VDI 1955/4, 4 [Sale of house and undeveloped lot][via hbtin]


Obverse
o 1o 1	[... ^fni-din]-tu₄ DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ ^mni-din-tu₄-^d60 ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU [...]1	(o 1) Nidintu daughter of Nidintu-Anu son of Anu-ahhē-iddin [... voluntarily sold in perpetuity (property)] which is in Uruk — as little or as much as there is, (its) entirety — (for) 2/3 mina silver in high quality staters of Antiochus for the complete price to Anu-mukīn-apli son of Anu-ahhe-iddin descendant of Ah’utu: 13 cubits [the long upper northern side ...]; x+2 cubits the long lower southern side ... Anu-uballiṭ son of Nidintu-Anu [...] [...] son of Anu-ikṣur son of Anu-ahhē-iddin; [...] the northern side alongside the second measurement of that house: [...] lower southern side alongside the measurement [...]; 10 cubits the short upper side [...] the short lower side [...]; a third measurement [...] Anu-uballiṭ son of Nidintu-Anu [...] east alongside the house [...] of that house alongside [...] of that house [...] of that house; a fourth measurement [...] Illut-Anu son of Lābāši [...] short upper side [...] southern [...] alongside the previous measurement of that house: the total of the measurements of that house.
o 22	[...] ⸢x x ^dx⸣ ša₂ qe₂-⸢reb UNUG⸣^ki 13 [KUŠ₃ US₂ AN.TA ...]
o 33	[...]-2 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI^u₂ ^tu₁₅[...]
o 44	[...] ⸢^giš⸣KU-AN i la^? ḫa-⸢ʾa ^lu₂KU₄⸣-x
o 55	[...] ⸢^m⸣^d60-DIN^iṭ DUMU ša₂ ^mni-din-tu₄-⸢^d⸣[60 ...]
o 66	[...] A ša₂ ^m^d60-ik-ṣur DUMU [ša₂] ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣-[MU]
o 77	[... ^tu₁₅SI].⸢SA₂⸣ DA meš-ḫat ša₂-ni-tu₄ ša₂ E₂ ⸢MU⸣-[MEŠ]
o 88	[...] ⸢KI⸣^u₂ ^tu₁₅U₁₈.LU DA meš-ḫat [...]
o 99	[...] 10 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA [...]
o 1010	[...] ⸢SAG⸣.KI KI.TA [...]
o 1111	[...] meš-ḫat ša₂-lul-tu₄ [...]
o 1212	[... ^m^d60-DIN]⸢^iṭ⸣ DUMU ša₂ ^mni-din-⸢tu₄⸣-[^d60]
o 1313	[... ^tu₁₅]⸢KUR⸣.RA DA ⸢E₂⸣ [...]
o 1414	[...] ⸢E₂ MU-MEŠ DA⸣
o 1515	[...] ⸢x⸣ ma [x] ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ
o 1616	[...] ⸢ša₂⸣ E₂ MU-⸢MEŠ⸣ meš-ḫat 4-tu₄
o 1717	[...] ⸢^mil-lut⸣-^d60 DUMU ša₂ ^mla-ba-ši
o 1818	[...] ⸢UŠ SAG.KI⸣ AN.TA
o 1919	[... KI^?]-ta ^tu₁₅U₁₈.LU DA
Reverse
r 1r 1	⸢x x x⸣ DA meš-ḫat IGI^ti₃ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ ⸢PAP⸣ [...] ⸢meš-ḫat ša₂ E₂⸣ [MU-MEŠ] E₂ MU-MEŠ
r 22	i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-⸢na 2/3⸣ MA.NA KU₃.⸢BABBAR⸣ is-ta-tir-ra-nu
r 33	ša₂ ^man-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na ^m^d60-DU-A DUMU ša₂ ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU2
r 44	A ^mŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ tat-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 2/3 MA.NA ŠAM₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ	(r 4) Nidintu received that 2/3 mina silver, the price of that house, from Anu-mukīn-apli; she is paid. Should there arise a claim against that house and its undeveloped plot, Nidintu-Anu son of Anu-ahhē-iddin will clear it and will pay Anu-mukīn-apli the twelve-fold penalty in perpetuity. Nidintu daughter of Ibnaya(!)) and Nidintu-Anu her father son of Anu-ahhē-iddin bear mutual responsibility for guarantee. That house and its undeveloped plot belong to Anu-mukīn-apli son of Anu-ahhē-iddin descendant of Ah’utu in perpetuity.
r 55	⸢^f⸣ni-din-tu₄ ina ŠU-MIN ^m^d60-DU-A ma-ḫir^!-ta ⸢e⸣-ṭir₃-ta u₄-mu pa-qa-ri ana muḫ-ḫi3
r 66	E₂ u ki-šub-ba-šu₂ MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ ^mni-din-tu₄-^d60 DUMU ša₂ ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU u₂-mar-raq-ma4
r 77	a-di 12-TA.AM₃ a-na ^m^d60-DU-A a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ina-an-din pu-ut a-ḫa-miš
