YOS 20, 040 (P296702)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | YOS 20, 040 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296702 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02124a |
| Collection | J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By Doty, L. Timothy · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | Tablet of shares which Rihat-Anu and Anu-mar-ittannu, sons of Labaši, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, a builder, in the builder's prebend, rations, (and) in the houses and undeveloped plot of Labaši, their father, and Nanaya-iddin, the brother of their father, in Tašritu, year 82, Seleucus (being) king, mutually divided voluntarily in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [4:14] o 55–o 1414 | The built house, the property of Anu, in the district of the Gate of Ištar, which is in Uruk: the upper length to the north adjacent to the house of Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Ana-rabutika-Ištar, and adjacent to the house of Dumqi-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad; the lower length to the south, adjacent to the access-way of Anu-bel-zeri, son of Anu-ab-uṣur, descendant of Kuri, and adjacent to the access-way of the that house; the upper width to the west, adjacent to the house of Anu-bel-zeri, son of Anu-ab-uṣur, and adjacent to the house of Ia, daughter of Nanaya-iddin, wife of Rihat-Anu, son of Labaši, and adjacent to the house of Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Ana-rabutika-Ištar; the lower width to the east, adjacent to the house of Dumqi-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu, and adjacent to the house of Nanaya-iddin, son of Anu-bel-zeri, descendant of Kuri --- the total of the measurements of the lengths and widths of that house; that house, as little and as much exist, all of it --- one-half in the builder's prebend, one-half in the rations which pertain to Labaši and Nanaya-iddin, sons of Anu-mar-ittannu (concerning) the builder's prebend, and (shares in) Amat-kiru-hallat, a female slave, who was purchased in the name of Labaši, their father, and Illut-Anu, his son; this is the share of Rihat-Anu, the older brother, son of Labaši, a builder. |
| Obverse [14:24] o 1515– | The built house and the undeveloped plot in the Market Gate district, which is in Uruk: the upper length to the north, adjacent to the bank of the Ištar Canal; the lower length to the south, adjacent to the house of Arad-Ninurta, son of Nidintu-Ištar; the upper width to the west, adjacent to the street of the bank of the Ištar Canal; the lower width to the east, adjacent to the undeveloped plot of Anu-ikṣur, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of Ekur-zakir --- the total measurements of the lengths and widths of that house and undeveloped plot; that house and undeveloped plot, as little and as much exist, all of it, one-half (share) in the builder's prebend, one-half (share) in the rations which pertain to Labaši and Nanaya-iddin, sons of Anu-mar-ittannu (concerning) the builder's prebend; this is the share of Anu-mar-ittannu, the younger brother, son of Labaši, a builder. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | Concerning their shares, they shall not come back and raise a claim against each other. Each shall stand in their shares in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | They bear shared responsibility for the clearing of their shares in perpetuity. Whoever changes these shares in a lawsuit or in an objection will pay 2 minas of high quality silver of Seleucus to his brother. Each took one copy (of the document). |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witnesses: Nanaya-iddin, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Lišir, son of Zeriya, son of Anu-ušallim, descendant of Gimil-Anu; Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Tattannu, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Mannu-iqapu, descendant of Kuri; Anu-mukin-apli, son of Ištar-šum-eriš, descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Tattannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, descendant of Hunzu. Anu-zer-iddin, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Ah'utu |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-qišanni, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Anu-uballiṭ, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad; Nidintu-Anu, son of Sin-banunu, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 1515 | Sumuttu-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin, son of Nadin, descendant of Kuri; Anu-ikṣur, son of Kidin-Anu, son of Dannat-Belti, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | Nanaya-iddin, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, descendant of Hunzu; Arad-Reš, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, palace servant |
| Reverse [16:18] r 1717–r 1818 | Mannu-ki-Ištar, son of Illut-Anu, son of Nidintu-Ištar |
| Reverse [17:20] r 1818– | Ištar-šum-eriš, scribe, son of Anu-eriba, descendant of Kuri. (Written in) Uruk, 11th day of Tašritu, year 82. Selecus (being) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Nanaya-iddin |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Tattannu |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Top Column v [0:3] t.e. v 1t.e. v 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of Sumuttu-Anu |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Ring of Anu-ikṣur |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 1b.e. iv 1– | Ring of Mannu-ki-Ištar |
| Bottom Column v [0:3] b.e. v 1b.e. v 1– | Ring of Nanaya-iddin |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-mukin-apli |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Arad-Reš |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 1l.e. iii 1– | Ring of Lišir |
| Left Column iv [0:3] l.e. iv 1l.e. iv 1– | Ring of Anu-zer-iddin |
| Left Column v [0:3] l.e. v 1l.e. v 1– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of Rihat-Anu |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-mar-ittannu |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {im}DUB HA.LA ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 u {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} {lu₂}UMBISAG | |
