RA 097, 85–86, 128–129 (BM 54277+) (P522438)
Legal, Achaemenid, Kutha · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | RA 097, 85–86, 128–129 (BM 54277+) |
|---|---|
| ID | P522438 |
| Museum no. | BM 054277 + BM 055381 + unnumbered fragment + BM 055248 |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [51 reeds 3 cubits (x fingers)], a built [house] together with the all[ey], in the [Ebabbar Gate district] of Kutha − |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | [the upper side] on the west, next to the house of Nabu-ittannu [and his bro]thers, sons of Nabu-mušetiq-udde, 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 Nergal; |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | the lower side on the east, next to the through street; |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | the upper front on the north, next to the house of Nabu-ittannu and Madi-ili, sons of Nabu-mušetiq-udde, descendant of Dabibi; and next to the alley of that house; |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | the lower front on the south, next to the no-through street, the exit of the houses − |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | Total: [45 reed]s, the first measured plot of the great house. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | the upper side on the west, next to the house of Bel-ittannu, son of Nabu-mušetiq-udde, [descendant] of Amil-Ea, seller of the (house) plot; |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414–o 1515 | the lower side on the east, next to the house of Nabu-ittannu, son of Nabu-mušetiq-udde, descendant of [Dabibi]; |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | the upper front on the north, [next to the through street]; |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | the lower front on the sou[th, next to the alley of that house] − |
| Obverse [17:19] o 1818–o 1919 | Total: 6 reeds 3 [cubits (x fingers?), the unbuilt plot of] the alley of that house, the second [measured plot]. |
| Obverse [19:21] o 2020–o 2121 | Total: 51 reeds 3 cubits [(x fingers?), the measurement of that house toge]ther with the al[ley] − |
| Obverse [21:27] o 2222–o 2727 | Bel-uballiṭ, son of Nabu-šum-ukin, descendant of Šangu-Ištar-[Babili], agreed a pri[ce] of 2/3 mina [4 shekels] of refined silver per 1/2 GAR of land, with Bel-[it]tan[nu, son of] Nabu-mušetiq-[udde], (and) Nidinti-Bel and Min[u-ana-Bel]-dan, his sons, (and he purchased it for) 1/2 talent [8 minas x shekels, and he gave] th[em ...] as an additional payment and for [the clothing of the mistress of the house]. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 28r 28–r 3131 | [Bel-ittannu], son of Nabu-mušetiq-udde, descendant of Amil-[Ea, and Nidinti-Bel and] Minu-ana-Bel-dan, his sons, received [a total of 1]/2 talent 9 minas of refined silver, [from Bel-uballiṭ], son of Nabu-šum-ukin, descendant of Šangu-Ištar-Babi[li], as [the price of their (house) plot], the entire amount of [silver]; they are paid. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 3232–r 3232 | [They shall have no cl]aim. They shall not return (to court) with one another, they shall have no dispute. |
| Reverse [5:9] r 3333–r 3636 | At [any time, whoever] (from among) the family of Bel-ittannu, claims that that [house] was not sold, and the silver was not received, that clai[man]t will pa[y b]ack twelve times over the silver he received. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 3737–r 3838 | At the sealing of that tablet: |
| Reverse [10:11] r 3838–r 3838 | Before: Itti-Marduk-balaṭu, temple-enterer of Marduk, [son of Nabu-šum]-uṣur, descendant of Balaṭu; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 3939–r 3939 | Nidintu, son of Itti-Nabu-balaṭu; |
