YOS 20, 089 (P296748)
Receipt, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 089 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296748 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02172 |
| Collection | J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Receipt |
| 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 | [...] eighteen shekels of silver, high quality staters of Alexander, the price of that undeveloped plot property which is in the city quarter of Kirimahhu, which is in Uruk: 36 cubits, the upper length to the west is adjacent to the house of [...], Anu-ah-ittannu son of Anu-ikṣur and adjacent to [...]-Anu, son of Lakunu; 36 cubits, the lower length to the east is adjacent to [...] ŠEŠ.EŠ-gappi; 20 cubits, the upper width to the north is adjacent to the dead-end street of that house; 20 cubits, the lower width to the south is adjacent to the house of Anu-belšunu, son of Bel-naṣir; a total of 36 cubits in length, 20 cubits in width, are the measurements of that undeveloped plot property; that undeveloped plot property, as little and as much of it exist, all of it, belongs to Anu-ikṣur, son of Zeriya, son of Ina-qibit-Anu. |
| Obverse [10:14] o 1111–o 1414 | Anu-ikṣur, the son of Zeriya, the son of Ina-qibit-Anu [received] that eighteen shekels, high quality silver staters of Alexander, the complete price of that undeveloped plot property, the totality of the silver, from Kidin-Anu, son of [....] |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | [... descendant of] Luštammar-Adad |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | [...] descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | [...] descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | [... descendant of] Ah'utu |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | [...] descendant of Ah'utu |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | [...] descendant of Hunzu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | [...] descendant of Ah'utu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | [...] descendant of Ah'utu |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 1l.e. iii 1– | [...] descendant of Luštammar-Adad |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | [...] seller of that undeveloped plot property, [...] Ina-qibit-Anu |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | [x] 18 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR is-ta-tir-ri-MEŠ ša₂ {m}a-⸢lik⸣-[sa-an-dar bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂] | |
| 2 | ⸢ŠAM₂ E₂ ki⸣-šub-ba-a-šu₂ ⸢ša₂⸣ ina KI{ti₃} {giš}KIRI₆-[MAH ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki]} | |
| 3 | 36 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}⸢MAR⸣.TU DA ⸢E₂⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur u DA [...]-{d}60 | |
| 5 | DUMU ša₂ {m}la-ku-nu 36 KUŠ₃ US₂ ⸢KI{u₂⸣} {[tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA ...] | |
| 6 | {f}{⸢d}ŠEŠ⸣-EŠ-ga-ap-pi 20 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ SAG.⸢KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂⸣ | |
| 7 | DA SILA la-⸢ṣu⸣-u₂ ša₂ E₂ ⸢MU⸣-MEŠ 20 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ SAG.⸢KI⸣ KI.TA | |
| 8 | {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢EN⸣-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}{⸢d}EN⸣-PAP ⸢ŠU⸣.NIGIN | |
| 9 | 36 KUŠ₃ US₂ 20 KUŠ₃ SAG.KI meš-hat-⸢tu₄⸣ E₂ ki-šub-ba-a | |
| 10 | MU-MEŠ E₂ ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ i-⸢ṣi⸣ u ⸢ma⸣-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u | |
| 11 | gab-bi ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur DUMU ša₂ {m}NUMUN-ia ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}⸢ina-qi₂-bit⸣-{d}60 KU₃.BABBAR a₄ | |
| 12 | 18 GIN₂ is-ta-⸢tir⸣-ri-MEŠ ša₂ {m}a-lik-sa-an-dar bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 13 | ⸢ŠAM₂⸣ E₂ ki-šub-⸢ba⸣-šu₂ MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ ka-sap TIL{ti₃}šu₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur | |
| 14 | [DUMU ša₂ {m}NUMUN]-⸢ia⸣ DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 ina ŠU-MIN {m}ki-din-{⸢d}60 DUMU⸣ [ša₂] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | [A {m}lu-uš]-⸢tam-mar⸣-{d}IŠKUR | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa ...] | |
| 2 | A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa ...] | |
| 2 | A {m}⸢E₂⸣.[KUR-za-kir] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa ...] | |
| 2 | [A {m}ŠEŠ]-⸢ʾu-u₂⸣-tu₂ | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa ...] | |
| 2 | A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa ...] | |
| 2 | A {m}hun-zu-[u₂] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa ...] | |
| 2 | A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa ...] | |
| 2 | A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa ...] | |
| 2 | A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}[IŠKUR] | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa ... {lu₂]}⸢na-din⸣; E₂ ki-šub-⸢ba⸣; MU-MEŠ | |
| 2 | [...] {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
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