BaAr 5 17a (P521869)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Uruk · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BaAr 5 17a |
|---|---|
| ID | P521869 |
| Museum no. | BM 118985 |
| 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 Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribtu; |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | the lower side on the south, next to the no-through alley; |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | the upper front on the west, next to the house of Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribtu; |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | the lower front on the east, next to the house of Ahhešaya, son of Nanaya-uṣalli — |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribtu, agreed with Nabu-ereš, son of Hašdiya, a price of 50 shekels of silver, (and) he purchased it for its full price. |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111–o 1313 | Nabu-ereš, son of Hašdiya has received a total of 50 shekels of silver, and one TÚG.KUR.RA-garment which was given as an additional payment, from Mušezib-Marduk, son of Kiribtu, as the price of his house, 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– | If in the future anyone from among the brothers, sons, family, relations, or kin of the house of Nabu-ereš, 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 [3:7] r 2424–r 2727 | At the sealing of that tablet: in the presence of Nabu-ušabši, the governor of Uruk, and Nabu-iqiša, the (temple) administrator of Eanna; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 2727–r 2727 | Before: Nergal-ibni, son of Nabu-ušallim; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 2828–r 2828 | Bel-uballiṭ, son of Balassu; |
| Reverse [8:9] r 2929–r 2929 | Bel-ušezib, son of Labaši; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 3030–r 3030 | Aplaya, son of Bel-ali; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 3131–r 3131 | Nabu-ušezib, son of Hašdiya; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 3232–r 3232 | Balassu, son of Ubar; |
| Reverse [12:13] r 3333–r 3333 | Ina-teši-eṭir, son of Hašdiya; |
| Reverse [13:14] r 3434–r 3434 | Šakin-šumi, son of Šullum; |
| Reverse [14:15] r 3535–r 3535 | Bibea, son of Labaši; |
| Reverse [15:16] r 3636–r 3636 | Marduk-eriba, son of Hašdiya; |
| Reverse [16:17] r 3737–r 3737 | and the scribe, Balaṭu, son of Bel-leʾi. |
| Reverse [17:19] r 3838–r 3939 | Uruk, 8th day of Addaru, 12th year of Šamaš-šum-ukin, king of Babylon. |
| Reverse [19:21] r 4040–r 4141 | Fingernail of Nabu-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}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU A {m}ki-rib-ti | |
| 4 | UŠ KI.TA {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA bi-ri-ti la a-ṣi-tu₄ | |
| 5 | SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU A {m}ki-rib-tu₂ | |
| 6 | SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂ | |
| 7 | {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-u₂-ṣal-li | |
| 8 | ki-i 50 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU A {m}ki-rib-ti | |
| 9 | it-ti {m}{d}NA₃-APIN{eš} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}haš-di-ia | |
| 10 | KI.LAM im-be₂-e-ma i-šam ši-me-šu₂ TIL-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 11 | PAB 50 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR a-di 1{en} {tug₂}KUR.RA ša₂ ki-i pi-i a-tar SUM{nu} | |
| 12 | {m}{d}NA₃-APIN{eš} A {m}haš-di-ia ina ŠU.II | |
| 13 | {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU {m}ki-rib-ti ši-mu E₂-šu₂ | |
| 14 | ki-i KU₃.BABBAR ga-mir-ti ma-hir a-pil za-ki | |
| 15 | ru-gu-um-ma-a ul i-ši ul i-tur-ru-ma | |
| 16 | a-na a-ha-meš ul i-rag-gu-mu ma-ti-ma | |
| 17 | ina EGIR UD-MEŠ ina ŠEŠ-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ kim-ti | |
| 18 | IM.RI.A u sa-lat ša₂ E₂ {m}{d}NA₃-APIN{eš} | |
| 19 | ša₂ E₁₁-ma a-na UGU E₂ šu-a-ti i-dab-bu-bu | |
| 20 | ⸢u₂⸣-šad-ba-bu in-nu-u₂ u₂-paq-qa-ru | |
| r | ||
| 21 | ⸢um-ma⸣ E₂ šu-a-ti ul na-din-ma KU₃.BABBAR ul ⸢ma⸣-hir | |
| 22 | i-qab-bu-u₂ KU₃.BABBAR im-hu-ru a-di | |
| 23 | 12.TA.AM₃ i-ta-nap-pal | |
| 24 | ina ka-nak {im}DUB šu-a-ti | |
| 25 | ina GUB{zu} ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-GAL₂{ši} {lu₂}GAR UMUŠ UNUG{ki} | |
| 26 | u {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}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ba-laṭ-su | |
| 29 | {m}{d}EN-u₂-še-zib A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši | |
| 30 | {m}IBILA-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}EN-URU | |
| 31 | {m}{d}NA₃-u₂-še-zib A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}⸢haš-di⸣-ia | |
| 32 | {m}ba-laṭ-su A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}⸢u₂-ba⸣-ru | |
| 33 | {m}ina-SUH₃-SUR A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}⸢haš⸣-[di]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 34 | {m}GAR-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}⸢šul⸣-[lu]-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 35 | {m}bi-be₂-e-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}⸢la-ba⸣-ši | |
| 36 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-SU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}haš-di-ia | |
| 37 | u {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}ba-la-ṭu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-DA | |
| 38 | UNUG{ki} {iti}ŠE UD 8-KAM₂ MU 12-KAM₂ | |
| 39 | {d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 40 | ṣu-pur {m}{d}NA₃-APIN{eš} GIM {na₄}KIŠIB-šu₂ | |
| 41 | tu₂-da-a-ti | |
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