NCTU 01 [Lease of property]

(o 1) [... year (of)] Antiochus being king, Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, a shepherd of the property of Anu, voluntarily said to Anu-balassu-iqbi, overseer of the temple of Uruk, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of Ah'utu, thus: "The arable land [...] facing the Gate of Šamaš of the district of Uruk [...] adjacent to the bīt ritti of Rabi-[...]; the lower [...] to the south, adjacent [...] 70? cubits, the upper width to the west, [...] adjacent to of the arable land [...] for sowing, for planting the date palms, and everything which pertains to [...], give me for thirty years.

(o 12) [...] let me plant date palms in that arable land [...] that arable land, from year to year, once a year, 28 kur of dates [...] For thirty years, that arable land [....]."

(o 15) [...] That day, Anu-balassu-iqbi, overseer of the temple, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of Ah'utu, heard him, and gave that arable land in the [...] which [... f]or thirty years to Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, shepherd of the property of Anu, [he gave. ] The aforementioned Nidintu-Anu, [will give]to the temple [...] 1 mašīhu measure, which is not a sūtu measure [....].

(o 20) [...] does not do the work, and does not give 28 kur of date [...] temples of the gods, he will clear it and pay the twelve-fold penalty to [...]

(o 22) [...] Anu-balassu-iqbi, overseer of the temple, (and) everyone else, shall not register and transfer that arable land from Nidintu-Anu for thirty years, and he did not give and shall not give it to anyone apart from Nidintu-Anu; and if he has given or will give it, it shall not be valid.

(o 26) This Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, shepherd of the property of Anu, said to Anu-balassu-iqbi, [...] son of Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of Ah'utu, thus: "There exists [...] in the aforementioned place, the property of Anu: the upper length to the north, [...] adjacent to the arable land of the house [...] property of Anu; [...] the lower length to the south, adjacent to the arable land of Anu-mukin-apli and his brothers, sons of Anu-uballiṭ, the upper width to the west, adjacent to the arable land [...] of Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi; the lower width to the east, adjacent to [...] property of Anu---give (it to) )me in perpetuity for (plowing with) the hoe and planting of date palms, in accordance wtih what is written in the royal regulation [...], the order which the king established.

(r 5) "Let me have use of and [... let me] plant date palms in that arable land in perpetuity. [...] dates, and one-fourth [...] that arable land, in accordance with what is written in the royal regulation, I will give to the temple, from the dalhān-house [... which is] from (share in the) bīt qātī?, one-fourth (part?)."

(r 9) On that day, Anu-balassu-iqbi, overseer of the temple, heard him, and gave that arable land, according to what is written [...] he gave to Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, in perpetuity, and Nidintu-Anu shall plant in that arable land (with) plowing and planting, date palms, and will give from that land to the temple, from year to year, once a year, from the dalhān-building, from (the share in the) bīt qātī?, one-fourth (part?).

(r 14) And if he does not plant with the hoe, and plant date palms, and in [...] anything which [...] with him, he will clear it twelve-fold, and give it to the temple.

(r 16) He does not have power of disposition. Anu-balassu-iqbi, and anyone else has not given and shall not give that arable land from Nidintu-Anu to anyone else, apart from this Nidintu Anu, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, the shepherd of the property of Anu; and [...] will not be valid.

(r 19) That arable land belongs to Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, shepherd of the property of Anu, apart from any share of the temple, which are written (above). Each took one document.

(r 21) Witnesses: Anu-balassu-iqbi, overseer of the temple, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of Ah'utu.

(r 22) Nanaya-iddin, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. Tattannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, descendant of Hunzu. Anu-ab-uṣur and Nanaya-iddin, sons of Nidintu-Anu, descendants of Kuri.

(r 24) Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-mukin-apli, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Anu-belšunu and Anu-mukin-apli, sons of Anu-[...] descendants of Ah'utu. Anu-ikṣur, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Ah'utu. Bani-apli, son of [...] descendant of Luštammar-Adad.

(r 27) Anu-ušallim, son of that one (ditto), descendant of Luštammar-Adad. [...] Anu-šum-lišir, son of Mannu-iqapu, descendant of Kuri.

(r 28) Nidintu-Anu, son of [...] Nidintu-Ištar, interpreter scribe of the property of Anu. Kidin-Anu [....]

(r 29) [...] 3rd day of Simanu, year 91, Antiochus (being) king.

(t.e. i' 1) Ring of [...]

(b.e. i 1) Ring of Anu-ušallim

(b.e. ii 1) Ring of [...]

(b.e. iii 1) Ring of Anu-[...]

(b.e. iv 1) Ring of Nidintu-Anu

(l.e. i' 1) Ring of Anu-balassu-iqbi

(l.e. ii' 1) Ring of [...]

(l.e. iii' 1) Ring of [...]

(r.e. i' 1) Ring of [...]

(r.e. ii' 1) Ring of [...]

(r.e. iii' 1) Ring of Kidin-Anu

(r.e. iv' 1) Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu