RA 097, 76–79, 122–123 (BM 54136+) (P522431)
Legal, Achaemenid, Kutha · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | RA 097, 76–79, 122–123 (BM 54136+) |
|---|---|
| ID | P522431 |
| Museum no. | BM 054136 + BM 054136 + BM 054631 + BM 054640 + BM 054799 + BM 054831 + BM 054942 + BM 054954 + BM 055115 + BM 055227 + BM 055228 + BM 055274 + unnumbered fragments (x 2) |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Kutha (mod. Tell Ibrahim) |
| Coordinates | 32.7605, 44.6112 |
English translation
By Jursa, M. · 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 | [4]5 reeds 3 cubits 2[0 1/2 fingers, the built house together with the alley], in the Ebabbar Gate [district in Kutha]: |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | 3 GAR 6 cubits, the upper side [on the west, next to] the house of Nabu-it[tannu] and his brothers, sons of Nabu-[mušetiq-ud]de, descendant of [Dabibi, next to the house] of Nabu-uṣuršu, son of Nergal-iddin, [descendant of Sin-karabi]-išme, and next to [the reeds, property of (the god) Ner]gal; |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | 3 GAR 4 cubits, the lower side on the ea[st, next to] the through [st]reet; |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | 3 GAR, the upper front on the north, [next to the house of Nabu-it]tannu and Madi-ili, [son]s of Nabu-mušetiq-udde, [descendant of Dabibi, and next to] the alley of that house; |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [3 GAR] 4 cubits, the lower front [on the south, next to the no]-through [street], the exit of the houses; |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | [Total]: 43 reeds 17 fin[gers, the first measured] plot of the great house. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | [1 1/2 GAR 3 cubits], the upper [side on the west, next to the house of Bel]-ittannu, [son of Nabu-mušetiq-udde, descendant of Amil-Ea, the seller of the (house)] plot; |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | [1 1/2 GAR 3 cubits, the lower side] on the south, next to the house of [Nabu-ittan]nu, [son of Nabu]-mušetiq-udde, descendant of [Dabibi]; |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [5 cubits, the upper] front on the north, next to the th[rough] street; |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [5 cubits], the lo[wer front] on the south, next to the alley [of that house]; |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818 | [Total: 2 ree]ds 3 cubits 3 1/2 fingers, the unbuilt plot of the alley of that house, the second measured plot. |
| Obverse [18:20] o 1919–o 2020 | Total: 45 reeds 3 cubits 20 1/2 fingers, the measurement of that house together with the alley − |
| Obverse [20:27] o 2121–o 2727 | Bel-uballiṭ, son of Nabu-šum-ukin, descendant of Šangu-[Ištar-Babili], agreed a price of 24 2/3 shekels of refined silver per 1/2 GAR of land, with Bel-ittannu, son of Nabu-mušetiq-udde, [descendant of Amil-Ea] (and) Nidinti-Bel and Minu-ana-Bel-dan, his son[s], (and) he purchased it for 18 2/3 minas 2 shekels of refined silver, his full price, and he gave them 1/2 minas 8 shekels of refined silver as an additional payment and for the clo[thing of the mistress of the house]. |
