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YOS 20, 074 (P296755)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 074 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296755 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02179 |
| 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}i]-⸢dat⸣-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} ina hu-⸢ud⸣ [lib₃-bi-šu₂ E₂ {tu₁₅}KUR.RA] | Idat-Ea, son of Dumqi-Anu, descendant of Anu-rēš-ušallim |
| 2 | [...]-⸢ki⸣-ni-šu₂ u TUR₃ ep₂-šu₂(MEŠ) KI-ti₃ KA₂.GAL {d}INANA ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{⸢ki⸣} [US₂ AN{u₂]} | ...-ēšu and the built-up shrines of the underworld, the Ishtar Gate, which is inside Uruk, the length of the sky |
| 3 | {⸢tu₁₅⸣}2 DA E₂ {m}il-lut-{d}INANA {lu₂}e-piš dul-lu IM-HI.A ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{⸢ki⸣} | the east, next to the house of Illut-Ištar, the scribe, the work on the bricks of the temple of the gods of Uruk |
| 4 | US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}1 DA SILA SIG mu-taq UN-MEŠ u mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ | the lower side on the south, next to the narrow street, the thoroughfare of the people, and the entrance of that house |
| 5 | SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}4 DA TUR₃ u a-su-ku-up-pu ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 | the upper front on the south, next to the halo and the asukuppu-vessel of Ana-rabut-Anu |
| 6 | A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} {lu₂}gad-ṭa-a-a SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}3 DA E₂ u TUR₃ | son of Anu-ah-ittannu, the šangû-priest. The lower front on the south, next to the house and the courtyard |
| 7 | ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}URI₃-šu₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 ŠU.NIGIN US₂-MEŠ u SAG.KI-MEŠ | From Dumqi-Anu, son of Uṣuršu-Enlil, descendant of Dummqi Anu. Total length and width. |
| 8 | mi-ših-tu₄ E₂ MU-MEŠ E₂ MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la | The debt of that house, that house will increase and decrease as much as |
| 9 | ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na 10 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu | All that is sold for 10 shekels of refined silver. |
| 10 | ša₂ {m}de-me-e-ṭi-ri-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ | (Property) of Demēt-Bīrissu, who is pure, for the complete price |
| 11 | a-na {f}nu-up-tu₄-{d}na-na-a DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}DIN DAM {m}ina-E-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-⸢MU⸣{[nu]} | To Nupptu-Nanaya daughter of Balaṭu wife of Ina-qibit-Anu son of Anu-zer-iddin |
| 12 | A ša₂ {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR | son of Sumuttu-Anu, in perpetuity. The silver |
| 13 | ⸢a₄⸣ 10 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}i-dat-{d}60 {lu₂}na-din-[na-an] | 10 shekels, the complete price of that house, Idat-Anu, seller |
| 14 | ⸢E₂⸣ MU-MEŠ ina ŠU-MIN {f}nu-up-tu₄-{d}na-na-a ma-⸢hir⸣ | that temple from Nupptu-Nanaya received. |
| 15 | ⸢e⸣-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri ⸢a⸣-na ⸢muh⸣-hi ⸢E₂⸣ [MU-MEŠ] | “If a claim arises concerning that ēšû-house, the mḫu-house and the temple-house |
| r | ||
| 1 | [it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}i-dat-{d}60 {lu₂}na-din-na-an E₂ MU-MEŠ u₂-mar-raq] | Idat-Anu, the seller of that house, will clear it |
| 2 | [a-di 12-TA-AM₃ a-na {f}nu-up-tu₄-{d}na-na-a a-na] | 12-fold to Nupptu-Nanaya |
| 3 | u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ⸢i⸣-[nam-din E₂ MU-MEŠ ša₂ {f}nu-up-tu₄-{d}na-na-a DUMU.MUNUS] | That day, E-e-namdin that house belongs to Nupptu-Nanaya daughter |
| 4 | ša₂ {m}DIN DAM {m}⸢ina-E⸣-{d}60 ⸢A ša₂⸣ {[m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂] | From Balaṭu, wife of Ina-bīt-Ea-Anu, descendant of Anu-zer-iddin, son of Šumuttu-Enlil in perpetuity. |
| 5 | šu-u₂ {lu₂}⸢mu-kin₇⸣ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU ⸢A ša₂⸣ {[m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂] | Witnesses: Anu-rēšu-iddin, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Ekur-altu |
| 6 | {m}ta-nit-⸢tu₄⸣-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢MU⸣{[nu} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A {m}ŠU-{d}60 | Tanittu-eti-Anu, son of Anu-šum-iddin, descendant of Ea-ab-uṣur |
| 7 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su ⸢A⸣ [ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir] | Anu-mukin-šum-ušallim, son [of Anu]-bullissu, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| 8 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.⸢MU⸣-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}i-⸢dat⸣-{d}60 A ⸢ša₂⸣ {[m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ A {m}hun-zu-u₂] | Nidintu-Ešum-Anu, son of Idat-Ea, descendant of Ea |
| 9 | {⸢m}URI₃⸣-šu₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A ša₂ {⸢m⸣}{[d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir] | Uṣur-ešu-Anu son of Nanaya-iddin son of Anu-zer-Iddin descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| 10 | {[m}NIG₂].⸢SUM.MU⸣-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}[il-lut-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂] | Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-mukin-šum-ittannu; son of Illut-Enlil, descendant of Hunzu |
| 11 | {[m}DU₁₀.GA]-{⸢d}60 A ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 A ša₂ {⸢m}{d⸣}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}kur-i] | Ṭab-Ea, son of Illut-Anu, son (of) Ea-zer-iddin, descendant of Kuri |
| 12 | {[m}KI.KAL-{d]}⸢GAŠAN⸣ A ša₂ {m}NU-TEŠ₂ A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 [...] | Kidin-Ešarra son of Labaši son of Rihat-Anu |
| 13 | {[m}{d}PAP]-⸢SUKKAL⸣-ba-nu-šu₂ {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.⸢SUM.MU⸣-{d}60 A {m}E₂.⸢KUR-za-kir⸣ [UNUG{ki]} | Papsukkal-ebānušu, scribe, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| 14 | {⸢iti}GAN⸣ UD 15-KAM₂ MU 153-⸢KAM₂⸣ {m}⸢de⸣-me-e-⸢ṭi-ri-su⸣ LUGAL | 15th day of Kislimu, year 153, king Demetrius. |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {[m]}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | Nidintu-Anu |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}KI.KAL-{d}GAŠAN | Kikkal-Belti |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-[qa] | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}DU₁₀.GA-{[d}60 | Ṭab-Anu |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {[m}NIG₂.SUM].MU-{d}60 | Nidintu-Anu |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}ta-nit-⸢tu₄⸣-{[d}60 | Tanittu-eti-Anu |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ [...] | Un-eqae ... |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-⸢din⸣-[na-an E₂ MU-MEŠ] | the seller of that house |
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