YOS 20, 075 (P296761)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 075 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296761 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02185 |
| 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 [0:11] o 1o 1–o 1111 | Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Nanaya-iddin, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Kuri, voluntarily sold half of a day on the 13th day of the prebend of the temple-enterer's service, on that 13th day, one-half day of the service of the temple-enterer, on the 13th day, which is before Anu, Antu, Ellil, Ea, Šamaš, Adad, Papsukkal, Ištar, Belet-ṣeri, Nanaya, Beltu-ša-Reš, Šarrahitu, and all of the gods of their temples, that prebend, which is monthly and yearly, a guqqû and an eššēšu offering, and anything which pertains to the prebend of a half day of the service of the temple-enterer on that 13th day, which is with the brothers of his father, the sons of Ina-qibit-Anu, all of it, for 1/3 mina of refined silver, high quality staters of Demetrios, as the complete price, to Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Kidin-Anu, son of Tanittu-Anu, descendant of Hunzu, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | That silver, the 1/3 mina as the complete price of that prebend, Anu-ab-uṣur received from Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Kidin-Anu; he is paid. |
| Obverse [13:18] o 1414– | Should a claim arise concerning the one-half day of that service of the temple-enterer on the 13th day, Anu-ab-uṣur, the seller of that prebend, will clear it of claims, and will pay it the 12-fold penalty to Anu-mar-ittannu, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | That prebend, the one-half a day of the service of the temple enterer on the 13th day, belongs to Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Kidin-Anu, son of Tanittu-Anu, descendant of Hunzu, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [4:12] r 55–r 1212 | Witnesses: Mannu-iqapu, son of Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-ab-uṣur, and Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Tattannu, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendants of Kuri. Anu-ab-utir, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Anu-ikṣur, descendant of Luštummar-Adad. Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-eriba, descendant of Kuri. Illut-Anu, son of Anu-mukin-apli, interpreter scribe of the property of Anu. Dumqi-Anu, son of Arad-Reš, and Idat-Anu, his son, who are from the priesthood of the Reš Temple. Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Nidintu-Anu, a fisherman. |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | Anu-uballiṭ, scribe, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Uruk. 17th day of Šabaṭu, year 155, [Demetrios being king]. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Dumqi-Anu |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Idat-Anu |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| fragment a [0:3] fragment a 1fragment a 1–fragment a 33 | [...] descendant of Hunzu, voluntarily [...] the city gate [...] Ištar [...] son of [...] |
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⸣}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}{d}na-⸢na⸣-[a-MU A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ]} | |
| 2 | A {m}kur-i ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ ⸢mi⸣-[šil u₄-mu ina U₄ 13-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂] | |
| 3 | {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} pa-lah₃ u₄-⸢mu⸣ [ina U₄ 13-KAM₂ MU-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ mi-šil u₄-mu] | |
| 4 | {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} pa-lah₃ u₄-mu ina U₄ 13-⸢KAM₂⸣ [MU-MEŠ ša₂ ina IGI {d}60 an-tu₄ {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}IDIM {d}UTU {d}IŠKUR] | |
| 5 | {d}PAP.SUKKAL {d}INANA {d}GAŠAN-EDIN {d}na-na-a {d}⸢GAŠAN⸣-[ša₂-SAG {d}šar-ra-a-hi-tu₄ u DINGIR-MEŠ] | |
| 6 | u E₂-šu₂-nu gab-bi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ ša₂ ITI{us-⸢su⸣} [u MU.AN.NA-us-su] | |
| 7 | gu-uq-qa-ne₂-e U₄.EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ u mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-[na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA] | |
| 8 | mi-šil u₄-mu {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} pa-lah₃ u₄-⸢mu⸣ ina U₄ 13-⸢KAM₂⸣ [MU-MEŠ ik-kaš-ši-du] | |
| 9 | ša₂ KI ŠEŠ-MEŠ AD-šu₂ A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 gab-⸢bi⸣ [a-na 1/3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR] | |
| 10 | qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-an-nu ša₂ {m}de-e-me₂-[eṭ-ri-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂] | |
| 11 | a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{⸢nu} A⸣ ša₂ {[m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| 12 | A {m}hun-zu-u₂ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ⸢it⸣-[tad-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 1/3 MA.NA] | |
| 13 | ŠAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}{d}60-⸢AD⸣-[URI₃ ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu]} | |
| 14 | A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-⸢mu⸣ [pa-qa-ri] | |
| 15 | a-⸢na⸣ muh-hi mi-šil u₄-mu GIŠ.⸢ŠUB⸣.[BA {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} pa-lah₃ u₄-mu] | |
| 16 | ina ⸢U₄⸣ 13-KAM₂ MU-MEŠ it-tab-⸢šu⸣-[ma {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ {lu₂}na-din-an] | |
| 17 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ u₂-[mar-raq-qa-ma a-di 12-TA-AM₃] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} a-na ⸢u₄⸣-[mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ina-an-din GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | mi-šil u₄-mu {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-⸢tu₂⸣} [pa-lah₃ u₄-mu ina U₄ 13-KAM₂ MU-MEŠ ša₂] | |
| 3 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 ⸢A⸣ [ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂] | |
| 4 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 5 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ | |
| 6 | {m}man-nu-i-qa-pu A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-[AD-URI₃ u {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E] | |
| 7 | A ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A-⸢MEŠ⸣ {[m}kur-i {m}{d}60-AD-GUR] | |
| 8 | A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur A {m}lu-[uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR] | |
| 9 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-SU A {m}⸢kur⸣-i {m}il-⸢lut⸣-{[d}60 A ša₂] | |
| 10 | {m}{d}60-DU-A {lu₂}KUŠ.SAR NIG₂.GA {⸢d}60 {m⸣}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A [ša₂ {m}ARAD-{e₂}SAG] | |
| 11 | ⸢u⸣ {m}i-dat-{d}60 ⸢A-šu₂⸣ ša₂ TA {lu₂}ki-niš-tu₄ ša₂ {e₂}SAG {m}{[d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU] | |
| 12 | A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 {lu₂}ŠU.HA | |
| 13 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}ina-⸢qi₂⸣-bit-{d}60 A {m}⸢E₂⸣.[KUR-za-kir] | |
| 14 | UNUG{ki} {iti}ZIZ₂-KAM₂ U₄ 17-KAM₂ MU 155-KAM₂ {m}[de-e-me₂-eṭ-ri-su LUGAL] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}i-dat-{[d}60 | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-[qa] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| fragment a | ||
| 1 | [... A {m}hun]-⸢zu⸣-u₂ ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] KA₂.GAL {d}INANA | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢x DUMU ša₂⸣ [...] | |
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