| Obverse [27:33] o 2828– | Bel-ittannu, son of Nabu-mušetiq-udde, descendant of Amil-[Ea, and] Nidinti-Bel and Minu-ana-Bel-dan, his sons, received a [to]tal of 19 1/3 mi[nas of refined silver, from] Bel-uballiṭ, son of [Nabu-šum-ukin, descendant of Šangu]-Ištar-Babili, as the price of [their (house) plot], the entire amount of silver; they are paid. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 3333–r 3333 | They shall have no claim. They shall not return (to court) with one another, they shall have no dispute. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 3434–r 3737 | At any time, whoever from among the family of Bel-[ittannu], Nidinti-Bel and Minu-ana-Bel-dan, [comes forward] and claims that that house was not sold, [(and) the silver was not received], that claimant [will pay back] twelve times over the silver he received. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 3838–r 3939 | At the sealing of that tablet: |
| Reverse [9:10] r 3939–r 3939 | Before: Itti-Marduk-balaṭu, temple-enterer of Marduk, son of Nabu-šum-uṣur, descendant of [Balaṭu]; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 4040–r 4040 | Nidintu, son of Itti-Nabu-balaṭu; |
| Reverse [11:13] r 4141–r 4242 | Marduk-[belšunu], temple-[enterer] of [Marduk], son of Arad-[Marduk, descendant of Ba]lihu; |
| Reverse [13:14] r 4343–r 4343 | Bel-eṭer, [temple-enterer of Nergal, son of Nergal-ušallim, descendant] of Arad-Nergal; |
| Reverse [14:15] r 4444–r 4444 | Munahhiš-Mar[duk, son of Bel-aplu-iddin, descendant of Ea-eppeš]-ili; |
| Reverse [15:16] r 4545–r 4545 | Ea-iddin, son of [Nabu-ereš, descendant of Ea-eppeš]-ili; |
| Reverse [16:17] r 4646–r 4646 | [Marduk]-bel-zeri, temple-enterer of [Nergal, son of Bel-iddin, descendant of Dabi]bi; |
| Reverse [17:18] r 4747–r 4747 | [Mušallim]-Bel, temple-enterer of Nergal, [son of Nergal-iddin, descendant of Da]bibi; |
| Reverse [18:19] r 4848–r 4848 | [Gimil]-Nergal, son of Bel-iqiša, descendant of Irʾanni; |
| Reverse [19:21] r 4949–r 5050 | Zababa-šum-iddin, son of Nabu-mušetiq-udde, descendant of Amil-Ea, brother of Bel-ittannu, the seller of the house; |
| Reverse [21:22] r 5151–r 5151 | Bel-ittannu, son [of] Iddin-Bel, descendant of Ṭabihu; |
| Reverse [22:23] r 5252–r 5252 | Bel-bullissu, [son of] Bel-iddin, descendant of Irʾanni; |
| Reverse [23:24] r 5353–r 5353 | [Nabu-uballiṭ, son of] Bel-iddin, descendant of Amil-Ea; |
| Reverse [24:25] r 5454–r 5454 | [..., son of] Šapik-zeri, descendant of Balihu; |
| Reverse [25:26] r 5555–r 5555 | [..., son of] Nergal-ah-iddin, descendant of Agru; |
| Reverse [26:27] r 5656–r 5656 | [Išum]-udammiq, the scribe, son [of Bel]-uballiṭ, [descendant] of Itinnu. |
| Reverse [27:28] r 5757–r 5757 | [Ku]tha, 11th day of Simanu, 14th year of Artaxerxes, king of the lands. |
| Reverse [28:29] r 5858–r 5858 | Fingernail(s) of Bel-ittannu, Nidinti-Bel and Minu-ana-Bel-dan, his sons, the seller(s) of the house, in place of their seal(s). |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| 1 | 40+5 GI-MEŠ 3 KUŠ₃ 10+10 1/2 ŠU.SI E₂ ep₂-šu₂ a-di mu-ṣu-u₂] | |
| 2 | [KI]{⸢ti₃⸣} KA₂ E₂.BABBAR.RA [ša₂ qe₂-rib GU₂.DU₈.A{ki]} | |
