Babyloniaca 08, 27-35 [Sale of property]
Obverse | ||
o 1o 1 | mki-tu-⸢d⸣[60 DUMU ša₂ mil-lut-d60 lu₂AZLAG] ina ḫu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ E₂-su ep₂-šu₂ E₂ KIŠIB-šu₂ | (o 1) Kittu-[Anu, son of Illut-Anu, a fuller,] voluntarily sold his built house, his bīt ritti in the city quarter of the ["Seventh Corner", property of Anu,] which is within Uruk: the upper length to the north is adjacent to the house of Adešu-ṭabat, daughter of [Anu-balas]su-iqbi, a fisherman, (the house) which now Dumqi-Anu, son of Anu-ah-utir, [a carpenter], holds, adjacent to the house of Anu-mar-ittannu, a workman of the house of the gods; the lower length to the south is the bank of the Ištar Canal; the upper width to the west is adjacent to the house of Tattannu-Nanaya, slave of Kephalon, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, and adjacent to the house of Nidintu-šarri, son of [Sumuttu]-Anu, slave of the sons of Anu-belšunu, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi; the lower width to the east is adjacent to the narrow street, "Bank of the Ištar Canal"; thus are the total measurements of the lengths and widths of those houses; those houses, as little and as much exists, all of it, for one-third mine and five shekels of refined silver, high quality staters of Seleucus, as the complete price, to Kittu-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin, son of Rihat-Anu, in perpetuity. |
o 22 | ina KIti₃ UB ⸢7 NIG₂.GA d60 ša₂⸣ qe₂-⸢reb⸣ UNUGki ⸢US₂⸣ ANu₂ tu₁₅SI.SA₂ DA E₂ fa-de-aš₂-šu₂-DU₁₀.GA | |
o 33 | DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ md⸢60-DIN⸣-[su]-E lu₂ŠU.ḪA ša₂ en-na in-ga-⸢a⸣ mdum-qi₂-d60 DUMU ša₂ md60-ŠEŠ-GUR lu₂NAGAR | |
o 44 | ⸢ku⸣-u₂-lu u DA E₂ md60-DUMU-MUnu e-piš dul-lu ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ US₂ KIu₂ tu₁₅U₁₈.LU1 | |
o 55 | GU₂ ID₂-dINANA SAG.KI AN.TA tu₁₅MAR.TU DA E₂ mtat-tan-nu-dna-na-a | |
o 66 | lu₂ARAD ša₂ mqe₂-ep-lu-u₂ DUMU ša₂ md60-DIN-su-E u DA E₂ mni-din-tu₄-LUGAL DUMU ša₂ [msu-mut-tu₄]-d60 | |
o 77 | lu₂ARAD ša₂ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ md60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ md60-DIN-su-E SAG.KI KI.TA tu₁₅KUR.RA DA SILA qat₂-nu | |
o 88 | mu-rad ID₂-dINANA ŠU.NIGIN US₂-MEŠ u SAG.KI-MEŠ mi-šiḫ-tu₄ E₂ MU-MEŠ E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
o 99 | i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na 1/3 MA.NA 5 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ | |
o 1010 | is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ mse-lu-ku bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na mki-tu-d60 | |
o 1111 | DUMU ša₂ md60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ mri-ḫat-d60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ | (o 11) That silver, the one-third mina and five shekels, the complete price of those houses, Kittu-Anu, son of Illut-Anu, received from Kittu-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin; he is paid. |
o 1212 | 1/3 MA.NA 5 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ gam-ru mki-tu-d60 DUMU ša₂ mil-lut-d60 | |
o 1313 | ina ŠU-MIN mki-tu-d60 DUMU ša₂ md60-NUMUN-MU ma-ḫir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri | (o 13) Should a claim concerning those houses arise, Talattaʾ, son of Anu-uballiṭ, a fuller, will clear it twelve-fold, and will pay it to Kittu-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin, in perpetuity. |
o 1414 | a-na muḫ-ḫi E₂ MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ mṭa-la-ta-ʾa DUMU ša₂ md60-DINiṭ lu₂AZLAG | |
o 1515 | a-di 12-TA.AM₃ u₂-mar-raq-ma a-na mki-tu-d60 DUMU ša₂ md60-NUMUN-MU a-na u₄-mu | |