| 2 | ina GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}ŠIDIM{u₂-tu₂} ŠUK-HI.A ina E₂-MEŠ u ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši AD-šu₂-nu u {m}{d}na-na-⸢a-MU⸣ | |
| 3 | ŠEŠ AD-šu₂-nu ina {iti}DU₆ MU 60-22-KAM₂ {m}se-lu-ku LUGAL ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu KI a-ha-a-miš a-na | |
| 4 | u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-zu-zu-ʾu | |
| 5 | E₂ ep₂-šu₂ NIG₂.GA {d}60 KI{ti₃} KA₂.GAL {d}INANA ša₂ qe₂-⸢reb UNUG{ki⸣} US₂ AN{u₂} {⸢tu₁₅}SI⸣.SA₂ DA | |
| 6 | E₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-ka-{⸢d}INANA⸣ [u] ⸢DA E₂⸣ {m}dum-qi₂-{⸢d}60 DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}⸢ki⸣-din-{d}60 A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 7 | US₂ KI{[u₂} {tu₁₅]}⸢U₁₈.LU DA mu-ṣu⸣-u₂ ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-NUMUN DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A {m}kur-i u DA | |
| 8 | mu-⸢ṣu⸣-[u₂] ⸢ša₂ E₂⸣ MU-MEŠ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ {m}{d}60-EN-NUMUN DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
| 9 | <u> ⸢DA E₂⸣ {f}ia DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DAM {m}ri-hat-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši u DA E₂ | |
| 10 | {⸢m⸣}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-ka-{d}INANA SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂ {m}dum-⸢qi₂⸣-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ | |
| 11 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 u DA E₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-NUMUN A {m}kur-i ŠU.NIGIN US₂-MEŠ u ⸢SAG⸣.KI-MEŠ | |
| 12 | mi-ših-tu₄ E₂ MU-MEŠ E₂ MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi mi-šil ina GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}ŠIDIM{u₂-tu₂} | |
| 13 | mi-šil ina ŠUK-HI.A ša₂ a-na {m}la-ba-ši u {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} a-na {lu₂}ŠIDIM{u₂-tu₂} | |
| 14 | ik-kaš-ši-du u₃ {f}GEME₂-{giš}KIRI₆-hal-lat GEME₂ ša₂ ina MU ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši AD-šu₂-nu mah-rat-tat | |
| 15 | u {m}il-lut-{d}60 DUMU-šu₂ an-na-a HA.LA ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 ŠEŠ GAL-u₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši {lu₂}ŠIDIM | |
| 16 | E₂ ep₂-šu₂ u ki-šub-ba-a KI{ti₃} KA₂ GANBA ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA GU₂ | |
| 17 | ID₂-{d}INANA US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ {m}ARAD-{d}MAŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}INANA SAG.KI AN.TA | |
| 18 | {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA SILA mu-rad ID₂-{d}INANA SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA ki-šub-ba-a | |
| 19 | ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir ŠU.NIGIN US₂-MEŠ u SAG.KI-MEŠ mi-ših-tu₄ | |
| 20 | E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi | |
| 21 | mi-šil ina GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}ŠIDIM{u₂-tu₂} u mi-šil ina ŠUK-HI.A ša₂ a-na {m}la-ba-ši u {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} a-na {lu₂}ŠIDIM{u₂-tu₂} ⸢ik⸣-kaš-ši-du an-na-⸢a⸣ HA.LA ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} | |
| 2 | ŠEŠ ṣa-har DUMU ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši {lu₂}ŠIDIM ana muh-hi HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ul GUR{ru-u₂}ma KI | |
| 3 | a-ha-a-miš a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ul i-rag-gu-mu-ʾu {lu₂}man-am-ma ina HA.LA-šu₂ | |
| 4 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ u₂-šu-zu pu-ut a-ha-a-miš a-na mu-ru-qa ša₂ HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 5 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ a-na a-ha-a-miš na-šu-u₂ {lu₂}man-am-ma ša₂ HA.LA-MEŠ an-na-a | |
| 6 | u₂-ša₂-an-nu-u₂ ša₂ la di-i-ni u la ha-ra-ra 2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ {m}se-lu-ku | |
| 7 | bab-ba-nu-u₂ a-na ŠEŠ-šu₂ ina-an-din 1{en}TA-AM₃ ša₂-ṭa-ri le-qu-u₂ | |
| 8 | {⸢lu₂}mu-kin₇⸣ {[m]}{⸢d}na⸣-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}{li}GIŠ | |
| 9 | DUMU ša₂ {m}NUMUN-[ia DUMU ša₂ {m]}{⸢d}60-GI⸣ A {m}ŠU-{d}60 {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu A {m}⸢E₂.KUR⸣-za-kir | |
| 10 | {m}{d}60-AD-⸢URI₃⸣ [DUMU ša₂ {m}man-nu]-⸢i⸣-qa-pi A {m}kur-i {m}{d}60-DU-A DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ A {⸢m}hun-zu⸣-u₂ | |
| 11 | {m}tat-tan-nu [DUMU ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂]-{⸢d}60 A {m⸣}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂] {⸢m}ki⸣-din-{d}60 | |
| 12 | A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-[tu₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ]} ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an-ni A {m}{d}30-TI⸣-ER₂ | |
| 13 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ {[m}ki-din-{d}60 A {m}lu]-⸢uš⸣-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}⸢ni⸣-[din]-⸢tu₄⸣-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ | |
| 14 | {m}{d}30-ba-nu-nu ⸢A⸣ {[m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m]}⸢su-mut⸣{ut}tu₄-{d}60 ⸢DUMU ša₂ {m⸣}{d}na-na-a-MU A <ša₂> {m}na-din | |
| 15 | A {m}kur-i {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m]}⸢dan-na-at⸣-{[d}GAŠAN A] {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 16 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-⸢MU⸣{[nu} A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}re]-eš DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} | |
| 17 | {lu₂}ARAD E₂.GAL {m}man-nu-ki-i-{⸢d}DIL-BAT DUMU ša₂ {m}il⸣-[lut-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ni]-⸢din⸣-tu₄-{d}INANA | |
| 18 | {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-SU A {m}kur-i UNUG{ki} {iti}DU₆ U₄ 11-KAM₂ MU 82-KAM₂ {m}⸢se-lu⸣-ku LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}tat-tan-nu | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| t.e. v | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}su-mut{ut}tu₄-{d}60 | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}man-nu-ki-i-{d}DIL-BAT | |
| b.e. v | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-⸢MU⸣ | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DU-A | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ARAD-{e₂}re-eš | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{li}GIŠ | |
| l.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| l.e. v | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ri-hat-{d}60 | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.