BRM 2, 35 [Exchange of property]
Obverse | ||
o 1o 1 | [ṭup-pi ŠE].⸢BAL⸣ ša₂ md60-ŠEŠ-MUnu A ša₂ mdum-qi₂-d60 A ša₂ mri-ḫat A mlu-uš-tam-mar-dIŠKUR | (o 1) Tablet of exchange between Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Rihat, descendant of Luštammar-Adad, and Nidintu-šarri, son of Rihat-Anu, a builder, in the undeveloped plot, the property of Anu, which is in the district of the Ištar Gate, which is in Uruk. |
o 22 | [u₃ m]NIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL A ša₂ mri-ḫat-d60 lu₂ŠIDIM ina ki-šub-ba-a NIG₂.⸢GA⸣ d60 ša₂ ina KIti₃ KA₂.GAL dINANA ša₂ qe₂-reb; UNUGki | |
o 33 | ⸢iti⸣NE-KAM₂ MU 129-KAM₂ mse-lu-ku LUGAL ina ḫu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu KI a-ḫa-miš a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ uš-šu-pal-MEŠ | (o 3) They voluntarily exchanged with each other in the month of Abu, year 129, Seleucus (being) king, in perpetuity. |
o 44 | ki-šub-ba-a NIG₂.GA d60 KIti₃ KA₂.GAL dINANA ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUGki 18 KUŠ₃ US₂ ANu₂ tu₁₅SI.SA₂ | (o 4) The undeveloped plot of the property of Anu, in the district of the Ištar Gate, which is in Uruk: 18 cubits, the upper length to the north, adjacent to the house of the property of Anu, the bīt ritti of Idat-Anu, son of Illut-Anu; 18 cubits, the lower length to the south, adjacent to the undeveloped plot of the property of Anu, the bīt ritti of Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Rihat; 7 cubits, the upper width to the west, adjacent to the undeveloped plot of the property of Anu; 7 cubits, the lower width to the east, adjacent to the street, "Passage of the Ištar Canal"; a total of 18 cubits in lengths, 7 cubits in widths, (for) the plot of that undeveloped plot; that undeveloped plot, as little and as much as exists, for exchange of the undeveloped plot of the property of Anu, in that place, Nidintu-Anu, son of Rihat-Anu, a builder, gave to Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Rihat, in perpetuity. |
o 55 | DA E₂ NIG₂.GA d60 E₂ rit-ti ša₂ mi-dat-d60 A ša₂ mil-lut-d60 18 KUŠ₃ US₂ KIu₂ tu₁₅U₁₈.LU | |
o 66 | DA ki-šub-ba-a NIG₂.GA d60 E₂ rit-ti ša₂ md60-ŠEŠ-MUnu A ša₂ mdum-qi₂-d60 A ša₂ mri-ḫat | |
o 77 | 7 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA tu₁₅MAR.TU DA ki-šub-ba-a NIG₂.GA d60 7 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA | |
o 88 | tu₁₅KUR.RA DA SILA mu-taq ID₂-dINANA ŠU.NIGIN 18 KUŠ₃ US₂ 7 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI meš-ḫat ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ | |
o 99 | ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na ŠE.BAL ša₂ ki-šub-ba-a | |
o 1010 | NIG₂.GA d60 ina a-šar MU-MEŠ mNIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL A ša₂ mri-ḫat-d60 lu₂ŠIDIM a-na md60-ŠEŠ-MUnu | |
o 1111 | A [ša₂!] mdum-qi₂-d60 A ša₂ mri-ḫat a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din | |
o 1212 | ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ NIG₂.GA d60 ša₂ md60-ŠEŠ-MUnu A ša₂ mdum-qi₂-d60 A ša₂ | (o 12) That undeveloped plot of the property of Anu belongs to Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Rihat, descendant of Luštammar-Adad, in perpetuity. |
o 1313 | ||
o 1414 | ki-šub-ba-a NIG₂.GA d60 KIti₃ KA₂.GAL dINANA ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUGki 27 KUŠ₃ US₂ ANu₂ | (o 14) The undeveloped plot of the property of Anu, in the district of the Ištar Gate, which is in Uruk: 27 cubits, the upper length to the north, adjacent to the undeveloped plot of the property of Anu, the bīt ritti of Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Rihat; 27 cubits, the lower length to the south, adjacent to the house of the property of Anu, the bīt ritti of Nidintu-šarri, son of Rihat-Anu, and adjacent to the house of the property of Anu, the bīt ritti of Idat-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin; 7 cubits, the upper width to the west, adjacent to the house of the property of Anu, the bīt ritti of Nidintu-šarri, son of Rihat-Anu; 7 cubits, the lower width to the east, adjacent to the street, "Bank of Ištar Canal"; a total of 27 cubits in lengths, 7 cubits in widths, (for) that undeveloped plot; that undeveloped plot, as little and as much exists, all of it, for exchange of the undeveloped plot, the property of Anu, Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Rihat, descendant of Luštammar-Adad, gave to Nidintu-šarri, son of Rihat-Anu, a builder, in perpetuity. |
