BaAr 5 19 (P521871)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Uruk · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BaAr 5 19 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521871 |
| Museum no. | BM 118980 |
| 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)
| Line | English |
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| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | Orchard of Ahhea, son of Aplaya, descendant of Ṭabiya, which is on the King's Canal, in the meadow of Uruk: |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | the upper side, next to (the property of) Kudurru, son of Nabu-naʾid;; |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | the lower side, next to (the property of) Nadin, son of Erešu; |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | the upper front, next to (the property of) Pirʾu, son of Bel-useppi; |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | the lower front, on the bank of the King's Canal — |
| Obverse [6:10] o 77–o 1010 | [...] thereof, the share of Ibnaya, son of Ah[hea], descendant of Ṭabiya, which (he divided) with Nabu-[...], son of [...], descendant of Ṭabiya, (and) Nabu-ušallim, [son of ..., sons of brother]s of Ibnaya, descendants of [Ṭa]biya. |
| Obverse [10:14] o 1111–o 1414 | [Muše]zib-Marduk, [son of Kirib]ti-Marduk, descendant of [S]in-naṣir, agreed [with Itti-Mar]duk-balaṭu, son of Ibnaya, descendant of Ṭabiya, a [p]rice of [3 minas] of block silver, (and) he purchased it for its full price. |
| Obverse [14:17] o 1515–o 1717 | Itti-Marduk-balaṭu, descendant of [Ṭabi]ya has received a total of 3 minas and 50 shekels of white silver, and 5 shekels of [si]lver which he gave as an additional payment, from Mušezib-Marduk, descendant of Sin-[naṣir ...] as the price of his orchard, the entire amount of silver. |
| Obverse [17:20] o 1818–o 2020 | [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 [20:27] o 2121– | If in the future anyone from among the brothers, [sons], family, relations, or ki[n] of the house of Ṭabiya, 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. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 2727–r 2828 | At the sealing of that [...]: in the presence of Nabu-udammiq, son of [..., descendant of] Nur-[Sin]; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 2929–r 2929 | Šapik, son of [...], descendant of Atkuppu; |
| Reverse [8:9] r 3030–r 3030 | Labaši, [son of ..., descendant of ...]-Nergal; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 3131–r 3131 | Bel-eṭir, son of [..., descendant of Ṭa]biya; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 3232–r 3232 | Nabu-kudurri-uṣur, so[n of ...], descendant of Iddin-Papsukkal; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 3333–r 3333 | Eriba-Marduk, [son of ...], descendant of Ṭabiya; |
| Reverse [12:13] r 3434–r 3434 | Nabu-qarrad-ili, [son of ...], descendant of Ṭabihu; |
| Reverse [13:14] r 3535–r 3535 | Bel-šimanni, so[n of ...], descendant of Nappahu; |
| Reverse [14:15] r 3636–r 3636 | Nabu-[..., son of ...], descendant of Nur-Sin; |
| Reverse [15:16] r 3737–r 3737 | Qištiya, son of [...], descendant of Egibi; |
| Reverse [16:17] r 3838–r 3838 | Aqara, son [of ..., descendant of [...], chief temple administrator; |
| Reverse [17:18] r 3939–r 3939 | and the scribe, Nabu-ah-ereš, son of Šapik, descendant of Atkuppu. |
| Reverse [18:20] r 4040–r 4141 | Babylon, 10(+?)th day of Arahsamnu, 14th year of Šamaš-šum-ukin, king of Babylon. |
| Reverse [20:22] r 4242–r 4343 | Fingernail of Itti-Marduk-balaṭu, descendant of Ṭabiya 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 | {giš}SAR ša₂ {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-e-a DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}A-a | |
| 2 | DUMU {m}DUG₃.GA-ia ša₂ ina UGU ID₂ LUGAL A.GAR₃ UNUG{ki} | |
| 3 | UŠ AN.TA US₂.SA.DU {m}NIG₂.DU DUMU {m}{d}NA₃-NI₂.TUK | |
