HANE/M 8, 387-388 (P388065)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | HANE/M 8, 387-388 |
|---|---|
| ID | P388065 |
| Museum no. | BM 105188 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By Corò, Paola · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
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| Obverse [0:19] o 1o 1–o 1919 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Šamaš-eṭir, son of Kidin-Anu, [... voluntarily sold ... in the] seventh day and eighth day and ninth day, and tenth day; one-twe[lfth ... in the] eighteenth day, nineteenth day, and twentieth day; one-tenth [... in the] twenty-second day, twenty-third day, twenty-fourth day and twenty-fifth day [... in the] twenty-seventh day, twenty-eighth day, twenty-ninth day and thirtieth day--total: one-[third ...] his ērib-bītūtu prebend before Anu, Antu, Ištar, [...] one-third in one-thirtieth of one day in the first day, second day, third day [...] of one day in the sixteenth day, in the seventeenth day, eighteenth day and one day [...] in those days, his ērib-bītūtu prebend before Ellil, [...] all the gods of their temples; one-sixth of one day in the nineteenth day, [twentieth day ...] his cook's prebend; 2 fifths of one day in one day in the [...] day [... his] temple-butcher's prebend; one-sixth of one day of one-third in one-sixtieth of one day [... his] gerseqqûtu prebend, those prebends before Anu, Antu, Ellil, E[a, ... and] all the gods of their temples; one-sixth of a day in the fourteenth day, his prebend which is in the temple of [Belet-mati(?)] before Belet-mati and all the gods of their temples; one-sixth of one day in one day in the seventh day, [...] the temple of Belet-ṣeri, before Belet-ṣeri, all those prebends, monthly, throughout the year, guqqānû offering, eššēšu offerings and everything which pertains to those prebends which are with his brother [...] for two mina of refined silver, high quality staters of Anthiochus, as the full price, to Belessunu, daughter of Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Hunzu in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | That silver, two mina, the full price of those prebends, Nidintu-Anu received from Belessunu, daughter of Anu-ab-uṣur. He is paid in full. |
| Obverse [20:23] o 2121–o 2323 | [If a claim should arise concerning those prebends], Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Šamaš-eṭir, son of Kidin-[Anu will clear it and pay the twelve-fold penalty] to Belessunu, daughter of Anu-ab-uṣur, wife of Anu-uballiṭ [...] |
| Obverse [23:26] o 2424– | [They bear] mutual responsibility for the clearing of those prebends [...] |
| Reverse [0:12] r 1'1'–r 12'12' | [Those prebends ...] one day [...] of one day [...] and one-thirtieth [...] twenty-ninth day and thirtieth day [...] in one-thirtieth of [...] one-third in one-thirtieth [...] of [all] the gods of their temples [...] two-fifths [...] one-sixth of [...] ger[seqqûtu prebend] in the seventh day [... belong to Belessunu,] daughter [of Anu-ab-uṣur ... in perpetuity.] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | E[...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | son of [...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | X-[...] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | son of [...] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | son [...] |
| Reverse [17:22] r 18'18'– | son [...] |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | [Ring of] Kidin-Anu |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | [Ring of] Anu-ik[ṣur] |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | [Ri]ng of [Anu]-uballiṭ |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-bullissu |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 11– | Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu |
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 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-SUR A ša₂ {m}⸢BARA₂⸣-{[d}60 ...] | |
| 2 | U₄ 7-KAM₂ U₄ 8-KAM₂ U₄ 9-KAM₂ u₃ U₄ 10-KAM₂ ši-⸢in-ze⸣-[ru-u₂ ...] | |
| 3 | U₄ 18-KAM₂ U₄ 19-KAM₂ u₃ U₄ 20-KAM₂ 10{ʾu-u₂} [...] | |
| 4 | U₄ 22-KAM₂ U₄ 23-KAM₂ U₄ 24-KAM₂ u₃ U₄ 25-[KAM₂ ...] | |
