YOS 20, 080 (P296756)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 080 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296756 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02180 |
| 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 [0:16] o 1o 1–o 1616 | [Rihat-Ištar, son of Sumuttu-Anu, inspector of the temple of the gods of Uruk, voluntarily] sold in perpetuity [his developed house, his undeveloped plot, and the developed access]-way, (which is) property of Anu in the Ištar Gate district of Uruk: the north upper length is adjacent to the undeveloped plot (and) the access-way that pertains to that house; the south lower length is adjacent to the property of Anu, the house of Dumqi-Anu, son of Arad-Reš, the atû; the west upper width is adjacent to the property of Anu, the house of Uṣuršu-Anu, son of Arad-Reš, the reed cutter of the temple; the east lower width is adjacent to the property of Anu, the house of that Dumqi-Anu, son of Arad-Reš. The total of the lengths and widths, the measurement of that house and undeveloped plot, as little and as much as there is of that house and undeveloped plot, to Idat-Anu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Arad-Reš, the atû, for the complete price --- 36.6 shekels of refined silver (in) high quality staters of Demetrios. |
| Reverse [0:10] r 1r 1–r 1010 | Rihat-Ištar, the seller of that house, received that silver, 36.5 shekels, the complete price of that house, from Idat-Anu, son of Dumqi-Anu; he is paid in full. When a claim concerning that house should arise, Sumuttu-Anu, his son, will clear it and will pay the 12-fold penalty to Idat-Anu, son of Dumqi-Anu, in perpetuity. Rihat-Anu, the seller of that house, and Sumuttu-Anu, his son, clearer of that house bear mutual responsibility for the guarantee of that house. That house belongs to Idat-Anu, son of Dumqi-Anu, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness(es): Ša-Anu-iššu, son of [...], son of Ša-Anu-iššu, descendant of Ekur-Zakir. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Tattanu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Tattannu, descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Nanaya-iddin, son of [Arad-Reš], descendant of Hunzu |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Anu-ah-ittannu, son of [Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Anu-ab-uṣur descendant of Hunzu] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Anu-uballiṭ [son of Uṣuršu-Anu,] son [of Dumqi-Anu, descendant of Hunzu] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | Šamaš-ittannu, son of Dannat-Belti, and Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendants of Luštammar-Adad |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | Kidin-Anu, son of Rihat-Anu, descendant of Gimil-Anu |
| Reverse [17:19] r 1818–r 1919 | [Anu-uballiṭ, scribe, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. (Written in) Uruk, Addaru 9, year 151 Demetrios (being) king] |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of Ša-Anu-iššu |
| 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 Tattanu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Šamaš-ittannu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of the seller of that house |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | Ring of that guarantor |
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}ri-hat-{d}DIL-BAT A ša₂ {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 {lu₂}da-a-a-lu] | |
| 2 | [ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{ki} ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ E₂-su DU₃-uš ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂] | |
| 3 | [u mu-ṣu-u₂]-⸢šu₂ DU₃{uš}u₂-tu₂ NIG₂.GA {d}60 KI⸣{ti₃} ⸢KA₂.GAL {d}INANA⸣ | |
| 4 | ⸢ša₂ qe₂⸣-reb UNUG{ki} US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA ki-šub-ba-a | |
| 5 | mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ ik-kaš-ši-du a-na E₂ MU-MEŠ US₂ KI{u₂} | |
| 6 | {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA NIG₂.GA {d}60 E₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}SAG | |
| 7 | {lu₂}I₃.DU₈ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA NIG₂.GA {d}60 E₂ | |
| 8 | {m}URI₃-šu₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}SAG {lu₂}ga-ṭa-a-a ša₂ E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 9 | SAG.KI KI.TA {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA NIG₂.GA {d}60 E₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 | |
| 10 | A ša₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}SAG MU-MEŠ ŠU.NIGIN US₂ u SAG.KI-MEŠ mi-ših-tu₄ | |
| 11 | E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ MU-MEŠ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ MU-MEŠ i-ṣi | |
| 12 | u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi a-na 1/3 MA.NA 16 1/2 GIN₂ | |
| 13 | <KU₃.BABBAR> qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-an-nu ša₂ {m}de-e-mi-ṭe-re-e-su | |
| 14 | bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ | |
| 15 | {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}SAG {lu₂}I₃.DU₈ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ | |
| 16 | it-tad-din | |
| r | ||
| 1 | KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 1/3 MA.NA 16 1/2 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ ⸢TIL⸣-[MEŠ {m}ri-hat-{d}DIL-BAT] | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din E₂ MU-MEŠ ina ŠU-MIN {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}dum-[qi₂-{d}60 ma-hir] | |
| 3 | e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri ana muh-hi E₂ MU-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 4 | it-tab-šu-ma {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU-šu₂ u₂-mar-raq-[qa-ma a-di] | |
| 5 | 12-TA-AM₃ a-na {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 a-⸢na⸣ [u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂] | |
| 6 | ina-an-din pu-ut a-ha-a-miš a-na mu-ru-qu ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ {m}⸢ri⸣-[hat-{d}DIL-BAT] | |
| 7 | {lu₂}na-din E₂ MU-⸢MEŠ⸣ u {⸢m⸣}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU-šu₂ mu-⸢mar⸣-[ri-qa-an E₂] | |
| 8 | MU-MEŠ a-na {m}i-⸢dat⸣-{d}60 A⸣ ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 a-na u₄-⸢mu⸣ [ṣa-a-tu₂] | |
| 9 | na-šu-u₂ E₂ ki-šub-ba-⸢a⸣-šu₂ u mu-⸢ṣu-u₂⸣-šu₂ MU-MEŠ e-lat ša₂ [...] | |
| 10 | ša₂ {m}i-dat-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{⸢d}60 A ša₂ {m}ARAD⸣-{e₂}SAG {lu₂}I₃.DU₈ [a-na] | |
| 11 | u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}ša₂-{⸢d}60-iš-šu-u₂ ⸢A⸣ [ša₂ ...] | |
| 12 | {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}⸢tat-tan⸣-[nu] A ša₂ {m}⸢dum⸣-[qi₂-{d}60 | |
| 13 | A ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A ša₂ {⸢m⸣}[ARAD-{e₂}SAG] | |
| 14 | A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{⸢d}60-ŠEŠ⸣-MU{nu} A ša₂ {[m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A] | |
| 15 | {[m}hun-zu-u₂ {m]}{⸢d}60-DIN{iṭ⸣} [A ša₂ {m}URI₃]-⸢šu₂-{d⸣}60 ⸢A⸣ [ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂] | |
| 16 | {[m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}KI.KAL-{d}GAŠAN u {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A-MEŠ] | |
| 17 | {[m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 A {m}ŠU-{d}60 | |
| 18 | {[m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir UNUG{ki} {iti}ŠE-KAM₂ UD 9-KAM₂] | |
| 19 | [MU 151-KAM₂ {m}de-e-mi-ṭe-re-e-su LUGAL] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}⸢tat⸣-[tan-nu] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-[MU{nu]} | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {[lu₂}na-din E₂] ⸢MU-MEŠ⸣ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {⸢lu₂}mu⸣-[mar-raq-qa-an-nu MU-MEŠ] | |
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