BaAr 5 22 (P521873)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Uruk · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BaAr 5 22 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521873 |
| Museum no. | BM 118977 |
| 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 planted with date palms in the King's Canal district in the meadow of Uruk: |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | the upper side, (next to the property of) Balaṭu, son of Nabu-naṣir; |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | the lower side, (next to the property of) Nabu-leʾi, son of Marduku; |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | 230 cubits, the upper front on the bank of the King's Canal; |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | the lower front, next to the hanšu-land — |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | The orchard of Ahhea, son of Zabdanu, which is on the King's Canal, as much as there is (of it) — |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99–o 1212 | Bel-ibni, son of Šamaš-ipuš agreed with Bel-ahhe-eriba, son of Ahhea, a price of 2 1/2 minas of silver, the debt owed by Ahhea, son of Zabdanu, (and) he purchased it for its full price. |
| Obverse [12:16] o 1313–o 1616 | Bel-ahhe-eriba, son of Ahhea, has received a total of 2 1/2 minas of block silver and one talbultu-garment which is given as an additional payment from Bel-ibni, son of Šamaš-ipuš, as the price of his orchard, the entire amount of silver. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | 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 [17:25] o 1818–o 2525 | If in the future anyone from among the brothers, sons, family, relations, or kin of the house of Ahhea 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. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 26r 26–r 2828 | At the sealing of that tablet: in the presence of Marduk-ereš, son of Nabu-iddin; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 2828–r 2828 | Before: Eribšu, son of Bel-ipuš; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 2929–r 2929 | Kunaya, descendant of Arkat-ili; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 3030–r 3030 | Ezu-u-pašir, son of Ammeni-ili; |
| Reverse [5:6] r 3131–r 3131 | Bel-ahhe-eriba, son of Ezu-u-pašir; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 3232–r 3232 | Nergal-naṣir, son of Ezu-u-pašir; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 3333–r 3333 | Bel-ereš, son of Nabu-[...]; |
| Reverse [8:9] r 3434–r 3434 | Balaṭu, son of Šapik; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 3535–r 3535 | Gimillu, son of Nabu-zer-ibni; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 3636–r 3636 | Libluṭu, son of Nabu-ušallim; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 3737–r 3737 | Nabu-eṭir, son of Bel-ušumgal; |
| Reverse [12:13] r 3838–r 3838 | Zer-Babili, son of Nabu-zer-ibni; |
| Reverse [13:14] r 3939–r 3939 | Nabu-šum-uṣur, son of Marduku; |
| Reverse [14:15] r 4040–r 4040 | Gimillu, son of Tardennu; |
| Reverse [15:16] r 4141–r 4141 | Bel-ah-iddin, son of Nabu-gamil; |
| Reverse [16:17] r 4242–r 4242 | Mušallim-Marduk, son of Nabu-ah-ereš; |
| Reverse [17:18] r 4343–r 4343 | Iddin-Marduk, son of Šapik; |
| Reverse [18:19] r 4444–r 4444 | and the scribe, Kidin-Marduk, descendant of Reš-ummani. |
| Reverse [19:21] r 4545–r 4646 | Borsippa, 11th day of Duʾuzu, 18th year of Šamaš-šum-ukin, king of Babylon. |
| Reverse [21:23] r 4747–r 4848 | Fingernail of Bel-ahhe-eriba 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-MEŠ zaq-pu KI{ti₃} ID₂ LUGAL | |
| 2 | A.GAR₃ UNUG{ki} | |
| 3 | US₂.SA.DU AN.TA {m}ba-la-ṭu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-PAB | |
| 4 | US₂.SA.DU KI.TA {m}{d}NA₃-DA A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}mar-duk | |
| 5 | 2 ME 30 ina 1 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA GU₂ ID₂ LUGAL | |
| 6 | SAG.KI KI.TA US₂.SA.DU {lu₂}50-MEŠ | |