| 3 | 2+1 GAR⸣ 6 KUŠ₃ UŠ AN.⸢TA⸣ {[tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA] E₂ {m}{d}NA₃-⸢it⸣-[tan-nu] | |
| 4 | u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-{[mu}DIB-UD].⸢DA DUMU⸣ {[m}da-bi-bi DA] | |
| 5 | [E₂] {m}{d}NA₃-URU₃-šu₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}U.GUR-⸢MU⸣ [DUMU {m}{d}30-SISKUR₂]-⸢ŠE⸣.GA u DA [GI-MEŠ NIG₂.GA {d}U].GUR | |
| 6 | [x] 3 ⸢GAR⸣ 4 KUŠ₃ UŠ KI.TA {tu₁₅}⸢KUR⸣.[RA DA su]-⸢u₂⸣-qu a-ṣu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 7 | 1+2 GAR SAG AN.TA {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ [DA E₂ {m}{d}NA₃-it]-⸢tan⸣-nu u {m}ma-a-di-DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 8 | [DUMU]-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-{⸢mu⸣}DIB-UD.DA [DUMU {m}da-bi-bi u DA] mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ ša₂-a-šu₂ | |
| 9 | 3 GAR] 4 KUŠ₃ SAG KI.TA {tu₁₅}[U₁₈.LU DA SILA la] ⸢E₃⸣{u₂} mu-ṣe-e E₂-MEŠ | |
| 10 | [ŠU.NIGIN₂] 43 GI-MEŠ 17 ŠU.[SI 1{et} mi-ših]-⸢tu₄⸣ E₂ GAL{u₂} | |
| 11 | 1 1/2 GAR 3 KUŠ₃ UŠ] ⸢AN.TA⸣ {[tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ {m}{d}EN]-⸢it⸣-tan-na | |
| 12 | [DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-{mu}DIB-UD.DA DUMU {m}LU₂-{d}E₂.A na-din GI]-MEŠ | |
| 13 | 1 1/2 GAR 3 KUŠ₃ UŠ KI.TA {tu₁₅]}⸢U₁₈.LU DA E₂⸣ {[m}{d}NA₃-it-tan]-na | |
| 14 | [DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃]-{mu}DIB-UD.DA DUMU {m}[da-bi-bi] | |
| 15 | 5 KUŠ₃ SAG AN.TA {tu₁₅]}⸢SI⸣.SA₂ DA SILA a-[ṣu-u₂] | |
| 16 | 5 KUŠ₃ SAG KI].⸢TA⸣ {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA mu-ṣu-u₂ [ša₂ E₂ ša₂-a]-šu₂ | |
| 17 | [ŠU.NIGIN₂ 2 GI]-MEŠ 3 KUŠ₃ 3 1/2 ŠU.SI ki-šub-⸢bu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 18 | ša₂ mu-⸢ṣu⸣-u₂ ša₂ E₂ ša₂-a-šu₂ ša₂-ni-tu₄ mi-[ših]-⸢tu₄⸣ | |
| 19 | ŠU.NIGIN 45 [GI]-MEŠ 3 KUŠ₃ 20 1/2 ŠU.SI ⸢mi⸣-ših-[tu₄] | |
| 20 | ⸢ša₂ E₂ šu⸣-ma-a-tu₄ a-di mu-ṣu-[u₂] | |
| 21 | it-ti {⸢m}{d}EN-it⸣-tan-na DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-{mu}DIB-UD.DA [DUMU {m}LU₂-{d}BAD (u)] | |
| 22 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}EN ⸢u₃⸣ {m}mi-nu-u₂-a-na-{<d}EN>-da-a-nu ⸢DUMU⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 23 | {⸢m}{d}EN⸣-TIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-⸢MU-DU DUMU {lu₂}SANGA⸣-{[d}INANNA-TIN.TIR{ki]} | |
| 24 | ša₂ 1/2 GAR A.ŠA₃ a-na 1/3 MA.⸢NA⸣ 4 ⸢GIN₂ 2-ta ŠU.II-MEŠ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 25 | KI.LAM im-be₂-e-ma 18 2/3 MA.NA 2 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ | |
| 26 | i-šam ši-me-šu₂ ⸢gam⸣-ru-tu u₃ 1/2 MA.NA 8 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ | |
| 27 | ki-i a-tar u₃ {⸢tug₂}lu⸣-[bar GAŠAN E₂ id]-⸢din⸣-šu₂-nu-tu | |
| 28 | [ŠU].⸢NIGIN 19 1/3 MA.[NA KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ ina qa-at {m]}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} | |
| 29 | DUMU ša₂ {[m}{d}NA₃-MU-DU DUMU {m}{lu₂}SANGA]-{⸢d}INANNA-TIN.TIR⸣{[ki]} | |
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| 30 | {m}{d}EN-⸢it-tan⸣-na DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-{mu}DIB-UD.DA DUMU ⸢LU₂⸣-{[d}BAD u] | |
