SpTU 2, 057 (P348660)
Legal, Neo-Babylonian, Uruk · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 2, 057 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348660 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | 55 shekels of silver of Nabu-zer-ušabši, son of Kunaya, incumbent on Nabu-zer-ušabši, son of Bel-ušallim. From the middle of Ayyaru, 1 shekel of silver per mina will be added on his account. |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | No other creditor can dispose of anything that is the pledge of Nabu-zer-ušabši until Nabu-zer-ušabši has received full repayment of his silver. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | Witnesses: Nabu-le˒u, son of Nabu-zakir; Kunaya, son of Nanaya-karabi; Šum-iddin, son of Balassu; Šakin-šumi, son of Aplaya and the scribe Šamaš-zer-iqiša, son of Upaqu. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | Uruk, the 10th day of Kislimu, year 2 of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon. |
| Obverse [12:17] o 1313–o 1717 | 40 shekels of silver from Nabu-[zer]-ušabši, son of Kunaya, incumbent on Nabu-zer-iqiša, [son] of Balassu. From the 1st day of the intercalary month Addaru, 1 shekel of silver per mina will be added on his account, that is without the 1/3 shekel of silver received that [...] ... Nabu-gamil, son of Labaši-ili [...].... |
| Obverse [17:21] o 1818–o 2121 | No other creditor can dispose of anything, in the city or the open country, that is pledge of Nabu-zer-ušabši until Nabu-zer-ušabši has received full repayment of his silver. |
| Obverse [21:24] o 2222–o 2424 | Witnesses: Ibnaya-Ištar, son of Bel-eriba; Ahheya, son of Eṭeru; Zerutu, son of Bišu; Nadin-ahi, son of Kudurru and the scribe Nadin-ahi, son of Kudurru. |
| Obverse [24:26] o 2525–o 2626 | Uruk, the 4th day of the intercalary Addaru, year 2 of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon. |
| Obverse [26:30] o 2727–o 3030 | 5/6 mina of silver of Nabu-zer-ušabši, son of Kunaya, incumbent on Nabu-zer-ušabši, son of Bel-mušallim. From the middle of Ayyaru, 1 shekel of silver per mina will be added on his account. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | No other creditor can dispose of anything that is the pledge of Nabu-zer-ušabši until Nabu-zer-ušabši has received full repayment of his silver. |
| Reverse [4:9] r 55–r 99 | Witnesses: Nidintu, son of Bel-ahhe-eriba; Ibnaya, son of Nanaya-karabi; Nabu-udammiq, son of Upaqu; Arad-Nabu, son of Nanaya-iddin; Šamaš-zer-iqiša, son of Upaqu. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | Uruk, the 13th day of Abu, 1st year of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon. |
| Reverse [11:19] r 1212–r 1919 | 5/6 mina of silver of Nabu-zer-ušabši, son of Kunaya, incumbent on Nadnaya, son of Nabu-ušallim. From the 4th day of Arahsamnu, 10 shekels of silver per mina will be added yearly on his account and no other creditor can dispose of Ṣule-tašmu and his sons and anything that is the pledge of Nabu-zer-ušabši until Nabu-zer-ušabši has received full repayment of his silver. |
| Reverse [19:26] r 2020–r 2626 | Witnesses: Nergal-iddin, son of Bel-uballiṭ; Bulluṭa, son of Bišu; Nergal-eṭir, son of Etel-Ištar; Ardiya, son of Iddinunu; Zerutu, son of Kunaya; Aplaya, son of Šaranni and the scribe Marduk-zer-ibni, son of Marduk-naṣir. |
| Reverse [26:29] r 2727–r 2929 | Uruk, the 4th day of Arahšamnu, year 5 of Sin-šar-iškun, king of the land of Aššur, year of the locking of the gate. |
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 | 55 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—NUMUN—GAL₂{ši} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ku-na-a | |
| 2 | ina muh-hi {m}{d}NA₃—NUMUN—GAL₂{ši} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN—u₂-šal-lim | |
| 3 | ul-tu lib₃-bi {iti}GU₄ ina muh-hi 1 ma-ne₂-e 1 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 4 | ina muh-hi-šu₂ i-rab-bi mim-mu-šu₂ ma-la ba-šu-u₂ | |
| 5 | maš-ka-nu ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—NUMUN—GAL₂{ši} {lu₂}ra-šu-u₂ ša₂-nam-ma | |
| 6 | a-na muh-hi ul i-šal-laṭ a-di {m}{d}NA₃—NUMUN—GAL₂{ši} | |
| 7 | ⸢KU₃⸣.BABBAR-šu₂ i-šal-li-mu | |
| 8 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}NA₃—DA A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—za-kir {m}ku-na-a | |
| 9 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a—SISKUR₂ {m}MU—MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-su | |
| 10 | {m}GAR—MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}A{a} u₃ {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}{d}UTU—NUMUN—BA{ša₂} | |
