 2 | ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ KI{ti₃} E₂ {d}IŠKUR ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} 42 1/2 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}MAR.TU | |
| 3 | DA meš-hat ša₂-ni-tu₂ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ 42 1/2 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂ {f}NUN-ut-tu₄ DUMU.MUNUS | |
| 4 | ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur DAM {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A ša₂ {m}DU-A u DA E₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A ša₂ {m}DU-A 6 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI | |
| 5 | AN.TA {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ {f}GEME₂-{d}AMA.ARHUŠ DUMU.MUNUS {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 DAM {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A ša₂ | |
| 6 | {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 10 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢NUMUN⸣-[MU] | |
| 7 | ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢meš⸣-hat ša₂-ni-tu₄ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ US₂ AN {tu₁₅}2 DA E₂ {f}GEME₂-{d}AMA.ARHUŠ DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ | |
| 8 | {m}⸢ta⸣-[nit-tu₄]-{⸢d}60 [...] {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU [...] | |
| 9 | ⸢SAG⸣.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}[MAR].⸢TU⸣ DA E₂-šu₂ mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ {f}GEME₂-{d}AMA.ARHUŠ DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ | |
| 10 | {m}[ta]-⸢nit⸣-tu₄-{d}60 u mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ u DA A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-[NUMUN-MU ...] | |
| 11 | SAG.⸢KI⸣ [KI].TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA [E₂ {f}GEME₂]-{d}AMA.ARHUŠ u meš-hat IGI{ti₃} ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ [...] | |
| 12 | ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢ki-šub⸣-[ba-a ...] | |
| 13 | US₂ [x] ⸢x⸣ {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ [x ki]-⸢šub⸣-ba-a ša₂ {m}{⸢d⸣}60-DIN]-su A ša₂ {m}{d}[...] | |
| 14 | US₂ ⸢x⸣ [... {tu₁₅]}⸢U₁₈⸣.LU DA ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su A ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-[MU ...] | |
| 15 | SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an-⸢ni⸣ [...] | |
| 16 | {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ i-ṣi [u ma-a-du] | |
| 17 | ma-la ba-šu-⸢u₂⸣ [gab]-bi a-na ⸢x GIN₂⸣ [... KU₃.BABBAR] ⸢is⸣-ta-⸢tir⸣-[ra-nu ...] | |
| 18 | ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su bab-ba-nu-⸢u₂⸣-[tu₂ ... ...] | |
| 19 | A ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu A {m}E₂.KUR-[za-kir ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ŠAM₂ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ [...] | |
| 2 | e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-[na muh-hi] E₂ [u ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ ...] | |
| 3 | ŠEŠ-šu₂ A ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{⸢d⸣}60 ...] | |
| 4 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-⸢a⸣-[tu₂ ...] | |
| 5 | {m}ina-⸢qi₂-bit⸣-{[d}60 ...] | |
| 6 | {m}{d}60-[x ...] | |
| 7 | A ša₂ {m}[...]-{⸢d}60 A⸣ {m}⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[ʾu-u₂-tu ...] | |
| 8 | {lu₂}⸢mu⸣-[kin₇ ... A ša₂ ... A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂]-tu₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU A ša₂ {m}⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 9 | {m}BARA₂-{[d}60 ... A ša₂ ... A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu]-u₂-tu₂ {m}NIG₂.⸢SUM⸣.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}[...] | |
| 10 | u {m}{⸢d}60-[... A ša₂ ... A ...] {m}[...] {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| 11 | A ša₂ {m}[...] A ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A {m}kur-i | |
| 12 | {m}ri-[hat-{d}INANA A ša₂ ... A {m}E₂.KUR]-za-kir {m}{⸢d⸣}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ]-MU A ša₂ {m}BAD₄-{<d>}GAŠAN | |
| 13 | A {m}lu-[uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}{d}na-na-a]-MU A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DU-A A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}⸢IŠKUR⸣ | |
| 14 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{[d}INANA A ša₂ ...] {⸢lu₂}se⸣-pir NIG₂.GA {d}60 | |
| 15 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 {lu₂}[UMBISAG A ša₂ ... A {m]}{d}30-TI-ER₂ UNUG{ki} {iti}ŠU U₄(ITI) 23 | |
| 16 | MU 124 {m}an-⸢ti⸣-[ʾi-i-ku-su u {m]}⸢se⸣-lu-ku A-šu₂ LUGAL-MEŠ | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {⸢m}{d}na⸣-na-a-MU | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU | |
| t.e. v | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}INANA | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {⸢m}{d}60-DUMU⸣-MU{nu} | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | {[m}{d}60-EN]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu ⸢DUMU⸣ {[m}ki-din-{d}60 | |
| 2 | {lu₂}⸢na⸣-[din ...] | |
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