BaAr 5 07 (P521860)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Uruk · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BaAr 5 07 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521860 |
| Museum no. | BM 118981 |
| 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 | One-half of an orchard, belonging to Šapik-zeri, son of Balassu, the musician, which Nabu-naṣir, son of Bulluṭa received: |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | the upper side, next to (the property of) Nabu-ušallim, son of Nadin; |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | the lower side, next to (the property of) Zer-ukin, son of Šapik-zeri — |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | Total, the orchard of Nabu-naṣir, as much as there is (of it) on the moat. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribti, agreed with Nabu-ušabši, son of Nabu-naṣir, a price of 2 minas of silver, and he purchased it for its full price. |
| Obverse [9:13] o 1010–o 1313 | Nabu-ušabši, son of Nabu-naṣir, has received a total of 2 minas of block silver, and 5 shekels of siver which he gave as an additional payment, from Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribti, as the price of his orchard, the entire amount of silver. |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414–o 1515 | 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 [15:22] o 1616–o 2222 | If in the future anyone from among the brothers, sons, family, relations, or kin of the house of Nabu-ušabši, son of Nabu-naṣir, comes forward and raises a claim over that orchard, litigates, reneges (on an earlier agreement), claims and says that that orchard has not been sold and the silver has not been received, he will pay back twelve times over the silver he received. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 23r 23–r 2525 | At the sealing of that tablet: in the presence of Ahhešaya, the governor of Uruk; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 2525–r 2525 | Before: Aplaya, son of Nabu-ereš; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 2626–r 2626 | Nabu-ušallim, son of Iddin-Nergal; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 2727–r 2727 | Nabu-gamil, son of Nabu-useppi; |
| Reverse [5:6] r 2828–r 2828 | Ahhešaya, son of Zer-iddin; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 2929–r 2929 | Naṣiru, son of Zakir; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 3030–r 3030 | Nanaya-uballiṭ, son of Nabu-naṣir; |
| Reverse [8:9] r 3131–r 3131 | Zer-ukin, son of Šapik-zeri; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 3232–r 3232 | Mušallim-Marduk, son of Ahhešaya; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 3333–r 3333 | Bel-ahhe-iddin, son of Kudurru; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 3434–r 3434 | Šakin-šumi, son of Šullum; |
| Reverse [12:13] r 3535–r 3535 | Nabu-zer-iddin, son of Bel-iddin; |
| Reverse [13:14] r 3636–r 3636 | Nabu-zer-ušabši, son of Upaqu; |
| Reverse [14:15] r 3737–r 3737 | Bel-iddin, son of Šapik; |
| Reverse [15:16] r 3838–r 3838 | and the scribe, writer of the tablet, Ammeni-ili, son of Bulluṭ. |
| Reverse [16:19] r 3939–r 4141 | Uruk, 18th day of Ṭebetu, 1st year of Šamaš-šum-ukin, king of Babylon. |
| Reverse [19:20] r 4242–r 4242 | Fingernail of Nabu-ušabši 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) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | a-hi {giš}SAR ša₂ {m}DUB-NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-su {lu₂}NAR | |
| 2 | ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-URU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}bul-luṭ-a im-hu-ru | |
| 3 | UŠ AN.TA US₂.SA.DU {m}{d}NA₃-GI A {m}na-din | |
| 4 | UŠ KI.TA US₂.SA.DU {m}NUMUN-GIN A {m}DUB-NUMUN | |
| 5 | PAB {giš}SAR ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-URU₃ ma-la ba-šu-u₂ ša₂ UGU | |
| 6 | {id₂}ha-ri-ṣu | |
| 7 | ki-i 2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU A {m}ki-rib-ti | |
| 8 | it-ti {m}{d}NA₃-GAL₂{ši} A {m}{d}NA₃-URU₃ | |
| 9 | KI.LAM im-be₂-e-ma i-šam ŠAM₂-šu₂ gam-ru-tu | |
| 10 | PAB 2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.PAD.DU u₃ 5 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ ki-i | |
| 11 | pi-i DIRI SUM.NA {m}{d}NA₃-GAL₂{ši} A {m}{d}NA₃-URU₃ | |
| 12 | ina ŠU.II {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU A {m}ki-rib-ti ŠAM₂ {giš}SAR-šu₂ | |
| 13 | ki-i ka-sap ga-mir-ti ma-hir | |
| 14 | a-pil za-ki ru-gum₂-ma-a ul i-ši | |
| 15 | ul i-tur-ru-ma a-na a-ha-meš ul i-rag-gu-mu | |
| 16 | ma-ti-ma ina EGIR UD-MEŠ ina ŠEŠ-MEŠ ⸢DUMU⸣-MEŠ | |
| 17 | IM.RI.A ni-su-ti u sa-lat ša₂ E₂ {m}{d}NA₃-GAL₂{ši} | |
| 18 | A {m}{d}NA₃-<URU₃> ša₂ E₁₁-ma a-na UGU {giš}SAR | |
| 19 | šu-a-ti i-dab-bu-bu u₂-šad-ba-bu BAL{u₂} | |
| 20 | u₂-paq-qa-ru um-ma {giš}SAR šu-a-ti | |
| 21 | ul SUM-ma KU₃.BABBAR ul ma-hir i-qab-bu-u₂ | |
| 22 | ka-sap im-hu-ru EN 12.TA.AM₃ i-ta-nap-pal | |
| r | ||
| 23 | ina ka-nak {im}DUB šu-a-ti | |
| 24 | ina GUB{zu} ša₂ {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a {lu₂}GAR UMUŠ UNUG{ki} | |
| 25 | IGI {m}IBILA-a DUMU {m}{d}NA₃-APIN{eš} | |
| 26 | {m}{d}NA₃-GI DUMU {m}MU-{d}U.GUR | |
| 27 | {m}{d}NA₃-ga-mil DUMU {m}{d}NA₃-u₂-se-pi₂ | |
| 28 | {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a DUMU {m}NUMUN-SUM.NA | |
| 29 | {m}na-ṣi-ru DUMU {m}za-kir | |
| 30 | {m}{d}na-na-a-TIN{iṭ} DUMU {m}{d}NA₃-URU₃ | |
| 31 | {m}NUMUN-GIN DUMU {m}DUB-NUMUN | |
| 32 | {m}mu-šal-lim-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a | |
| 33 | {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU {m}NIG₂.DU | |
| 34 | {m}GAR-MU DUMU {m}šul-lu-mu | |
| 35 | {m}{d}NA₃-NUMUN-MU DUMU {m}{d}EN-MU | |
| 36 | {m}{d}NA₃-NUMUN-GAL₂{ši} DUMU {m}u₂-pa-qu | |
| 37 | {m}{d}EN-MU DUMU {m}ša₂-pi-ku | |
| 38 | u₃ {lu₂}DUB.SAR ša₂-ṭir {im}DUB | |
| 39 | {m}am-me-ni-DINGIR A {m}bul-luṭ UNUG{ki} | |
| 40 | {iti}AB UD 18-KAM₂ MU 1-KAM₂ | |
| 41 | {d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 42 | ṣu-pur {m}{d}NA₃-GAL₂{ši} ki-ma {na₄}KIŠIB-šu₂ | |
| 43 | tu₂-da-a-ti | |
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