BRM 2, 35 [Exchange of property]


Obverse
o 1o 1	[ṭup-pi ŠE].⸢BAL⸣ ša₂ ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MU^nu 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 KI^ti₃ KA₂.GAL ^dINANA ša₂ qe₂-reb; UNUG^ki

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 KI^ti₃ KA₂.GAL ^dINANA ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG^ki 18 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN^u₂ ^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 KI^u₂ ^tu₁₅U₁₈.LU
o 66	DA ki-šub-ba-a NIG₂.GA ^d60 E₂ rit-ti ša₂ ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MU^nu 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 ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MU^nu
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 ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MU^nu 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	^mri-ḫat A ^mlu-uš-tam-mar-^dIŠKUR a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂

o 1414	ki-šub-ba-a NIG₂.GA ^d60 KI^ti₃ KA₂.GAL ^dINANA ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG^ki 27 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN^u₂	(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 ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MU^nu A ša₂
o 1616	^mdum-qi₂-^d60 A ša₂ ^mri^!-ḫat 27 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI^u₂ ^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 ^m^dna-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 ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MU^nu 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	A ša₂ ^mri-ḫat-^d60 ^lu₂ŠIDIM a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂
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	DU₃^uš u ^ima-ma-aš₂-tu₄ MU-MEŠ <<x x x>> ina bi-rit-ti ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MU^nu 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-GUR^ru-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 GUB^zu 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] 1^en-TA.AM₃ ^imša₂-ṭa-ri TI^qi₂-MEŠ
(witnesses)
r 1515	[^lu₂mu-kin₇ ^m^d60]-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A ša₂ ^mBARA₂-^d60 A ^mḫun-zu-u₂ ^mARAD-^dMAŠ A ša₂ ^m^d60-DUMU-MU^nu	(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 ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU ^lu₂se-pir-MEŠ NIG₂.GA ^d605
r 1717	[^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MU^nu A] ša₂ ^msu-mut-tu₄-^d60 A ša₂ ^m^dna-na-a-MU u ^m^d60-MU^nu 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	[^m^dna-na-a-MU] A ša₂ ^m^d60-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	[... ^m^d60]-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A ša₂ ^mNIG₂.SUM.MU^nu <<A>> ^lu₂se-pir NIG₂.GA ^d60 ^mil-⸢lut⸣-^d60 A ša₂ ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MU^nu A ša₂ ^m^d60-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 UNUG^ki	(r 20) [...], scribe, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Uruk. 20th day of [...], year 129, Seleucus being king.
r 2121	[^iti... U₄] 20-KAM₂ MU 129-KAM₂ ^mse-lu-ku LUGAL
(sealings)
Top
Column i
t.e. i 1t.e. i 1	[un]-qa	(t.e. i 1) Ring of Nidintu-Ištar
	(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0583 = AUWE 20, *38-02)
t.e. i 22	[^m]NIG₂.SUM.MU-^dINANA8
Column ii
t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1	un-qa	(t.e. ii 1) Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin
	(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0524)
t.e. ii 22	^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU
Column iii
t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1	un-qa	(t.e. iii 1) Ring of Arad-Ninurta
	(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0863)
t.e. iii 22	^mARAD-^dMAŠ
Column iv
t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1	un-qa	(t.e. iv 1) Ring of Arad-Ninurta
	(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0332)
t.e. iv 22	^mARAD-^dMAŠ
Bottom
Column i
b.e. i 1b.e. i 1	un-qa	(b.e. i 1) Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin
	(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0585)
b.e. i 22	^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU
Column ii
b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1	un-qa	(b.e. ii 1) Ring of Anu-ittannu
	(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0705)
b.e. ii 22	^m^d60-MU^nu
Column iii
b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1	un-qa	(b.e. iii 1) Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu
	(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0597)
b.e. iii 22	^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MU^nu
Column iv
b.e. iv 1b.e. iv 1	un-qa	(b.e. iv 1) Ring of Nanaya-iddin
	(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 1088)
b.e. iv 22	^m^dna-na-a-MU
Left
Column i
l.e. i 1l.e. i 1	un-qa	(l.e. i 1) Ring of Illut-Anu
	(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0590)
l.e. i 22	^mil-lut-^d60
Column ii
l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1	[un-qa]	(l.e. ii 1) Ring of Mušallim-Anu
	Sealing destroyed
l.e. ii 22	^m⸢GI-^d⸣[60]
Right
Column i
r.e. i 1r.e. i 1	un-qa ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MU^nu	(r.e. i 1) Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu
	(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0009)
Column ii
r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1	un-qa	(r.e. ii 1) Ring of Nidintu-šarri
	(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0486)
r.e. ii 22	^mNIG₂.SUM.MU-LUGAL

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