| 7 | {giš}SAR ša₂ {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-e-a A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}zab-da-nu | |
| 8 | ša₂ UGU ID₂ LUGAL ma-la ba-šu-u₂ | |
| 9 | ki-i 2 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR ra-šu-tu ša₂ UGU {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-e-a | |
| 10 | DUMU {m}zab-da-nu {m}{d}EN-DU₃ A {m}{d}UTU-DU₃{uš} | |
| 11 | KI {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-eri-ba A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-e-a | |
| 12 | KI.LAM im-be₂-e-ma i-šam ŠAM₂-šu₂ TIL-MEŠ | |
| 13 | PAB 2 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.PAD.DU a-di 1{et} {tug₂}tal-bul-ti | |
| 14 | ša₂ ⸢a⸣-ki-i pi-i a-tar SUM{nu} {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-eri-ba | |
| 15 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-e-a ina ŠU.II {m}{d}EN-DU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-DU₃{uš} | |
| 16 | ŠAM₂ {giš}SAR-šu₂ ki-i KU₃.BABBAR ga-mir-tu₂ ma-hir | |
| 17 | a-pil za-ku ru-gum₂-ma-a ul i-ši ul i-tur-ru-ma | |
| 18 | a-na a-ha-meš ul <i>-rag-gu-mu ma-ti-ma ina EGIR-MEŠ UD-MEŠ | |
| 19 | ina ŠEŠ-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ kim-tu₂ ni-($ text: IR $)-su-ti <u> sa-lat ša₂ E₂ | |
| 20 | {m}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-e-a ša₂ E₁₁-ma a-na UGU {giš}SAR MU.MEŠ | |
| 21 | i-dab-bu-bu u₂-šad-ba-bu BAL{u₂} u₂-paq-qa-ru {lu₂}pa-qi₂-ra-[nu] | |
| 22 | u₂-šar-šu-u₂ um-ma {giš}SAR MU.MEŠ | |
| 23 | ul SUM-ma kas₃-pi ul ma-hir | |
| 24 | i-qab-bu-u₂ KU₃.BABBAR im-hu-ru | |
| 25 | a-di 12.TA.AM₃ i-ta-nap-pal | |
| r | ||
| 26 | ina ka-nak {im}DUB šu-a-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 27 | IGI {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-APIN{eš} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}⸢NA₃⸣-MU | |
| 28 | IGI {m}e-rib-šu₂ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-DU₃{uš} | |
| 29 | {m}ku-na-a A {m}EGIR-MEŠ-⸢DINGIR⸣ | |
| 30 | {m}e-zu-u-pa-šir₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}am-me-ni-⸢DINGIR⸣ | |
| 31 | {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-eri-ba A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}e-zu-u-pa-[šir₃] | |
| 32 | {m}{d}U.GUR-PAB A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}e-zu-u-pa-[šir₃] | |
| 33 | {m}{d}EN-APIN{eš} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-[...] | |
| 34 | {m}ba-la-ṭu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ša₂-pi-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 35 | {m}gi-mil-lu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-NUMUN-ib-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 36 | {m}lib-lu-ṭu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}⸢NA₃⸣-u₂-šal-lim | |
| 37 | {m}{d}NA₃-SUR A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-u₂-šu-un-gal | |
| 38 | {m}NUMUN-TIN.TIR{ki} A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-NUMUN-ib-ni | |
| 39 | {m}{d}NA₃-MU-u₂-ṣur A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}mar-duk | |
| 40 | {m}gi-mil-lu A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}tar-de-nu | |
| 41 | {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-ga-mil | |
| 42 | {m}mu-šal-lim-{d}AMAR.UTU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-ŠEŠ-APIN{eš} | |
| 43 | {m}SUM.NA-{d}AMAR.UTU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ša₂-pi-ku | |
| 44 | u₃ {lu₂}⸢UMBISAG⸣ {m}ki-din-{d}AMAR.UTU A {m}SAG-um-ma-ni | |
| 45 | bar₂-sipa{ki} {iti}ŠU UD 11-KAM₂ MU 18-KAM₂ {d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA | |
| 46 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 47 | ṣu-pur {m}{d}EN-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-eri-ba | |
| 48 | ki-ma {na₄}KIŠIB-šu₂ tu-ud-da-a-tu₄ | |
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- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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