BaAr 5 11 (P521863)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Uruk · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BaAr 5 11 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521863 |
| Museum no. | BM 118968 |
| 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 [2:6] o 33–o 66 | the orchard of Ahhešaya, son of Hašdiya, descendant of Šangu-Ninurta, as much as there is (of it) next to the Ninurta temple; the share which he divided with Zibaya, his uncle: |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | the upper side, next to (the property of) Erešu, descendant of Šangu-Ninurta; |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | the lower side, next to the Ninurta temple; |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | the upper front, next to (the property of) Zibaya, son of Erešu; |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | the lower front, next to the street — |
| Obverse [10:14] o 1111–o 1414 | Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribti, agreed with Ahhešaya, son of Hašdiya, a price of 3 minas and 50 shekels of block silver, (and) he purchased it for its full price. |
| Obverse [14:19] o 1515–o 1919 | Ahhešaya, son of Hašdiya has received a total of 3 minas and 50 shekels of block silver, and 7 shekels of silver 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 [19:21] o 2020–o 2121 | 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 [21:30] o 2222– | If in the future anyone from among the brothers, sons, family, relations, or kin of the house of Ahhešaya, son of Hašdiya, 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 [5:7] r 3030–r 3131 | At the sealing of that tablet: |
| Reverse [6:7] r 3131–r 3131 | Before: Nabu-zer-iddin, son of Zakir; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 3232–r 3232 | Bel-remanni, son of Kudurru; |
| Reverse [8:9] r 3333–r 3333 | Sin-bel-zeri, son of Sin-iddin; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 3434–r 3434 | Ubar, son of Balassu; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 3535–r 3535 | Bel-ahhe-iddin, son of Kudurru; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 3636–r 3636 | Nabu-ušabši, son of Nabu-naṣir; |
| Reverse [12:13] r 3737–r 3737 | Bel-eṭir, son of Nanaya-ipuš; |
| Reverse [13:14] r 3838–r 3838 | Aplaya, son of Zabidu; |
| Reverse [14:15] r 3939–r 3939 | Sin-ašared, son of Iddinaya; |
| Reverse [15:16] r 4040–r 4040 | Kudurru, son of Nadnaya; |
| Reverse [16:17] r 4141–r 4141 | Hašdiya, son of Šum-ukin; |
| Reverse [17:18] r 4242–r 4242 | and the scribe, Šulaya, son of Ibnaya. |
| Reverse [18:21] r 4343–r 4545 | Ur, 29th day of Ululu, 8th year of Šamaš-šum-ukin, king of Babylon. |
| Reverse [21:22] r 4646–r 4646 | Fingernail of Ahhešaya 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ṭup-pi A.ŠA₃ {giš}SAR {giš}GIŠIMMAR-MEŠ zaq-pu | |
| 2 | KI{ti₃} E₂ {d}nin-urta ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} | |
| 3 | {giš}SAR ša₂ {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}haš-di-ia | |
| 4 | DUMU {lu₂}E₂.BAR-{d}nin-urta ma-la ba-šu-u₂ | |
| 5 | US₂.SA.DU E₂ {d}nin-urta HA.LA ša₂ it-ti | |
| 6 | {m}zi-ba-a ŠEŠ AD-šu₂ u₂-za-ʾ-zu | |
| 7 | UŠ AN.TA US₂.SA.DU {m}e-re-šu₂ DUMU {lu₂}E₂.BAR-{d}MAŠ | |
| 8 | UŠ KI.TA US₂.SA.DU E₂ {d}nin-urta | |
| 9 | SAG.KI AN.TA US₂.SA.DU {m}zi-ba-a A {m}e-re-šu₂ | |
| 10 | SAG.KI KI.TA US₂.SA.DU su-u₂-qu | |
| 11 | ki-i 3 MA.NA 50 GIN₂ KU₃.<BABBAR> KU₃.PAD.DU | |
| 12 | {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU A {m}ki-rib-ti | |
| 13 | it-ti {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}haš-di-ia | |
| 14 | KI.LAM im-be₂-e-ma i-šam ŠAM₂-šu₂ gam-ru-tu | |
| 15 | PAB 3 MA.NA 50 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.PAD.DU u₃ 7 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 16 | ša₂ ki-i pi-i a-tar SUM.NA {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a | |
| 17 | DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}haš-di-ia ina ŠU.II {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 18 | DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ki-rib-ti ŠAM₂ {giš}SAR-šu₂ | |
| 19 | ki-i ka-sap ga-mir-ti ma-hir | |
| 20 | a-pil za-ku ru-gu-um-ma-a ul i-ši | |
| 21 | ⸢ul⸣ i-tur-ru-ma a-na a-ha-meš ul i-rag-gu-mu | |
| 22 | ⸢ma⸣-ti-ma ina EGIR UD-MEŠ ina ŠEŠ-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ | |
| 23 | IM.RI.A IM.RI.A u sa-lat ša₂ E₂ | |
| 24 | {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a DUMU {m}haš-di-ia | |
| r | ||
| 25 | ša₂ E₁₁-ma a-na UGU {giš}SAR šu-a-ti | |
| 26 | i-dab-bu-bu u₂-šad-ba-bu in-nu-u₂ | |
| 27 | u₂-paq-qa-ru um-ma {giš}SAR šu-a-ti | |
| 28 | ul na-din-ma KU₃.BABBAR ul ma-hir i-qab-bu-u₂ | |
| 29 | KU₃.BABBAR im-hu-ru a-di 12.TA.AM₃ it-ta-nap-pal | |
| 30 | ina ka-nak {im}DUB šu-ma-a-ti | |
| 31 | IGI {m}{d}NA₃-NUMUN-SUM.NA DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}za-kir | |
| 32 | {m}{d}EN-re-man-ni DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.DU | |
| 33 | {m}{d}30-EN-NUMUN DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}30-MU | |
| 34 | {m}u₂-ba-ru DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-su | |
| 35 | {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-SUM.NA DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.DU | |
| 36 | {m}{d}NA₃-GAL₂{ši} DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-URU₃{ir} | |
| 37 | {m}{d}EN-KAR{ir} DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-DU₃{uš} | |
| 38 | {m}IBILA-a DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}za-bi-du | |
| 39 | {m}{d}30-SAG.KAL DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}SUM.NA-a | |
| 40 | {m}NIG₂.DU DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}nad-na-a | |
| 41 | {m}haš-di-ia DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}MU-GI.NA | |
| 42 | u₃ {lu₂}DUB.SAR {m}šu-la-a DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ib-na-a | |
| 43 | ŠEŠ.UNUG{ki} {iti}KIN UD 29-KAM₂ | |
| 44 | MU 8-KAM₂ {d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA | |
| 45 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 46 | ṣu-<pur> {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a ki-ma {na₄}KIŠIB-šu₂ | |
| 47 | tu₂-da-a-ti | |
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