BaAr 5 04a (P521855)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Uruk · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BaAr 5 04a |
|---|---|
| ID | P521855 |
| Museum no. | BM 118970 |
| 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)
| Line | English |
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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 Ah-iddin-Marduk, son of Aplaya, a price of 2 minas of silver, (and) he purchased it for its full price. |
| Obverse [13:17] o 1414–o 1717 | Ah-iddin-Marduk, son of Aplaya, has received a total of 2 minas of block silver, and 2 shekels of silver which was given as an additional payment, from Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribti, as the price of his house, the entire amount of silver. |
| Obverse [17:19] o 1818–o 1919 | 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 [19:28] o 2020– | If in the future anyone from among the brothers, sons, family, relations, or kin of the house of Ah-iddin-Marduk, 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 [2:4] r 33–r 44 | (An oath by the) life of Marduk and Zarpanitu was sworn; (an oath by the) life of the god and the king was sworn. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | At the sealing of that tablet: in the presence of Ea-zer-iqiša, descendant of Amukanu; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Before: Naʾid-belani, son of Aya-rimi; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Mušezib-Marduk, son of Nabu-zer-ukin; |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Mar-Bel-alsi, son of Nabu-ahhe-iddin; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Iddin-ahi, son of Upaqu; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Nabu-zer-ibni, descendant of Nabunnaya; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Nanaya-uballiṭ, son of Zerutu; |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Bel-remanni, son of Upaqu; |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Bel-ereš, son of Bulluṭ; |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Nergal-ibni, son of Nabu-ah-ereš; |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | Ezu-u-pašir, son of Ammeni-ili; |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | Bulluṭa, son of Ahhe-eriba; |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | Balassu, son of Bulluṭ; |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | and the scribe, writer of the tablet, Nabu-šum-lišir, son of Nabu-zer-ukin. |
| Reverse [19:21] r 2020–r 2121 | Šapiya, 5th day of Tašritu, 8th year of Esarhaddon, king of the world. |
| Reverse [21:22] r 2222–r 2222 | Fingernail of Ah-iddin-Marduk 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 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 2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU A {m}ki-rib-ti | |
| 12 | it-ti {m}ŠEŠ-SUM.NA-{d}AMAR.UTU A {m}IBILA-a KI.LAM | |
| 13 | im-be₂-e-ma i-šam ŠAM₂-šu₂ gam-ru-tu | |
| 14 | PAB 2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.PAD.DU u₃ 2 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ ki-i | |
| 15 | pi-i at-ru SUM{nu} {m}ŠEŠ-SUM.NA-{d}AMAR.UTU A {m}A-a | |
| 16 | ina ŠU.II {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU A {m}ki-rib-ti | |
| 17 | ŠAM₂ E₂-šu₂ ki-i ka-sap ga-mir-ti ma-hir | |
| 18 | a-pil za-ki ru-gum₂-ma-a ul i-ši | |
| 19 | ul i-tur-ru-ma a-na a-ha-meš ul i-rag-gu-mu | |
| 20 | ma-ti-ma ina EGIR UD-MEŠ ina ŠEŠ-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ | |
| 21 | IM.RI.A IM.RI.A u sa-lat ša₂ E₂ | |
| 22 | {m}ŠEŠ-SUM.NA-{d}AMAR.UTU ša₂ E₁₁-ma a-na muh-hi | |
| 23 | E₂ šu-a-ti i-dab-bu-bu u₂-šad-ba-bu | |
| 24 | in-nu-u₂ u₂-paq-qa-ru um-ma E₂ šu-a-ti | |
| 25 | ul SUM-ma KU₃.BABBAR ul ma-hir | |
| r | ||
| 1 | i-qab-bu-u₂ ka-sap im-hu-ru | |
| 2 | EN 12.TA.AM₃ it-ta-nap-pal | |
| 3 | niš {d}AMAR.UTU u {d}⸢zar⸣-pa-ni-tu₄ za-ki-ir | |
| 4 | niš DINGIR u LUGAL za-ki-ir | |
| 5 | ina ka-nak {im}DUB šu-a-ti | |
| 6 | ina GUB{zu} ša₂ {m}{d}e₂-a-NUMUN-BA{ša₂} A {m}a-muk-a-nu | |
| 7 | IGI {m}na-ʾ-id-EN-a-ni A {m}a-a-ri-mi-i | |
| 8 | {m}mu-<še>-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU A {m}{d}NA₃-NUMUN-GIN | |
| 9 | {m}DUMU-{d}EN-al-si A {m}{d}NA₃-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-SUM.NA | |
| 10 | {m}SUM.NA-ŠEŠ A {m}u₂-pa-qu | |
| 11 | {m}{d}NA₃-NUMUN-ib-ni A {m}na-bu-un-na-a-a | |
| 12 | {m}{d}na-na-a-TIN{iṭ} A {m}NUMUN-u₂-tu | |
| 13 | {m}{d}EN-re-man-ni A {m}u₂-pa-qu | |
| 14 | {m}{d}EN-APIN{eš} A {m}bul-luṭ | |
| 15 | {m}{d}U.GUR-ib-ni A {m}{d}NA₃-ŠEŠ-KAM₂ | |
| 16 | {m}e-zu-u-pa-šir₃ A {m}am-me-ni-DINGIR | |
| 17 | {m}bul-luṭ-a A {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-eri-ba | |
| 18 | {m}ba-laṭ-su A {m}bul-luṭ | |
| 19 | u₃ {lu₂}UMBISAG ša₂-ṭir {im}DUB {m}{d}NA₃-MU-SI.SA₂ | |
| 20 | A {m}{d}NA₃-NUMUN-GIN {uru}ša₂-pi-ia {iti}DU₆ | |
| 21 | UD 5-KAM₂ MU 8-KAM₂ AN.ŠAR₂-ŠEŠ-MU LUGAL ŠU₂ | |
| 22 | ṣu-pur {m}ŠEŠ-SUM.NA-{d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 23 | ki-ma {im}KIŠIB-šu₂ | |
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