SpTU 5, 286 (P348868)
Legal, Achaemenid, Uruk · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 5, 286 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348868 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 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)
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| Obverse [0:16] o 1o 1–o 1616 | Ištar-zer-ibni, son of Nabu-gamil, descendant of Rab-bani, of his own free will, gave, with Ana-tabinišu, his sister, for no change, to Rimut, son of Šuma-ukin, descendant of the Gatekeeper, his house, a waste field in the city quarter of the Šamaš Gate within Uruk of 1 sixty cubits upper length to the west, adjacent to a wide street, passage of 'The God and the King'; 1 sixty cubits lower length to the east, adjacent to the Harru-canal where (there are) 7 fruit-bearing date palms; 30 cubits upper width to the north, adjacent to the waste field of Marduk, descendant of Gimil-Nanaya and to this canal; 26 cubits lower width to the south, adjacent to the [properties] of the Lady-of-Uruk; rab-banûtu-prebend of Ištar-zer-ibni, son of Nabu-gamil, descendant of Rab-bani, (for a) total of 120 cubits for the lengths and 56 for the widths, measurement of these waste fields. (He gave) the 4th day of month Simanu, the 4th day of month Duʾuzu, these two days in total, of the rab-banûtu-prebend which (is) 2 pānu 1 sūtu (for) his arable land of the middle of Uruk (and) which (is) 2 sūtu 3 qū (for) the arable land at the Gate of Šamaš, in the dallu fields of the city wall which is adjacent to (the one of) Balaṭu, son of Nabu-bun-šutur, descendant of Rab-bani. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | Ana-tabinišu, daughter of Nabu-gamil, will have the usufruct of 4 cubits, share of Eṭirtu, sister of Ana-tabinišu. |
| Reverse [2:12] r 33–r 1212 | Witnesses: Bel-iddin, son of Nergal-iddin, descendant of Pappaya; Šullum, son of Nabu-mukin-apli, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni; Balaṭu, son of Nabu-bun-šuturu, descendant of Rab-bani; Šellebi, son of Nabu-balassu-iqbi, descendant of Ekur-[zakir]; Luṣ-ana-nur-Šamaš, son of Šulaya, descendant of Šangi-[DN]; Labaši, son of Kudurru, Anu-ikṣur, son of Nabu-[...], descendants of Rab-bani; Kinaya, son of Šamaš-šum-ukin, descendant of Mandidi; Šamaš-ibni, son of Gimillu, Zumbu, son of Nabu-zer-[...], descendant(s) of Rab-bani; Ahhešaya, son of Ištar-šum-lilbir, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni; Rimut, son of Kalbaya, descendant of Nabu-šarhi-[ili]. |
| Reverse [12:16] r 1313–r 1616 | Scribe: Balaṭu, son of Ištar-šum-uṣur, descendant of Kidin-Marduk. At Uruk, month Addaru, 20th day, 2th year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, king of the all the lands. They took the written documents at the same time. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | {[m]}{d}IN.NIN—NUMUN—DU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-ga-mil A {lu₂}GAL-⸢DU₃⸣ | |
| 2 | ⸢ina⸣ hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ E₂-su ki-šub-ba-a ⸢KI⸣{ti₃} ⸢KA₂.GAL⸣ {d}UTU | |
| 3 | ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} 1 ŠU KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {⸢tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA⸣ SILA DAGAL | |
| 4 | mu-taq DINGIR u LUGAL 1 ŠU KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}KUR.⸢RA⸣ DA {id₂}har-ri | |
| 5 | ša₂ ina lib₃-bi 7 {giš}GIŠIMMAR iṣ-ṣi bil-tu₄ 3 KUŠ₃ SAG AN.TA | |
| 6 | {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}mar-duk A {m}ŠU—{d}na-na-a | |
| 7 | u₃ ID₂ MU-MEŠ 26 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA x [(x)] | |
| 8 | ša₂ {d}GAŠAN—ša₂—UNUG{ki} {lu₂}GAL-DU₃{u₂-tu} ša₂ {m}{d}IN.NIN—NUMUN—DU₃ | |
| 9 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—ga-mil A {lu₂}GAL-DU₃ PAP 1 ME 20 KUŠ₃ US₂-MEŠ u₃ | |
| 10 | 56 SAG.KI-MEŠ mi-ši-ih-tu₄ ki-sub-ba-a MU-MEŠ | |
| 11 | U₄ 4-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}SIG₄ U₄ 4-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}ŠU PAP 2-TA U₄ ⸢MU-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 12 | {lu₂}GAL-DU₃{u₂-tu} ša₂ 2(BARIG) 1(BAN₂) ŠE.NUMUN-šu₂ ša₂ MURU₂{tu₄} IRI ša₂ ⸢UNUG⸣{ki} | |
| 13 | ša₂ ina lib₃-bi 2(BAN₂) 3 SILA₃ ŠE.NUMUN ina KA₂.GAL {d}UTU ina dal-la BAD₃ | |
| 14 | ša₂ US₂.SA.DU {m}DIN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-bu-un-šu-tur A {lu₂}GAL-DU₃ | |
| 15 | it-ti {f}a-na—ta-bi-ni-šu₂ NIN-šu₂ a-na ⸢la⸣ e-nu-u₂ | |
| 16 | a-na {m}ri-mut A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}MU—DU A {lu₂}NI.DU₈ id-di-in | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ina] lib₃-bi 4 KUŠ₃ HA.LA ša₂ {f}e-ṭir-tu₄ NIN ša₂ {f}a-na—ta-bi-[ni-šu₂] | |
| 2 | {f}a-na—ta-bi-ni-šu₂ DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—ga-mil ta-ak-ka-⸢al⸣ | |
| 3 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}EN—MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NERGALₓ(|U.GUR|)MU A {m}pap-pa-a-⸢a⸣ | |
| 4 | {m}šul-lum A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—DU—A A {m}{d}30—⸢TI⸣—ER₂ | |
| 5 | {m}ba-la-ṭu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—bu-un-šu-tu-ru A {⸢lu₂⸣}[GAL-DU₃] | |
| 6 | {m}še-el-le-bi A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—DIN-su—E A {m}E₂.⸢KUR⸣—[za-kir] | |
| 7 | {m}lu-uṣ—a-na—ZALAG₂—{d}UTU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-la-a A {lu₂}SANGA—{d}[...] | |
| 8 | {m}la-ba-ši A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.DU {m}{d}60—ik-ṣur A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}⸢NA₃⸣—[...] | |
| 9 | A {lu₂}GAL-DU₃ {m}ki-na-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU—MU—DU A {lu₂}man-⸢di-di⸣ | |
| 10 | {m}{d}UTU—DU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}gi-mil-lu {m}zu-um-bu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃—NUMUN—[...] | |
| 11 | A {lu₂}GAL-DU₃ {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ—ša₂-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}IN.NIN—MU—TIL A {m}{d}30—⸢TI⸣—[ER₂] | |
| 12 | {m}ri-mut A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}kal-ba-a A {m}{d}NA₃—šar-hi—[DINGIR-MEŠ] | |
| 13 | {lu₂}DUB.SAR {m}ba-la-ṭu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}IN.NIN—MU—u₂-⸢ṣur⸣ | |
| 14 | A {m}ki-din—{d}AMAR.UTU UNUG{ki} {iti}ŠE U₄ 20-KAM₂ MU 2-KAM₂ | |
| 15 | {m}ku-raš LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
| 16 | 1{en}TA.AM₃ ša₂-ṭa-ri il-te-qu-u₂ | |
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