VDI 1955/4, 5 [Sale of finished structures]


Obverse
o 1o 1	^mri-ḫat-^dINANA DUMU ša₂ ^mba^-ga-na-^d60 DUMU ša₂ ^mḫi-ba^-a ^lu₂e-piš dul-⸢lu IM⸣-ḪI.⸢A⸣1	(o 1) Rihat-Ištar son of Bagana-Anu son of Hiba, clay-worker of the temples of Uruk, voluntarily sold in perpetuity a developed north-facing house, its passageway and a developed shop, the property of Anu, which is to the right of the Turnu canal that is in the Adad-temple quarter in Uruk --- as little or as much as there is, the entirety--- for 15 shekels of refined silver in staters of Seleucus for the complete price to Halil-Nergal son of Ṣule-Adad: 31 cubits the long upper northern side adjacent to courtyard of Rihat-Ištar the seller of that north house, its passageway and shop; 31 cubits the long lower southern side adjacent to the house of Idat-Anu son of [...]hi-Adad; 11 cubits the short upper western side adjacent to [... ] of Anu-zēr-iddin son of Nidintu-Anu descendant of Ahʾutu; 11 cubits the short lower eastern side adjacent to the narrow street "The Thoroughfare of the people": the total 31 cubits the long (and) 11 cubits short measurements of that northern house, its passageway and shop.
o 22	ša₂ E₂-MEŠ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG^ki ina ḫu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ E₂ ša₂ ^tu₁₅SI.SA₂ ep₂-šu₂
o 33	dul-ba-ni-šu₂ u ^e₂ḫa-nu-ut-tu₂ ep-šu₂ NIG₂.GA ^d60 ša₂ ina 15 ID₂-tur₂-nu
o 44	[ša₂] ⸢ina⸣ KI^ti₃ E₂ ^dIŠKUR ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG^ki 31 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN^u₂ ^tu₁₅SI.SA₂
o 55	[DA] ⸢tar⸣-ba-aṣ ša₂ ^mri-ḫat-^dINANA ^lu₂na-din-na E₂ ša₂ ^tu₁₅SI.SA₂ dul-ba-ni-šu₂
o 66	[u ^e₂]⸢ḫa⸣-nu-ut-tu₄ ⸢MU-MEŠ⸣ 31 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI^u₂ ^tu₁₅⸢U₁₈.LU DA E₂ ša₂ ^mi-dat-^d⸣60
o 77	[A ša₂ ^mx-x]-⸢ḫi⸣-ʾi-^dIŠKUR 11 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA ^tu₁₅MAR.TU ina DA
o 88	[...] ⸢x⸣ ša₂ ^m^d60-NUMUN-MU A ša₂ ^mni-din-tu₄-^d60 A ^mŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu 11 KUŠ₃
o 99	[SAG.KI KI].TA ^tu₁₅KUR.RA DA SILA qat₂-nu mu-taq-qa UN-MEŠ ⸢ŠU.NIGIN⸣
o 1010	[31 KUŠ₃] US₂ 11 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI meš-ḫat E₂ ša₂ ^tu₁₅SI.SA₂ u dul-ba-ni-šu₂
o 1111	[u ^e₂ḫa]-nu-ut-tu₄ MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi
o 1212	[a-na 15 GIN₂] ⸢KU₃.BABBAR⸣ qa-lu-u₂ is-ta^*-tir-ra-nu-MEŠ ^mse-lu-ku
o 1313	[bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL]-⸢MEŠ a⸣-na ^mḫa-lil₂-^dNERGALₓ(U.GUR) A ša₂ ⸢^mṣu-le-e-^d⸣[IŠKUR]2
o 1414	[a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄] 15 ⸢GIN₂⸣ [ŠAM₂] ⸢E₂ ša₂ ^tu₁₅⸣[SI.SA₂]	(o 14) Rihat-Ištar received that 15 shekels silver, the price of that north-facing house, its passageway and shop from Halil-Nergal; he is paid. [Rihat-Ištar] son of Bagana-Anu son [of Hiba ...] will pay the twelve-fold penalty in perpetuity to Halil-Nergal. [Rihat-Ištar son of] Bagana-Anu son [of Hi]ba bears responsibility for guarantee of that house to Halil-Nergal in perpetuity. That north-facing house, its passageway and its shop [belong to Halil-Nergal [son of Ṣule-Adad] in perpetuity.
Reverse
r 1r 1	⸢dul⸣-[ba-ni]-⸢šu₂⸣ [u ^e₂ḫa-nu-ut-tu₄ ^mri-ḫat-^d]⸢INANA⸣ ina ŠU-MIN ^mḫa-lil₂-^dNERGALₓ(U.GUR)
r 22	[ma-ḫir e-ṭir₃ ... ^mri-ḫat-^dINANA] ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ ^mba-ga-na-^d60 ⸢A⸣ [ša₂]
