SpTU 2, 055 (P348658)
Legal, Neo-Babylonian, Uruk · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 2, 055 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348658 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By ORACC project cams/gkab · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | Tablet of a waste field [... in] the canal Harru of Nabu which is inside Uruk. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | 37 cubits upper length to the [south] beside the house of Bel-ah-iddin, [son of PN]; |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | 37 cubits lower length to the north beside the house of Ahhešaya, son of [PN]; |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | 20 cubits upper width to the [east] beside the house of Marduk-eriba, son of Ilšu-šarranni; |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | 20 cubits lower width to the west beside the narrow street without exit [...]. |
| Obverse [11:15] o 1212–o 1515 | Šamaš-iddin, son of Abaya-ili, agreed the price together with Erra-gamil, son of Bel-ibni, for 1/3 (mina) 3 shekels of silver in blocks and (Šamaš-iddin) bought his field at the full price. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | Total: 1/3 (mina) 3 1/2 shekels of silver in blocks together with 1/2 shekel of silver which have been given as the additional (payment). |
| Obverse [16:19] o 1717–o 1919 | Erra-gamil, son of Bel-ibni, has received, from the hands of Šamaš-iddin, son of Abaya-ili, the price of his field for the complete payment. He is paid. |
| Obverse [19:21] o 2020–o 2121 | (Šamaš-iddin) is free (from claim). There will be no claim. They will not return and they will not raise a claim against each other. |
| Obverse [21:31] o 2222– | At any time in the future, (anyone from the) brothers, sons, family, relatives or allies of the house of Erra-gamil, son of Bel-ibni, who will raise and claim concerning that field; induce (somebody) to make claim; retract; raise a claim or to provide a claimant saying: "That field was not sold; the silver was not received"; (this one) will repay the silver (Erra-gamil) received up to twelvefold. |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | At the sealing of that tablet were present Marduk-šum-uṣur the governor of Uruk (and) Marduk-nadin-šumi, the šatammu of Eanna. |
| Reverse [10:19] r 1111–r 1919 | In the presence of Nabu-zer-ibni, son of Iddin-Nergal; Bel-usati, son of Nabu-nadin-apli, the herald; Nadnaya, son of Kunaya; Šamaš-iddin, son of Nabu-nadin-apli, the [...]; Ištar-zer-ibni, son of Ištar-ah-iddin ... [...], descendant of Šangi-DN; Marduk-eriba, son of Nabu-zer-iddin [...], descendant of Šangi-Ninurta [...] and the scribe Itti-ilišu-balaṭu, son of Nabu-[...], descendant of Šangi-Ninurta. |
| Reverse [19:22] r 2020–r 2222 | Uruk, month Kislimu, day 11, year 14, Nabopolassar, king of Babylon [...]. |
| Reverse [22:24] r 2323–r 2424 | Nail of Erra-[gamil] instead of [his seal ...]. |
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 | ṭup-pi A.ŠA₃ ki-šub-⸢ba⸣-[a ...] | |
| 2 | {id₂}har-ri ša₂ {d}MUATI x [...] | |
| 3 | ša₂ qe₂-reb ⸢UNUG⸣{[ki]} | |
| 4 | 37 ⸢ina 1 KUŠ₃⸣ US₂ AN.TA {⸢tu₁₅⸣}[U₁₈.LU] | |
| 5 | ⸢DA⸣ E₂ {m}{d}EN—ŠEŠ—⸢MU⸣ [A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}...] | |
| 6 | 37 ina 1 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI.TA {tu₁₅}⸢SI⸣.[SA₂] | |
| 7 | DA E₂ {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {⸢m⸣}[...] | |
| 8 | 20 ina 1 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA {⸢tu₁₅⸣}[KUR.RA] | |
| 9 | DA E₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU—SU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}DINGIR-šu₂—LUGAL{an-ni} | |
| 10 | 20 ina 1 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU | |
| 11 | DA SILA qat₂-nu la a-ṣu-u₂ [...] | |
| 12 | ⸢ki 1/3 3 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.PAD.DU {m}{d}UTU—MU | |
| 13 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}AD{aʾ}DINGIR it-ti {m}{d}ER₃.RA—ga-mil | |
| 14 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN—DU₃ GANBA im-be-e-ma | |
| 15 | i-šam ŠAM₂ ⸢A.ŠA₃⸣-šu₂ gam-ru-tu | |
| 16 | PAP 1/3 3.1/2 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.PAD.DU a-di 1/2 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 17 | ša₂ a-ki-i a-tar SUM{nu} {m}{d}ER₃.RA—ga-mil | |
| 18 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN—DU₃ ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}UTU—MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}AD{aʾ}DINGIR | |
| 19 | ŠAM₂ A.ŠA₃-šu₂ ki-i ka-sap | |
| 20 | TIL{tu₂} ma-hir a-pil za-ku ru-gum₂-ma | |
| 21 | NU TUKU NU GUR-MEŠ-ma ana a-ha-miš | |
| 22 | NU DU₁₁-MEŠ ma-ti-ma ina EGIR u₄-mu | |
| 23 | ŠEŠ-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ IM.RI.A ni-su-tu ; u sa-lat | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša₂ E₂ {m}{d}ER₃.RA—ga-mil A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN—DU₃ | |
| 2 | ša₂ E₁₁-ma a-na muh-hi A.ŠA₃ BI-MEŠ | |
| 3 | i-dab-bu-ub u₂-šad-ba-bu BAL{u₂} | |
| 4 | u₂-paq-qa-ru u pa-qi₂-ra-nu u₂-šar-šu-u | |
| 5 | um-ma A.ŠA₃ šu-MEŠ ul SUM-ma KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 6 | ul ma-hir i-qab-bu-u₂ ka-sap | |
| 7 | im-hur-ru EN 12-TA.AM₃ i-ta-nap-pal | |
| 8 | ina ⸢ka⸣-nak {im}DUB MU-MEŠ MU.MU-šu₂-ma | |
| 9 | {m}{d}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU—MU—URI₃ {lu₂}GAR.UMUŠ {lu₂}GAR.UMUŠ UNUG{ki} | |
| 10 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU—na-din—MU {lu₂}ŠA₃.TAM E₂.AN.NA | |
| 11 | IGI {m}{d}MUATI—NUMUN—DU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}MU—{d}U.GUR | |
| 12 | {m}{d}EN—{u₂}KUR A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—SUM—A {lu₂}NIMGIR | |
| 13 | {⸢m}nad⸣-na-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ku-na-a | |
| 14 | {[m]}{⸢d⸣}UTU—MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—SUM—A {lu₂}x-[...] | |
| 15 | {[m]}{d}INANA—NUMUN—DU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}INANA—ŠEŠ—MU {⸢lu₂⸣}[...] | |
| 16 | DUMU {lu₂}SANGA—{⸢d⸣}[...] | |
| 17 | {m}AMAR.UTU—KU₄ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—NUMUN—⸢MU⸣ [...] | |
| 18 | DUMU {lu₂}SANGA—{d}MAŠ [...] | |
| 19 | u {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}KI—DINGIR-šu₂—DIN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—x [...] | |
| 20 | DUMU {lu₂}SANGA—{d}MAŠ UNUG{ki} | |
| 21 | {iti}GAN U₄ 11-KAM₂ MU 14-[KAM₂] | |
| 22 | {m}{⸢d}NA₃⸣—A—PAP LUGAL ⸢TIN.TIR⸣{[ki} ...] | |
| 23 | UMBIN {m}{d}ER₃.⸢RA⸣—[ga-mil] | |
| 24 | ki-ma {im}[KIŠIB-šu₂ ...] | |
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- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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