BaAr 5 14a (P521865)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Uruk · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BaAr 5 14a |
|---|---|
| ID | P521865 |
| Museum no. | IM 057079 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| 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 an orchard plan[ted] with date palms, in the Ninurta Temple district i[n Uruk]: |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | One-half of the orchard belonging to Bel-ahhe-iddin, son of Ku[durru], which (he owns) with Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kirib[ti] — his share which is in the orchard which (he owns) with Mušezib-[Marduk] — |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | the total of his (plot of) ground, which is next to the Ninurta temple, as much as there is (of it). |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kirib[ti], agreed with Bel-ahhe-iddin, son of Kudurru, a price of 5 minas of silver, and he purchased it for its full price. |
| Obverse [9:13] o 1010–o 1313 | Bel-ahhe-iddin, son of Kudurru, has received a total of 5 minas of block silver, and 10 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 [15:24] o 1616–o 2424 | If in the future anyone from among the brothers, sons, [fa]mily, relations, or kin of the house of Bel-ahhe-iddin, comes forward and raises a claim over that orchard, litigates, reneges (on an earlier agreement), claims or causes (him) to acquire a claimant, 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. |
| Obverse [24:29] o 2525– | At the sealing of that tablet: in the presence of Nabu-ušabši, the governor of U[ruk], and Nabu-iqiša, the (temple) administrator of Eanna; |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2828–r 2828 | Before: Bel-upahhir, son of Bel-ipuš; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 2929–r 2929 | Before: Nabu-leʾi, son of Balassu; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 3030–r 3030 | Before: Naṣiru, son of Zakir; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 3131–r 3131 | Eṭeru, son of Marduku; |
| Reverse [5:6] r 3232–r 3232 | Ibnaya, son of Nabu-ušallim; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 3333–r 3333 | Bel-iddin, son of Ṣillaya; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 3434–r 3434 | Marduku, son of Nabu-ušabši; |
| Reverse [8:9] r 3535–r 3535 | Šakin-šumi, son of Šullum; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 3636–r 3636 | Bel-eṭir, son of Bel-ikṣur; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 3737–r 3737 | Marduk-naṣir, son of Aplaya; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 3838–r 3838 | Šuzubu, son of Nabu-leʾi; |
| Reverse [12:13] r 3939–r 3939 | Nadin, son of Kaṣiru; |
| Reverse [13:14] r 4040–r 4040 | Bel-šum-iškun, son of Bel-ušallim; |
| Reverse [14:15] r 4141–r 4141 | Bibea, son of Labaši; |
| Reverse [15:16] r 4242–r 4242 | Ahhešaya, son of Zer-iddin; |
| Reverse [16:17] r 4343–r 4343 | Bel-ribi, son of Dannaya; |
| Reverse [17:18] r 4444–r 4444 | Bel-useppi, son of Ahhešaya; |
| Reverse [18:19] r 4545–r 4545 | the scribe, Balaṭu, son of Bel-leʾi. |
| Reverse [19:22] r 4646–r 4848 | Uruk, 10th day of Arahsamnu, 10th year of Šamaš-šum-ukin, king of Babylon. |
| Reverse [22:24] r 4949–r 5050 | Fingernail of Bel-ahhe-iddin 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 {giš}SAR {giš}GIŠIMMAR zaq-[pu] | |
| 2 | KI{ti₃} E₂ {d}nin-urta ša₂ ⸢qe₂⸣-[reb UNUG{ki]} | |
| 3 | a-hi {giš}SAR ša₂ {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}⸢NIG₂⸣.[DU] | |
| 4 | ša₂ it-ti {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ki-rib-[ti] | |
| 5 | HA.LA-šu₂ ša₂ ina {giš}SAR ša₂ it-ti {m}mu-še-zib-{⸢d⸣}[AMAR.UTU] | |
