oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/PUB/SRC/OIP/122/OIP122.html i THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ORIENTAL INSTITUTE PUBLICATIONS VOLUME 122 Series Editors Thomas A. Holland and Thomas G. Urban oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/PUB/SRC/OIP/122/OIP122.html ii oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/PUB/SRC/OIP/122/OIP122.html iii NEO-BABYLONIAN TEXTS IN THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE COLLECTION by DAVID B. WEISBERG ORIENTAL INSTITUTE PUBLICATIONS • VOLUME 122 THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CHICAGO • ILLINOIS oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/PUB/SRC/OIP/122/OIP122.html iv Library of Congress Control Number: 2003112528 ISBN: 1-885923-28-7 ISSN: 0069-3367 The Oriental Institute, Chicago ©2003 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. Published 2003. Printed in the United States of America. Series Editors’ Acknowledgments The assistance of Katherine Strange Burke, Katie Johnson, Adam Miglio, Leslie Schramer, Jonathan S. Tenney, Raymond D. Tindel, and Alexandra Witsell is acknowledged in the production of this volume. Title Page Illustration: Stamp Seal Impression on Text 46 (A1669) Printed by United Graphics Incorporated, Mattoon, Illinois The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Services — Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/PUB/SRC/OIP/122/OIP122.html v Dedicated to Colleagues at the Oriental Institute Who Provided the Stimulating Atmosphere for Producing this Book and to My Wife Ophra and Our Children Dina, Jonathan, Galia, Oren, and Bram oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/PUB/SRC/OIP/122/OIP122.html vi oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/PUB/SRC/OIP/122/OIP122.html vii CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................................................................................ ix LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .......................................................................................................................... xi BIBLIOGRAPHIC ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................... xi OTHER ABBREVIATIONS .......................................................................................................................... xiv LIST OF PLATES ............................................................................................................................................ xvii BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................................ xix INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 1 REVIEW OF SOME NOTEWORTHY FEATURES ......................................................................................... 1 IMAGES FOUND ON THE TEXTS ............................................................................................................... 2 TEXTUAL ANOMALIES .............................................................................................................................. 4 NOTE ON LINE NUMBERING .................................................................................................................... 4 PROVENIENCE OF THE TABLETS BY ARCHIVE ....................................................................................... 4 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOG ............................................................................................................................ 5 TRANSLITERATIONS, TRANSLATIONS, AND COMMENTS ................................................................ 13 DATABLE TEXTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER .................................................................................. 201 CONCORDANCE OF MUSEUM NUMBERS .............................................................................................. 205 INDICES .......................................................................................................................................................... 207 INDEX OF DIVINE NAMES ........................................................................................................................ 207 INDEX OF PERSONAL NAMES................................................................................................................... 209 INDEX OF NAMES WITH BEGINNING BROKEN ........................................................................................ 243 INDEX OF KEY WORDS ............................................................................................................................. 245 INDEX OF TEXTS BY GEOGRAPHICAL NAME .......................................................................................... 261 INDEX OF TEXTS BY ROYAL NAME ........................................................................................................ 262 PLATES ........................................................................................................................................................... 263 vii oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/PUB/SRC/OIP/122/OIP122.html viii oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/PUB/SRC/OIP/122/OIP122.html ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I owe a great debt to many friends at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. I wish to thank Gil J. Stein, Director of the Oriental Institute, and Gene Gragg, former Director of the Institute, for their support and encour- agement. Robert D. Biggs has taught me a great deal with regard to interpretation as well as care and preservation of texts; as Chairman of the Publications Committee he has guided me through this process and has additionally collated several difficult lines. John A. Brinkman has encouraged me in many generous ways in his scholarship and as Curator of the Oriental Institute Tablet Collection. Miguel Civil has extended help with regard to several problems involving lexical texts. Gertrud and Walter Farber have given me the opportunity to talk over Assyriological problems. Erica Reiner has shared with me her unparalleled knowledge of the entire field. Martha T. Roth has shared her expertise in reading and interpretation, especially of Neo-Babylonian texts. Matthew Stolper has offered numerous useful sugges- tions and the benefit of his skillful help in understanding late texts. Charles E. Jones has given much help with biblio- graphic items in the Research Archives. Linda McLarnan has graciously extended assistance on many occasions. Thomas A. Holland has given many helpful suggestions. Raymond D. Tindel has aided me with problems in the “base- ment.” Thomas G. Urban, of the Publications Office of the Oriental Institute, has given expert help in the production of this book. His patience and skill throughout the editorial process improved the book immeasurably. Student help in the Publications Office was given by Katherine Strange Burke, Katie Johnson, Adam Miglio, Leslie Schramer, and Alexandra Witsell. Paul-Alain Beaulieu must be thanked for his patient and careful reading of my manuscript. Many accurate textual interpretations are due to his sharp eye. I owe him a great deal. It is a pleasure to acknowledge the help of the following people from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati: David Ellenson, President, and Kenneth E. Ehrlich, Dean, for their support of the work of the faculty and their help with grants that facilitated my research. Regan Barr, photographer of the tablets; Karol Hoffmann, for his neighborly encouragement and generous advice on computer problems; and SungDuk Yun and Sherry Walton Kingston for their excellent help in the final proofing of the pages. The following colleagues from other institutions who are working in the area of Neo-Babylonian studies offered me their valuable insights at various times: Kathleen Abraham, Bill T. Arnold, Gila Rahamim, and Cornelia Wunsch. I am grateful for their help. Thank you, Carolynn Crump, for your expert help during my work in Chicago in the summer of 1998. I wish to thank Ilene Raubvogel, for her expertise in formatting and editing. Those who had responsibility for certain sections of the book are: Libby Schwartz, Shawn and Susan Phinney, Diane and Paul Wright, Brian Smith, and Sara Fudge. Loving acknowledgments for their kindness are extended to: Abby and Dan Chill, Glenn K. Manacher and Cheryl and Richard Weisberg (a special word of thanks to my brother for his loving encouragement); Ophra and our children: Dina, Jonathan and Galia, Oren, and Bram. David B. Weisberg Cincinnati, Ohio ix oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/PUB/SRC/OIP/122/OIP122.html x oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/PUB/SRC/OIP/122/OIP122.html xi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHIC ABBREVIATIONS ABL Robert Francis Harper. Assyrian and Babylonian Letters Belonging to the Kouyunjik Collections of the British Museum. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1892–1914 ABZ Rykle Borger. Assyrisch-babylonische Zeichenliste. Alter Orient und Altes Testa- ment, Volume 2. Kevelaer: Butzon & Bercker; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1981 AHw Wolfram von Soden. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch, Volumes 1–3. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1965–1981 BE Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania, Series A: Cuneiform Texts 9 H. V. Hilprecht and Albert T. Clay. Business Documents of Murashû Sons of Nippur Dated in the Reign of Artaxerxes I (464–424 B.C.). BE 9. Philadelphia: Department of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1898 10 Albert T. Clay. Business Documents of Murashû Sons of Nippur Dated in the Reign of Darius