BaAr 5 05 (P521857)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Uruk · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BaAr 5 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521857 |
| Museum no. | BM 118972 |
| 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 land, an orchard planted with date palms, in the Ninurta Temple district in Uruk: |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | 300 cubits, the upper side, next to the city wall; 8i |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | 240 cubits, the lower side, next to the house of Zakir, the leather-worker; |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | 240 cubits, the upper front, next to the street; |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | 190 cubits, the lower front, next to (the property of) Zibaya, descendant of Šangu-Ninurta — |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | the orchard of Kudurru, son of Nabu-ah-ereš, (be it) more or less, as much as there is (of it) – |
| Obverse [7:11] o 88–o 1111 | Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribti, agreed with Bel-ahhe-iddin, son of Kudurru, and Nasqat, his mother, a price of 2 1/2 minas of block silver for one-half of it, and he purchased it for its full price. |
| Obverse [11:14] o 1212–o 1414 | Bel-ahhe-iddin, son of Kudurru, and Nasqat, his mother, have received a total of 2 1/2 minas of silver, together with 5 shekels of silver which he gave as an additional payment, from Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribti, as the price of the one-half of their orchard, the entire amount of silver. |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | They have been paid; they are free from claims. They shall have no legal claim; they shall not return (to court) and they shall not make any claim against one another. |
| Obverse [16:22] o 1717–o 2222 | If in the future anyone from among the brothers, sons, family, relations, or kin of the house of Bel-ahhe-iddin, son of Kudurru, comes forward and raises a claim over that one-half of the orchard, litigates, reneges (on an earlier agreement), claims and says that that 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. |
| Obverse [22:27] o 2323– | At the sealing of that tablet: in the presence of Ahhešaya, the governor of Uruk, and Balaṭu, the (temple) administrator of Eanna; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Before: Šarrani, son of Mušebši; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Nabu-ušabši, son of Damqiya; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Bel-eṭir, son of Nanaya-uballiṭ; |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Nabu-ušallim, son of Nabu-šum-iškun; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Naṣiru, son of Zakir; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Šakin-šumi, descendant of Šangu-Ninurta; |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Nabu-udammiq, son of Šulaya; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Mušallim-Marduk, son of Ahhešaya; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Iddin-ahi, son of Upaqu; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Kunaya, son of Labaši; |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Šullum, son of Damqiya; |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Nabu-naṣir, son of Immaya; |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Zer-Babili, son of Šarrani; |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | Bel-ahhe-eriba, his brother; |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | and the scribe, Bel-ipuš, descendant of Šamaš-abari. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | Uruk, 23rd day of Tašritu, 8th year of Esarhaddon, king of the world. |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | Fingernail of Bel-ahhe-iddin and Nasqat, his mother, 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 zaq-pu | |
| 2 | KI{ti₃} E₂ {d}MAŠ ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} | |
| 3 | 3 ME ina 1 KUŠ₃ UŠ AN.TA US₂.SA.DU BAD₃ URU | |
| 4 | 2 ME 40 ina 1 KUŠ₃ UŠ KI.TA DA E₂ {m}za-kir {lu₂}AŠGAB | |
| 5 | 2 ME 40 ina 1 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA US₂.SA.DU E.SIR₂ | |
| 6 | 1 ME 90 ina 1 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA US₂.SA.DU {m}zi-ba-a DUMU {lu₂}E₂.BAR-{d}MAŠ | |
| 7 | {giš}SAR ša₂ {m}NIG₂.DU DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-ŠEŠ-KAM₂ DIRI u LA₂ ma-la ba-šu-u₂ | |
| 8 | a-hu ina lib₃-bi ki-i 2 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.PAD.DU | |
| 9 | {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU {m}ki-rib-ti it-ti {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| 10 | DUMU {m}NIG₂.DU u {f}na-as-qat AMA-šu₂ KI.LAM im-be₂-e-ma | |
| 11 | i-šam ŠAM₂-šu₂ gam-ru-tu | |
| 12 | PAB 2 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR a-di 5 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ ki-i pi-i DIRI SUM.NA | |
| 13 | {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}NIG₂.DU u₃ {f}na-as-qat AMA-šu₂ | |
| 14 | ina ŠU.II {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU {m}ki-rib-ti ŠAM₂ a-hi {giš}SAR-šu₂-nu | |
| 15 | ki-i ka-sap ga-mir-ti mah-ru a-pil za-ki ru-gum₂-ma-a | |
| 16 | ul i-ši ul i-tur-ru-ma a-na a-ha-meš ul i-rag-gu-mu | |
| 17 | ma-ti-ma ina EGIR UD-MEŠ ina ŠEŠ-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ IM.RI.A ni-su-tu₂ | |
| 18 | u sa-lat ša₂ E₂ {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-SUM.NA DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.DU ša₂ E₁₁-ma | |
| 19 | a-na UGU a-hi {giš}SAR šu-a-tu₂ i-dab-bu-ub u₂-šad-ba-bu | |
| 20 | in-nu-u₂ u₂-paq-qa-ru um-ma a-hi {giš}SAR šu-a-ti | |
| 21 | ul na-din-ma kas₃-pi ul ma-hir i-qab-bu-u₂ | |
| 22 | KU₃.BABBAR im-hu-ru EN 12.TA.AM₃ i-ta-nap-pal | |
| 23 | ina ka-nak {im}DUB šu-a-tu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina GUB{zu} ša₂ {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a {lu₂}GAR UMUŠ UNUG{ki} | |
| 2 | {m}ba-la-ṭu {lu₂}ŠA₃.TAM E₂.AN.NA | |
| 3 | IGI {m}LUGAL-a-ni A {m}mu-šeb-ši | |
| 4 | {m}{d}NA₃-GAL₂{ši} A {m}SIG₅-ia | |
| 5 | {m}{d}EN-KAR{⸢ir⸣} A {m}{d}na-na-a-TIN{iṭ} | |
| 6 | {m}{d}NA₃-u₂-šal-lim A {m}{d}NA₃-MU-GAR{un} | |
| 7 | {m}na-ṣi-ru A {m}za-kir | |
| 8 | {m}GAR-MU A {lu₂}E₂.BAR-{d}MAŠ | |
| 9 | {m}{d}NA₃-SIG₅{iq} A {m}šu-la-a | |
| 10 | {m}mu-šal-lim-{d}AMAR.UTU A {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a | |
| 11 | {m}SUM.NA-ŠEŠ A {m}u₂-pa-qu | |
| 12 | {m}ku-na-a A {m}la-ba-ši | |
| 13 | {m}šul-lu-mu A {m}SIG₅-ia | |
| 14 | {m}{d}NA₃-PAB A {m}im-ma-a | |
| 15 | {m}NUMUN-TIN.TIR{ki} A {m}LUGAL-a-ni | |
| 16 | {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-SU ŠEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 17 | u₃ {lu₂}DUB.SAR {m}{d}EN-DU₃{uš} A {m}{d}UTU-ba-a-ri | |
| 18 | UNUG{ki} {iti}DU₆ UD 23-KAM₂ MU 8-KAM₂ AN.ŠAR₂-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA | |
| 19 | LUGAL ŠU₂ ṣu-pur {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-SUM.NA | |
| 20 | u₃ {f}na-as-qat AMA-šu₂ ki-ma {im}KIŠIB-šu₂-nu | |
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