Iraq 59, 37 [Sale of undeveloped lot]


Obverse
o 1o 1	^mil-lu-ut-^d60 DUMU ša₂ ^mki-din-^d60 ^lu₂KUŠ.[SAR ina ḫu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂] 1	(o 1) Illut-Anu, interpreter scribe, son of Kidin-Anu, voluntarily sold a undeveloped plot that is in the city quarter of the Eanki temple [...] on the upper north length, next to the undeveloped plot of Illut-Anu, the seller of that undeveloped plot, 18 cubits on the lower south side next to the house of Illut-Anu, the seller of that undeveloped plot, 16 cubits on the upper west front side next to the house of Illut-Anu, the seller of that undeveloped plot, 16 cubits on the lower east front side, the bank of the Ištar šanal, a total of 18 cubits on the length, 16 units on the front side, (are) the measurements of that undeveloped plot; that undeveloped plot, as little or as much as there is, all of it, for 17 šekels of refined silver, for the complete price, to Anu-balassu-iqbi, interpreter scribe, son of Hanni, in perpetuity.
o 22	ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ ina KI^ti₃ E₂.AN-⸢KI⸣ [...]
o 33	US₂ AN^u₂ ^tu₁₅SI.SA₂ DA ki-šub-ba-[a ša₂ ^mil-lu-ut-^d60 ^lu₂na-din-an]
o 44	ki-šub-ba MU-MEŠ 18 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI^u₂ ⸢^tu₁₅U₁₈.LU⸣ DA E₂
o 55	^mil-lu-ut-^d60 ^lu₂na-din-an ki-šub-ba MU-MEŠ 16 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI
o 66	AN.TA ^tu₁₅MAR.TU DA E₂ ^mil-lu-ut-^d60 ^lu₂na-din-an-na
o 77	ki-šub-ba MU-MEŠ 16 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA ^tu₁₅KUR.RA GU₂ ID₂-^dINANA
o 88	ŠU.NIGIN 18 KUŠ₃ US₂ 16 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI mi-šiḫ-tu₄ ki-šub-ba-a
o 99	MU-MEŠ ki-šub-ba MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂
o 1010	gab-bi a-na 17 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ
o 1111	a-na ^m^d60-DIN-su-E DUMU ša₂ ^mḫa-an-ni-ʾi ^lu₂KUŠ.<SAR> a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂
o 1212	it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 17 GIN₂ bab-ba-nu-u₂ ŠAM₂ ki-šub-ba-a	(o 12) That silver, 17 high quality šekels, is the complete price of that undeveloped plot. Illut-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu, received all of the silver from Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Hanni. He is paid.
o 1313	MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ ka-sap TIL-MEŠ ^mil-lu-ut-^d60 DUMU ša₂ ^mki-din-^d60
o 1414	ina ŠU-MIN ^m^d60-DIN-su-E DUMU ša₂ ^mḫa-⸢an⸣-ni-ʾi ma-ḫir e-⸢ṭir⸣
o 1515	U₄-MEŠ pa-qa-ri ana muḫ-ḫi ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ [it-tab-šu-u₂]	(o 15) Should there come forth a claim concerning that undeveloped plot, Illut-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu, will clear [it] of claims 12-fold in perpetuity, and will pay it to Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Hanni. The undeveloped plot belongs to Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Hanni, in perpetuity.
Reverse
r 1r 1	[^mil-lu-ut-^d60 DUMU ša₂ ^mki-din-^d60 a-di 12-TA.AM₃]
r 22	u₂-mar-raq-ma [a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ a-na ^m^d60-DIN-su-E DUMU ša₂]
r 33	^mḫa-an-ni-ʾi i-[nam-din ki-šub-ba ša₂ ^m^d60-DIN-su-E]
r 44	DUMU ša₂ ^mḫa-an-ni-ʾi ⸢a⸣-[na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂]
(witnesses)
r 55	^lu₂mu-kin₇ [...]	(r 5) Witnesses:
r 66	^m^d60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-MU ⸢DUMU⸣ [x]	(r 6) Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of [...]; Anu-zer-iddin, son of Ša-Anu-iššu, descendant of Hunzu; Ina-qibit-Anu, son of [...]-x-iddin, descendant of Hunzu; Nanaya-iddin, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Ahʾutu; Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Mannu-iqapu, descendant of Kuri; Nidintu-Ištar, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Kuri; Anu-belšunu, son of Tanittu-Anu [...]; Belšunu, son of Ina-qibit-Anu [...].
