YOS 20, 051 (P296741)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 051 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296741 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02165 |
| 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 [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Ekur-zakir, willingly has sold a third of a day on day 27 of the gerseqqûtu prebend before Anu, Antu, Enlil, Ea, [...] Nanaya, Beltu-ša-Reš, and the gods of their temple for all of every month throughout the year the guqqānê offering, the eššeššāni offering and anything else that pertains to that gerseqqûtu prebend, which (he owns) along with his brothers and all the rest of the owners of shares, for 7 1/2 sheqels of refined silver in high quality staters of Antiochus as the whole price to Labaši, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Ištar-šum-eriš, descendant of Ahʾutu, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [9:16] o 1010–o 1616 | Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, has received that silver, 7 1/2 sheqels, the whole price of that gerseqqûtu prebend, from Labaši, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, and is paid in full. When a claim arises concerning that third of a day on day 27 of the gerseqqûtu prebend, Šamaš-eṭir, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Ekur-zakir, will clear [it] of claims and will pay the twelve-fold penalty to Labaši, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Ištar-šum-eriš, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | Ina-qibit-Anu, the seller of that prebend, son of Anu-uballiṭ, and Šamaš-eṭir, his son, bear mutually the responsibility for the clearing of that gerseqqûtu prebend for Labaši, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, in perpetuity. That one-third of a day on day 27 of the gerseqqûtu prebend belongs to Labaši, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Ištar-šum-eriš, descendent of Ahʾutu, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [4:12] r 55–r 1212 | Witnesses: Sumuttu-Anu, son of Tanittu-Anu, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin; Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Labaši, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, and Uṣuršu-Anu, son of Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Iddinaya, descendants of Ahʾutu; Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Labaši, Anu-bullissu, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, and Anu-uballiṭ, son of Rihat-Ištar, descendants of Ekur-zakir; Nidintu-Anu, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, son of [X ...]; Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Mušezib-Anu, and Nanaya-iddin, [son of X], descendants of Luštammar-Adad; Kidin-Anu, son of [X ...], descendant of Kidin-Marduk |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | Nidintu-Anu, scribe, [...] (written in) Uruk, the month of Tašritu, day 18, year 108. Antiochus and Antiochus, his son, were kings. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of Uṣuršu-Anu |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | [Ring of ...] |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | [Ri]ng of [...] |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | Ring of Sumuttu-Anu |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 11– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | [Ring of] Nanaya-iddin |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Kidin-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Ina-qibit-[Anu, seller] of that prebend |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 11– | Ring of Šamaš-eṭir, his son, the guarantor |
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}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{⸢d⸣}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂] | |
| 2 | šal-šu₂ ša₂ u₄-mu ina U₄ 27-[KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}GIR₃.SIG{u₂-tu₂]} ⸢IGI {d⸣}60 an-⸢tu₄⸣ | |
| 3 | {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}e₂-a {d}⸢x⸣-[... {d}na]-⸢na⸣-a {d}GAŠAN-ša₂-{e₂}⸢SAG⸣ | |
| 4 | u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-šu₂-nu gab-bi ša₂ ITI{⸢us-su} kal MU.AN.NA⸣ gu-uq-qa-ne₂-e | |
| 5 | U₄.EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ u₃ mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}GIR₃.SIG{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ | |
| 6 | ik-kaš-ši-du ša₂ KI {lu₂}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ u₃ {lu₂}EN-MEŠ HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂ gab-bi a-na | |
| 7 | 7 1/2 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su | |
| 8 | bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}la-ba-ši A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| 9 | A ša₂ {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din | |
| 10 | KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 7 1/2 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}GIR₃.SIG{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ | |
| 11 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} ina ŠU-MIN {m}la-ba-ši A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| 12 | ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-na muh-hi šal-šu₂ ša₂ u₄-mu ina U₄ 27-KAM₂ | |
| 13 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}GIR₃.SE₃-qi₂-u₂-tu₂ MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}{d}UTU-SUR A ša₂ | |
| 14 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir u₂-mar-raq-ma a-di | |
| 15 | 12-TA-AM₃ a-na {m}la-ba-ši A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ | |
| 16 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ SUM{in} pu-u₂-ut a-ha-a-miš a-na mu-ur-⸢ru-qu⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}GIR₃].⸢SIG⸣{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 {lu₂}na-din-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
| 2 | [A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} u₃] {⸢m⸣}{d}UTU-SUR A-šu₂ a-na {m}la-ba-ši A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| 3 | [a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a]-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ šal-šu₂ ša₂ u₄-mu ina U₄ 27-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA | |
| 4 | {[lu₂}GIR₃.SIG]{⸢u₂⸣-tu₂} MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}la-ba-⸢ši A⸣ ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ | |
| 5 | [A {m}ŠEŠ]-⸢ʾu⸣-u₂-tu₂ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {<m>}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| 6 | [A ša₂ {m]}⸢ta⸣-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši A ša₂ | |
| 7 | {[m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU u {m}URI₃-šu₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}MU{a} A-MEŠ {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 8 | {[m]}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši {m}{d}60-DIN-su A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} u₃ | |
| 9 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA ⸢A-MEŠ {m⸣}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}NIG₂.SUM.⸢MU-{d}60 | |
| 10 | A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}[...] ⸢x x x⸣ {[m]}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ | |
| 11 | {m}KAR-{d}60 u₃ {m}{d}na-[na-a-MU A ša₂ ... A]-⸢MEŠ⸣ {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 12 | {m}BARA₂-{d}60 ⸢A⸣ [ša₂ ...] ⸢A⸣ {m}BARA₂-{d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 13 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 {lu₂}UMBISAG [...] UNUG{ki} {iti}DU₆ U₄ 18-KAM₂ | |
| 14 | MU 108-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 | {m}URI₃-šu₂-{d}60 | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}[...] | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {⸢m}su⸣-mut-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}BARA₂-{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{[d}60 | |
| 2 | {[lu₂}na-din-na] ⸢GIŠ.ŠUB⸣.BA MU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}UTU-SUR A-šu₂ | |
| 2 | {lu₂}mu-mar-raq-an-na | |
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