YOS 20, 079 (P296751)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 079 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296751 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02175 |
| 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 [0:15] o 1o 1–o 1515 | [Demokrates son of ....] sold [...] which is near the entry gate of the Reš Temple [...] the upper length to the north is adjacent to the [...] that Reš Temple; the lower length to the south is adjacent to [...] the gatekeeper of the city quarter of that Reš Temple and adjacent to the access-way [...] that bīt qāti; the upper width to the west is adjacent to the house of that man, and the courtyard of the work house of that Reš Temple; the lower width to the east is adjacent to the large partition wall which is before the street of that Reš Temple; the total of lengths and widths of the measurements of that bīt qāti and that house with a roof-room, that bīt qāti and that house with a roof-room, as little and as much as exist, all of it, for fifty shekels of refined silver, high quality staters of Demetrios, as the complete price, to Idat-Anu son of Dumqi-Anu son of Arad-Reš, who is of the priesthood of the Reš Temple, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [15:19] o 1616– | Demokrates, the seller of that bīt qāti and that house with a roof room, received that fifty shekels of silver, the price of that bīt qāti and that house with a roof-room, from Idat-Anu; he is paid. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | Should a claim concerning that bīt qāti, that house with a roof-room, and that access-way arise, Demokrates, the seller of that bīt qāti and that house with a roof-room, will clear it of claims, and will pay the 12-fold penalty to Idat-Anu son of Dumqi-Anu in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | That bīt qāti, that house with a roof-room, and that access-way belong to Idat-Anu son of Dumqi-Anu son of Arad-Reš, who is of the priesthood of the Reš Temple, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [8:11] r 99–r 1111 | Witnesses: Kidin-Anu son of Anu-belšunu son of Anu-ahhe-iddin and Anu-belšunu son of Nidintu-Anu son of Anu-belšunu, descendants of Ah'utu. |
| Reverse [11:14] r 1212–r 1414 | Ina-qibit-Anu and Anu-ab-uṣur, sons of Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Anu-mar-ittannu descendant of Hunzu; Anu-zer-iddin son of Anu-ab-uṣur son of Anu-zer-iddin and Anu-mar-ittannu son of Kidin-Anu son of Anu-zer-iddin descendants of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | Tattannu son of Anu-ah-iddin son of Rihat-Anu descendant of [...]; Anu-balassu-iqbi son of Ana-rabut-Anu son of [Anu]-eriba descendant of [Kuri] |
| Reverse [16:18] r 1717–r 1818 | Anu-uballiṭ, scribe, son of [...] descendant of Ekur-zakir. (Written in) Uruk. 24th(?) day of Ayyaru [year ...] |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-zer-iddin |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of Tattannu |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Ring of Ina-qibit-Anu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-mar-ittannu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | [Ring of] Demokrates, seller of that bīt qāti and that house with a roof-room |
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}de-e-mi-gu-ra-te-e A ša₂ ...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...]-⸢x ŠEŠ x x⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | [...] ša₂ ina KA₂ ne₂-re-bi ša₂ {e₂}⸢SAG⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | [...]-ki-ta-nu US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.⸢SA₂ DA E₂⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | [... {e₂]}⸢re⸣-eš MU-MEŠ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA | |
| 7 | [...] {lu₂}I₃.⸢DU₈⸣ ša₂ KA₂{tu} ša₂ {e₂}re-eš MU-MEŠ u DA mu-ṣu-u₂ | |
| 8 | [x]-⸢x E₂⸣ ŠU-MIN MU-MEŠ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ LU₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| 9 | u TUR₃ ša₂ E₂ dul-lu ša₂ {e₂}SAG MU-MEŠ SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA | |
| 10 | DA {im}a-ma-aš₂-tu₄ GAL{ti} ša₂ IGI SILA ša₂ {e₂}re-eš MU-MEŠ ŠU.NIGIN | |
| 11 | US₂-MEŠ u SAG.KI-MEŠ mi-ših-tu₄ E₂ ŠU-MIN u E₂ ru-gu-bu-šu₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| 12 | E₂ ŠU-MIN u E₂ ru-gu-bu-šu₂ MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ | |
| 13 | gab-bi a-na 50 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-an-nu | |
| 14 | ša₂ {m}de-e-me₂-eṭ-ri-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ | |
| 15 | a-na {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}SAG ša₂ TA | |
| 16 | {lu₂}ki-niš-tu₄ ša₂ {e₂}SAG a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-tad-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ | |
| 17 | 50 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ E₂ ŠU-MIN u E₂ ru-gu-bu-šu₂ MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ | |
| 18 | {m}⸢de⸣-e-mi-gu-ra-te-e {lu₂}na-din E₂ ŠU-MIN u E₂ ru-gu-bu-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | MU-MEŠ ina ŠU-MIN {m}i-dat-{d}60 ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-na | |
| 2 | muh-hi E₂ ŠU-MIN E₂ ru-gu-bu-šu₂ u mu-ṣu-u₂-šu₂ MU-MEŠ | |
| 3 | it-tab-šu-ma {m}de-e-mi-gu-ra-te-e {lu₂}na-din E₂ ŠU-MIN | |
| 4 | u E₂ ru-gu-bu-šu₂ MU-MEŠ u₂-mar-raq-qa-ma a-di 12-TA-AM₃ | |
| 5 | a-na {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ina-an-din | |
| 6 | E₂ ŠU-MIN E₂ ru-gu-bu-šu₂ u mu-ṣu-u₂-šu₂ MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}i-dat-{d}60 | |
| 7 | A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}SAG ša₂ TA {lu₂}ki-niš-tu₄ | |
| 8 | ša₂ {e₂}re-eš a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 9 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ | |
| 10 | {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU u {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | |
| 11 | A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A-MEŠ {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 12 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 u {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{[nu]} | |
| 13 | A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-⸢MU⸣ | |
| 14 | u {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A-MEŠ {m}E₂.[KUR-za-kir] | |
| 15 | {m}tat-tan-nu A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU A ⸢ša₂ {m}ri⸣-hat-{d}60 A {m}⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 16 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 [A ša₂ {m}{d}60-SU A {⸢m⸣}[...] | |
| 17 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}[...] A {m}E₂.[KUR-za-kir] | |
| 18 | UNUG{ki} {iti}GU₄-KAM₂ U₄ 24-[x]-⸢KAM₂⸣ [...] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-[qa] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}tat-tan-nu | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {⸢m⸣}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-⸢su⸣-[E] | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa {m}de-e-mi]-gu-ra-te-e | |
| 2 | {[lu₂}na-din] E₂ ŠU-MIN u E₂ ru-gu-bu-šu₂ MU-MEŠ | |
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