BaAr 5 01 (P521852)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Uruk · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BaAr 5 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521852 |
| Museum no. | BM 118964 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | Tablet concerning a derelict house to be torn down and rebuilt, in the Market Gate district of Uruk: |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | 55 cubits, the upper side on the north, next to the house of Ibnaya, son of Ah-šubši; |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | 55 cubits, the lower side on the south, next to the house of Nabu-ušezib, son of Damiru; |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | 30 cubits, the upper front on the west, next to the house of Nanaya-ipuš, son of Pirʾu; |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | 30 cubits, the lower front on the east, next to the broad street, the thoroughfare of the god and the king — |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111–o 1313 | Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribti, agreed with Ina-teši-eṭir, son of Nabu-zer-iddin, a price of 1 1/2 minas of silver, (and) he purchased it for its full price. |
| Obverse [13:16] o 1414–o 1616 | Ina-teši-eṭir, son of Nabu-zer-iddin, received from Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribti, the total of 1 1/2 minas of block silver, the price of his house, the entire amount of silver. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | He has been paid; he is free from claims. He will have no legal claim; they shall not return (to court) and they shall not make any claim with one another. |
| Obverse [17:24] o 1818–o 2424 | If in the future anyone from among the brothers, sons, descendants, family and kin of the house of Ina-teši-eṭir 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. |
| Obverse [24:28] o 2525– | At the sealing of that document: in the presence of Ina-teši-eṭir, the governor of Uruk; Nabu-naṣir, the (temple) administrator of Eanna; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 2828–r 2828 | Before: Bel-ereš, son of Ah-šubši; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 2929–r 2929 | Šarrani, son of Mušebši; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 3030–r 3030 | Nabu-zer-ibni, son of Rimutu; |
| Reverse [5:6] r 3131–r 3131 | Šaridu, son of Rimutu; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 3232–r 3232 | Bel-naṣir, son of Nabu-iddin; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 3333–r 3333 | Nergal-ibni, son of Nabu-ušallim; |
| Reverse [8:9] r 3434–r 3434 | Šarhisa, son of Nabu-šum-ušarši; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 3535–r 3535 | Bel-ipuš, son of Bel-ereš; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 3636–r 3636 | Ammeni-ili, son of Bulluṭ; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 3737–r 3737 | Nabu-šum-ereš, son of Ahhe-eriba; |
| Reverse [12:13] r 3838–r 3838 | Burašu, son of Arad-Nergal; |
| Reverse [13:14] r 3939–r 3939 | Ṣillaya, son of Kiribti; |
| Reverse [14:15] r 4040–r 4040 | Balaṭu, son of Bel-leʾi; |
| Reverse [15:16] r 4141–r 4141 | Nabu-šar-ahhešu, son of Ina-teši-eṭir; |
| Reverse [16:17] r 4242–r 4242 | Nergal-naṣir, son of Zakir; |
