BaAr 5 15a (P521867)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Uruk · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BaAr 5 15a |
|---|---|
| ID | P521867 |
| Museum no. | BM 118978 |
| 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 derelict house to be torn down and rebuilt, in the Eanna district of Uruk: |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | the upper side on the north, next to the house of Šapik, the oil presser; |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | the lower side on the south, next to the house of Nabu-ereš, son of Hašdiya; |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | the upper front on the west, next to the house of Mušezib-Marduk; |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | the lower front on the east, next to the house of Ahhešaya, son of Nanaya-uṣalli — |
| Obverse [6:10] o 77–o 1010 | Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribti, agreed with Nabu-ah-ereš, son of Nanaya-uṣalli, a price of 1 1/2 minas of silver, (and) he purchased it for its full price. |
| Obverse [10:14] o 1111–o 1414 | Nabu-ah-ereš, son of Nanaya-uṣalli, has received a total of 1 1/2 minas of block silver, and 2 shekels of silver which was given as an additional payment, from Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribti, as the price of his house, the entire amount of silver. |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–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 [16:24] o 1717–o 2424 | If in the future anyone from among the brothers, sons, family, relations, or kin of the house of Nanaya-uṣalli 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 received, he will pay back twelve times over the silver he received. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 25r 25–r 2626 | At the sealing of that tablet: |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2626–r 2626 | Before: Nabu-eṭir, son of Bel-eriba; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 2727–r 2727 | Iddinaya, son of Nabu-zer-ibni; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 2828–r 2828 | Bel-eṭir, son of Bel-iddin; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 2929–r 2929 | Nabu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Balihu; |
| Reverse [5:6] r 3030–r 3030 | Nergal-naṣir, son of Bel-usat; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 3131–r 3131 | Nabu-ušezib, son of Hašdiya; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 3232–r 3232 | Nabu-iddin, son of Minu-epuš-ili; |
| Reverse [8:9] r 3333–r 3333 | Bel-naṣir, son of Labaši-ili; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 3434–r 3434 | Hašdiya, son of Šum-ukin; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 3535–r 3535 | Sin-bel-zeri, son of Sin-iddin; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 3636–r 3636 | Sin-etel-ili, son of Belšunu; |
| Reverse [12:13] r 3737–r 3737 | Ubar, son of Balassu; |
| Reverse [13:14] r 3838–r 3838 | Kudurru, son of Nergal-ušallim; |
| Reverse [14:15] r 3939–r 3939 | Aplaya, son of Iqišaya; |
| Reverse [15:16] r 4040–r 4040 | Šaredu, son of Iddinaya; |
| Reverse [16:17] r 4141–r 4141 | Bel-leʾi, son of Ina-teši-eṭir; |
| Reverse [17:18] r 4242–r 4242 | and the scribe, Bel-remanni, son of Kudurru. |
| Reverse [18:19] r 4343–r 4343 | Ur, 5th day of Šabaṭu, 10th year of Šamaš-šum-ukin, king of Babylon. |
