YOS 20, 088 (P296743)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 088 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296743 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02167 |
| 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 | Idat-Nanaya, son of Itti-Anu-nuhšu, son of Rabi-Anu, who is of the ēpiš dulli ša ṭiddi of the temple of the gods of Uruk, willingly sold a built house, the eastern house, its passageway, the bīt qāti that is in the courtyard, and the accessway in the village of the temple of the Irigal quarter within the wall of Uruk --- 16 units (is) the northern upper long-side adjacent to the bīt ritti of the son of Anu-ana-bitišunu, son of Ana-rabut-Anu, ēpiš dulli ša ṭiddi of the temple of the gods of Uruk; 16 5/6 units (is) the southern lower long-side adjacent to the bīt qāti of Idat-Nanaya, seller of that house, and adjacent to another plot of that eastern wing of that house; 9 1/2 units (is) the upper western short-side adjacent to the bīt ritti of Ṭab-Anu, son of Arad-Reš, ēpiš dulli ša ṭiddi of the temple of the gods; 9 1/2 units (is) the lower eastern short-side adjacent to the bīt qāti and the courtyard of Idat-Nanaya, seller of that house |
| Obverse [9:14] o 1010–o 1414 | Second plot of land of the eastern wing of that house: 19 1/3 units (is) the upper western long-side adjacent to the bīt ritti of Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of [...], ēpiš dullu ša ṭiddi of the temple of the gods; 20 units (is) the lower eastern long-side adjacent to the courtyard of the third plot of land of that house and adjacent to the bīt qāti of Idat-Nanaya, seller of that house. 16 2/3 units (is) the upper northern short-side adjacent to the previous measurement of that house; 11 units (is) the lower southern short-side adjacent to the house of that Anu-balassu-iqbi. |
| Obverse [14:19] o 1515–o 1919 | Third plot of land of the courtyard and the bīt qāti of that house: 11 5/6 units (is) the upper northern long-side adjacent to the previous plot of that house and adjacent to the house of Idat-Nanaya, the seller of that house; 20 units (is) the lower southern long-side adjacent to the bīt ritti of Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Ana-rabut-Anu, ēpiš dullu ša ṭiddi; 12 units (is) the upper western short-side adjacent to the plot of the wing of that house; 12 units (is) the lower eastern short-side adjacent to the fourth plot (and) the access-way of the fourth plot of that house. |
| Obverse [19:21] o 2020– | Fourth plot of land: |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | ...Idat-Nanaya |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [seller of that house ...] units |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] of the house |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [... ] units |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...], as much or as little |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | [as there is, all of it, for ...] high-quality [silver staters of ...] he has given as [the whole price to ...] Šibqat-Anu, son of Šamaš-ittannu, [... descendant of ...], in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [That silver, the price of that house] Idat-Nanaya, [the seller of that house, has received from ...; he is paid in full.] |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | [When a claim arises] concerning [that] house, [... will clear it and] the twelve-fold [penalty he will pay to ...) in perpetuity.] |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | [Idat-Nanaya, the seller of that house, and Kidin]-Anu [mutally bear responsibility] for the clearing [of that house.] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [That property belongs to ...] Šibqat-Anu, son of Šamaš-ittannu, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [Witnesses:] Anu-ah-iddin, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of [...] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [...], son of Šibqat-Anu; Anu-uballiṭ, son of Tat[tannu] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | [...], son of Nanaya-iddin, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of [...] |
| Reverse [17:21] r 1818– | [...] son of Šamaš-ittannu, and [...] |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | [Ring of] Anu-ah-[iddin] |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | [Ring of] Anu-ubala[ssu-iqbi] |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | [Ring of ...]-Anu |
| 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 Nidintu-Anu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Labaši |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Right Column i [0:2] r.e. i 11–r.e. i 22 | [Ring of] Idat-Nanaya, [sel]ler of that house |
| Right Column ii [0:2] r.e. ii 11–r.e. ii 22 | Ring of Kidin-Anu, his son, guarantor of that house |
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}i]-dat-{d}⸢na⸣-[na-a] ⸢A⸣ ša₂ {m}KI-{d}60-⸢HE₂.NUN A ša₂⸣ {m}GAL-{d}60 ⸢ša₂⸣ [TA] | |
| 2 | {[lu₂]}⸢e⸣-piš-MEŠ dul-lu IM-HI.A ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ ⸢E₂⸣ | |
