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YOS 20, 004 (P296767)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296767 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02192 |
| 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 | {[f}ni-din-tu₄]-{⸢d}na⸣-[na-a DUMU.MUNUS ša₂] {⸢m}la⸣-[ba-ši ina] ⸢hu⸣-[ud] ⸢lib₃⸣-[bi-šu₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ {lu₂}ARAD-su] | Nidintu-Na’ešti-Nanaya daughter of Labaši, in the third day of the month of Addaru Anu-zer-lišir his servant |
| 2 | {[m}{d}60-EN-NUMUN {lu₂}ARAD-su {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-LA₂ {lu₂}ARAD]-⸢su {f⸣}si-⸢lim⸣-{d}⸢INANA⸣ [GEME₂-su DUMU-MEŠ ša₂] | Anu-bel-zeri, his servant; Anu?-qarrād, his slave; Sîn-elim-eṭir-Ištar, his female slave, sons of |
| 3 | {[m}{d}60-EN-NUMUN {lu₂}ARAD MU-MEŠ {f}{d}GAŠAN-a-di-e-ha]-⸢i GEME₂⸣-su {m}ARAD-{d}|U.GUR| {⸢lu₂}ARAD⸣-[su {f}tad-din] | Anu-bel-zeri, that slave, Belet-adeḫa-ei, his female slave, Arad-Nergal, his male slave, Taddin |
| 4 | [GEME₂-su DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ ...]-⸢x⸣ GEME₂ MU-MEŠ {m}{d}60-AD-⸢URI₃⸣ {lu₂}ARAD-[su] ⸢PAP 8 {[lu₂}aš₂-ta]-pir | his she-ass, sons of ...-e23, those she-asses are Anu-ab-uṣur, his servant. A total of 8 prisoners of war. |
| 5 | [ša₂ ŠU-MIN 15-šu₂-nu a-na MU ša₂ {f}ni-din]-⸢tu₄⸣-{d}na-na-a DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši šaṭ-rat | From the hands of their 15 (men) to the year in which Nidintu-eti-Nanaya daughter of Labaši was born. |
| 6 | [a-na] x+2 MA.NA [KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ a-na] ⸢ŠAM₂⸣ gam-ru-tu₂ a-na {m}{d}na-na-a-MU ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ | for [x]+2 minas of refined silver for the full price to Nanaya-iddin the son of the priest |
| 7 | {[m]}⸢ta-nit-tu₄⸣-{d}60 A {m}⸢ŠEŠ-ʾu⸣-[u₂]-⸢tu₂ a-na u₄⸣-[mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it]-⸢ta⸣-[din] | Etanittu-Anu, son of Esarhaddon, in perpetuity. |
| 8 | [KU₃.BABBAR a₄ x-2 ⸢MA.NA⸣ qa-⸢lu-u₂⸣ ŠAM₂ {m}{d}60-⸢NUMUN⸣-[GIŠ {m}{d}60-EN]-⸢NUMUN⸣ {m}{d}60-[ŠEŠ-LA₂ {f}si-lim-{d}INANA] | The silver, the two ešamaš boats, the qālu-boats, the price of Anu-zer-lišir, Anu?-bel-zēr-e23, Ana-rabut-Anu, Silim-Inana |
| 9 | {[f]}{⸢d⸣}GAŠAN-a-di-⸢e-ha⸣-i {m}ARAD-{d}|U.GUR| {⸢f}tad⸣-[din] u {m}{d}60-AD-⸢URI₃⸣ [LU₂-ut-ti₃ MU-MEŠ] | Ištar-adi-eḫēi, Urdu-Nergal, Tad-Edin and Anu-ab-uṣur, those men |
| 10 | ⸢x-tu₂⸣ ka pa ⸢pa⸣ a-bat-ti₃ {f}ni-din-tu₄-{d}na-⸢na⸣-a DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši ina ŠU-⸢MIN⸣ | ... the mouth of ..., the word of Nidintu-Naea, daughter of Labaši, in the hands of |
| 11 | {[m}{d}na]-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}⸢ta⸣-nit-tu₄-{d}60 mah-rat e-ṭi₅-ri-it u₄-mu pa-qa-ri | Nanaya-iddin, son of Eta-enittu-Anu, received. He is paid. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| 12 | [a-na muh-hi LU₂]-ut-ti₃ MU-MEŠ ⸢it⸣-tab-šu-u₂ {f}ni-din-tu₂-{d}na-na-a tu-mar-raq-ma a-na | Nidintu-Nanāya will clear it of claims against that man and to |
| 13 | {[m}{d}na-na-a]-⸢MU ta-nam-din⸣ pu-ut la {[lu₂]}šir₃-ku-u₂-tu₂ la {lu₂}šu-ša₂-nu-u₂-tu₂ | Nanaya-iddin is responsible for not being a virkûtu and not a criminal. |
| 14 | [la {lu₂}DUMU DU₃{u₂-tu₂]} la {⸢lu₂⸣}[ARAD] LUGAL{u₂-tu₂} ⸢la⸣ E₂ ⸢ANŠE⸣.KUR.⸢RA⸣ la E₂ {giš}GU.ZA | not a born son, not an elû-šār king’s slave, not the house of a temple-builder, not (the house of) a throne |