| Reverse [19:21] r 4444–r 4545 | Fingernail of Nabu-ah-ereš 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 ab-ta ša₂ na-pa-ṣu u e-⸢pe⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 2 | KI{ti₃} E₂.AN.NA ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{[ki]} | |
| 3 | UŠ AN.TA {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ {m}ša₂-pi-ku {lu₂}I₃.⸢SUR⸣ | |
| 4 | UŠ KI.TA {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ {m}{d}⸢NA₃-KAM₂⸣ DUMU {m}haš-di-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 5 | ZAG AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ {m}mu-še-⸢zib-{d}AMAR⸣.UTU | |
| 6 | ZAG KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂ {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a ⸢DUMU {m⸣}{d}na-na-a-u₂-ṣal-li | |
| 7 | ki-i 1 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 8 | DUMU {m}ki-rib-ti it-ti {m}{d}NA₃-ŠEŠ-KAM₂ | |
| 9 | ⸢DUMU⸣ {m}{d}na-na-a-u₂-ṣal-li KI.LAM im-be₂-e-ma | |
| 10 | [i]-šam ši-mi-šu₂ gam-ru-tu | |
| 11 | PAB 1 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.PAD.DU u₃ 2 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 12 | ša₂ a-ki-i ⸢pi⸣-i a-tar na-ad-nu {m}{d}NA₃-ŠEŠ-APIN{eš} | |
| 13 | A {m}{d}na-na-a-u₂-ṣal-li ina ŠU.II {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 14 | A {m}ki-rib-⸢ti⸣ ši-me E₂-šu₂ ki-i KU₃.BABBAR ga-⸢mir⸣-[ti] | |
| 15 | ma-hir a-pil za-ki ru-gum₂-ma-a ul ⸢i⸣-[ši] | |
| 16 | ul i-tur-ru-ma a-na a-ha-meš ul ⸢i⸣-[rag-gu-mu] | |
| 17 | ⸢ma⸣-ti-ma ina EGIR UD-MEŠ ina ŠEŠ-MEŠ ⸢DUMU⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 18 | ⸢kim⸣-ti IM.<<A>>.RI.A u sa-[lat] | |
| 19 | ša₂ E₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-u₂-ṣal-li ša₂ E₁₁-[ma (x)] | |
| 20 | a-na UGU E₂ šu-a-ti i-dab-bu-[bu] | |
| 21 | u₂-šad-ba-bu BAL{u₂} u₂-paq-qa-[ru] | |
| 22 | um-ma E₂ šu-a-ti ul na-din-ma KU₃.BABBAR ul [ma-hir] | |
| 23 | i-qab-bu-u₂ KU₃.BABBAR im-hu-[ru] | |
| 24 | a-di 12.TA.AM₃ i-ta-nap-⸢pal⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 25 | [ina ka-nak] {⸢im⸣}DUB šu-[a-ti] | |
| 26 | [IGI {m}{d]}⸢NA₃-SUR⸣ A {m}{d}EN-eri-[ba] | |
| 27 | {[m}SUM].⸢NA⸣-a A {m}{d}NA₃-NUMUN-ib-[ni] | |
| 28 | {m}{d}EN-SUR A {m}{d}EN-SUM.[NA] | |
| 29 | {m}{d}NA₃-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}{d}KASKAL.KUR{⸢i⸣} | |
| 30 | {m}{d}U.GUR-PAB A {m}{d}EN-u₂-sa-tu | |
| 31 | {m}{d}NA₃-u₂-še-zib A {m}haš-di-ia | |
| 32 | {m}{d}NA₃-MU A {m}mi-nu-u₂-e-pu-uš-DINGIR | |
| 33 | {m}{d}EN-PAB A {m}la-ba-ši-DINGIR | |
| 34 | {m}haš-di-ia A {m}MU-GI.NA | |
| 35 | {m}{d}30-EN-NUMUN A {m}{d}30-SUM.NA | |
| 36 | {m}{d}30-NIR.GAL₂-DINGIR-MEŠ A {m}EN-šu₂-nu | |
| 37 | {m}u₂-bar A {m}ba-($ erased KUR $)-laṭ-⸢su⸣ | |
| 38 | {m}NIG₂.DU A {m}{d}U.GUR-⸢GI⸣ | |
| 39 | {m}IBILA-a A {m}BA{ša₂}[a] | |
| 40 | {m}ša₂-re-du A {m}SUM.NA-[a] | |
| 41 | {m}{d}EN-DA A {m}ina-SUH₃-⸢SUR⸣ | |
| 42 | u₃ {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}{d}EN-re-man-ni A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.⸢DU⸣ | |
| 43 | <ŠEŠ>.⸢UNUG⸣{ki} {iti}ZIZ₂ UD 5-KAM₂ MU 10-KAM₂ {d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA | |
| 44 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ TIN.TIR{ki} ṣu-pur {m}{d}NA₃-ŠEŠ-KAM₂ | |
| 45 | ki-ma {na₄}KIŠIB-šu₂ tu₂-da-a-⸢ti⸣ | |
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