| 31 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}EN u {m}mi-nu-u₂-a-na-{d}EN-da-a-nu DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢ŠAM₂⸣ [GI-MEŠ-šu₂-nu] | |
| 32 | a-na ka-sap ga-mir-tu₄ mah-ru-uʾ ap-lu-[uʾ] | |
| 33 | ru-gu-um-ma-a ul i-šu-u₂ ul GUR-MEŠ-ma a-ha-[meš] | |
| 34 | ul i-rag-gu-mu ma-ti-ma ⸢ma-na-ma kim-tu₄ ša₂ {m}{d}EN⸣-[it-tan-nu] | |
| 35 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}EN u {m}mi-nu-u₂-a-na-{d}EN-da-a-⸢nu⸣ [ša₂ E₁₁-ma] | |
| 36 | i-rag-⸢gu⸣-[mu] ⸢um⸣-ma E₂ MU.MEŠ ul SUM-[ma ka-sap ul ma-hi-ir] | |
| 37 | {lu₂}pa-qir-ra-nu ⸢ka-sap⸣ im-hur EN 12-TA.⸢AM₃⸣ [i-ta-nap-pal] | |
| 38 | i-na ka-⸢nak⸣ {im}DUB šu-[a-tu₄] | |
| 39 | IGI {m}KI-{d}AMAR.UTU-TIN {lu₂}KU₄.E₂ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂ {d}AMAR.UTU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-MU-URU₃ ⸢DUMU⸣ {[m}ba-la-ṭu] | |
| 40 | {m}ni-din-tu₄ DUMU ša₂ {m}KI-{d}NA₃-TIN {[m}{d}EN]-e-ṭe₃-ru ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-TIN{su]} | |
| 41 | DUMU {m}AŠ-SUR {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-[EN-šu₂-nu {lu₂}KU₄].⸢E₂ {lu₂}KU₄].⸢E₂ {d⸣}[AMAR.UTU] | |
| 42 | DUMU <ša₂> {m}IR₃-{[d}AMAR.UTU DUMU {m}KASKAL].⸢KUR{i⸣} | |
| 43 | {m}{d}EN-e-ṭe₃-ru {lu₂}[KU₄.E₂ {lu₂}[KU₄.E₂ {d}U.GUR DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}U.GUR-GI DUMU {m]}IR₃-E₂.GIR₄.KU₃ | |
| 44 | {m}mu-na-hiš-{d}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}EN-A-MU DUMU {m}{d}BAD-DU₃]{eš}DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 45 | {[m]}{d}⸢E₂.A-MU DUMU ša₂⸣ {[m}{d}NA₃-URU₄{eš} DUMU {m}{d}BAD-DU₃{eš]}⸢DINGIR⸣-MEŠ | |
| 46 | {[m}{d}AMAR.UTU]-EN-NUMUN {lu₂}KU₄.⸢E₂ {lu₂}KU₄.⸢E₂ {d⸣}[U.GUR DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}EN-MU DUMU {m}da-bi]-bi | |
| 47 | {[m}GI-{d]}⸢EN⸣ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂ {d}U.⸢GUR⸣ [DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}U.GUR-MU DUMU {m}da]-⸢bi⸣-bi | |
| 48 | {[m}gi-mil]-{⸢d⸣}U.GUR DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}⸢EN-BA⸣{ša₂} ⸢DUMU⸣ {m}ir-a-nu | |
| 49 | {⸢m}{d}za-ba₄-ba₄⸣-MU-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}⸢NA₃-{mu⸣}DIB-UD.DA ⸢DUMU⸣ LU₂-{d}E₂.A | |
| 50 | ŠEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}⸢EN-it⸣-tan-na {⸢lu₂⸣}na-din E₂ | |
| 51 | {[m]}{d}EN-it-tan-na ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂ {m]}⸢MU⸣-{d}EN DUMU {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂ | |
| 52 | {[m}{d]}⸢EN⸣-bul-liṭ-su [DUMU ša₂] {m}{d}EN-MU DUMU {m}ir-a-nu | |
| 53 | {[m}{d}NA₃-TIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂] {m}{d}EN-MU DUMU LU₂-{d}E₂.A | |
| 54 | {[m}x-x-x DUMU ša₂ {m]}DUB-NUMUN DUMU {m}{d}KASKAL.KUR{i} | |
| 55 | {[m}x-x-x DUMU ša₂ {m}{d]}U.GUR-ŠEŠ-⸢MU DUMU⸣ {lu₂}HUN.GA₂ | |
| 56 | {[m}{d}i-šum]-⸢SIG₅{iq} DUB.SAR DUMU⸣ [ša₂ {m}{d}EN]-⸢TIN{iṭ⸣} [DUMU] {lu₂}ŠITIM | |
| 57 | [GU₂].⸢DU₈⸣.A{ki} {iti}SIG₄ UD 11-⸢KAM MU 14-KAM {m}⸢ar-ta⸣-ak-ša₂-as-su | |
| 58 | LUGAL KUR.KUR ṣu-pur {m}{d}EN-it-tan-na {⸢m⸣}ni-din-tu₄-{d}EN u {m}mi-nu-⸢u₂-ana-{d}EN-da-a-nu⸣ | |
| 59 | ⸢DUMU⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ {lu₂}na-din E₂ ku-um {na₄}KIŠIB-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu] | |
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