BaAr 5 24 (P521875)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Uruk · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BaAr 5 24 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521875 |
| Museum no. | BM 118982 |
| 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 | 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 han[šû]-land — |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | the orchard of Ahhe[a, son] of Zabdanu, [(...)] |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | [Mušezib]-Marduk [ag]reed with Ah-[iddin-Marduk, son of Bel-ibni, a price] of [... of silver, the d]ebt owed by Bel-[ibni? ...], (and) he purchased it for [its full] price. |
| Obverse [10:14] o 1111–o 1414 | [...] silver, which for the silver of [... ...] orchard [... ...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | He has been pa[id, he is free from claims]. He shall have [no legal claim]; they shall not [return (to court)] and they shall [not make any] claim a[gainst one another]. |
| Obverse [15:24] o 1616– | [If (...)] in [the future] anyone [from among the bro]thers, sons, [family], rela[tions, or kin of the house of A]h-iddin-Mar[duk 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 so]ld and the silver has not been received, he will pay back twe[lve times] over the silver he re[ceived]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 2424–r 2525 | [At] the sealing of that tablet: |
| Reverse [5:6] r 2525–r 2525 | Before: Šuma[ya, son of] Reš-ili; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 2626–r 2626 | Nabu-eṭir, [descendant] of Babutu; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 2727–r 2727 | Šum-ukin, son of Bel-ipuš; |
| Reverse [8:9] r 2828–r 2828 | Bel-ammeni, son of Šumaya; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 2929–r 2929 | Nabu-šum-lišir, descendant of Šangu-zariqu; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 3030–r 3030 | and the scribe, Nadin, descendant of Arkat-ili; |
| Reverse [11:13] r 3131–r 3232 | Ša-ṣuru-Adad, 27th day of Arahsamnu, 20th year of Ashurbanipal, king of the lands. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 3333–r 3333 | Fingernail of Ah-iddin-Marduk is mar[ked] 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⸣ 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-URU₃⸣ | |
| 4 | US₂.SA.DU KI.TA {m}{d}NA₃-A₂.GAL₂ 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 {m}ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-⸢e⸣-[a A-šu₂] ša₂ {m}zab-da-na [(x x)] | |
| 8 | ki-i x x [(x) KU₃.BABBAR ra]-⸢šu-tu⸣ ša₂ UGU {m}{d}⸢EN⸣-[DU₃] | |
| 9 | x [x x (x) {m}mu-še-zib]-{d}AMAR.UTU ⸢KI⸣ {m}⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[MU-{d}AMAR.UTU] | |
| 10 | [A {m}{d}EN-DU₃ KI.LAM im]-⸢be₂⸣-e-ma i-šam ⸢ŠAM₂⸣-[šu₂ TIL-MEŠ] | |
| 11 | [...] ⸢KU₃⸣.BABBAR ša₂ ⸢UGU ka-sap⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 13 | [... {giš]}⸢SAR⸣ [...] | |
| 14 | [...] | |
| 15 | ⸢a⸣-[pil za-ki ru-gum₂-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-MEŠ UD-MEŠ ina ŠEŠ]-⸢MEŠ⸣ DUMU-MEŠ [IM.RI.A] | |
| 18 | ⸢IM⸣.[RI.A u sa-lat ša₂ E₂ {m]}⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MU-{d}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU] | |
| 19 | ša₂ [E₁₁-ma a-na UGU {giš]}⸢SAR⸣ MU.⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 20 | i-dab-bu-bu u₂-šad-ba-bu BAL{u₂} ⸢u₂-paq-qa-ru⸣ | |
| 21 | {lu₂}pa-qir-ra-nu ⸢u₂-šar⸣-šu-u₂ um-mu {giš}SAR MU.⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 22 | [ul na]-din-ma KU₃.BABBAR ul ma-⸢hir⸣ i-qab-bu-u₂ KU₃.BABBAR im-[hu-ru] | |
| 23 | [a-di 12.⸢TA.AM₃ i-ta-nap-pal⸣ | |
| 24 | [ina] ⸢ka-nak⸣ {[im]}⸢DUB⸣ šu-a-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 25 | ⸢IGI {m}šu⸣-ma-[a A] {m}re-eš-DINGIR {m}{d}NA₃-MU-⸢URU₃⸣ A {m}{d}30-⸢GIN⸣ | |
| 26 | {⸢m⸣}{d}NA₃-⸢SUR⸣ [A] {⸢m⸣}ba-bu-tu₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU A {m}za-kir | |
| 27 | {⸢m⸣}MU-GI.NA A {m}{d}EN-DU₃{uš} {m}{d}NA₃-GAL₂{ši} A {m}x x [(x)] | |
| 28 | {⸢m⸣}{d}EN-am-me-ni A {m}šu-ma-a {m}{d}NA₃-GI A {m}ba-na-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 29 | {⸢m⸣}{d}NA₃-MU-SI.SA₂ A {lu₂}E₂.BAR-{d}za-ri-qu | |
| 30 | ⸢u₃⸣ {lu₂}UMBISAG {m}na-di-nu A {m}EGIR-⸢MEŠ-DINGIR⸣.[(MEŠ)] | |
| 31 | {uru}ša₂-{m}ṣu-ru-{d}IŠKUR {iti}APIN UD 27-KAM₂ | |
| 32 | MU 20-KAM₂ {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-IBILA LUGAL KUR.⸢KUR⸣ | |
| 33 | ṣu-pur {m}ŠEŠ-MU-{d}AMAR.⸢UTU ki⸣-[ma {na₄}KIŠIB-šu₂] | |
| 34 | tu₂-da-⸢a⸣-[tu] | |
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