o 1515 | tu₁₅SI.SA₂ DA ki-šub-ba-a NIG₂.GA d60 E₂ rit-ti ša₂ md60-ŠEŠ-MUnu A ša₂ | |
o 1616 | mdum-qi₂-d60 A ša₂ mri!-ḫat 27 KUŠ₃ US₂ KIu₂ tu₁₅U₁₈.LU DA E₂ NIG₂.GA d60 E₂ rit-ti1 | |
o 1717 | ša₂ mNIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL A ša₂ mri-ḫat-d60 u DA E₂ NIG₂.GA d60 E₂ rit-ti ša₂ mi-dat-d60 | |
o 1818 | A ša₂ mdna-na-a-MU 7 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA tu₁₅MAR.TU DA E₂ NIG₂.GA d60 | |
o 1919 | E₂ rit-ti ša₂ mNIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL A ša₂ mri-ḫat-d60 7 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA | |
o 2020 | tu₁₅KUR.RA DA SILA mu-rad! ID₂-dINANA ŠU.NIGIN 27 KUŠ₃ US₂ 7 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI | |
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | meš-ḫat ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi | |
r 22 | a-na ŠE.BAL ša₂ ki-šub-ba-a NIG₂.GA d60 md60-ŠEŠ-MUnu A ša₂ <<x x>> mdum-qi₂-d60 A ša₂2 | |
r 33 | mri-ḫat <<x x x>> A mlu-uš-tam-mar-dIŠKUR a-na mNIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL A ša₂ mri-ḫat-d60 lu₂ŠIDIM3 | |
r 44 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ NIG₂.GA d60 ša₂ mNIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL | (r 4) That undeveloped plot of the property of Anu belongs to Nidintu-šarri, son of Rihat-Anu, a builder, in perpetuity. |
r 55 | ||
r 66 | a-na taḫ-sis-tu₄ ina ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ ima-ma-aš₂-tu₄ ša₂ 27 US₂-šu₂ 1 5/6 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI | (r 6) Regarding the memorandum in that undeveloped plot, (there is) a partition wall, which is 27 cubits in length, 1 5/6 cubits in width, of Nidintu-šarri, son of Rihat-Anu, in his own undeveloped plot, and in his worked lalittu, and that partition wall is in between Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, and Nidintu-šarri, son of Rihat-Anu, in perpetuity. |
r 77 | mNIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL A ša₂ mri-ḫat-d60 ina ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ NI₂-šu₂ u ina la-lit-tu₄ ša₂ NI₂-šu₂ | |
r 88 | DU₃uš u ima-ma-aš₂-tu₄ MU-MEŠ <<x x x>> ina bi-rit-ti md60-ŠEŠ-MUnu A ša₂ mdum-qi₂-d604 | |
r 99 | [u₃] ⸢m⸣NIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL A ša₂ mri-ḫat-d60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₄ ši-i | |
r 1010 | [a-na] ⸢muḫ⸣-ḫi ŠE.BAL-šu₂-nu ul i-GURru-ma KI a-ḫa-a-miš a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ul i-rag-gu-mu | (r 10) Concerning their exchange, they shall not renege, and they shall not raise a claim against one another. Any (further) exchange in perpetuity shall stand. They bear shared responsibility for the clearing of their exchange in perpetuity, and anyone who changes this agreement in a written document, without a lawsuit and without an objection, shall pay 1/3 mina of high quality silver to whomever did not change it. Each took one document. |
r 1111 | [man-am ŠE].⸢BAL⸣-šu₂-<nu> a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ GUBzu pu-u₂-ut mu-ur-ru-qu ša₂ ŠE.BAL-šu₂-nu | |
r 1212 | [a-na u₄-mu] ṣa-a-tu₂ a-ḫa-a-miš na-šu-u₂ u man-am ša₂ ri-ik-su ša₂ ina imša₂-ṭa-ri an-na-a | |
r 1313 | [u₂-ša₂-nu-u₂ ša₂] la DI.KU₅ u la ḫa-ra-ra 1/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR bab-ba-nu-u₂ a-na man-am ša₂ la u₂-ša₂-nu-u₂ | |
r 1414 | [i-nam-din] 1en-TA.AM₃ imša₂-ṭa-ri TIqi₂-MEŠ | |
(witnesses) | ||
r 1515 | [lu₂mu-kin₇ md60]-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A ša₂ mBARA₂-d60 A mḫun-zu-u₂ mARAD-dMAŠ A ša₂ md60-DUMU-MUnu | (r 15) [Witnesses: Anu]-ahhe-iddin, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Hunzu. |
(r 15) Arad-Ninurta, son of Anu-mar-ittannu; [Arad-Ninurta, son of] Nidintu-Anu, son of Nidintu-Ištar; and Nidintu-Ištar, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, interpreter scribes of the property of Anu. | ||