| 3 | [DU₃]{⸢uš⸣} E₂ ša₂ {tu₁₅}3 E₂ dul-ba-ne₂-e-šu₂ E₂ ŠU-MIN ša₂ ina TUR₃ u mu-ṣu-u₂-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 4 | ina kap-ri ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ KI{ti₃} {e₂}IRI₁₂.GAL ina lib₃-bi BAD₃ ša₂ UNUG{ki} | |
| 5 | 16 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}2 DA E₂ rit-ti A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ana-E₂-šu₂ A ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 | |
| 6 | {lu₂}e-piš dul-lu IM-HI.A ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} 16 5/6 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}1 | |
| 7 | DA E₂ ŠU-MIN ša₂ {m}i-dat-{d}na-na-a {lu₂}na-din E₂ MU-MEŠ u DA meš-hat 2-tu₄ ša₂ E₂ {tu₁₅}3 | |
| 8 | ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ 9 1/2 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}4 DA E₂ rit-ti ša₂ {m}DU₁₀.GA-{d}60 A ša₂ | |
| 9 | {m}ARAD-{e₂}SAG {lu₂}e-piš dul-lu IM-HI.A ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ 9 1/2 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA | |
| 10 | {tu₁₅}3 DA E₂ ŠU-MIN-šu₂ u TUR₃-su ša₂ {m}i-dat-{d}na-na-a {lu₂}na-din E₂ MU-MEŠ meš-hat 2{tu₄} | |
| 11 | E₂ ša₂ {tu₁₅}3 ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ 19 šal-šu₂ KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}4 DA E₂ rit-ti ša₂ | |
| 12 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}AG₂-an-nu-{d}na-na-a {lu₂}e-piš dul-lu IM-HI.A ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 13 | 20 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}3 DA TUR₃ meš-hat ša₂-lul-tu₄ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ u DA E₂ ŠU-MIN | |
| 14 | ša₂ {m}i-dat-{d}na-na-a {lu₂}na-din E₂ MU-MEŠ 16 2/3 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}2 DA meš-hat IGI{ti₃} | |
| 15 | ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ 11 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}1 DA E₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E MU-MEŠ meš-hat 3{tu₄} | |
| 16 | ša₂ TUR₃ u E₂ ŠU-MIN ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ 19 5/6 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}2 DA meš-hat IGI{ti₃} ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| 17 | u DA E₂ {m}i-dat-{d}na-na-a {lu₂}na-din E₂ MU-MEŠ 20 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}1 | |
| 18 | DA E₂ rit-ti ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 {lu₂}e-piš dul-lu IM-HI.A | |
| 19 | 12 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}4 DA meš-hat 2{tu₄} ša₂ E₂ {tu₁₅}3 ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ 12 KUŠ₃ | |
| 20 | SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}3 DA meš-hat 4{tu₄} mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ meš-hat 4{tu₄} | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...]-⸢x {m}i⸣-dat-{d}na-na-a | |
| 2 | {[lu₂}na-din E₂ MU-MEŠ ...] ⸢x KUŠ₃⸣ | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢ša₂ E₂⸣ | |
| 4 | [...]-⸢x⸣ KUŠ₃ | |
| 5 | [... i]-⸢ṣi⸣ u ma-a-du | |
| 6 | [ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na ... KU₃.BABBAR is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}x]-x-u₂ bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na | |
| 7 | [ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na ... {m]}⸢šib⸣-qat₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} | |
| 8 | [... ... a]-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-tad-din | |
| 9 | [KU₃.BABBAR a₄ ... ŠAM₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ {m}i]-dat-{d}na-na-a {lu₂}[na-din] | |
| 10 | [E₂ MU-MEŠ ina ŠU-MIN ... ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri] a-na muh-hi ⸢E₂⸣ [MU-MEŠ] | |
| 11 | [it-tab-šu-u₂ ... u₂-mar-raq-ma] ⸢a-di⸣ 12-TA-AM₃ [a-na ...] | |
| 12 | [... a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-nam-din pu-ut a-ha]-miš a-na mu-ru-[qu ša₂] | |
| 13 | [E₂ MU-MEŠ {m}i-dat-{d}na-na-a u {m}BARA₂]-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu [ṣa-a-tu₂] | |
| 14 | [na-šu-u₂ ... ša₂ {m}šib-qat₂]-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-⸢MU⸣{[nu]} | |
| 15 | [a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m]}{⸢d}60-ŠEŠ-MU A⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {[m}x] | |
| 16 | [... A] ⸢ša₂⸣ {m}šib-qat₂-{d}60 {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}tat-[tan-nu] | |
| 17 | [...] ⸢A⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A ša₂ {m}{⸢d}60-NUMUN⸣-MU ⸢A⸣ {[m}x] | |
| 18 | [...] ⸢A ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu⸣} u {⸢m}x⸣-[x-x]-{⸢d⸣}[x-x] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {[m]}{d}60-ŠEŠ-[MU] | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {[m]}{⸢d}60-DIN⸣-[su-E] | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | [...]-{d}60 | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...]-⸢x⸣-pu | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.⸢MU-{d}60 | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NU-TEŠ₂ | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa {m]}⸢i-dat-{d}na⸣-na-a | |
| 2 | {[lu₂}na]-⸢din⸣-an E₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A-šu₂ | |
| 2 | {lu₂}mu-mar-raq-qa;-an-nu E₂; MU-MEŠ | |
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