BaAr 5 03 (P521854)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Uruk · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BaAr 5 03 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521854 |
| Museum no. | BM 118979 |
| 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 land, an orchard planted with date palms and an unbuilt plot, in the Ninurta Temple district in Uruk: |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | 350 cubits, the upper side, next to the city wall; |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | 300 cubits, the lower side, next to (the property of) Zakir, the leather-worker; |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | 300 cubits, the upper front, next to (the property of) Eanna-ibni, the potter, and the street; |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | 200 cubits, the lower front, next to (the property of) Zibaya, son of Erešu — |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | total, the land of Kudurru, son of Nabu-ah-ereš, as much as there is (of it) next to the Ninurta temple. |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99–o 1212 | Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribti, agreed with Bel-ahhe-iddin, son of Kudurru, a price of 2 1/2 minas of silver for one-half of it, and he purchased it for its full price. |
| Obverse [12:16] o 1313–o 1616 | Bel-ahhe-iddin, son of Kudurru and N[asqat], his mother, [have received] a total of 2 1/2 minas of silver, together with 5 shekels of silver, which was given as an additional payment, from Mušezib-Marduk, son of [Kiribti, as the price of the one-half] of their orchard, [the enti]re [amount of silver]. |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818 | [They has been paid]; they are free from claims. They shall ha[ve no legal] claim; [they shall not return (to court) and they shall not make any claim] against [one another]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | says that th[at one-half of the orchard has not been sold and the silver has not been received, he will pay back twelve times over] the silver he received. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | At the sealing of [that tablet]: in the presence of Ahhe[šaya, the governor of Uruk], and Balaṭu, [the (temple) administrator] of Eanna; |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Before: Šarrani, son of Mušebši; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Nabu-ušabši, son of Damqiya; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Bel-eṭir, son of Nanaya-uballiṭ; |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Nabu-ušallim, son of Nabu-šum-iškun; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Naṣiru, son of Zakir; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Šakin-šumi, descendant of Šangu-Ninurta; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Mušallim-Marduk, son of Ahhešaya; |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Nabu-udammiq, son of Šulaya; |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Iddin-ahi, son of Upaqu; |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Šullum, son of Damqiya; |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | Nabu-naṣir, son of Immaya; |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | Zer-Babili, son of Šarrani; |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | Bel-ahhe-eriba, his brother; |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | Kunaya, son of Labaši; |