| 11 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}u₂-pa-qu UNUG{ki} {iti}GAN U₄ 10-KAM₂ | |
| 12 | MU 2-KAM₂ {m}{d}NA₃—⸢IBILA₂⸣—URI₃ LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 13 | 40 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ {m}{d}⸢NA₃⸣—[NUMUN—GAL₂]{ši} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ku-na-a | |
| 14 | [ina] ⸢muh⸣-hi {m}{d}NA₃—NUMUN—⸢BA⸣{[ša} A]-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-su ul-tu U₄ 1-KAM₂ | |
| 15 | ša₂ {iti}DIRI.ŠE.KIN.KU₅.DA {iti}DIRI.ŠE.KIN.KU₅.DA ina muh-hi 1 ma-ne₂-e 1 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 16 | [ina] ⸢muh-hi⸣-šu₂ i-rab-bi ša₂ la 1/3 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR mah-ru-u₂ | |
| 17 | ša₂ [...] x {m}{d}NA₃—ga-mil A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši—DINGIR | |
| 18 | [...]-x-u₂ mim-mu-šu₂ ma-la ba-šu-u₂ ša₂ IRI u EDIN | |
| 19 | ⸢maš⸣-ka-nu ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—NUMUN—GAL₂{ši} {lu₂}ra-šu-u₂ ša₂-nam-ma | |
| 20 | a-na muh-hi ul i-šal-laṭ a-di {m}{d}NA₃—NUMUN—GAL₂{ši} | |
| 21 | KU₃.BABBAR-šu₂ i-šal-li-mu | |
| 22 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}ib-na—{d}iš-tar A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN—SU{ba} | |
| 23 | {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ{e-a} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}e-ṭe₃-ru {m}NUMUN{u₂-tu} | |
| 24 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}bi-i-šu₂ {m}SUM.NA—ŠEŠ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.DU | |
| 25 | u₃ {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}SUM.NA—ŠEŠ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.DU UNUG{ki} {iti}DIRI.ŠE.KIN.KU₅.DA {iti}DIRI.ŠE.KIN.KU₅.DA | |
| 26 | U₄ 4-KAM₂ MU 2-KAM₂ {m}{d}NA₃—IBILA₂—URI₃ LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 27 | 5/6 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—NUMUN—GAL₂{ši} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ku-na-a | |
| 28 | ina muh-hi {m}{d}NA₃—NUMUN—GAL₂{ši} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN—GI | |
| 29 | ul-tu lib₃-bi {iti}GU₄ ina ⸢muh⸣-hi 1 ma-ne₃-e | |
| 30 | 1 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ina muh-hi-šu₂ i-rab-bi | |
| r | ||
| 1 | mim-mu-šu₂ ma-la ba-šu-u₂ maš-ka-nu | |
| 2 | ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—NUMUN—GAL₂{ši} {lu₂}ra-šu-u₂ ša₂-nam-ma | |
| 3 | a-na muh-hi ul i-šal-laṭ a-di {m}{d}NA₃—NUMUN—GAL₂{ši} | |
| 4 | KU₃.BABBAR-šu₂ i-šal-li-mu | |
| 5 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—SU | |
| 6 | {m}ib-na-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a—SISKUR₂ | |
| 7 | {m}{d}NA₃—SIG₅{iq} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}u₂-pa-qu | |
| 8 | {m}ARAD—{d}NA₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a—MU | |
| 9 | {m}{d}UTU—NUMUN—BA{ša₂} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}u₂-pa-qu | |
| 10 | UNUG{ki} {iti}NE U₄ 13-KAM₂ MU 1-KAM₂ | |
| 11 | {m}{d}NA₃—IBILA₂—URI₃ LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 12 | 5/6 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—NUMUN—GAL₂{ši} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ku-na-a | |
| 13 | ina muh-hi {m}nad-na-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—GI ul-tu U₄ 4-KAM₂ | |
| 14 | ša₂ {iti}APIN ina muh-hi 1 ma-ne₂-e 10 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ina muh-hi-šu₂ | |
| 15 | ša₂ MU.AN.NA i-rab-bi u₃ {f}ṣu-le-e-taš-mu u₃ DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 16 | u₃ mim-mu-šu₂ ma-la ba-šu-u₂ maš-ka-nu | |
| 17 | ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—NUMUN—GAL₂{ši} {lu₂}ra-šu-u₂ ša₂-nam-ma | |
| 18 | a-na muh-hi ul i-šal-laṭ a-di {m}{d}NA₃—NUMUN—GAL₂{ši} | |
| 19 | KU₃.BABBAR-šu₂ i-šal-li-mu | |
| 20 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}NERGALₓ(|U.GUR|)SUM.NA A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN—DIN{iṭ} | |
| 21 | {m}bul-luṭ-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}bi-i-šu₂ | |
| 22 | {m}{d}NERGALₓ(|U.GUR|)KAR{ir} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}e-tel—{d}INANA | |
| 23 | {m}ARAD{a} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}SUM{nu-nu} | |
| 24 | {m}NUMUN{u₂-tu} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ku-na-a | |
| 25 | {m}A{a} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}LUGAL{a-ni} | |
| 26 | u₃ {lu₂}DUB.SAR {m}{d}AMAR.UTU—NUMUN—DU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU—URI₃{ir} | |
| 27 | UNUG{ki} {iti}APIN U₄ 4-KAM₂ | |
| 28 | MU 5-KAM₂ {m}{d}30—LUGAL—GAR{un} | |
| 29 | LUGAL KUR aš-šur MU e-del KA₂ | |
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