BaAr 5 14b (P521866)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Uruk · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BaAr 5 14b |
|---|---|
| ID | P521866 |
| Museum no. | BM 118966 |
| 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 an orchard plan[ted] with date palms, in the Ninurta Temple district in [Uruk]: |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | One-half of the orchard belonging to Bel-ahhe-iddin, son of Kudu[rru], which (he owns) with Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kirib[ti] — his share which is in the orchard which (he owns) with Mušezib-[Marduk] — |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | 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 [15:23] o 1616–o 2323 | 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 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. |
| Obverse [23:28] o 2424– | 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 2727–r 2727 | Before: Bel-upahhir, son of Bel-ipuš; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 2828–r 2828 | Before: Nabu-leʾi, son of Balassu; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 2929–r 2929 | Before: Naṣiru, son of Zakir; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 3030–r 3030 | Eṭeru, son of Marduku; |
| Reverse [5:6] r 3131–r 3131 | Ibnaya, son of Nabu-ušallim; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 3232–r 3232 | Bel-iddin, son of Ṣillaya; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 3333–r 3333 | Marduku, son of Nabu-ušabši; |
| Reverse [8:9] r 3434–r 3434 | Šakin-šumi, son of Šullum; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 3535–r 3535 | Bel-eṭir, son of Bel-ikṣur; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 3636–r 3636 | Marduk-naṣir, son of Aplaya; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 3737–r 3737 | Šuzubu, son of Nabu-leʾi; |
| Reverse [12:13] r 3838–r 3838 | Nadin, son of Kaṣiru; |
| Reverse [13:14] r 3939–r 3939 | Bel-šum-iškun, son of Bel-ušallim; |
| Reverse [14:15] r 4040–r 4040 | Bibea, son of Labaši; |
| Reverse [15:16] r 4141–r 4141 | Ahhešaya, son of Zer-iddin; |
| Reverse [16:17] r 4242–r 4242 | Bel-ribi, son of Dannaya; |
| Reverse [17:18] r 4343–r 4343 | Bel-useppi, son of Ahhešaya; |
| Reverse [18:19] r 4444–r 4444 | the scribe, Balaṭu, son of Bel-leʾi. |
| Reverse [19:22] r 4545–r 4747 | Uruk, 10th day of Arahsamnu, 10th year of Šamaš-šum-ukin, king of Babylon. |
| Reverse [22:24] r 4848–r 4949 | 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 {m}⸢NIG₂⸣.[DU] | |
| 4 | ⸢ša₂⸣ it-ti {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU {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⸣ {m}ki-⸢rib⸣-[ti] | |
| 8 | [it]-ti {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-SUM.NA ⸢DUMU⸣ {m}NIG₂.DU | |
| 9 | KI.LAM im-be₂-e-ma i-šam ŠAM₂-šu₂ gam-ru-⸢tu⸣ | |
| 10 | PAB 5 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.PAD.DU u₃ 10 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ ki-i | |
| 11 | pi-i a-⸢tar⸣ SUM{nu} {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}NIG₂.DU | |
| 12 | ina ŠU.II {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ki-rib-ti | |
| 13 | ŠAM₂ {giš}SAR-šu₂ ⸢ki⸣-i ka-sap ga-mir-ti | |
| 14 | ⸢ma-hir⸣ a-pil za-ku ru-gu-um-ma-a | |
| 15 | ⸢ul i⸣-ši 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 | kim-ti IM.RI.A u₃ sa-lat | |
| 18 | ša₂ E₂ {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU ša₂ E₁₁-ma | |
| 19 | a-na ⸢muh-hi⸣ {giš}SAR MU.MEŠ i-dab-bu-bu | |
| 20 | u₂-šad-ba-bu BAL{u₂} u₂-paq-qa-ru | |
| 21 | ⸢um⸣-ma {giš}SAR MU.MEŠ ul MU-ma KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 22 | ul ma-hir i-qab-bu-u₂ ka-sap | |
| 23 | im-hu-ru a-di 12.TA.AM₃ i-ta-nap-⸢pal⸣ | |
| 24 | ina ka-nak {im}DUB šu-a-tu | |
| 25 | ina GUB{zu} ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-GAL₂{ši} {lu₂}GAR UMUŠ UNUG{ki} | |
| r | ||
| 26 | u₃ {m}{d}NA₃-BA{ša₂} {lu₂}ŠA₃.TAM E₂.AN.NA | |
| 27 | IGI {m}{d}EN-NIGIN{ir} DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-DU₃{uš} | |
| 28 | IGI {m}{d}NA₃-DA DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-su | |
| 29 | {m}na-ṣi-⸢ru⸣ DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}za-kir | |
| 30 | {m}⸢e⸣-[ṭe₃-ru] DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}mar-duk | |
| 31 | {m}⸢ib⸣-[na-a] ⸢DUMU⸣-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-GI | |
| 32 | {m}{d}⸢EN⸣-[MU DUMU]-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ṣil-la-a | |
| 33 | {m}[mar-duk-a DUMU]-⸢šu₂⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-GAL₂{ši} | |
| 34 | {m}[GAR-MU DUMU]-⸢šu₂⸣ ša₂ {m}šul-lu-mu | |
| 35 | {m}{[d}EN-SUR DUMU]-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-ik-ṣur | |
| 36 | {m}{⸢d⸣}[AMAR.UTU-PAB] ⸢DUMU⸣-šu₂ ša₂ {m}IBILA-a | |
| 37 | {m}⸢šu⸣-[zu-bu DUMU-šu₂] ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-DA | |
| 38 | {m}na-⸢di-nu⸣ [DUMU]-⸢šu₂⸣ ša₂ {⸢m}ka-ṣi⸣-ru | |
| 39 | {m}{d}EN-MU-GAR{⸢un⸣} [DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN]-GI | |
| 40 | {⸢m⸣}bi-be₂-e-⸢a⸣ [DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}la]-⸢ba⸣-ši | |
| 41 | {m}⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-ša₂-⸢a⸣ [DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NUMUN]-⸢SUM⸣.NU | |
| 42 | {m}{d}EN-ri-i-[bi DUMU {m}dan]-na-a-a | |
| 43 | {m}{d}EN-u₂-sep-⸢pi⸣ [DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ŠEŠ]-MEŠ-ša₂-a | |
| 44 | u₃ {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}ba-[la-ṭu] ⸢DUMU⸣-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-DA | |
| 45 | UNUG{ki} {iti}⸢APIN UD⸣ 10-KAM₂ | |
| 46 | MU 10-KAM₂ {d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-⸢GI.NA⸣ | |
| 47 | LUGAL TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki]} | |
| 48 | ṣu-pur {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-⸢SUM.NA⸣ | |
| 49 | GIM {na₄}KIŠIB-šu₂ tu₂-da-a-tu₂ | |
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