r 77	^m^d60-⸢NUMUN⸣-MU DUMU ša₂ [^mša₂-^d60]-⸢iš-šu-u₂⸣ [A ^m]⸢ḫun-zu⸣-[u₂]
r 88	^mina-qi₂-bit-^d60 DUMU ša₂ ^m[x]-⸢x⸣-MU ⸢A⸣ ^mḫun-⸢zu⸣-[u₂]
r 99	^m^dna-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ ^m^d60-NUMUN-MU A ^mŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-[tu₂]
r 1010	^m^d60-AD-URI₃ DUMU ša₂ ^mman-nu-i-qa-pu A ^mkur-i
r 1111	^mni-din-tu₄-^dINANA DUMU ša₂ ^mni-din-tu₄-^d60 ⸢A⸣ ^mkur-i
r 1212	^m^d60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ ^m⸢ta-nit⸣-[tu₄]-⸢^d60⸣ [...]
r 1313	^m^dEN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ ^mina-qi₂-bit-[^d60 ...]
(colophon)
r 1414	^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MU^nu ^lu₂UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ ^mri-⸢ḫat⸣-[^d60 A ^m^d30-TI-ER₂]	(r 14) Anu-ah-ittannu, scribe, son of Rihat-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Uruk. Addaru. 10th day. 60th year, [...].
r 1515	⸢UNUG⸣^ki ^itiŠE U₄ 10-KAM MU 60 [x-KAM ... LUGAL]
(sealings)
Top
Column i
(signature)
t.e. i 11	[un]-qa	(t.e. i 1) Ring of Nidintu-Ištar
	seal impression
t.e. i 22	^mni-din-tu₄-^dINANA
Column ii
(signature)
t.e. ii 11	un-qa	(t.e. ii 1) Ring of Belšunu
	seal impression
t.e. ii 22	^m⸢^dEN⸣-šu₂-nu
Column iii
(signature)
t.e. iii 11	un-[qa]	(t.e. iii 1) Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur
	seal impression destroyed
t.e. iii 22	^m^d60-⸢AD⸣-[URI₃]
Bottom
Column i
(signature)
b.e. i 11	un-qa	(b.e. i 1) Ring of [...]
	seal impression partially destroyed
b.e. i 22	[x]
Column ii
(signature)
b.e. ii 11	un-qa	(b.e. ii 1) Ring of [...]
	seal impression partially destroyed
b.e. ii 22	[x]
Left
Column i
(signature)
l.e. i 11	[un]-qa	(l.e. i 1) Ring of Nanaya-iddin
	seal impression
l.e. i 22	^m^dna-na-a-MU
Column ii
(signature)
l.e. ii 11	un-qa	(l.e. ii 1) Ring of Ina-qibit-Anu
	seal impression
l.e. ii 22	^mina-qi₂-bit-^d60
Column iii
(signature)
l.e. iii 11	un-[qa]	(l.e. iii 1) Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin
	seal impression
l.e. iii 22	^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU
Right
Column i
(signature)
r.e. i 11	un-qa	(r.e. i 1) Ring of Illut-Anu, seller of that undeveloped plot
	seal impression partially destroyed
r.e. i 22	[^mil-lu-ut-^d60] ⸢^lu₂na-din-an-na ki⸣-[šub-ba MU-MEŠ]

1all restorations M. Jursa, Iraq 59 (1997) 118