| 6 | PAB qaq-qar-šu₂ ša₂ DA E₂ {d}MAŠ ma-la ba-šu₂-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 7 | ki-i 5 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ki-⸢rib⸣-[ti] | |
| 8 | it-<ti> {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-SUM.NA DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.DU KI.LAM | |
| 9 | im-be₂-e-ma i-šam ŠAM₂-šu₂ gam-ru-ti | |
| 10 | PAB 5 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.PAD.DU u₃ 10 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ ki-i pi-i | |
| 11 | a-⸢tar SUM{nu⸣} {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-SUM.NA A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.DU | |
| 12 | ina ŠU.II {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ki-rib-ti ŠAM₂ | |
| 13 | {giš}SAR-šu₂ ⸢ki⸣-i ka-sap ga-mir-($ copy: ŠÌR $)-ti | |
| 14 | ⸢ma-hir⸣ a-pil za-ku ru-gu-um-ma-a | |
| 15 | ⸢ul i⸣-ši ul i-tur-ru-u₂ a-na a-ha-meš ul i-<rag>-gu-mu | |
| 16 | ⸢ma⸣-ti-ma ina ar₂-kat₂ UD-MEŠ ina ŠEŠ-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ | |
| 17 | [IM].RI.A IM.RI.A u sa-lat ša₂ E₂ {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-SUM.NA | |
| 18 | [ša₂] ⸢E₁₁-ma⸣ a-na UGU {giš}SAR MU.MEŠ | |
| 19 | ⸢i-dab⸣-bu-bu u₂-šad-ba-bu in-nu-u₂ | |
| 20 | ⸢u₂⸣-paq-qa-ru pa-qir-a-ni u₂-šar-šu₂-u₂ | |
| 21 | ⸢um⸣-ma {giš}SAR šu-a-tu₂ ul SUM-ma | |
| 22 | KU₃.BABBAR ul ma-hir i-qab-bu-u₂ | |
| 23 | ka-sap im-hu-ru | |
| 24 | a-di 12.TA.AM₃ i-ta-nap-⸢pal⸣ | |
| 25 | ina ka-nak {im}DUB šu-a-tu | |
| 26 | ina GUB{zu} ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-GAL₂{ši} {lu₂}GAR ⸢UMUŠ UNUG⸣{[ki]} | |
| r | ||
| 27 | u₃ {m}{d}NA₃-BA{ša₂} {lu₂}ŠA₃.TAM E₂.⸢AN.NA⸣ | |
| 28 | IGI {m}{d}EN-NIGIN{ir} DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-DU₃{uš} | |
| 29 | IGI {m}{d}NA₃-DA DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-su | |
| 30 | IGI {m}na-ṣi-ru DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}za-kir | |
| 31 | {m}e-ṭe₃-ru DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}mar-duk | |
| 32 | {m}ib-na-a DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-GI | |
| 33 | {m}{d}EN-MU DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ṣil-la-a | |
| 34 | {m}mar-duk-a DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-GAL₂{ši} | |
| 35 | {m}GAR-MU DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}šul-lu-mu | |
| 36 | {m}{d}EN-SUR DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-ik-ṣur | |
| 37 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-PAB DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}IBILA-a | |
| 38 | {m}šu-zu-bu DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-DA | |
| 39 | {m}na-di-nu DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ka-ṣi-ru | |
| 40 | {m}{d}EN-MU-GAR{un} DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-GI | |
| 41 | {m}bi-be₂-e-a DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši | |
| 42 | {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NUMUN-SUM.NA | |
| 43 | {m}{d}EN-ri-i-bi DUMU {m}dan-($ erased NI? $)-na-a-($ copy: ŠÁ $)-a | |
| 44 | {m}{d}EN-u₂-sep-pi DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a | |
| 45 | {lu₂}DUB.SAR {m}ba-la-ṭu DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-DA | |
| 46 | UNUG{ki} {iti}APIN UD 10-KAM₂ | |
| 47 | MU 10-($ erasure $)-KAM₂ {d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.⸢NA⸣ | |
| 48 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 49 | ṣu-pur {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU ⸢GIM⸣ {[na₄}KIŠIB-šu₂] | |
| 50 | tu₂-da-a-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
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