| 15 | [u la E₂ {giš}GIGIR] ⸢ša₂ {lu₂}ARAD⸣-[MEŠ MU-MEŠ a-na u₄-mu ṣa]-a-tu₂ {f}ni-⸢din-tu₄⸣-{d}na-na-a na-ša₂-at | and not the house of the chariot of that servant, Ni-edinti-E-Nanaya is responsible. |
| r | ||
| 1 | [pu-ut la ZAH₂ ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ {m}{d}60-⸢EN⸣-NUMUN {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-LA₂ {f}si-lim-{d}15 | It is non-canonical. From Anu-zer-lišir, Enlil-ešarra-zeri, Silim-Issar. |
| 2 | {f}{d}GAŠAN-a-di-e-ha-i {m}ARAD-{d}|U.GUR| {[f}tad-din u {m}{d]}60-AD-⸢URI₃⸣ LU₂-ut-ti₃ MU-MEŠ | Belet-adeḫi, Urdu-Nergal, Taddin and Anu-ab-uṣur, those men |
| 3 | [a-di 100 u₄-mu-MEŠ {f}ni-din-tu₄-{d]}na-na-⸢a⸣ [DUMU].⸢MUNUS ša₂ {m}la-ba⸣-ši na-ša₂-at | For 100 days Nidinti-Nana-ea-Ea daughter of Labaši is responsible. |
| 4 | {[lu₂}mu-kin₇] | Witnesses: |
| 5 | {[m}{d}60-⸢NUMUN⸣-GIŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}[UTU-MU]{⸢nu⸣} A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ | Anu-zer-lišir, son of Šamaš-ittannu, descendant of Ekur-allutu |
| 6 | {m}{d}60-⸢AD-GUR DUMU⸣ [ša₂ {m]}⸢MU⸣{a} A {m}⸢ŠEŠ-ʾu⸣-u₂-tu₂ | Anu-ea-ab-utir, son of Ea-šum-eriba, descendant of Esarhaddon |
| 7 | {m}{⸢d⸣}60-NUMUN-MU ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢DIN⸣{iṭ} A {[m]}⸢MU⸣-MEŠ | E22d-Eštar-zer-iddin, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, descendant of E2d-Issār |
| 8 | {m}{d}INANA-[ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU] DUMU ša₂ {⸢m⸣}{[d}60-ŠEŠ-MU]{⸢nu⸣} A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | Ištar-ēṭer-iddin, son of Eppem-Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| 9 | {m}{⸢d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}{⸢d}60-[DUMU]-MU{nu} A {m}hun-zu-u | Anu-mar-ittannu, descendant of Hunzu |
| 10 | {m}{d}60-⸢BA{ša₂⸣}an-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit-[tu₄]-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ | Anu-eriba, son of Tanittu-Anu, descendant of Šūzutu |
| 11 | {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂ {m]}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[MU]{⸢nu⸣} A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ | Anu-ikṣur, the ešumētu-priest, son of Enlil-eriba, descendant of Ea-allutu |
| 12 | {⸢m⸣}ni-din-⸢tu₄⸣-{[d]}60 DUMU ša₂⸣ {[m]}{d}60-ŠEŠ-⸢MU⸣{nu} A {m}hun-zu-u | Nidintu-Eštar, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Hunzu |
| 13 | {[m}{d}60-DIN]{⸢iṭ⸣} {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ UNUG{ki} {iti}ZIZ₂ U₄ 28-KAM₂ | Anu-uballiṭ, the scribe, son of Enlil-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Uruk. Šabaṭu 28th day. |
| 14 | MU 12-KAM₂ {m}se-lu-⸢ku LUGAL⸣ | Year 12, king Seleucus. |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {[m}{d}INANA-ŠEŠ]-⸢MEŠ-MU⸣ | Ištar-tešīti-ṣum-iqbi |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | a kind of plant |
| 2 | {⸢m}{d}60-AD-GUR⸣ | Anu-ab-utir |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | (a kind of container) |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-⸢MU⸣ | Anu-zer-šum-iddin |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | a kind of plant |
| 2 | {⸢m}{d}na-na-a-MU⸣ | Nanaya-iddin |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {f}ni-din-tu₂-{d}na-na-a | Ring of Nidintu-Nanaya |
| 2 | {⸢lu₂⸣}na-⸢din LU₂⸣-ut-ti₃ MU-MEŠ | that elû-nā-edin, that man |
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