SpTU 5, 312 (P348894)
Legal, Achaemenid, Uruk · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 5, 312 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348894 |
| 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)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1'o 1'–o 2'2' | [...]. Eriba, [son of Mukin-apli, descendant of Gimil-Nanaya], agreed a price [together with Šamaš-zer-lišir, son of Šamaš]-iddin, descendant of Rab-bani [...] ... for 2 minas [2 shekels ...] and then, (Eriba) paid the price [...] .... |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | On the 18th [...], Šamaš-zer-lišir, son of Šamaš-iddin, descendant of Rab-bani, went before Eriba. He spoke to Eriba, saying in the following way: |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | "The price of my prebend you gave me for the 2 minas 2 shekels of silver with the ginnu-mark ... [...] ... that arable land of 3 pānu 3 sūtu is (too) small." |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | As 1/2 mina 4 shekels of silver with the ginnu-mark in addition to the 2 minas 2 shekels that Eriba gave to Šamaš-zer-lišir were in deficit. |
| Obverse [7:11] o 8'8'– | Šamaš-zer-lišir, son of Šamaš-iddin, descendant of Rab-bani took [...] ... 1/2 minas [4 shekels of silver] with the ginnu-mark, the price of his prebend for his full payment, in the hands of Eriba, son of Mukin-apli, descendant of Gimil-Nanaya. |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 1b.e. 1–b.e. 22 | [... 3 pānu] 3 sūtu of arable land, tenency dues in barley, beside the city wall and the Harriṣu-canal and ...+1 cubits upper width [beside] the Harriṣu-canal. |
| Bottom [2:4] b.e. 33– | ... 41 cubits lower width beside the field belonging to the field of [...]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | 41 cubits upper length beside the field of Balaṭu, son of Šulaya, descendant of Rab-bani and rab-banûtu-prebend of ... [...]. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | ... cubits lower length beside the field belonging to the field of ... [...] ... [...] estate with date palms of any 3 days of rab-banûtu-prebend. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | ... [...] ... the price Šamaš-zer-lišir imposed and so he provided (the field) to Eriba, [son of] Mukin-apli, descendant of Gimil-Nanaya. |
| Reverse [5:10] r 66–r 1010 | Witnesses: Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Šamaš-šum-ukin, descendant of Kidin-Marduk; Nabu-ah-iddin, son of Hahhuru; Arad-Šamaš, son of [...]-ah-iddin, descendant of Marduk-napšu; Iqiša, son of Mukin-apli [...] ...; Libluṭ, son of Bel-ah-ušabši [...]; Nanaya-iddin, son of Nidinti-Anu, descendant of Rab-bani; [...] |
| Reverse [10:13] r 1111– | (traces) |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 1r.e. 1–r.e. 1r.e. 1 | on his right ... (gloss: break). |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] {⸢m}eri⸣-[ba A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}DU—A A {m}ŠU—{d}na-na-a it-ti {m}{d}UTU—NUMUN—GIŠ] | |
| 2' | [A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU]—⸢MU⸣ A {lu₂}GAL-⸢DU₃⸣ [...] x ⸢ki⸣ 2 ⸢MA⸣.[NA 2 GIN₂] | |
| 3' | [KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ gin₃-nu GANBA] ⸢im⸣-be₂-e-ma ŠAM₂ [...] x GANBA U₄ 18-⸢KAM₂⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | {[m}{d]}⸢UTU⸣—NUMUN—GIŠ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU—MU A {lu₂}GAL-DU₃ a-na pa-ni {m}eri-ba ⸢DU⸣ | |
| 5' | ⸢a-na⸣ {m}eri-ba iq-bi ⸢um⸣-ma ŠA₃ a-na 2 MA.NA 2 GIN₂ <KU₃.BABBAR> ša₂ gin₃-nu x [...] AK | |
| 6' | ŠE.NUMUN a₄ 3(BARIG) 3(BAN₂) ŠAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-ia₂ ta-⸢ad⸣-din-ni i-ṣi | |
| 7' | ⸢ak-ki⸣ 1/2 MA.NA 4 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ gin₃-nu e-lat 2 MA.NA 2 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 8' | {m}⸢eri⸣-ba a-na {<m>}{d}UTU—NUMUN—GIŠ id-din LUGUD₂{⸢ri⸣}ma 1/2 MA.NA | |
| 9' | 4 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR] ša₂ gin₃-nu {m}{d}UTU—NUMUN—GIŠ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU—MU A {lu₂}GAL-DU₃ ŠAM₂ | |
| 10' | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ ki-ma ⸢ka-sap⸣ TIL{tu₂} ina ŠU-MIN {m}eri-⸢ba⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}DU—A A {m}ŠU—{d}na-na-a iṣ-[bat ... 3(BARIG) 3(BAN₂) ŠE.NUMUN ZA₃.<LU> ŠE.⸢BAR⸣ | |
| 2 | DA BAD₃ u₃ ha-ri-iṣ u₃ x x 1 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA{tu₄} | |
| 3 | [DA ha]-⸢ri-iṣ⸣ x 41 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA{tu₄} [DA] A.ŠA₃ ŠA₃ A.ŠA₃ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x (x)] 41 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} DA A.ŠA₃ ša₂ {m}DIN A <ša₂> {m}šu-la-⸢a⸣ u₃ {lu₂}GAL-DU₃{tu₂} | |
| 2 | ša₂ x [...] x KUŠ₃ US₂ KI.TA{u₂} DA A.ŠA₃ ŠA₃ A.ŠA₃ x [...] x x [...] | |
| 3 | x x [...]-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ E₂ {giš}GIŠIMMAR ša₂ 3-TA u₄-me {lu₂}GAL-DU₃{u₂-[tu₂]} | |
| 4 | x ⸢DA⸣ [...] x ⸢GANBA⸣ {m}{d}UTU—NUMUN—GIŠ im-⸢mi⸣-[id]-ma | |
| 5 | a-na {m}⸢eri⸣-[ba A-šu₂ ša₂] {⸢m⸣}DU—A A {m}ŠU—{d}na-na-a u₂-ša₂-[aṣ]-bi-it | |
| 6 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {⸢m}{d}60—DIN-su—E A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU—MU—DU A {m}ki-din—{d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 7 | {⸢m}{d}NA₃⸣—ŠEŠ—MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ha-ah-hu-ru {m}ARAD—{d}UTU A-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 8 | [... x]—ŠEŠ—MU A {m}{d}ŠU₂—nap-šu₂ {m}BA{ša₂} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}DU—A [...] | |
| 9 | [...] TU₂ A {m}lib-luṭ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN—⸢ah⸣—GAL₂{ši} [...] | |
| 10 | [... {m]}{⸢d}na⸣-na-a—MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ni-din-⸢ti⸣—{d}60 A {lu₂}⸢GAL⸣-[DU₃ ...] | |
| 11 | [...] x x [...] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | x 15-šu₂ {{ hi-pi₂ }} | |
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