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 KI^ti₃ UB ⸢7 NIG₂.GA ^d60 ša₂⸣ qe₂-⸢reb⸣ UNUG^ki ⸢US₂⸣ AN^u₂ ^tu₁₅SI.SA₂ DA E₂ ^fa-de-aš₂-šu₂-DU₁₀.GA
o 33	DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ ^m^d⸢60-DIN⸣-[su]-E ^lu₂ŠU.ḪA ša₂ en-na in-ga-⸢a⸣ ^mdum-qi₂-^d60 DUMU ša₂ ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-GUR ^lu₂NAGAR
o 44	⸢ku⸣-u₂-lu u DA E₂ ^m^d60-DUMU-MU^nu e-piš dul-lu ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ US₂ KI^u₂ ^tu₁₅U₁₈.LU 1
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 ^m^d60-DIN-su-E u DA E₂ ^mni-din-tu₄-LUGAL DUMU ša₂ [^msu-mut-tu₄]-^d60
o 77	^lu₂ARAD ša₂ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ ^m^d60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ ^m^d60-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 ^m^d60-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 ^m^d60-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 ^m^d60-DIN^iṭ ^lu₂AZLAG
o 1515	a-di 12-TA.AM₃ u₂-mar-raq-ma a-na ^mki-tu-^d60 DUMU ša₂ ^m^d60-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 ^m^d60-DIN^iṭ
o 1818	^lu₂mu-mar-raq-an E₂ MU-MEŠ a-na ^mki-⸢tu⸣-^d60 DUMU ša₂ ^m^d60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ ^mri-ḫat-^d60
o 1919	a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-[u₂] E₂ MU-MEŠ ša₂ ^mki-tu-^d60	(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-u₂ 2
(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	^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ ^m^d60-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	^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MU^nu DUMU ša₂ ^m^d60-DIN-[su]-E DUMU ša₂ ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂^ši 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	^m^dna-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ ^mina-qi₂-[bit]-^d60 DUMU ša₂ ^m^d60-DIN^iṭ 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 ^m^d60-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	^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MU^nu DUMU ša₂ [^mni-din]-tu₄-^dINANA DUMU ša₂ ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MU^nu A ^mMU-MEŠ	(r 7) Anu-ah-ittannu, son of [Nidin]tu-Ištar, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of Šumati.
r 88	^m^dna-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ ^mina-qi₂-bit-^d60 DUMU ša₂ ^mil-lut-^d60	(r 8) Nanaya-iddin, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Illut-Anu.
r 99	^mki-din-^d60 DUMU ša₂ ^m^d60-DIN-su DUMU ša₂ ^mri-ḫat-^d60	(r 9) Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-bullissu, son of Rihat-Anu.
	about six uninscribed lines	(r 9) Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-bullissu, son of Rihat-Anu.
(colophon)
r 1010	[^m^d60-BA^ša₂-an]-⸢ni⸣ ^lu₂UMBISAG ^lu₂GALA.MAḪ ^d60 DUMU ša₂ ^mni-din-tu₄-^d60 A ^m^d30-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	[UNUG^ki ^itiBARA₂ U₄ 17-KAM₂ MU 130-KAM₂ ^mse]-lu-ku LUGAL
Right
Column i
r.e. i 1r.e. i 1	[un-qa] ^mki-tu-^d60	(r.e. i 1) [Ring of] Kittu-Anu, [seller of those houses]
	seal
r.e. i 22	[^lu₂na-din-na-an E₂ MU-MEŠ] 3
Column ii
r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1	[un-qa] ^mṭa-la-at-ta-ʾa	(r.e. ii 1) [Ring of] Ṭalattaʾ, [guarantor of those houses]
	seal
r.e. ii 22	[^lu₂mu-mar-raq-an E₂ MU-MEŠ]
Edge
Column i
e. i 1e. i 1	[un-qa]	(e. i 1) [Ring of] Anu-ah-ittannu
	seal
e. i 22	^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MU^nu
Column ii
e. ii 1e. ii 1	[un-qa]	(e. ii 1) [Ring of] Nidintu-Anu
	seal
e. ii 22	^mni-din-tu₄-^d60
Column iii
e. iii 1e. iii 1	[un-qa]	(e. iii 1) [Ring of] Nanaya-iddin
	seal
e. iii 22	^m^dna-na-a-MU
Column iv
e. iv 1e. iv 1	[un-qa]	(e. iv 1) [Ring of] Anu-ah-ittannu
	seal
e. iv 22	^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MU[^nu]

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.