| Reverse [12:13] r 4040–r 4040 | Marduk-belšunu, [temple]-enterer of Marduk, son of Arad-Marduk, descendant of Balihu; |
| Reverse [13:15] r 4141–r 4242 | Bel-eṭe[r], temple-enterer of Nergal, son of Nergal-ušallim, descendant of Arad-Nergal; |
| Reverse [15:16] r 4343–r 4343 | Munahhiš-Marduk, son [of Bel-aplu]-iddin, descendant of Ea-eppeš-ili; |
| Reverse [16:17] r 4444–r 4444 | Ea-iddin, son of Nabu-ereš, descendant of Ea-eppeš-ili; |
| Reverse [17:18] r 4545–r 4545 | Marduk-bel-zeri, [temple]-enterer of [Ner]gal, son of Bel-iddin, descendant of Dabibi; |
| Reverse [18:19] r 4646–r 4646 | Mušallim-Bel, temple-enterer of [Nergal, son] of Nergal-iddin, descendant of Dabibi; |
| Reverse [19:20] r 4747–r 4747 | Gimil-Nergal, son of Bel-iqiša, descendant of Irʾanni; |
| Reverse [20:22] r 4848–r 4949 | Zababa-šum-iddin, [son of] Nabu-mušetiq-udde, descendant of Amil-Ea, brother of Bel-ittannu, the seller of the house; |
| Reverse [22:23] r 5050–r 5050 | Bel-it[tan]nu, son of Iddin-Bel, descendant of Ṭabihu; |
| Reverse [23:24] r 5151–r 5151 | Bel-bullissu, [son of] Bel-iddin, descendant of Irʾanni; |
| Reverse [24:25] r 5252–r 5252 | [...]-a, son of Šapik-zeri, descendant of Balihu; |
| Reverse [25:26] r 5353–r 5353 | [...], son of Nergal-ah-iddin, descendant of Agru; |
| Reverse [26:27] r 5454–r 5454 | [I]šum-[udamm]iq, the scribe, son of Bel-uballiṭ, descendant of Itinnu. |
| Reverse [27:28] r 5555–r 5555 | [Ku]tha, 11th day of Simanu, 14th year of Artaxer[xes, king of the lands]. |
| Reverse [28:29] r 5656–r 5656 | [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)
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)
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| 1 | 51 GI-MEŠ 3 KUŠ₃ (x 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 | [UŠ AN.TA] {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ {m}{d}NA₃-it-tan-na | |
| 4 | [u₃ ŠEŠ]-⸢MEŠ-šu₂⸣ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-{mu}DIB-UD.DA DUMU {m}da-bi-bi | |
| 5 | [DA E₂ {m}{d]}NA₃-URU₃-šu₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}U.⸢GUR⸣-[MU] DUMU {m}{d}30-SISKUR₂-ŠE.GA | |
| 6 | u ⸢DA GI-MEŠ⸣ NIG₂.GA {d}U.GUR UŠ KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA | |
| 7 | DA su-⸢u₂-qu⸣ a-ṣu-u₂ SAG AN.TA {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ | |
| 8 | {m}{d}NA₃-it-tan-na u {m}ma-a-di-DINGIR-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-{mu}DIB-UD.DA | |
| 9 | DUMU {m}da-bi-bi u DA mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ ša₂-a-šu₂ | |
| 10 | SAG KI.⸢TA {tu₁₅⸣}U₁₈.LU DA su-u₂-qu la E₃{u₂} mu-ṣe-e E₂-MEŠ | |
| 11 | ŠU.⸢NIGIN⸣ 45 GI]-⸢MEŠ⸣ 1{et} meš-ha-tu₄ E₂ GAL{u₂} | |
| 12 | UŠ ⸢AN.TA {tu₁₅⸣}MAR.TU ⸢DA⸣ E₂ {m}{d}EN-it-tan-na | |
| 13 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-{⸢mu⸣}DIB-UD.DA [DUMU {m]}⸢LU₂⸣-{d}E₂.A na-din GI-MEŠ | |
| 14 | UŠ KI.TA {⸢tu₁₅}KUR⸣.RA ⸢DA E₂⸣ {m}{d}⸢NA₃⸣-it-tan-na | |
| 15 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-{mu}<DIB>-UD.DA DUMU {m}[da-bi-bi] | |
| 16 | SAG AN.TA {tu₁₅}SI.⸢SA₂⸣ [DA SILA a-ṣu-u₂] | |
| 17 | SAG KI.TA {tu₁₅}⸢U₁₈⸣.[LU DA mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ ša₂-a-šu₂] | |
| 18 | ŠU.NIGIN 6 GI-MEŠ 3 [KUŠ₃ (x ŠU.SI) ki-šub-bu-u₂ ša₂] | |
| 19 | mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ <ša₂-a>-šu₂ ša₂-ni-⸢tu₄⸣ [meš-ha-tu₄] | |
| 20 | ŠU.NIGIN 51 GI-MEŠ 3 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [(x ŠU.SI) meš-ha-tu₄] | |
