SpTU 2, 056 (P348659)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 2, 056 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348659 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 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 [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | 2 minas, 1/3 shekel of silver which has one-eighth (shekel of alloy) in each shekel [of] Arad-Ištar, son of Bel-iddin, descendant of Kuri and Nabu-balassu-iqbi, son of Nabu-eṭir, descendant of Sin-leqe-unninni, (are) incumbent on Arad-Ištar, son of Bel-iddin, descendant of Kuri; Nabu-balassu-iqbi, son of Nabu-eṭir, descendant of Sin-leqe-unninni; Nabu-ban-ahi, son of Arad-Nabu, descendant of ṣāhitu-sattukki; Nabu-šum-uṣur, son of Mardu-naṣir, descendant of Kuri; Bel-ibni, son of Nergal-ipuš, descendant of PN and Nadin, son of Bel-le˒i, descendant of Sin-leqe-unninni. |
| Bottom [0:5] b.e. 1b.e. 1– | Where Arad-Ištar and Nabu-balassu-iqbi will pay the local tariff, they will pay together that silver of [2] minas, 1/3 shekel [...] at the fixed date of the payment. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Each bears responsibility for payment of the silver for both of them. |
| Reverse [2:7] r 33–r 77 | Witnesses: Arad-Ištar, son of Tabneʾa, descendant of Nangariya; Ištar-iqiša, son of Amel-Nanaya, descendant of Pahari; Silim-Bel, son of Nabu-šaqu-ana-ili, descendant of Nagaru (and) Nergal-iddin, son of Iqbaya. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Scribe: Libluṭ, son of Marduk-naṣir, descendant of Gimil-Nanaya. |
| Reverse [8:12] r 99– | Babylon, the month Ululu, 28th day, accession year of Evil-Merodach, king of Babylon. |
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 | 2 MA.NA 1/3 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ ina 1 GIN₂ bit-qa | |
| 2 | [ša₂] {⸢m⸣}ARAD—{d}IN.NIN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{⸢d}EN⸣—MU A {m}kur-i | |
| 3 | u₃ {m}{d}NA₃—DIN-su—iq-bi A-šu₂ <ša₂> {m}{d}NA₃—SUR A {m}{d}30—TI—ER₂ | |
| 4 | ina muh-hi {m}ARAD—{d}IN.NIN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN—MU A {m}kur-i | |
| 5 | {m}{d}NA₃—DIN-su—iq-bi ⸢A⸣-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—SUR A {m}{d}30—TI—ER₂ | |
| 6 | {m}{⸢d}NA₃⸣—DU₃—ŠEŠ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ARAD—{d}NA₃ A {lu₂}I₃.⸢ŠUR⸣—SA₂.DUG₄ | |
| 7 | {m}{⸢d}NA₃⸣—MU—⸢URI₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU⸣—PAB A {m}⸢kur-i⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | {m}{d}EN—DU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NERGALₓ(|U.GUR|)DU₃{uš} ⸢A {m⸣}x-x [...] | |
| 9 | u {m}na-din A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN—DA A {m}{d}30—TI—ER₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | a-šar ni-is-hi {m}ARAD—{d}IN.NIN | |
| 2 | u {m}{d}NA₃—DIN-su—⸢iq⸣-bi i-na-⸢as-sa-hu⸣-ni | |
| 3 | KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 2 MA.NA 1/3 GIN₂ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | it-ti a-ha-miš ina a-dan-ni ša₂ KU₃.BABBAR ⸢iṭ-ṭi₃⸣-ir | |
| 2 | 1{en} pu-ut 2{i} a-na e-ṭe-er ša₂ KU₃.BABBAR na-šu₂-u₂ | |
| 3 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}ARAD—{d}IN.NIN A-<šu₂ ša₂> {m}tab-ne₂-e-a | |
| 4 | A {m}na-an-ga-ri-ia₂ {m}{d}IN.NIN—⸢BA⸣{ša} | |
| 5 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}LU₂—{d}na-na-a A {m}{lu₂}⸢BAHAR₂⸣ | |
| 6 | {m}si-lim—{d}EN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—ša₂-qu—a-na—DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 7 | A {m}{lu₂}NAGAR {m}{d}IGI.DU—MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}iq-ba-a | |
| 8 | {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}lib-luṭ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU—na-ṣir | |
| 9 | A {m}ŠU—{d}na-na-a TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}⸢KIN⸣ | |
| 10 | U₄ 28-KAM₂ ⸢MU⸣ SAG NAM.LUGAL.LA.[KE₄] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | {[m]}{d}LU₂—{d}AMAR.UTU LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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