| 5 | U₄ 27-KAM₂ U₄ 28-KAM₂ U₄ 29-KAM₂ u₃ U₄ 30-KAM₂ ⸢PAP šal⸣-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 6 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} IGI {d}60 an-tu₄ {d}INANA {⸢d⸣}[...] | |
| 7 | šal-šu₂ ina 30{ʾu-u₂} ša₂ 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 1-KAM₂ U₄ 2-KAM₂ U₄ 3-⸢KAM₂⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | ša₂ 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 16-KAM₂ ina U₄ 17-KAM₂ U₄ 18-KAM₂ u₃ 1{en} u₄-⸢mu⸣ [...] | |
| 9 | ⸢ina u₄⸣-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} IGI {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}[...] | |
| 10 | DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-šu₂-nu gab-bi ši-iš-šu₂ ša₂ 1{en} u₄-mu ina ⸢U₄⸣ 19-KAM₂ ⸢U₄⸣ [...] | |
| 11 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ {lu₂}MUHALDIM{u₂-tu₂} 2 ha-an-zu ša₂ 1{en} u₄-⸢mu ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ x-[KAM₂ ... GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂] | |
| 12 | {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-tu₂} ši-iš-šu₂ ša₂ 1{en} u₄-mu ša₂ šal-⸢šu₂⸣ ina 60{ʾu-u₂} ša₂ 1{en} ⸢u₄⸣-[mu ... GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂] | |
| 13 | {lu₂}GIR₃.SIG{u₂-tu₂} GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ IGI {d}60 an-tu₄ {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}⸢e₂-a⸣ [...] | |
| 14 | DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-šu₂-nu gab-bi ši-iš-šu₂ ša₂ u₄-mu ina U₄ 14-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ ša₂ ina E₂ [...] | |
| 15 | IGI {d}GAŠAN-KUR u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-šu₂ gab-bi ši-iš-šu₂ ša₂ 1{en} u₄-mu ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 7-[KAM₂ ...] | |
| 16 | E₂ {d}GAŠAN-EDIN IGI {d}GAŠAN-EDIN GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ gab-bi ša₂ ITI{us-su} ⸢kal⸣ [MU.AN.NA gu-uq-qa-ne₂-e U₄.EŠ.EŠ-MEŠ u₃] | |
| 17 | mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ ik-kaš-ši-du ša₂ KI {lu₂}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 18 | 2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su bab-⸢ba⸣-[nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {f}GAŠAN-su-nu] | |
| 19 | DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ DAM {⸢m⸣}{[d}60-DIN{iṭ} ...] | |
| 20 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 2 MA.NA ŠAM₂ ⸢GIŠ⸣.[ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| 21 | ina ŠU-MIN {f}GAŠAN-su-nu DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ ma-hir e-⸢ṭir₃⸣ [u₄-mu pa-qa-ri ana muh-hi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ] | |
| 22 | ⸢it⸣-tab-šu-u₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-SUR A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{[d}60 ...] | |
| 23 | [a]-⸢na⸣ {f}GAŠAN-su-nu DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ DAM {m}{d}60-DIN{⸢iṭ⸣} [...] | |
| 24 | [pu]-⸢u₂⸣-ut a-ha-a-miš a-na mu-ur-ru-qu ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-⸢MEŠ⸣ [MU-MEŠ ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] 1{⸢en⸣} u₄-⸢mu⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ša₂ 1{en} u₄-⸢mu⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...]-KAM₂ u 30{ʾu-u₂} [...] | |
| 5' | U₄ 29-KAM₂ u₃ U₄ 30-[KAM₂ ...] | |
| 6' | ina 30{ʾu-u₂} ša₂ [...] | |
| 7' | šal-šu₂ ina 30{⸢ʾu⸣-[u₂} ...] | |
| 8' | ša₂ DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-[MEŠ ...] | |
| 9' | 2 ha-an-⸢zu⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | ši-iš-šu₂ ša₂ [...] | |
| 11' | {lu₂}GIR₃.[SIG{u₂-tu₂} ...] | |
| 12' | ina U₄ 7-[KAM₂ ...] | |
| 13' | DUMU.MUNUS [...] | |
| 14' | {m}E₂-[...] | |
| 15' | A ša₂ [...] | |
| 16' | {m}x-[...] | |
| 17' | A ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] | |
| 18' | A [...] | |
| 19' | A [...] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {[m]}BARA₂-{d}60 | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢ik⸣-[ṣur] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [x] | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [x] | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {[m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{⸢nu⸣} | |
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