| Reverse [19:20] r 2020–r 2020 | and the scribe, Bel-ipuš, descendant of Šamaš-abari. |
| Reverse [20:21] r 2121–r 2121 | Uruk, 23rd day of Tašritu, 7th year of Esarhaddon, king of the world. |
| Reverse [21:22] r 2222–r 2222 | Fingernail of Bel-ahhe-iddin and Nasqat in place of their 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 A.⸢ŠA₃⸣ {giš}SAR {giš}GIŠIMMAR-ME zaq-⸢pu⸣ | |
| 2 | u₃ ki-šub-bu-u₂ KI{ti₃} E₂ {d}MAŠ ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} | |
| 3 | 3 ME 50 ina 1 KUŠ₃ UŠ AN.TA US₂.SA.DU BAD₃ URU | |
| 4 | 3 ME ina 1 KUŠ₃ UŠ KI.TA US₂.SA.DU {m}za-kir {lu₂}AŠ₂($ text: MA $).GAB | |
| 5 | 3 ME ina 1 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA US₂.SA.DU {m}E₂.AN.NA-DU₃ {lu₂}BAHAR₂($ text: E.QA.BUR $) u SILA | |
| 6 | 2 ME ina 1 KUŠ₃ ZAG KI.TA US₂.SA.DU {m}zi-ba-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}e-re-šu₂ | |
| 7 | PAB A.ŠA₃ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.DU DUMU {m}{d}NA₃-ŠEŠ-APIN{eš} | |
| 8 | ma-la ba-šu₂-u₂ ša₂ DA E₂ {d}nin-urta | |
| 9 | a-hi ina lib₃-bi ki-⸢i⸣ 2 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 10 | {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ki-rib-ti | |
| 11 | it-ti {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-SUM.NA DUMU {m}NIG₂.DU | |
| 12 | ⸢KI⸣.LAM im-be₂-e-ma i-šam ši-me-šu₂ TIL-MEŠ | |
| 13 | ⸢PAB⸣ 2 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR a-di 5 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ ki-i pi-⸢i DIRI⸣ | |
| 14 | ⸢SUM⸣{nu} {m}{d}⸢EN-ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-MU DUMU {m}⸢NIG₂⸣.DU ⸢u₃⸣ {f}⸢na⸣-[as-qat] | |
| 15 | ⸢AMA⸣-šu₂ ina [ŠU.II] {m}mu-⸢še-zib-{d}AMAR⸣.UTU DUMU {[m}ki-rib-ti] | |
| 16 | [ŠAM₂ a-hi] {⸢giš⸣}SAR-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu ki-i ka-sap ga-mir]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 17 | [mah-ru a-pil] ⸢za⸣-ki ⸢ru⸣-[gum₂-ma-a ul i]-ši | |
| 18 | [ul i-tur-ru-ma] a-⸢na⸣ [a-ha-meš ul i-rag-gu]-mu | |
| 19 | [...] x | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a-hi {giš}SAR] ⸢šu-a⸣-[ti ul na-din-ma kas₃-pi ul ma-hir] | |
| 2 | [i]-⸢qab-bu-u₂ KU₃⸣.BABBAR im-⸢hu⸣-[ru EN 12.TA.AM₃ i-ta-nap-pal] | |
| 3 | ina ka-nak {im}[DUB šu-a-tu₂] | |
| 4 | ina GUB{zu} ša₂ {m}ŠEŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣-[ša₂-a {lu₂]}⸢GAR UMUŠ UNUG⸣{[ki]} | |
| 5 | u₃ {m}ba-la-ṭu {lu₂}[ŠA₃.TAM] E₂.⸢AN.NA⸣ | |
| 6 | IGI {m}LUGAL-a-ni DUMU {m}mu-šeb-ši | |
| 7 | {m}{d}NA₃-GAL₂{ši} DUMU {m}SIG₅-ia | |
| 8 | {m}{d}EN-⸢KAR⸣{ir} ⸢DUMU⸣ {m}{d}na-na-a-TIN{⸢iṭ⸣} | |
| 9 | {m}{d}NA₃-⸢u₂⸣-šal-lim DUMU {m}{d}NA₃-MU-GAR{un} | |
| 10 | {m}na-ṣi-ru DUMU {m}za-ki-ru | |
| 11 | {m}GAR-MU DUMU {lu₂}E₂.BAR-{d}MAŠ | |
| 12 | {m}mu-šal-lim-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a | |
| 13 | {m}{d}NA₃-SIG₅{iq} DUMU {m}šu-la-a | |
| 14 | {m}SUM.NA-ŠEŠ DUMU {m}u₂-pa-qu | |
| 15 | {m}šul-lu-mu DUMU {m}SIG₇-ia | |
| 16 | {m}{d}NA₃-URU₃{ir} DUMU {m}im-ma-a | |
| 17 | {m}NUMUN-TIN.TIR{ki} DUMU {m}LUGAL-a-ni | |
| 18 | {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-SU ŠEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 19 | {m}ku-na-a DUMU {m}la-ba-ši | |
| 20 | u {lu₂}DUB.SAR {m}{d}EN-DU₃{uš} DUMU {m}{d}UTU-ba-a-ri | |
| 21 | UNUG{ki} {iti}DU₆ UD 23-KAM₂ MU 7-KAM₂ AN.ŠAR₂-ŠEŠ-MU | |
| 22 | LUGAL kiš-šat ṣu-pur {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU u {f}na-as-qat ki-ma {na₄}KIŠIB-šu₂-nu | |
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