| 21 | [E₂ šu-a-ti₃ a]-⸢di⸣ mu-⸢ṣu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 22 | it-ti {m}{d}EN-[it]-⸢tan⸣-[na DUMU ša₂ {m]}{d}NA₃-{mu}DIB-[UD.DA (u)] | |
| 23 | {m}ni-din-ti-{d}EN u {m}mi-⸢nu⸣-[u₂-ana-{d}EN]-da-a-nu DUMU-MEŠ-[šu₂] | |
| 24 | {m}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-⸢MU-DU⸣ DUMU {lu₂}SANGA-{d}INANNA-[TIN.TIR{ki]} | |
| 25 | ša₂ 1/2 GAR A.ŠA₃ a-na 2/3 MA.⸢NA⸣ 4 GIN₂] ⸢KU₃.BABBAR⸣ qa-lu-u₂ KI.[LAM] | |
| 26 | im-be₂-e-ma 1/2 ⸢GUN⸣ 8 MA.NA x GIN₂ u x ki] pi-i a-tar u₃ {⸢tug₂⸣}[lu-bar] | |
| 27 | GAŠAN E₂ id-din]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu-[tu] | |
| r | ||
| 28 | [ŠU.NIGIN 1/2 GUN 9 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-⸢u₂⸣ [ina qa-at {m}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ]} | |
| 29 | ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}{d}NA₃-($ text: {d}+EN $)-MU-DU DUMU {m}{lu₂}SANGA-{d}INANNA-⸢TIN⸣.[TIR{ki} {m}{d}EN-it-tan-na] | |
| 30 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-{mu}DIB-UD.DA DUMU {m}⸢LU₂⸣-{[d}BAD u {m}ni-din-ti-{d}EN u] | |
| 31 | {m}mi-nu-u₂-ana-{d}EN-da-a-nu DUMU-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ [ŠAM₂ GI-MEŠ-šu₂-nu a-na ka-sap] | |
| 32 | ga-mir-tu₄ mah-ru-uʾ a-pil-uʾ ru-[gum-ma-a ul i-šu-u₂] | |
| 33 | ul i-tur-ru-ma a-na a-ha-meš ul i-rag-gu-<mu> ⸢ma⸣-[ti-ma ma-na-ma] | |
| 34 | kim-tu₄ ša₂ E₂ {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu i-rag-gu-mu [um-ma E₂] ⸢MU⸣.MEŠ | |
| 35 | ul SUM-ma ka-sap ul ma-hir {lu₂}⸢pa⸣-[qir-a]-nu ka-sap | |
| 36 | im-hur-ma EN 12-TA.AM₃ i-ta-[nap]-pal | |
| 37 | i-na ka-nak {im}DUB šu-a-tu₄ | |
| 38 | 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 | |
| 39 | {m}ni-din-tu₄ DUMU ša₂ {m}KI-{d}NA₃-TIN {m}{d}⸢EN⸣-[e-ṭe₃-ru DUMU ša₂] {m}{d}NA₃-TIN-su | |
| 40 | DUMU {m}AŠ-SUR {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-EN-šu₂-nu {lu₂}⸢KU₄⸣.[E₂ {lu₂}⸢KU₄⸣.[E₂ {d]}⸢AMAR.UTU⸣ DUMU ša₂ {m}IR₃-{d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 41 | DUMU {m}KASKAL.KUR{i} {m}{d}EN-e-⸢ṭe₃⸣-[ru {lu₂]}⸢KU₄⸣.E₂ {lu₂]}⸢KU₄⸣.E₂ {d}U.⸢GUR⸣ | |
| 42 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}U.GUR-GI ⸢DUMU⸣ {m}IR₃-E₂.GIR₄.KU₃ | |
| 43 | {m}mu-na-ah-hiš-{d}AMAR.UTU ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂ {m}{d}EN-A]-MU DUMU {m}{d}BAD-DU₃{eš}DINGIR | |
| 44 | {m}{d}BAD-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-⸢URU₄⸣{eš} DUMU {m}{d}BAD-DU₃{eš}DINGIR | |
| 45 | {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 | |
| 46 | {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 | |
| 47 | {m}gi-mil-{d}U.GUR DUMU ša₂ {m}{[d]}⸢EN-BA{ša₂⸣} DUMU {m}ir-a-ni | |
| 48 | {m}{d}za-ba₄-ba₄-MU-MU [DUMU ša₂ {m]}{d}NA₃-{mu}DIB-UD.DA DUMU {m}LU₂-{d}BAD | |
| 49 | ŠEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-it-⸢tan⸣-na na-din E₂ | |
| 50 | {m}{d}EN-⸢it⸣-[tan]-⸢na⸣ DUMU ša₂ {m}MU-{d}EN DUMU {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂ | |
| 51 | {m}{d}EN-TIN-⸢su⸣ [DUMU ša₂ {m]}{d}EN-MU DUMU {<m>}ir-a-ni {m}{d}NA₃-TIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}EN-MU | |
| 52 | {m}⸢x⸣-[x-(x)]-a DUMU ša₂ {m}DUB-NUMUN DUMU {m}{d}KASKAL.KUR{i} // DUMU {m}LU₂-{d}BAD | |
| 53 | {m}[x-x-(x)] DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}U.GUR-ŠEŠ-MU DUMU {lu₂}HUN.GA₂ | |
| 54 | {[m}{d}i]-⸢šum⸣-[SIG₅]{iq} {lu₂}DUB.SAR DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} DUMU {lu₂}⸢ŠITIM⸣ | |
| 55 | [GU₂].⸢DU₈⸣.A{ki} {iti}SIG₄ UD 11-KAM MU 14-KAM {m}ar-tak-šat-[su LUGAL KUR.KUR] | |
| 56 | [ṣu-pur {m}{d]}⸢EN⸣-it-tan-nu {m}ni-din-ti-{d}EN u {m}mi-nu-u₂-ana-{d}⸢EN⸣-[da-a-nu] | |
| 57 | DUMU-MEŠ-šu na-din E₂ ana ku-um {na₄}[KIŠIB-šu₂-nu] | |
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