Bābili (mod. Babylon)

Babylon 7.1.2.2 (Ea-eppēš-ilī A) [2]

Babylon 7.1.2.4 (Egibi) [22]

Babylon 7.1.2.8 (Nappāhu) [46]

Babylon, unassigned [2]

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Borsippa 7.2.2.1 (Ea-ilutu-bani) [3]

Borsippa 7.2.3.4 (Belia’u) [2]

Borsippa 7.2.3.11 (Ilia A) [1]

Borsippa 7.2.3.21 (Rē’i-alpi) [1]

Kutha (mod. Tell Ibrahim)

Kutha 7.3.1 (Bēl-ikṣur) [2]

Kutha 7.3.2 (Re’indu/Nergal-ušēzib) [3]

Kutha 7.3.3 (Šangû-Ištar-Bābili) [26]

Kutha, unassigned [5]

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Nippur 7.10.2.4 (Murašû) [2]

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Sippar 7.11.1.1 (early Ebabbar) [1]

Sippar 7.11.1.2 (later Ebabbar) [59]

Sippar, unassigned [4]

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Uruk 7.13.1.1 (Eanna) [3]

Uruk 7.13.2.11 (Mušēzib-Marduk) [33]

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BM 54114 (RA 97, 74–75, 121)

CDLI P522429
Collection no.: BM 054114
Accession no.: 1882-05-22, 0235+unnumbered fragments (x 2)
Primary publication(s): BM 54114 (RA 97, 74–75, 121)

Provenance

Provenience: Kutha (mod. Tell Ibrahim) (Pleiades ID: 893977)
Archive: Kutha, unassigned

Object Details

Object type: tablet
Material: clay

Text Details

Language: Akkadian
Genre: Legal
Subgenre: Sale of arable land

Date

Period: Achaemenid

Views

BM 54114 (RA 97, 74–75, 121) [Sale of arable land][via babcity]