o 1616 | ṣa-a-tu₂ i-nam-din pu-u₂-ut a-ḫa-a-miš a-na mu-ur-qu ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ | (o 16) Kittu-Anu, the seller of those houses, and Talattaʾ, the guarantor of those houses, bear shared responsibility for the clearing of those houses for Kittu-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin, son of Ri[hat-Anu], in perpetuity. |
o 1717 | mki-tu-d60 lu₂na-din-na-an E₂ MU-MEŠ u mṭa-la-at-ta-ʾa DUMU ša₂ md60-DINiṭ | |
o 1818 | lu₂mu-mar-raq-an E₂ MU-MEŠ a-na mki-⸢tu⸣-d60 DUMU ša₂ md60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ mri-ḫat-d60 | |
o 1919 | (o 19) Those houses belong to Kittu-Anu, [son of] Anu-zer-iddin, son of Rihat-Anu, in perpetuity. | |
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | [DUMU ša₂ m]d60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ mri-ḫat-d60 [a]-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂2 | |
(witnesses) | ||
r 22 | lu₂mu-kin₇ mni-din-tu₄-d60 DUMU ša₂ mta-⸢nit⸣-tu₄-d60 DUMU ša₂ mup-pu-lu A mŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-[tu] | (r 2) Witnesses: Nidintu-Anu, son of Tanittu-Anu, son of Uppulu, descendant of Ah'u[tu]. |
r 33 | md60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ md60-GI DUMU ša₂ mNUMUN-ia A mŠU-d60 | (r 3) Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Anu-ušallim, son of Zeriya, descendant of Gimil-Anu. |
r 44 | md60-ŠEŠ-MUnu DUMU ša₂ md60-DIN-[su]-E DUMU ša₂ md60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂ši A mE₂.KUR-za-⸢kir⸣ | (r 4) Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Anu-balas[su]-iqbi, son of Anu-ah-ušabši, descendant of Ekur-zakir. |
r 55 | mdna-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ mina-qi₂-[bit]-d60 DUMU ša₂ md60-DINiṭ A mkur-i | (r 5) Nanaya-iddin, son of Ina-qi[bit]-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Kuri. |
r 66 | mri-ḫat-dINANA DUMU ša₂ md60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ mri-ḫat-dINANA A mlu-uš-tam-mar-d⸢IŠKUR⸣ | (r 6) Rihat-Ištar, son of Anu-belšunu, son of Rihat-Ištar, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. |
r 77 | md60-ŠEŠ-MUnu DUMU ša₂ [mni-din]-tu₄-dINANA DUMU ša₂ md60-ŠEŠ-MUnu A mMU-MEŠ | (r 7) Anu-ah-ittannu, son of [Nidin]tu-Ištar, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of Šumati. |
r 88 | (r 8) Nanaya-iddin, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Illut-Anu. | |
r 99 | (r 9) Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-bullissu, son of Rihat-Anu. | |
about six uninscribed lines | ||
(colophon) | ||
r 1010 | [md60-BAša₂-an]-⸢ni⸣ lu₂UMBISAG lu₂GALA.MAḪ d60 DUMU ša₂ mni-din-tu₄-d60 A md30-TI-ER₂ | (r 10) [Anu-iqišan]ni, scribe, chief lamentation priest of Anu, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. [Uruk. 17th day of Nisannu, year 130, Se]leucus (being) king. |
r 1111 | ||
Right | ||
Column i | ||
r.e. i 1r.e. i 1 | (r.e. i 1) [Ring of] Kittu-Anu, [seller of those houses] | |
seal | ||
r.e. i 22 | ||
Column ii | ||
r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1 | (r.e. ii 1) [Ring of] Ṭalattaʾ, [guarantor of those houses] | |
seal | ||
r.e. ii 22 | ||
Edge | ||
Column i | ||
e. i 1e. i 1 | (e. i 1) [Ring of] Anu-ah-ittannu | |
seal | ||
e. i 22 | ||
Column ii | ||
e. ii 1e. ii 1 | (e. ii 1) [Ring of] Nidintu-Anu | |
seal | ||
e. ii 22 | ||
Column iii | ||
e. iii 1e. iii 1 | (e. iii 1) [Ring of] Nanaya-iddin | |
seal | ||
e. iii 22 | ||
Column iv | ||
e. iv 1e. iv 1 | (e. iv 1) [Ring of] Anu-ah-ittannu | |
seal | ||
e. iv 22 |
1For kullu, see CAD K, s.v. kullu 3 g 4', p. 515. VS 15, 12: lu₂ ēpiš dulli
2The edition in Babyloniaca 08, 27-35 does not make it clear when the reverse of the tablet begins. Here, we follow the format of the duplicate text, VS 15, 12.
3The edition in Babyloniaca 08, 27-35 does not preserve the location of these seals and captions. Role captions (seller, guarantor) identify r.e.