RA 097, 104–105, 140 (BM 92715+) (P522454)
Legal, Achaemenid, Kutha · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | RA 097, 104–105, 140 (BM 92715+) |
|---|---|
| ID | P522454 |
| Museum no. | BM 092715 + unnumbered fragments (x 3) |
| 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 [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | A built house of 53 reeds in the Ebabbar Gate district in Kutha: the upper side on the west, next to the house of Nergal-bullissu and Nidinti-Bel, the sons of Nabu-ittannu, descendant of Dabibi, next to the house of the sons of Nabu-uṣuršu, son of Nergal-iddin, descendant of Sin-karabi-išme, and next to the (house) plot, property of (the god) Nergal; the lower side on the east, next to the through-street; the upper front on the north, next to the house of Nergal-bullissu and Nidinti-Bel, sons of Nabu-ittannu, descendant of Dabibi, next to the house of Bel-kaṣir, descendant of Itinnu, and (next to) the 6 cubits, 7 fingers aškuttu that forms part of that property; the lower front on the south, next to the narrow no-through street (which forms) the (means of) exit of the houses. |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99–o 1212 | Total: 53 reeds, that house, which previously Bel-ittan[nu, son of] Nabu-mušetiq-uddu, descendant of Amil-Ea, sold to Bel-uballiṭ, [son of Nabu-šumu-ukin], descendant of <Šangu>-Ištar-Belet-Babili, and he [too]k a deed of purchase from him and paid him (Bel-ittannu) silver, the purchase price, but afterwards Bel-ittannu died and did not hand over the original property deed for that house (to Bel-uballiṭ). |
| Obverse [12:21] o 1313– | Now, in the month Tašritu of the 30th year of king Artaxerxes, Nidinti-Bel, son of Bel-ittannu, gave Bel-uballiṭ a copy of the original [property deed for] that house. Arad-[Marduk, the temple-enterer] of Nergal, Bel-iqiša, the temple-enterer of Nergal, (and) Ner[gal-ušallim, the temple-enterer] of Nergal, [presided as witness]es to the original property deed for that house, but their seal(s) were not added. Furthermore, Nidinti-Bel and [Minu-ana]-Bel-dan, the sons of Bel-ittannu, swore an oath by (the god) [...]: 'We certainly searched for the original prope[rty deed for] that house which has [the seal of the temple-enterers] of Nergal added to it, but did not [find] (it). |
| Reverse [6:9] r 2121–r 2323 | Wherever the original property deed for that house, on which the seals [of the temple enterers] of Nergal are added, (appears,) be it in the house of Nidinti-Bel, or in the house of the relatives of [Nidinti]-Bel or wherever it turns up, it belongs to Bel-uballiṭ. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 2424–r 2424 | Witnesses: Bel-[bul]lissu, son of Bel-iddin, descendant of Ir'anni; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 2525–r 2525 | Bel-iddin, son of [Nabu]-bullissu, descendant of Amil-Ea; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 2626–r 2626 | Minu-ana-Bel-dan, son of Bel-ittannu, descendant of Amil-Ea, the brother of Nidinti-[Bel]; |
| Reverse [12:13] r 2727–r 2727 | Nergal-ušezib, son of Bel-eṭir, descendant of Sin-šadunu; |
| Reverse [13:14] r 2828–r 2828 | Bel-upahhir and Nergal-iddin, sons of Madan-šum-iddin, descendant of Amil-Ea; |
| Reverse [14:16] r 2929– | Bel-ittannu and Nergal-tabni-uṣur, sons of Zababa-šum-iddin, descendant of Amil-Ea; |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 30t.e. 30–t.e. 30t.e. 30 | Balaṭu, the scribe, s[on of ...]-uballiṭ, descendant of Itinnu. |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 32l.e. 32–l.e. 32l.e. 32 | Bel-iddin and Nabu-uballit, sons of Bel-ittannu, descendant of Arad-Nergal. |
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 | 53 GI-MEŠ E₂ ep₂-šu₂ KI{ti₃} KA₂ E₂.BABBAR.RA ša₂ qe₂-rib GU₂.⸢DU₈⸣.[A]{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 2 | UŠ AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ {m}{d}U.GUR-bu-liṭ-su u {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}⸢EN⸣ | |