r 33	[^mḫi-ba-a ... a]-⸢di 12-TA⸣.AM₃ a-na ^mḫa-lil₂-^dNERGALₓ(U.GUR) a-⸢na⸣
r 44	[u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ina-an-din pu-ut a]-⸢ḫa-miš a-na⸣ mu-ru-qu ša₂ E₂-MEŠ MU-MEŠ
r 55	[...] ⸢^mba⸣-ga-[na-^d60 A ša₂ ^mḫi]-⸢ba-a⸣ a-na ^mḫa-lil₂-^dNERGALₓ(U.GUR) a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂
r 66	⸢na⸣-[šu-u₂ E₂ ša₂] ⸢^tu₁₅SI.SA₂ dul⸣-ba-ni-šu₂ u ^e₂ḫa-nu-ut-tu₄-šu₂ ša₂ ^mḫa-lil₂-^dNERGALₓ(U.GUR)
r 77	[... ^m^d]x-[x]-⸢x⸣-[x] a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ ^lu₂mu-kin₇	(r 7) Witness(es): [...] son of Anu-[...] and Anu-ah-ittannu son of Anu-ikṣur son of Kidin-Anu, descendants of Luštammar-Adad
(witnesses)
r 88	^m[...]-⸢x-x⸣ A ša₂ ^m^d⸢60⸣-[x-x^?] u ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MU^nu A ša₂ ^m^d60-⸢ik⸣-ṣur A ša₂
r 99	^m⸢ki-din⸣-^d60 A-⸢MEŠ⸣ ^mlu-uš-tam-mar-^dIŠKUR ^m^d60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU ^m^dUTU-MU^nu A-MEŠ ša₂	(r 9) Anu-ahhē-iddin (and) Šamaš-ittannu sons of [...] descendants of Luštammar-Adad; Nanaya-iddin [son of ... son of] Nanaya-iddin descendant of Hunzu
r 1010	^m[...] ⸢A-MEŠ⸣ ^mlu-uš-tam-mar-^dIŠKUR ^m^dna-na-a-MU [A ša₂ ... A ša₂]
r 1111	⸢^m^dna-na-a-MU⸣ A ^mḫun-zu-u₂ ^m⸢ba^?-la-ṭu A⸣ [ša₂ ...]	(r 11) Balāṭu son of [...]; Ap-... son of Anu-ah-iddin son of Kidin-Anu [...]; Kittu-Anu son of Kidin-Anu descendant of [...]
r 1212	^m⸢ap-x-x⸣ A ša₂ ^m^d60-⸢ŠEŠ-MU A⸣ ša₂ ^mki-din-^d60 [...]
r 1313	^m⸢ki-tu⸣-^d60 A ša₂ ^mki-din-^d60 ⸢A⸣ [...]
(colophon)
r 1414	[...] ⸢^lu₂⸣[UMBISAG] A ša₂ ^m[...]-^d60 A ^m^d30-[TI-ER₂ ...]	(r 14) [... scribe] son of [...]-Anu descendant of Sin-leqe-unninni. [(Written in) Uruk. month day] year [], Seleucus (being) king
r 1515	[... MU] ⸢22⸣-[KAM₂] ⸢^m⸣se-lu-ku ⸢LUGAL⸣
(sealings)
Top
Column i
(signature)
t.e. i 11	un-qa	(t.e. i 1) Ring of Nanaya-iddin
	(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 0838:B)
t.e. i 22	^m^dna-na-a-MU
Column ii
(signature)
t.e. ii 11	un-qa	(t.e. ii 1) Ring of Kidin-Anu
	seal impression
t.e. ii 22	^mki-din-^d60
Column iii
(signature)
t.e. iii 11	[un-qa]	(t.e. iii 1) Ring of Ina-qibīt-Bēlti
	(impression of seal = AUWE 19, 1012:A)
t.e. iii 22	^mina-qi₂-bit-^dGAŠAN
Bottom
Column i
(signature)
b.e. i 11	⸢un-qa⸣	(b.e. i 1) Ring of [...]-uballiṭ
	seal impression
b.e. i 22	^m[...]-⸢DIN⸣
Column ii
(signature)
b.e. ii 11	un-qa	(b.e. ii 1) Ring of [...]-Anu
	seal impression
b.e. ii 22	^m[...]-⸢^d⸣60
Column iii
(signature)
b.e. iii 11	un-qa	(b.e. iii 1) Ring of Anu-ab-[...]šu
	seal impression
b.e. iii 22	^m⸢^d60⸣-AD-⸢x⸣-šu₂3
Left
Column i
(signature)
l.e. i 11	⸢un-qa⸣	(l.e. i 1) Ring of [...]
	sealing destroyed
l.e. i 22	[...]
Column ii
(signature)
l.e. ii 11	⸢un-qa⸣	(l.e. ii 1) Ring of [...]
	sealing destroyed
l.e. ii 22	[...]
Right
Column i
(signature)
r.e. i 11	un-qa ^mri-ḫat-^dINANA	(r.e. i 1) Ring of Rihat-Ištar, seller of those houses
	seal impression
r.e. i 22	^lu₂na-din-na E₂-MEŠ MU-MEŠ
Column ii
r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1	un-qa ^mba-ga-na-^d60	(r.e. ii 1) Ring of Bagana-Anu, guarantor
	seal impression
r.e. ii 22	⸢mu⸣-[mar]-⸢raq-qa⸣-[an-nu ...]

1line collated LEP. ba confirmed in both instances.

2rdg of final PN was {m#}[{d}]30#-EN#-szu2#-nu#. Traces consistent with father's name in STUBM 95; prosopography demonstrates connections between participants in both texts.

3line collated. final sign(s) not good URI3-szu2