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YOS 20, 056 (P296747)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 056 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296747 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02171 |
| 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 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {⸢m}{d⸣}60-TIN{⸢iṭ} DUMU⸣ [ša₂] {m}ri-hat-{d}60 {lu₂}AŠGAB ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ ⸢E₂⸣-su ep₂-šu₂ | Anu-balassu-iqbi son of Rihat-Anu, a leatherworker, by his own free will built his temple. |
| 2 | ⸢KI⸣{ti₃} KA₂.GAL {d}INANA ša₂ qe₂-reb ⸢UNUG⸣{ki} US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA E₂ | E’eti, the Ištar Gate, which is inside Uruk, the upper length on the north next to the house |
| 3 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} {lu₂}na-din-na-an E₂ MU-MEŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 {lu₂}AŠGAB | Anu-uballiṭ, seller of that house, son of Rihat-Anu, the leatherworker |
| 4 | US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-LUGAL {lu₂}ŠIDIM DUMU ša₂ | the lower side on the south, next to the house of Nidintu-šarri, the builder, son of |
| 5 | {m}ri-hat-{d}60 SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ | Rihat-Anu, the upper front on the west, next to the house |
| 6 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-LUGAL {lu₂}ma-hi-ra-an E₂ MU-MEŠ SAG.KI KI.⸢TA⸣ | Nidintu-šarri, the guarantor of that house, the lower front |
| 7 | {⸢tu₁₅⸣}KUR.RA DA E₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-LUGAL {lu₂}ma-hi-ra-an E₂ MU-MEŠ | adjacent to the house of Nidintu-šarri, the guarantor of that house |
| 8 | ŠU.NIGIN US₂-MEŠ u SAG.KI mi-ših-tu₄ E₂ MU-MEŠ E₂ MU-MEŠ | Total length and width of that house, that house |
| 9 | i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na 4 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | and as much as there is, all of it, for 4 shekels of silver |
| 10 | qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ | The qalû-priests, the extispicies of Anti-alikusu, are pure. |
| 11 | a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}ni-din-tu₄-LUGAL {lu₂}ŠIDIM {lu₂}ma-hi-ra-an E₂ | for the complete price to Nidintu-šarri, the builder, the seller of the house |
| 12 | MU-MEŠ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din KU₃-<BABBAR>-a₄ 4 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR | That silver, 4 shekels of silver |
| 13 | ŠAM₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ gam-ru {⸢m}{d}60-TIN{iṭ} {lu₂}na-din-na-an E₂ MU-MEŠ | The complete price of that house, Anu-uballiṭ, seller of those houses |
| 14 | ina ⸢ŠU⸣-MIN {m}⸢ni-din-tu₄⸣-[LUGAL {lu₂}ŠIDIM] ⸢ma-hir e⸣-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-na | in the storehouse of Nidintu-šarri, the builder of the E-maḫir, when a claim to E-tbir |
| 15 | ⸢muh⸣-[hi E₂ MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m]}{⸢d}60-TIN{⸢iṭ} u {m}tat⸣-tan-{d}⸢na⸣-[na-a] | Anu-uballiṭ and Tat-Etan-Emenaya |
| 16 | ⸢DUMU-šu₂⸣ [u₂-mar-raq-ma a-di 12-TA-AM₃ a-na {m}ni-din]-⸢tu₄⸣-[LUGAL] | he will clear his son-in-law and shall pay the 12-fold penalty to Nidintu-šarru. |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-nam-din-ʾu pu-u₂-ut a-ha-a-⸢miš a⸣-[na mu-ru-qu] | They bear mutual responsibility for the clearing of claims. |
| 2 | ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} {lu₂}na-din-na-an E₂ MU-MEŠ u {m}⸢tat⸣-[tan-{d}na-na-a] | that house Anu-uballiṭ, the seller of that house and Etatan-Nanaya |
| 3 | DUMU-šu₂ a-na {m}ni-din-tu₄-LUGAL a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-⸢šu⸣-[u₂] | his son to Nidintu-šarri in perpetuity. |
| 4 | E₂ MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-LUGAL {lu₂}ma-hi-ra-an E₂ MU-MEŠ DUMU ša₂ | That house belongs to Nidintu-šarri, the guarantor of that house, son of |
| 5 | {m}ri-hat-{d}60 {lu₂}ŠIDIM a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | Rihat-Anu, the builder, in perpetuity. |
| 6 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-MU-GIŠ A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | Witnesses: Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu?-šum-lišir, descendant of Hunzu |
| 7 | {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | Dumqi-Anu son of Anu-uballiṭ descendant of Hunzu |
| 8 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | Anu-uballiṭ, son of Nanaya-mar-ittannu, descendant of Hunzu |
| 9 | {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | Anu-ikṣur, son of Tanittu-Anu, descendant of Hunzu |
| 10 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | Nanaya-iddin, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Hunzu |
| 11 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | Nidintu-Anu, son of Ana-rabut-Ea, descendant of Hunzu |
| 12 | {m}ARAD-{e₂}SAG DUMU ša₂ {m}man-nu-ki-i-{d}DIL.BAT A {m}kur-i | Arad-Reš, son of Mannu-kī-Dilbat, descendant of Kuri |
| 13 | {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-SU A {m}kur-i | Ana-rabut-Anu, son of Anu-eriba, descendant of Kuri |
| 14 | {m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an-ni {lu₂}UMBISAG {lu₂}GALA.MAH {d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-⸢ER₂⸣ | Anu-iqišanni the scribe and chief lamentation priest of Anu son of Nidintu-Anu descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni |
| 15 | UNUG{ki} {iti}NE UD 24-KAM₂ MU 119-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su; u {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su {lu₂}A-šu₂ LUGAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ | Uruk, 24th day of Abu, year 119, Anti-alikušu and Antiochus, his son, were kings. |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | Anu-uballit |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}ana-⸢GAL⸣-{d}60 | Anu-ekalli-Anu |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | Nanaya-iddin |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | Ring of Enlil |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | Nidintu-Anu |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | Anu-uballit |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | {m}⸢ARAD⸣-{[e₂}SAG] | Ea-šar-Esaggil |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 | Dumqi-Anu |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur | Anu-ikṣur |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | Un-eqae, Anu-uballit |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-na-an E₂ MU-MEŠ | the seller of that house |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa; {m}tat-tan-{d}⸢na⸣-[na-a] | Ring of Tattan-Emenaya |
| 2 | DUMU-šu₂ mu-mar-⸢raq⸣-[an] | son of Mumar-raqean |
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