YOS 20, 068 (P296734)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 068 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296734 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02156 |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:10] o 1o 1–o 1010 | Rihat-Anu, son of Rihat-Anu, and Barubu, son of Gubiš-ilani, sons of Mattanat-Anu, a sailor, voluntarily sold a derelict house, which was torn down and rebuilt, the property of Anu, which is in the city quarter of the Emihallake Temple, which is in Uruk: 33 cubits, the upper length to the north is adjacent to the house of Kidin-Anu, son of Tanittu-Anu; 33 cubits, the lower length to the south is adjacent to the undeveloped plot of Kidin-Anu, son of Tanittu-Anu; 18 cubits, the upper width to the west is adjacent to the narrow street, Passage of the People; 18 cubits, the lower width to the east is adjacent to the house of the sons of Rihat-Anu, son of Šamaš-iddin, a reed cutter; a total of 33 cubits in length, 18 cubits in width for the plot of that house; that house, as little and as much of it exists, all of it, for ten shekels of refined silver, high quality staters of Antiochus, as the complete price, to Idat-Anu, son of Arad-Reš, son of Anu-bullissu, palace slave, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | That silver, the ten shekels as the complete price of that house, Rihat-Anu and Barubu received from Idat-Anu; they are paid. |
| Obverse [11:14] o 1212–o 1414 | Should a claim concering that house arise, Rihat-Anu and Barubu [...] will clear that house, and will pay the 12-fold penalty to Idat-Anu, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [14:18] o 1515– | Shared responsibility for the clearing [...] |
| Reverse [1:10] r 2'2'–r 10'10' | Witnesses: [...] son of Ištar-šum-eriš, son of Anu-ikṣur, descendantof Ah'utu. Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, descendant of Ah'utu. Rihat-Ištar and Dumqi-Anu, sons of Anu-belšunu, son of Rihat-Ištar, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. Anu-šum-lišir, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Balaṭu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. Ana-rabut-Anu, son of Uṣuršu-Anu, son of Tanittu-Anu, descendant of Hunzu. Labaši, son of Rihat-Anu, son of Labaši, scribe. Nidintu-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu, son of Illut-Anu, interpreter scribe of the property of Anu. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 11'11'–r 12'12' | Anu-belšunu, scribe, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Uruk. 22nd day of Ayyaru, year 138, Antiochus and his son, Antiochus, (being) kings. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-šum-lišir |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i' 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii' 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i' 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Labaši |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring [of Rihat-Anu,] seller of that house |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | [Ring of Barubu] |
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 | {⸢m}ri-hat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ri-hat⸣-{d}60 u {m}ba-ru-bu-u₂ ⸢A⸣ <ša₂> {m}gu-bi-⸢iš⸣-DINGIR-MEŠ A-MEŠ ša₂ | |
| 2 | {m}mat-nit-tu₄-{d}60 {lu₂}MA₂.LAH₄ ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu E₂ ab-⸢ta⸣ ša₂ na-⸢qa⸣-ri u e-peš | |
| 3 | NIG₂.GA {d}60 ša₂ ina KI{ti₃} E₂.MI.HAL.LA.KE₄ ša₂ ⸢qe₂⸣-reb ⸢UNUG{ki⸣} 33 KUŠ₃ ⸢US₂⸣ AN{u₂} | |
| 4 | {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ta-nit-⸢tu₄⸣-{d}60 33 KUŠ₃ ⸢US₂⸣ KI{u₂} | |
| 5 | {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ta-nit-⸢tu₄⸣-{d}60 18 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ SAG.KI AN.TA | |
| 6 | {⸢tu₁₅⸣}MAR.TU DA SILA qat₂-nu ⸢mu-taq⸣-qa ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ 18 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA | |
| 7 | [DA] ⸢E₂⸣ A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 ⸢A ša₂⸣ {m}{d}UTU-MU {lu₂}gad-ṭa-a-a ŠU.NIGIN 33 KUŠ₃ US₂ | |
| 8 | 18 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI meš-hat E₂ ⸢MU⸣-MEŠ E₂ MU-MEŠ i-⸢ṣi⸣ u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na 10 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 9 | ⸢qa⸣-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na | |
| 10 | ⸢ŠAM₂⸣ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}re-eš A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su {lu₂}ARAD E₂.GAL | |
| 11 | [a]-⸢na⸣ u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din-ʾu KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 10 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ | |
| 12 | {[m]}⸢ri⸣-hat-{d}60 u {m}ba-ru-bu-u₂ ina ŠU-MIN {m}i-dat-{d}60 mah-ru-ʾu e-ṭir₃-⸢ʾu⸣ u₄-mu | |
| 13 | [pa-qa]-⸢ri⸣ ana muh-hi E₂ MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 u {m}ba-ru-bu-u₂ | |
| 14 | [...] ⸢x E₂ MU-MEŠ⸣ u₂-mar-raq-ʾu a-di 12-TA-⸢AM₃ a-na⸣ {m}i-dat-{d}60 | |
| 15 | [a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-nam-din-ʾu] ⸢pu-u₂-ut⸣ a-ha-a-miš ⸢a-na mu-ru⸣-[qu] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | {[lu₂}mu-kin₇] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢A⸣ ša₂ {m}{⸢d}INANA-MU-KAM₂⸣ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur A {m}⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[ʾu-u₂-tu₂] | |
| 4' | {[m}{d]}60-DIN-⸢su⸣-E A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A {m}⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[ʾu-u₂-tu₂] | |
| 5' | {[m]}⸢ri⸣-hat-{⸢d}INANA⸣ u {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [A ša₂] | |
| 6' | {[m]}ri-hat-{d}INANA A-MEŠ {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 7' | {⸢m}{d⸣}60-MU-GIŠ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu A {m}lu-uš-tam-⸢mar⸣-{[d}IŠKUR] | |
| 8' | {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}URI₃-šu₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}hun-⸢zu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 9' | {⸢m}la⸣-ba-ši A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši {lu₂}UMBISAG | |
| 10' | {[m}ni]-⸢din-tu₄⸣-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 {lu₂}se-pir NIG₂.GA {⸢d⸣}60 | |
| 11' | {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-⸢TI-ER₂ UNUG⸣{ki} {iti}GU₄ U₄ 22-KAM₂ | |
| 12' | MU 138-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su u {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su A-šu₂ LUGAL-MEŠ | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{⸢d}60-MU⸣-GIŠ | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | |
| b.e. i' | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. ii' | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. i' | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}NU-TEŠ₂ | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-[qa {m}ri-hat-{d}60 | |
| 2 | {lu₂}⸢na⸣-din-na-ʾa E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {[m}ba-ru-bu-u₂] | |
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