BaAr 5 13a (P493141)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Uruk · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BaAr 5 13a |
|---|---|
| ID | P493141 |
| Museum no. | AO 10347 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By Frame, G. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
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| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | Tablet concerning a built house, with doorframes in place, a roofed house with door(s) (and) lock(s) installed, in the Eanna district in Uruk: |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | 57 cubits, the upper side on the west, next to the house of Nanaya-uṣalli, son of Zakir; |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | 57 cubits, the lower side on the east, next to the broad street, the thoroughfare of the god and the king; |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | 32 cubits, the upper front on the north, next to the house of Nabu-bel-ili, son of Bel-idua; |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | 32 cubits, the lower front on the south, next to the no-through alley — |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111–o 1313 | Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribti, agreed with Mukin-zeri, son of Ahhešaya, a price of 10 minas of silver, (and) he purchased it for its full price. |
| Obverse [13:16] o 1414–o 1616 | Mukin-zeri, son of Ahhešaya has received a total of 10 minas of block silver from Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribti, as the price of his house, the entire amount of silver. |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818 | He has been paid, he is free from claims. He shall have no legal claim; they shall not return (to court) and they shall not make any claim against one another. |
| Obverse [18:27] o 1919– | If in the future anyone from among the brothers, sons, family, relations, or kin of the house of Mukin-zeri, son of Ahhešaya, comes forward and raises a claim over that house, litigates, reneges (on an earlier agreement), claims and says that that house has not been sold and the silver has not been received, he will pay back twelve times over the silver he received. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 2626–r 2929 | At the sealing of that tablet: in the presence of Nabu-ušabši, the governor of Uruk; Nabu-iqiša, the (temple) administrator of Eanna; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 2929–r 2929 | Before: Nergal-ibni, son of Nabu-ušallim; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 3030–r 3030 | Belšunu, son of Balassu; |
| Reverse [8:9] r 3131–r 3131 | Bel-ereš, son of Šuzubu; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 3232–r 3232 | Ṣillaya, son of Šumaya; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 3333–r 3333 | Balassu, son of Ubar; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 3434–r 3434 | Nabu-iqiša, son of Erešu; |
| Reverse [12:13] r 3535–r 3535 | Nergal-uballiṭ, son of Ubar; |
| Reverse [13:14] r 3636–r 3636 | Iddinaya, son of Bel-ipuš; |
| Reverse [14:15] r 3737–r 3737 | Bel-uballiṭ, son of Balassu; |
| Reverse [15:16] r 3838–r 3838 | and the scribe, writer of the tablet, Mukin-zeri, son of Šakin-šumi. |
| Reverse [16:18] r 3939–r 4040 | Uruk, 9th day of Arahsamnu, 10th year of Šamaš-šum-ukin, king of Babylon. |
| Reverse [18:19] r 4141–r 4141 | Fingernail of Mukin-zeri is marked in place of his seal. |
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 | ⸢ṭup-pi⸣ E₂ ep-šu₂ sip-pu rak-($ over erasure? $)-su E₂ rug-gu-bu {giš}IG | |
| 2 | {giš}SAG.KUL kun-nu KI{ti₃} E₂.AN.NA ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} | |
| 3 | 57 ina 1 KUŠ₃ UŠ AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ | |
| 4 | {m}{d}na-na-a-u₂-ṣal-li DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}za-kir | |
| 5 | 57 ina 1 KUŠ₃ UŠ KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA | |
| 6 | DA SILA ⸢DAGAL⸣ mu-taq DINGIR u LUGAL | |
| 7 | 32 ina 1 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ | |
| 8 | ⸢DA⸣ E₂ {m}{d}NA₃-EN-DINGIR-MEŠ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-i-du-u₂-a | |
| 9 | 32 ina 1 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU | |
| 10 | DA bi-ri-ti la a-ṣi-ti | |
| 11 | ki-i 10 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ki-rib-ti | |
| 12 | ⸢it⸣-ti {m}GIN-NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a | |
| 13 | KI.LAM im-be₂-e-ma i-šam ŠAM₂-šu₂ gam-ru-tu | |
| 14 | PAB 10 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.PAD.⸢DU⸣($ erased $) {m}GIN-NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ŠEŠ-ME-ša₂-a | |
| 15 | ina ŠU.II {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ki-rib-ti | |
| 16 | ŠAM₂ E₂-šu₂ ki-i ka-sap ga-mir-ti ma-hir | |
| 17 | a-pil za-ki ru-gum₂-ma-ʾ ul i-ši | |
| 18 | ul GUR-MEŠ-ma a-na a-ha-meš ul i-rag-gum₂-mu | |
| 19 | ma-ti-ma ina EGIR UD-MEŠ ina ŠEŠ-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ | |
| 20 | IM.RI.A IM.RI.A u sa-lat ša₂ E₂ {m}GIN-NUMUN | |
| 21 | DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a ša₂ E₁₁-ma ana muh-($ erasure $)-hi | |
| 22 | E₂ šu-a-ti i-dab-bu-bu u₂-šad-ba-bu | |
| r | ||
| 23 | in-nu-u₂ u₂-paq-qa-ru um-ma E₂ UR₅.MEŠ | |
| 24 | ul SUM-ma kas₃-pi ul ma-hir i-qab-bu-u₂ | |
| 25 | ka-sap im-hu-ru EN 12.TA.AM₃ i-ta-nap-pal | |
| 26 | ina ka-nak {im}DUB MU.MEŠ | |
| 27 | ina GUB{zu} ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-GAL₂{ši} {lu₂}GAR UMUŠ UNUG{ki} | |
| 28 | {m}{d}NA₃-BA{ša₂} {lu₂}ŠA₃.TAM E₂.AN.NA | |
| 29 | IGI {m}{d}U.GUR-ib-ni A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-GI | |
| 30 | {m}EN-šu₂-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-su | |
| 31 | {m}{d}EN-KAM₂ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-zu-bu | |
| 32 | {m}ṣil-la-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šu-ma-a | |
| 33 | {m}ba-laṭ-su A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}u₂-bar | |
| 34 | {m}{d}NA₃-BA{ša₂} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}e-re-ši | |
| 35 | {m}{d}U.GUR-TIN{iṭ} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}u₂-bar | |
| 36 | {m}SUM.NA-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-DU₃{uš} | |
| 37 | {m}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-su {m}ba-laṭ-su A {m}{d}NA₃-MU-KAM₂ | |
| 38 | u {lu₂}DUB.SAR ša₂-ṭir {im}DUB {m}GIN-NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}GAR-MU | |
| 39 | UNUG{ki} {iti}APIN UD 9-($ erasure $)-KAM₂ | |
| 40 | MU 10-KAM₂ {d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 41 | UMBIN {m}GIN-NUMUN GIM {im}KIŠIB-šu₂ tu₂-da-a-ta | |
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