r 88	a-na mu-ru-qu ša₂ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-šu₂ MU-MEŠ ^fni-din-tu₄ DUMU.<MUNUS> ša₂ ^mDU₃^a u₃ ^mni-din-tu₄-[^d60]5
r 99	⸢DAM⸣-su DUMU ša₂ ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ MU-MEŠ
r 1010	ša₂ ^m^d60-DU-A DUMU ša₂ ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A ^mŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu ⸢a⸣-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂
(witnesses)
r 1111	^lu₂mu-kin₇	(r 11) Witness(es): Nidintu-Anu son of Ana-rabut-Anu descendant of Hunzu; Anu-ah-iddin son of Nidintu-Anu son of Anu-mār-ittannu descendant of Ekur-zākir
r 1212	^mni-din-tu₄-^d60 DUMU ša₂ ^mana-GAL-^d60 A ^mḫun-zu-u₂ ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MU ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ ^mni-din-tu₄-^d60
r 1313	DUMU ša₂ ^m^d60-DUMU-MU^nu A ^mE₂.KUR-za-kir ^m^d60-GI ^m^d60-MU⸢^nu u₃⸣ ^mana-GAL-⸢^d60⸣	(r 13) Anu-ušallim, Anu-ittannu, and Ana-rabut-Anu sons of Balāṭu descendant of Luštammar-Adad
r 1414	⸢DUMU⸣-[MEŠ ša₂] ⸢^m⸣ba-la-ṭu A ^mlu-uš-tam-mar-^dIŠKUR ^mba-la-⸢ṭu⸣ DUMU ša₂ ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-⸢MU⸣	(r 14) Balāṭu son of Anu-ahhē-iddin son of Nidintu-Anu descendant of Ekur-zākir; Ana-rabut-Anu son of Ina-qibīt-Anu descendant of Luštammar-Adad
r 1515	[A] ⸢^mE₂⸣.KUR-za-kir ^mana-GAL-^d60 DUMU ša₂ ^mina-qi₂-bit-^d60 A ^m⸢lu⸣-uš-tam-mar-^dIŠKUR
r 1616	[^mx]-⸢x⸣-[x] ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ ^m^d60-DU-A A ^mŠU-^d60 ^mla-ba-⸢ši⸣ DUMU ša₂ ^mri-ḫat-^dINANA A	(r 16) [...] son of Anu-mukīn-apli descendant of Gimil-Anu; Lābāši son of Rihat-Ištar descendant of Ekur-zākir
r 1717	^mE₂.⸢KUR⸣-[za-kir]
(colophon)
r 1818	^mni-din-⸢tu₄⸣-[^d60 ^lu₂UMBISAG] ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂] ⸢^mdum-qi₂⸣-^d60 A ⸢^m^d30⸣-[TI-ER₂] ⸢UNUG^ki ^iti⸣GU₄ U₄ 12-KAM₂ MU ⸢32-KAM₂; ^m⸣an-ti-ʾi-i-⸢ku-su⸣ LUGAL6	(r 18) Nidintu-[Anu scribe] son of Dumqi-Anu descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. (Written in) Uruk. Ayyaru 12, year 32 Antiochus (being) king.
(sealings)
Top
Column i
(signature)
t.e. i 11	un-⸢qa⸣	(t.e. i 1) Ring of Anu-uballiṭ
	(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0206:G)
t.e. i 22	[^m^d60]-⸢DIN^iṭ⸣7
Column ii
(signature)
t.e. ii 11	[un]-⸢qa⸣	(t.e. ii 1) Ring of Anu-[...]
	(1 sealing missing)
t.e. ii 22	^m^d⸢60⸣-x [...]
Column iii
(signature)
t.e. iii 11	un-⸢qa⸣	(t.e. iii 1) Ring of Anu-[...]
	sealing mostly broken
t.e. iii 22	^m⸢^d60⸣-[...]
Bottom
Column i
(signature)
	(missing)
Column ii
(signature)
b.e. ii 11	[un]-⸢qa⸣	(b.e. ii 1) Ring of [...]
	(1 sealing missing)
b.e. ii 22	[...] ⸢x⸣ [...]
Column iii
(signature)
b.e. iii 11	un-⸢qa⸣	(b.e. iii 1) Ring of Ana-rabut-Anu
	seal impression
b.e. iii 22	^mana-GAL-^d60
Column iv
(signature)
b.e. iv 11	⸢un⸣-qa	(b.e. iv 1) Ring of Nidintu-Anu
	sealing mostly broken
b.e. iv 22	^mni-din-tu₄-^d608
Left
l.e.l.e.	left edge entirely destroyed
Right
r.e.r.e.	edge destroyed

1tablet badly worn. fragment of another tablet fitted in upside-down in area on copy shown as totally destroyed. this fragment hard to read. Joannes photographed tablet, 7/28/07.

2patronym on copy {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU; MEŠ clear on photo provided by FJoannès, 2007.

3hir written NE

4patronym on copy {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU; MEŠ clear on photo provided by FJoannès, 2007.

5Nidintu's father is Nidintu-Anu (o 1). The signs are clear DU₃{+a}; this must be a nickname of the father.

6collation of year number suggests MU <1> ME 20 [...]

7= restore as 1st PN in rev. 16; reconstruction possible, cf. orthography of neighbor's name in o5, after consulting photographs, courtesy F. Joannès 2007.

8beginning of side broken; probably 4 witnesses on this edge