YOS 20, 043 (P296746)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296746 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02170 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | Tablet of the share(s) of Anu-uballiṭ and Anu-belšunu, sons of Nidintu-Anu, and Anu-uballiṭ son of Nanaya-iddin, descendants of Sin-leqi-unnini, in the house and undeveloped plot that they divided among themselves, in the month of Du'uzu, year 88, Seleucus (being) king, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [4:14] o 55–o 1414 | The built house and undeveloped plot (in) the city quarter of the Temple of Adad that is in Uruk: 34 cubits the upper length to the west, adjacent to the undeveloped plot (is) share of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Nanaya-iddin, and adjacent to the 2 cubits of the access-way which is between them; 34 cubits the lower length to the east, adjacent to the house of Arad-Nergal, a courtier, which Artemidoros currently holds; 21 5/6 cubits the upper width to the north, adjacent to the house of the sons of Anu-belšunu, son of Tanittu-Anu; 21 5/6 cubits, the lower width to the south, adjacent to the house of Artemidoros, son of Attinas: a total of 34 cubits the lengths, 21 5/6 cubits the widths (are) the measurements of that house and undeveloped plot; that house and undeveloped plot, as little and as much exist, (its) entirety, this (is the) share of Anu-uballiṭ and Anu-belšunu, sons of Nidintu-Anu. |
| Obverse [13:23] o 1414– | The undeveloped plot in that place: 32 cubits the upper length to the west, adjacent to the wide street, the Passage of the gods and king; 32 cubits the lower length to the east, adjacent to the house and its undeveloped plot, the share of Anu-uballiṭ and Anu-belšunu, sons of Nidintu-Anu; 12 1/3 cubits the upper width to the north, adjacent to the 2 cubits of the access-way that is between them; 12 1/3 cubits the lower width to the south, adjacent to the house of Artemidoros, son of Attinas: a total of 32 cubits the lengths and 12 1/3 cubits the widths (are the) measurements of that undeveloped plot; that undeveloped plot, as little and as much as there is, (its) entirety and 3 1/2 shekels of silver as a clearance allocation with those shares. This is the share of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Nanaya-iddin. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | On (the property) Anu-uballiṭ, son of Nanaya-iddin will build a partition wall: its length (is) 32 cubits, its width (is) 1 5/6 cubits. Anu-uballiṭ and Anu-belšunu, sons of Nidintu-Anu, have repaired the reeds and roof. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Concerning their shares in perpetuity, they shall not return and raise a claim against one another. |
| Reverse [6:11] r 77–r 1111 | Each shall stand by their share in perpetuity. They bear shared responsibility for clearing of their shares for one another in perpetuity, and whoever will change the agreement in this document will pay 5/6 mina of silver of Seleucus, without lawsuit and objection. Each took one copy (of the document). |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witnesses: Anu-zer-iddin son of Nanaya-iddin, and Nanaya-iddin, his son, descendants of Ah'utu |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | Anu-zer-iddin, son of Ša-Anu-iššu, and Anu-zer-lišir, his son, descendants of Hunzu. Anu-belšunu and Nidintu-Anu, sons of Nikarchos, descendants of Ah'utu. Anu-ab-uṣur son of Ištar-šum-eriš descendant of Ah'utu |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Tattannu, descendant of Hunzu. Rabi-Anu son of Anu-zer-iddin descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | Nanaya-iddin, son of Mukin-apl,i descendant of Ebabbar-šum-ibni. Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Nidintu-Anu son of Kittu-Anu son of Nidintu-Anu descendant of Kuri. |
| Reverse [16:18] r 1717–r 1818 | Anu-uballiṭ, scribe, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. (Written in) Uruk, 20th day of Du'uzu, year 88, Seleucus being king. |
| 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 [...] |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of Nanaya-iddin |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Ring of [Nidintu-Anu] |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 1b.e. iv 1– | Ring of Nanaya-iddin |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 1l.e. iii 1– | Ring of Anu-[...] |
| Left Column iv [0:3] l.e. iv 1l.e. iv 1– | Ring of [Anu-ab-uṣur] |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-belšunu |
| Right Column iii [0:2] r.e. iii 1r.e. iii 1–r.e. iii 22 | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
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) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | {[im]}⸢DUB HA⸣.[LA ša₂] {⸢m⸣}{d}60-DIN{⸢iṭ⸣} u {⸢m⸣}{d}60-⸢EN⸣-[šu₂-nu DUMU-MEŠ ša₂] {⸢m}ni⸣-din-⸢tu₄⸣-{[d}60 u₃ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ]} | |
| 2 | ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}⸢na⸣-[na-a]-MU A-MEŠ {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ ina ⸢E₂⸣ u ki-šub-ba-a ⸢ša₂⸣ [bi]-⸢rit⸣-šu₂-nu | |
| 3 | {⸢iti⸣}ŠU ⸢MU 88-KAM₂⸣ {[m}se]-⸢lu-ku LUGAL⸣ ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu ⸢KI⸣ [a]-⸢ha⸣-a-miš | |
| 4 | [a]-⸢na⸣ [u₄]-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-⸢zu⸣-zu-ʾu | |