r 1616 | [mARAD-dMAŠ A ša₂] mNIG₂.SUM.MU-d60 A ša₂ mNIG₂.SUM.MU-dINANA u mNIG₂.SUM.MU-dINANA A ša₂ md60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU lu₂se-pir-MEŠ NIG₂.GA d605 | |
r 1717 | [md60-ŠEŠ-MUnu A] ša₂ msu-mut-tu₄-d60 A ša₂ mdna-na-a-MU u md60-MUnu A ša₂ mNIG₂.SUM.MU-d60 A-MEŠ mkur-i6 | (r 17) [Anu-ah-ittannu, son] of Sumuttu-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin, and Anu-ittannu, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendants of Kuri. |
r 1818 | [mdna-na-a-MU] A ša₂ md60-DU-A A mlu-uš-tam-mar-dIŠKUR mGI-d60 A ša₂ msu-mut-tu₄-d607 | (r 18) [Nanaya-iddin], son of Anu-mukin-apli, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. |
(r 18) Mušallim-Anu, son of Sumuttu-Anu, [...] | ||
r 1919 | [... md60]-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A ša₂ mNIG₂.SUM.MUnu <<A>> lu₂se-pir NIG₂.GA d60 mil-⸢lut⸣-d60 A ša₂ md60-ŠEŠ-MUnu A ša₂ md60-ŠEŠ-MU | (r 19) [Anu]-ahhe-iddin, son of Nidintu, interpreter scribe of the property of Anu. |
(r 19) Illut-Anu, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Anu-ah-iddin. | ||
(colophon) | ||
r 2020 | [... lu₂]⸢UMBISAG⸣ A ša₂ mNIG₂.SUM.MU-d60 A mE₂.KUR-za-kir UNUGki | (r 20) [...], scribe, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Uruk. 20th day of [...], year 129, Seleucus being king. |
r 2121 | ||
(sealings) | ||
Top | ||
Column i | ||
t.e. i 1t.e. i 1 | (t.e. i 1) Ring of Nidintu-Ištar | |
(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0583 = AUWE 20, *38-02) | ||
t.e. i 22 | ||
Column ii | ||
t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1 | (t.e. ii 1) Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin | |
(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0524) | ||
t.e. ii 22 | ||
Column iii | ||
t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1 | (t.e. iii 1) Ring of Arad-Ninurta | |
(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0863) | ||
t.e. iii 22 | ||
Column iv | ||
t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1 | (t.e. iv 1) Ring of Arad-Ninurta | |
(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0332) | ||
t.e. iv 22 | ||
Bottom | ||
Column i | ||
b.e. i 1b.e. i 1 | (b.e. i 1) Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin | |
(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0585) | ||
b.e. i 22 | ||
Column ii | ||
b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1 | (b.e. ii 1) Ring of Anu-ittannu | |
(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0705) | ||
b.e. ii 22 | ||
Column iii | ||
b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1 | (b.e. iii 1) Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu | |
(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0597) | ||
b.e. iii 22 | ||
Column iv | ||
b.e. iv 1b.e. iv 1 | (b.e. iv 1) Ring of Nanaya-iddin | |
(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 1088) | ||
b.e. iv 22 | ||
Left | ||
Column i | ||
l.e. i 1l.e. i 1 | (l.e. i 1) Ring of Illut-Anu | |
(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0590) | ||
l.e. i 22 | ||
Column ii | ||
l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1 | (l.e. ii 1) Ring of Mušallim-Anu | |
Sealing destroyed | ||
l.e. ii 22 | ||
Right | ||
Column i | ||
r.e. i 1r.e. i 1 | (r.e. i 1) Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu | |
(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0009) | ||
Column ii | ||
r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1 | (r.e. ii 1) Ring of Nidintu-šarri | |
(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0486) | ||
r.e. ii 22 |
1Copy of RI has extra horizontal. RI written as expected. ##note: Collated, LEP 12/20/06
2<<x x>> is almost complete erasure; traces of A ša₂ can be seen. ##notes: collated LP 12/20/06
3<<x x x>> = erasure
4<<x x x>> = erasure
5Copy shows {d}60 above the line. Collation shows it extends into the edge. Restoration of Arad-Ninurta based on Wallenfels (1994: no. 0332).
6{m}kur-i extends into edge, not above/below line as in copy. Restoration of Anu-ah-ittannu based on Wallenfels (1994: no. 0597).
7Restoration of Nanaya-iddin based on Wallenfels (1994: no. 1088).
8AUWE 20, *38-02 has duplicate citation *53-07