BaAr 5 12 (P521864)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Uruk · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BaAr 5 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521864 |
| Museum no. | BM 118967 |
| 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 a built house, with doorframes in place, a roofed house, with door(s) (and) lock(s) installed, in the Eanna district in Uruk: |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | 57 cubits, the upper side on the west, next to the house of Nanaya-uṣalli, son of Zakir; |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | 57 cubits, the lower side on the east, next to the broad street, the thoroughfare of the god and the king; |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | 32 cubits, the upper front on the north, next to the house of Nabu-bel-ili, son of Bel-uduʾa; |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | 32 cubits, the lower front on the south, next to the no-through alley — |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111–o 1313 | Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribti, agreed with Mukin-zeri, son of Ahhešaya, a price of 10 minas of silver, (and) he purchased it for its full price. |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414–o 1515 | Mukin-zeri, son of Ahhešaya has received a total of 10 minas of block silver, from Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribti, as the price of his house, the entire amount of silver. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | 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 [16:23] o 1717–o 2323 | If in the future anyone from among the brothers, sons, family, relations, or kin of the house of Mukin-zeri, son of Ahhešaya, 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 [re]ceived, he will pay back twe[l]ve times over the silver he received. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 24r 24–r 2727 | At the sealing of that tablet: in the presence of Nabu-ušabši, the governor of Uruk; Nabu-iqiša, the (temple) administrator of Eanna; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 2727–r 2727 | Before: Nergal-ibni, son of Nabu-ušallim; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 2828–r 2828 | Belšunu, son of Balassu; |
| Reverse [5:6] r 2929–r 2929 | Bel-ahhe-eriba, son of Šarrani; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 3030–r 3030 | Bel-uballiṭ, son of Balassu； |
| Reverse [7:8] r 3131–r 3131 | Bel-ušezib, son of Labaši; |
| Reverse [8:9] r 3232–r 3232 | Nabu-iqiša, son of Erešu; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 3333–r 3333 | Balassu, son of Ubar; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 3434–r 3434 | Šakin-šumi, son of Šullum; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 3535–r 3535 | Nergal-uballiṭ, son of Ubar; |
| Reverse [12:13] r 3636–r 3636 | Bel-ah-iddin, son of Eṭeru; |
| Reverse [13:14] r 3737–r 3737 | Nabu-zer-ibni, son of Bel-ikṣur; |
| Reverse [14:15] r 3838–r 3838 | [and the s]cribe, Mukin-zeri, son of Šakin-šumi. |
| Reverse [15:17] r 3939–r 4040 | Uruk, 5th day of Ṭebetu, 9th year of Šamaš-šum-ukin, king of Babylon. |
| Reverse [17:20] r 4141–r 4343 | Fingernail of Mukin-zeri 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 | ⸢ṭup⸣-pi E₂ ep-šu₂ sip-pu rak-su E₂ rug-gu-bu {giš}IG {giš}SAG.KUL ⸢kun⸣-nu | |
| 2 | KI{ti₃} E₂.AN.NA ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} | |
| 3 | 57 ina 1 KUŠ₃ UŠ AN.TA {⸢tu₁₅⸣}MAR.TU DA ⸢E₂⸣ | |
| 4 | {m}{d}na-na-a-⸢u₂⸣-ṣal-li DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}za-kir | |
| 5 | 57 ina 1 KUŠ₃ UŠ KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA | |
| 6 | DA SILA DAGAL mu-taq DINGIR u LUGAL | |
| 7 | 32 ina 1 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ | |
| 8 | DA E₂ {m}{d}NA₃-EN-DINGIR-MEŠ DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-u₂-du-u₂-a | |
| 9 | 32 ina 1 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU | |
| 10 | DA bi-ri-ti ⸢la⸣ a-ṣi-ti | |
| 11 | ki-i 10 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU {m}ki-rib-ti | |
| 12 | it-ti {m}GIN-NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a KI.LAM im-be₂-e-ma | |
| 13 | i-šam ŠAM₂-šu₂ gam-ru-tu | |
| 14 | PAB 10 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.PAD.DU {m}GIN-NUMUN DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a ina ŠU.II {m}mu-še-zib-{d}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU | |
| 15 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}⸢ki⸣-rib-ti ŠAM₂ E₂-šu₂ ki-i ka-sap ga-mir-tu₂ ma-hir | |
| 16 | a-pil za-ki ru-gum₂-ma-a ul i-ši ul i-tur-ru-ma a-na a-ha-meš | |
| 17 | ul ⸢i⸣-rag-gu-mu ma-ti-ma ina EGIR-MEŠ u₄-me ina ŠEŠ-MEŠ | |
| 18 | DUMU-⸢MEŠ⸣ IM.RI.A ni-su-tu₂ u sa-lat ša₂ E₂ {m}GIN-NUMUN | |
| 19 | DUMU-šu₂ [ša₂] {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a ša₂ E₁₁-ma a-na UGU E₂ šu-a-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 20 | i-dab-⸢bu⸣-ub u₂-šad-ba-⸢bu⸣ in-nu-u₂ u₂-paq-qa-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 21 | ⸢um-ma⸣ [E₂] ⸢šu-a⸣-tu₂ ul SUM-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 22 | ⸢KU₃⸣.BABBAR ⸢ul⸣ [ma]-⸢hir⸣ i-qab-bu-u₂ KU₃.BABBAR im-hu-ru | |
| 23 | ⸢a⸣-di 12.[TA].AM₃ i-ta-nap-pal | |
| r | ||
| 24 | ina ka-nak {im}DUB šu-a-tu₂ | |
| 25 | ina GUB{zu} ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-GAL₂{ši} {lu₂}GAR UMUŠ UNUG{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 26 | {m}{d}NA₃-BA{ša₂} {lu₂}ŠA₃.TAM E₂.AN.⸢NA⸣ | |
| 27 | IGI {m}{d}U.GUR-ib-ni A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-GI | |
| 28 | {m}EN-šu₂-nu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-⸢su⸣ | |
| 29 | {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-SU A-šu₂ ⸢ša₂⸣ {m}⸢LUGAL⸣-a-ni | |
| 30 | {m}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}⸢ba-laṭ-su⸣ | |
| 31 | {m}{d}EN-u₂-še-zib ⸢A⸣-šu₂ ša₂ {m}⸢la⸣-ba-ši | |
| 32 | {m}{d}NA₃-BA{ša₂} ⸢A⸣-šu₂ ša₂ {m}⸢e⸣-re-ši | |
| 33 | {m}ba-laṭ-su A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}⸢u₂⸣-bar | |
| 34 | {m}GAR-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šul-lu-mu | |
| 35 | {m}{d}U.GUR-TIN{iṭ} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}⸢u₂⸣-bar | |
| 36 | {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}e-ṭe₃-ri | |
| 37 | {m}{d}NA₃-NUMUN-DU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}EN-ik-⸢ṣur⸣ | |
| 38 | [u {lu₂]}⸢UMBISAG⸣ {m}GIN-NUMUN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}GAR-MU | |
| 39 | ⸢UNUG⸣{ki} {iti}AB UD 5-KAM₂ | |
| 40 | MU 9-KAM₂ {d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA | |
| 41 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} ṣu-pur | |
| 42 | {m}GIN-NUMUN ki-ma {na₄}KIŠIB-šu₂ | |
| 43 | tu₂-da-a-ti | |
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