| 4 | UŠ KI.TA US₂.SA.DU {m}na-din DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}e-re-ši | |
| 5 | SAG.KI AN.TA US₂.SA.DU {m}pir-ʾu DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-u₂-sep-pi | |
| 6 | SAG.KI KI.TA GU₂ ID₂ LUGAL | |
| 7 | [x (x) x] ⸢ina lib₃-bi HA.LA⸣ ša₂ {m}ib-na-a DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[MEŠ-e-a] | |
| 8 | DUMU {m}DUG₃.GA-⸢ia⸣ ša₂ it-ti {m}{d}NA₃-na-[x-x] | |
| 9 | ⸢DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m⸣}x [(x) x]-⸢a⸣ DUMU {m}DUG₃.GA-ia {m}{d}⸢NA₃-SILIM{im⸣} | |
| 10 | [DUMU ša₂ {m}... DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ ŠEŠ]-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ib-na-a DUMU-⸢MEŠ⸣ {[m}DUG₃].GA-ia | |
| 11 | [ki-i 3 MA.NA] 50 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.PAD.DU {m}[mu-še]-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 12 | [DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ki-rib]-ti-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU {m}{[d]}30-PAB | |
| 13 | [KI {m}KI-{d}AMAR].⸢UTU⸣-TIN DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ib-na-a ⸢DUMU⸣ {m}DUG₃.GA-ia | |
| 14 | [KI].⸢LAM im-be₂⸣-e-ma i-šam a-na ⸢ŠAM₂⸣ gam-ru-tu | |
| 15 | PAB 3 MA.NA 50 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR{u₂} u₃ 5 ⸢GIN₂⸣ [KU₃].⸢BABBAR⸣ | |
| 16 | ša₂ ki-i DIRI SUM{nu} {m}KI-{d}AMAR.UTU-TIN DUMU {m}[DUG₃.GA]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 17 | ina ŠU.II {m}mu-še-zib-{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU {m}{d}30-[PAB (x x)] | |
| 18 | ŠAM₂ {giš}SAR-šu₂ KU₃.BABBAR TIL{ti₃} ma-⸢hir⸣ [a-pil] | |
| 19 | za-ku ru-gum₂-ma-a ul i-ši ⸢ul⸣ [i-tur-ru]-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 20 | ⸢a⸣-na a-ha-meš ul i-rag-gu-[mu ma]-⸢ti-ma⸣ | |
| 21 | ⸢ina⸣ EGIR UD-MEŠ ina ŠEŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣ [DUMU-MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 22 | IM.RI.A IM.RI.⸢A u IM.RI⸣.[A] ⸢ša₂⸣ E₂ {m}DUG₃.⸢GA⸣-ia₂ | |
| 23 | ša₂ E₁₁-ma ina UGU {giš}SAR MU.⸢MEŠ i⸣-dab-bu-bu | |
| 24 | u₂-šad-ba-bu BAL{u₂} ⸢u₂-paq⸣-[qa]-⸢ru⸣ um-ma {giš}SAR | |
| 25 | MU.MEŠ NU SUM-ma KU₃.BABBAR ul ⸢ma⸣-[hir] i-qab-bu-u₂ | |
| 26 | KU₃.BABBAR im-hu-ru EN 12.TA.⸢AM₃⸣ [i]-ta-nap-pal | |
| 27 | ina ka-nak {na₄}KIŠIB [(x)] MU.MEŠ [(x)] | |
| 28 | IGI {m}{d}NA₃-SIG₅{iq} DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {[m}... A {m]}⸢ZALAG₂-{d⸣}30 | |
| 29 | {m}ša₂-pi-ku DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {[m}... A {(m)}{lu₂]}⸢AD.KID⸣ | |
| 30 | {m}la-a-ba-ši [DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}... A {m}...-{d]}U.GUR | |
| 31 | {m}{d}EN-SUR DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {⸢m⸣}[... A {m}DUG₃].⸢GA⸣-ia | |
| 32 | {m}{d}NA₃-NIG₂.DU-URU₃ ⸢DUMU⸣-[šu₂ ša₂ {m}...] ⸢A⸣ {m}⸢SUM.NA-{d⸣}pap-sukkal | |
| 33 | {m}eri-ba-{d}AMAR.⸢UTU⸣ [DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}...] ⸢A⸣ {m}DUG₃.GA-ia | |
| 34 | {m}{d}NA₃-UR-DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ [DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}...] x A {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂ | |
| 35 | {m}{d}EN-ši-man-ni ⸢DUMU⸣-[šu₂ ša₂ {m}...] ⸢A⸣ {lu₂}SIMUG | |
| 36 | {m}{d}⸢NA₃⸣-na-(x) [x (x) DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}...]-ni A {m}ZALAG₂-{d}30 | |
| 37 | {m}NIG₂.BA-ia DUMU-⸢šu₂ ša₂⸣ {[m}x x (x)] ⸢DUMU {m}e-gi-bi⸣ | |
| 38 | {m}a-qar-a DUMU-šu₂ [ša₂ {m}(x)]-x-x-[(x) A {m}x]-x-MU {lu₂}⸢E₂⸣.BAR | |
| 39 | u₃ {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}{d}NA₃-ŠEŠ-APIN{eš} DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ša₂-pik A {lu₂}AD.KID | |
| 40 | TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}APIN UD 10-($+?$)-⸢KAM₂⸣ MU 14-KAM₂ | |
| 41 | {d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.⸢NA⸣ LUGAL | |
| 42 | TIN.⸢TIR⸣{ki} ṣu-pur {⸢m}KI-{d}AMAR.UTU⸣-TIN | |
| 43 | ⸢DUMU {m⸣}DUG₃.GA-ia GIM {⸢na₄⸣}[KIŠIB-šu₂] | |
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