Obverse
o 1o 1	[1 BAN₂^?] ⸢ŠE⸣.NUMUN A.ŠA₃ ⸢ki⸣-šub-bu-u₂ i-na	(o 1) [0.0.1 kur] of land, uncultivated land, in [... ...], in the district of Kutha:
o 22	[x x x x] ⸢x⸣ NAM GU₂.DU₈.A^ki
o 33	[x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ sa-a-mu GU₂ ID₂ ^d+EN	(o 3) [.....], (on) the bank of the Bēl Canal;
o 44	[UŠ AN.TA] ^tu₁₅SI.SA₂ US₂.SA.DU ^lu₂GAL-ka-ṣir	(o 4) [the upper side] on the north, next to (the property of) the chief tailor;
o 55	[UŠ KI].⸢TA⸣ ^tu₁₅U₁₈.LU US₂.SA.DU ^m⸢IR₃⸣-^d+EN	(o 5) the lo[wer side] on the south, next to (the property of) Arad-Bel;
o 66	[SAG] ⸢AN⸣.TA ^tu₁₅MAR.TU US₂.⸢SA.DU⸣	(o 6) the upper [front] on the west, next to (the property of) Habaṣir, son of Šum-uṣur, descendant of Dabibi;
o 77	[^m]⸢ḫa⸣-ba-ṣir A-šu₂ ša₂ ^mMU-URU₃ A ^mda-bi-bi
o 88	⸢SAG⸣ KI.TA ^tu₁₅KUR.RA US₂.SA.DU	(o 8) the lower front on the east, next to (the property of) Zer-ibni, son of Ahhe-iddin –
o 99	[^m]NUMUN-DU₃ A-šu₂ ša₂ ^mŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU ŠU.NIGIN₂ 1 BAN₂	(o 9) a total of 0.0.1 kur, the measurement of that land –
o 1010	⸢mi⸣-šiḫ-tu₄ A.ŠA₃ šu-a-tu₄	(o 9) a total of 0.0.1 kur, the measurement of that land –
o 1111	[KI] ^m^d+NA₃-MU-DU A-šu₂ ša₂ ^m^dAMAR.UTU-NUMUN-DU₃	(o 11) Remut-Bel, [son] of Bel-ereš, descendant of Reʾi-alpi, agreed [with] Nabu-šum-ukin, son of Marduk-zer-ibni, [descendant] of Sin-karabi-išme, [a price o]f 1/3 minas of white block silver, (and) he purchased it for its [full] price.
o 1212	[A ^m]^d30-SISKUR₂-ŠE.GA ^mre-mut-^d+EN
o 1313	[A-šu₂] ša₂ ^m^d+EN-KAM^? A ^lu₂SIPA-GU₄
o 1414	[ki]-⸢i⸣ 1/3 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR BABBAR^u₂ KU₃.PAD.DU
o 1515	[KI.LAM] ⸢im⸣-be₂-e-ma i-šam ši-mi-šu₂
o 1616	[TIL^tu₂] ša₂ 1 BAN₂ A.ŠA₃ 1 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ki-i	(o 16) For 0.0.1 kur of land, he gave 1 shekel of silver a[s] an additional payment.
o 1717	[pi-i] ⸢DIRI⸣ SUM.NA-⸢su^?⸣ ŠU.NIGIN	(o 17) Nabu-[šum-ukin, son of ]Marduk-zer-ibni, descendant of [Sin-karabi-išme], recei[ved] a total of [1/3 minas and 1] shekel of whi[te silver from] Remut-Bel, son [of Bel-ereš, descendant] of Reʾi-alpi, the price of his [land], the entire amount of silver.
o 1818	[1/3 MA.NA 1] GIN₂ KU₃.[BABBAR] ⸢BABBAR⸣[^u₂ ^m^d]+⸢NA₃⸣-[MU-DU]
o 1919	[A-šu₂ ša₂ ^m]⸢^dAMAR.UTU-NUMUN-DU₃⸣ A [^m^d30-SISKUR₂-ŠE.GA]
o 2020	[ina ŠU.II] ^mre-mut-^d+EN A-[šu₂ ša₂ ^m^d+EN-KAM^?]
o 2121	[A ^lu₂]SIPA-GU₄ ši-im [ŠE.NUMUN]
o 2222	[A.ŠA₃]-šu₂ TIL^ti₃ ma-ḫi-[ir a-pil za-ki]	(o 22) [He has been paid; he is free from claims. He will have no legal cl]aim; [they shall not return (to court)] and [they shall not make any claim with one ano]ther [... ...].
Reverse
r 23r 23	[ru-gum]-ma-a [ul i-ši ul GUR-MEŠ a-na]
r 2424	[a-ḫa]-⸢meš ul⸣ [i-rag-gu-mu ...]
	(missing)
r 25´25´	[... ...] šu ⸢x⸣ [...]	(r 25´) [...], descendant of [...] Nergal-uballiṭ, [..., descendant of] Arad-Nergal, [...] Nidintu, [...] and the scribe [..., son of] Marduk-šum-ibni, [descendant of ...].
r 26´26´	[... ...]-a-a A ^m[...] ⸢x⸣
r 27´27´	[... ...] ^m^dU.GUR-TIN^iṭ
r 28´28´	[... ...] ^mIR₃-^dGIR₄.KU₃
r 29´29´	[... ... ^m]⸢ni⸣-din-tu₄
r 30´30´	[... ...] u₃ ^lu₂UMBISAG
r 31´31´	[... ...] ^m^dAMAR.UTU-MU-DU₃
r 32´32´	[... ... GU₂].DU₈.A^ki	(r 32´) Kut[ha, ...th] day of [the month of ...], 5th year of Darius, king of Babylon and the lands.
r 33´33´	[^itix] ⸢UD x-KAM MU⸣ 5-KAM
r 34´34´	[^m]da-ri-muš LUGAL TIN.TIR^ki u KUR.KUR
r 35´35´	ṣu-pur ^m^d+NA₃-MU-DU A-šu₂ ša₂	(r 35´) Fingernail of Nabu-šum-ukin, son of Marduk-zer-ibni in place of his seal.
r 36´36´	^m^dAMAR.UTU-NUMUN-DU₃ ki-ma ⸢^na₄⸣KIŠIB-⸢šu₂⸣

Based on the edition of Michael Jursa, Spätachämenidische Texte aus Kutha. Revue d’Assyriologie 97 (2003) 74–75, 121. Adapted and lemmatized by Jinyan Wang, 2020–2021 (University of Toronto). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/babcity/P522429/.