| 3 | DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-it-tan-nu DUMU {m}da-bi-bi DA E₂ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-u₂-ṣur-šu₂ | |
| 4 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}U.GUR-MU DUMU {m}{d}30-SISKUR₂-ŠE.GA u₃ DA GI-MEŠ NIG₂.GA {d}U.GUR | |
| 5 | UŠ KI.TA IM.KUR.RA DA SILA a-ṣu-u₂ SAG AN.TA {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ | |
| 6 | {m}{d}U.GUR-bul-liṭ-su u {m}ni-din-tu₂-{d}EN ⸢DUMU-MEŠ⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-it-tan-nu DUMU {m}da-bi-bi | |
| 7 | DA E₂ {m}{d}EN-KAD₂ DUMU {lu₂}ŠITIM u₃ 6 KUŠ₃ 7 ŠU.SI aš₂-kut-tu₄ ŠA₃ GI-MEŠ | |
| 8 | SAG KI.TA {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA SILA SIG{nu} la a-ṣu-u₂ mu-ṣu-u₂ E₂-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ŠU.NIGIN₂ 53 GI-MEŠ E₂ MU-MEŠ ša₂ i-na pa-na-ma {m}{d}EN-it-⸢tan⸣-[nu DUMU ša₂] | |
| 10 | {m}{d}NA₃-{mu-še}DIB-UD.DA DUMU {m}LU₂-{<d>}E₂.A a-na KU₃.BABBAR a-na {m}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} [DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}NA₃-MU-DU] | |
| 11 | DUMU {m}{<lu₂}SANGA>-{d}INANNA-GAŠAN-TIN.TIR{ki} id-din-nu-ma {im}DUB KI.LAM it-ti-šu₂ [il]-⸢qu-u₂⸣ | |
| 12 | u₃ KU₃.BABBAR ši-i-mu id-din-nu-uš u₃ ar₂-ki {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu ⸢šim-tu₄⸣ iz-bi-lu-ši-ma | |
| 13 | um-mu A.ŠA₃ ša₂ E₂ ša₂-a-šu₂ la id-din-nu-uš e-nen-na ina {iti}DU₆ ša₂ ⸢MU⸣ 30-KAM {m}ar-tak-ša₂-as-su | |
| 14 | LUGAL {m}ni-din-tu₂-{d}EN DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu gab-ru-u₂ um-mu A.[ŠA₃ ša₂] ⸢E₂⸣ ša₂-a-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 15 | a-na {m}{d}EN-TIN{iṭ} id-din-nu-ma {m}IR₃-{d}[AMAR.UTU {lu₂}KU₄.E₂] {lu₂}KU₄.E₂] {⸢d⸣}U.GUR | |
| 16 | {m}{d}EN-BA{ša₂} {lu₂}KU₄.E₂ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂ {d}U.GUR {m}{d}U.⸢GUR⸣.[GI {lu₂}KU₄.E₂ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂ {d]}U.GUR | |
| 17 | i-na um-mu A.ŠA₃ ša₂ E₂ ša₂-a-šu a-na {lu₂}⸢mu⸣-[kin-nu-u₂-tu aš₂-bu]-⸢u₂⸣-ma | |
| 18 | {im}KIŠIB-šu₂-nu it-ti-⸢šu₂ la ṭe-pu-u₂ {m}ni-din-tu₂-{d}EN⸣ [u {m}mi-nu-u₂-ana-{d]}⸢EN⸣-da-a-nu DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ | |
| 19 | ⸢x⸣ {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu ⸢MU {d⸣}[x x x x x x] ⸢x iz-zak⸣-ru-uʾ | |
| 20 | ki-i um-mu A.[ŠA₃ ša₂] E₂ ša₂-a-šu₂ ša₂ {⸢im⸣}[KIŠIB {lu₂}KU₄.E₂] {lu₂}KU₄.E₂] {d}U.GUR it-ti-i | |
| 21 | ṭe-pu-u₂ ⸢la⸣ [nu]-⸢bu⸣-uʾ-ma ni-ik-šu-du a-šar um-mu A.ŠA₃ ša₂ E₂ ša₂-a-šu₂ | |
| 22 | ša₂ {im}KIŠIB {⸢lu₂⸣}[KU₄.E₂] {⸢lu₂⸣}[KU₄.E₂] {d}U.GUR it-ti-i ṭe-pu-u₂ ina E₂ {m}ni-din-tu₂-{d}EN ina E₂ | |
| 23 | IM.RI.A ša₂ {m}[ni-din-tu₂]-{d}EN u a-šar ik-kaš-ša₂-du ša₂ {m}{[d]}EN-TIN{iṭ} šu-u₂ | |
| 24 | {lu₂}mu-kin-nu {m}{d}EN-[bul]-liṭ-su DUMU {m}{d}EN-MU DUMU {m}⸢ir⸣-[a]-⸢ni⸣ {m}{d}EN-SU u {m}{d}EN-lu-⸢mur⸣ | |
| 25 | DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}u₂-bar DUMU {m}pap-pa-a-a {m}{d}EN-MU DUMU ša₂ {[m}{d}NA₃]-bul-liṭ-su DUMU LU₂-{d}⸢BAD⸣ | |
| 26 | {m}mi-nu-u₂-a-na-{d}EN-da-a-nu DUMU ša₂ {⸢m}{d}EN-it-tan⸣-nu DUMU LU₂-{<d>}BAD ŠEŠ ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₂-{d}⸢EN⸣ | |
| 27 | {m}{d}U.GUR-u₂-še-zib DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}EN-e-ṭe₃-ru DUMU {m}{d}30-ša₂-du-nu {m}{d}NA₃-ku-ṣur-šu₂ | |
| 28 | DUMU ša₂ {m}IR₃-{d}U.GUR DUMU {lu₂}HUN.GA₂ {m}{d}EN-NIGIN{ir} u {m}{d}U.GUR-MU DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}DI.KUD-MU-MU DUMU {m}LU₂-{d}⸢BAD⸣ | |
| 29 | {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu u {m}{d}U.GUR-tab-ni-URU₃ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}za-ba₄-ba₄-MU-MU DUMU {m}LU₂-{d}BAD | |
| t.e. | ||
| 30 | {m}ba-la-ṭu DUB.SAR ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}x-TIN{iṭ} DUMU {lu₂}ŠITIM GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} | |
| 31 | {iti}DU₆ UD 26-KAM ⸢MU⸣ 30-⸢KAM⸣ {m}ar-tak-ša₂-as-su LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
| l.e. | ||
| 32 | {m}{d}EN-MU u {m}{d}NA₃-TIN{iṭ} DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-it-tan-nu DUMU {m}IR₃-{d}GIR₄.KU₃ | |
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