| 5 | ⸢E₂⸣ ep₂-šu₂ u ki-šub-ba-šu₂ ⸢KI⸣{ti₃} E₂ {d}IŠKUR ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} 34 KUŠ₃ US₂ | |
| 6 | [AN]{⸢u₂⸣} {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA ki-šub-ba-a HA.LA ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| 7 | [u] ⸢DA⸣ 2 KUŠ₃ mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ ⸢bi⸣-rit-šu₂-nu 34 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}KUR.RA | |
| 8 | ⸢DA E₂⸣ {m}ARAD-{d}|U.GUR| {lu₂}man-za-za ⸢pa⸣-ni ša₂ en-na in-ga-ʾa {m}ar₂-te-mi-du-u₂-ru | |
| 9 | ⸢kul⸣-lu 21 5/6 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂-MEŠ ša₂ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | |
| 10 | ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 21 5/6 KUŠ₃ ⸢SAG.KI⸣ KI.TA {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ {m}ar₂-te-mi-du-u₂-ru | |
| 11 | ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}at-ta-ti-⸢na⸣-ʾa ŠU.NIGIN 34 KUŠ₃ US₂ 21 5/6 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI meš-hat E₂ | |
| 12 | u ki-šub-ba-⸢šu₂⸣ [MU]-MEŠ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-⸢šu₂ MU⸣-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la | |
| 13 | ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi an-na-ʾa HA.[LA ša₂] {⸢m⸣}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} u {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| 14 | ⸢ki⸣-šub-ba-a ina a-šar MU-⸢MEŠ⸣ 32 ⸢KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂⸣} {tu₁₅}MAR.⸢TU DA SILA⸣ rap-šu₂ | |
| 15 | mu-taq-qa DINGIR-MEŠ u LUGAL 32 [KUŠ₃] ⸢US₂⸣ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂ u ki-šub-ba-šu₂ | |
| 16 | HA.LA ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} u {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}⸢ni⸣-din-tu₄-{d}60 12 šal-šu₂ KUŠ₃ SAG.KI | |
| 17 | AN.TA {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA 2 KUŠ₃ mu-ṣu-u₂ ⸢ša₂⸣ bi-rit-šu₂-nu 12 šal-šu₂ KUŠ₃ SAG.KI | |
| 18 | ⸢KI⸣.TA {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ {m}ar₂-te-mi-du-u₂-ru ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}at-ta-ti-na-ʾa ŠU.NIGIN | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 32 KUŠ₃ US₂ 12 šal-šu₂ KUŠ₃ SAG.KI meš-hat [ki-šub-ba-a MU]-MEŠ ⸢ki⸣-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-du | |
| 2 | ⸢ma-la⸣ ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi u₃ 3 1/2 [GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR tak]-⸢pu⸣-uš-tu₄ it-ti HA.LA MU-MEŠ | |
| 3 | ⸢an-na⸣-ʾa HA.LA ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} [DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na]-⸢a⸣-MU | |
| 4 | ina a-mar-tu₄ ša₂ 32 KUŠ₃ US₂-šu₂ 1 5/6 ⸢KUŠ₃ SAG⸣.[KI]-⸢su⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| 5 | ip-⸢pu⸣-uš GI-HI.A u {giš}UR₃ {m}{⸢d}60-DIN{iṭ} u {m⸣}{[d}60-EN-šu₂]-⸢nu DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 iṣ-bat-ʾu⸣ | |
| 6 | a-na muh-hi HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ul i-⸢tur⸣-ru-ʾu ⸢KI a-ha-a-miš a⸣-na ⸢u₄-mu ṣa⸣-[a-tu₂ ul i-rag]-⸢gu⸣-mu-ʾu | |
| 7 | man-am ina HA.LA-šu₂ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ u₂-šu₂-zu ⸢pu⸣-ut a-ha-a-miš a-na mu-⸢ru-qu⸣ ša₂ HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 8 | a-na a-ha-a-miš a-na u₄-⸢mu ṣa-a⸣-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ u man-am-ma ša₂ ri-ik-su ša₂ ina ša₂-ṭa-ri an-na-ʾa | |
| 9 | u₂-ša₂-nu-u₂ ša₂ la DI.KU₅ u ⸢la⸣ ha-ra-ra 5/6 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ {m}se-lu-ku i-nam-din | |
| 10 | 1{en}TA.A₄ ša₂-ṭa-ri TI{u₂} | |
| 11 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU u {⸢m⸣}{d}na-na-a-MU A-šu₂ A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 12 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-⸢MU DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ u {m}{d}60-⸢NUMUN⸣-GIŠ A-šu₂ A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu u {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| 13 | DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ni-iq-ar-ra-su A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-⸢u₂-tu₂⸣ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 14 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu A {m}⸢hun-zu⸣-u₂ {m}GAL-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 15 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}⸢DU-A A {m}E₂⸣-[BABBAR]{ra}MU-DU₃ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| 16 | A {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-⸢TI⸣-[ER₂ {m}ni-din]-⸢tu₄⸣-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-tu-{d}60 A {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}kur-i | |
| 17 | {⸢m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU⸣ A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ UNUG{ki} {iti}ŠU U₄ 20-KAM₂ MU 88-<KAM₂> | |
| 18 | {m}se-lu-ku LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {[m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢AD-URI₃⸣ | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-⸢tu₄⸣-{d}60 | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-[...] | |
| l.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {[m}{d}60-AD-URI₃] | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | |
| r.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
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