| Reverse [17:18] r 4343–r 4343 | and the scribe, writer of the sealed tablet, Ibnaya, son of Dummuqaya. |
| Reverse [18:21] r 4444–r 4646 | Uruk, 23rd day of Duʾuzu, 3rd year of Esarhaddon, king of the lands. |
| Reverse [21:22] r 4747–r 4747 | Fingernail of Ina-teši-eṭir 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) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | ṭup-pi E₂ ab-tu ša₂ na-pa-ṣu u e-pe-šu₂ | |
| 2 | KI{ti₃} KA₂-KI.LAM ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} | |
| 3 | 55 ina 1 KUŠ₃ UŠ AN.TA {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ | |
| 4 | DA E₂ {m}ib-na-a A {m}ŠEŠ-šub-ši | |
| 5 | 55 ina 1 KUŠ₃ UŠ KI.TA {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU | |
| 6 | DA E₂ {m}{d}NA₃-u₂-še-zib A {m}da-mi-ru | |
| 7 | 30 ina 1 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU | |
| 8 | DA E₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-DU₃{uš} A {m}pir-ʾu | |
| 9 | 30 ina 1 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA | |
| 10 | DA SILA rap-šu₂ mu-taq DINGIR u LUGAL | |
| 11 | ki-i 1 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU A {m}ki-rib-ti | |
| 12 | it-ti {m}ina-SUH₃-SUR A {m}{d}NA₃-NUMUN-SUM.NA KI.LAM | |
| 13 | im-be₂-e-ma i-šam ŠAM₂-šu₂ gam-ru-tu | |
| 14 | PAB 1 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.PAD.DU {m}ina-SUH₃-SUR A {m}{d}NA₃-NUMUN-MU | |
| 15 | ina ŠU.II {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU A {m}ki-rib-ti ŠAM₂ E₂-šu₂ | |
| 16 | ki-i ka-sap ga-mir-ti ma-hir | |
| 17 | a-pil za-ki ru-gum₂-ma-a ul i-ši ul i-tur-ru-ma | |
| 18 | a-na a-ha-meš ul i-rag-gu-mu ma-ti-ma | |
| 19 | ina EGIR-MEŠ u₄-mu ina ŠEŠ-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ | |
| 20 | IM.RI.A u sa-lat ša₂ E₂ {m}ina-SUH₃-SUR ša₂ E₁₁-ma | |
| 21 | a-na UGU E₂ šu-a-ti i-dab-bu-bu | |
| 22 | u-šad-ba-bu BAL{u₂} u-paq-qa-ru | |
| 23 | um-ma E₂ šu-a-ti ul SUM-ma KU₃.BABBAR ul ma-hir | |
| 24 | ⸢i⸣-qab-bu-u₂ KU₃.BABBAR im-hu-ru EN 12.TA.AM₃ i-ta-nap-pal | |
| 25 | [ina] ka-nak {im}KIŠIB šu-ma-a-tu₄ | |
| r | ||
| 26 | ina GUB{zu} ša₂ {m}ina-SUH₃-SUR {lu₂}GAR UMUŠ UNUG{ki} | |
| 27 | {m}{d}NA₃-URU₃{ir} {lu₂}ŠA₃.TAM E₂.AN.NA | |
| 28 | IGI {m}{d}EN-KAM₂ A {m}ŠEŠ-šub-ši | |
| 29 | {m}LUGAL-a-ni A {m}mu-šeb-ši | |
| 30 | {m}{d}NA₃-NUMUN-ib-ni A {m}re-mu-tu | |
| 31 | {m}ša₂-ri-du A {m}re-mu-tu | |
| 32 | {m}{d}EN-URU₃{ir} A {m}{d}NA₃-MU | |
| 33 | {m}{d}U.GUR-ib-ni A {m}{d}NA₃-GI | |
| 34 | {m}šar-hi-sa A {m}{d}NA₃-MU-TUK{ši} | |
| 35 | {m}{d}EN-DU₃{uš} A {m}{d}EN-KAM₂ | |
| 36 | {m}am-me-ni-DINGIR A {m}bul-luṭ | |
| 37 | {m}{d}NA₃-MU-KAM₂ A {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-eri-ba | |
| 38 | {m}bu-ra-šu₂ A {m}IR₃-{d}GIR₄.KU₃ | |
| 39 | {m}ṣil-la-a A {m}ki-rib-ti | |
| 40 | {m}ba-la-ṭu A {m}{d}EN-DA | |
| 41 | {m}{d}NA₃-LUGAL-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ A {m}ina-SUH₃-KAR{ir} | |
| 42 | {m}{d}U.GUR-URU₃{ir} A {m}za-kir | |
| 43 | u₃ {lu₂}DUB.SAR ša₂-ṭir {im}KIŠIB {m}ib-na-a | |
| 44 | A {m}du-um-mu-qa-a UNUG{ki} | |
| 45 | {iti}ŠU UD 23-KAM₂ MU 3-KAM₂ | |
| 46 | AN.ŠAR₂-ŠEŠ-MU LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
| 47 | UMBIN {m}ina-SUH₃-SUR ki-ma {im}KIŠIB-šu₂ | |
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