YOS 20, 055 (P296773)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 055 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296773 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02201 |
| 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)
| Line | English |
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| Obverse [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | Ana-rabut-Anu, son of Illut-Anu, son of Ana-rabut-Anu, descendant of Hunzu, voluntarily sold one-sixth of a day on the 2nd and 30th days of the gerseqûtu prebend, before Anu, Antu, Enlil, Ea, Sîn, Šamaš, Adad, Marduk, Papsukkal, IšTar, Belet-ṣeri, Nanaya, Beltu-ša-Reš, Šarrahitu, and all of the gods of their temple, which, monthly throughout the year, there is a guqqû and eššēšu oferring, and everything which pertains to that gerseqûtu prebend, which is with his brothers and all of the owners of his shares, and with Anu-belšunu, the purchaser of that prebend, son of Nidintu-Anu, for five shekels of refined silver, high quality staters, as the complete price, to Anu-belšunu, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | That silver, the five shekels as the complete price of that gerseqqûtu prebend, Ana-rabut-Anu, son of Illut-Anu, received from Anu-belšunu, son of Nidintu-Anu; he is paid. |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111–o 1313 | Should a claim arise concering that gerseqqûtu prebend, Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin, son of Anu-ab-[...], descendant of Luštammar-Adad, will clear it of claims, he will pay the 12-fold penalty to Anu-belšunu, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414–o 1515 | Ana-rabut-Anu, the seller of that prebend, and Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-zer-iddin, bear shared responsibility for the clearing of that gerseqqûtu prebend for Anu-belšunu, son of Nidintu-Anu, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [15:17] o 1616–o 1717 | That one-sixth of a day on the 2nd and 30th days of the gerseqqûtu prebend [...] |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | [...]-iddin, descendant of Ah'utu. Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-ah-iddin, son of Ištar-ah-iddin, descendant of Hunzu. Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Nidintu-Anu, son of Illut-Anu, descendant of Hunzu. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | Mannu-iqapu, scribe, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Uruk. 12th day of Ayyaru, year 116, Antiochus and Antiochus, his son, (being) kings. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-ah-iddin |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | Ring of Labaši |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i' 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-ab-utir |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of Ana-rabut-Anu, seller of that prebend |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | [Ring of] Nidintu-Anu [...] |
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}ana-GAL-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ | |
| 2 | ši-iš-šu₂ ina U₄ 2-KAM₂ u U₄ 30-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ {lu₂}GIR₃.SE₃.GA{u₂-tu₂} IGI {d}60 | |
| 3 | an-tu₄ {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}IDIM {d}30 {d}UTU {d}IŠKUR {d}AMAR.UTU {d}PAP.SUKKAL {d}INANA {d}be-lit-EDIN | |
| 4 | {d}na-na-a {d}GAŠAN-ša₂-SAG {d}šar-ri-a-hi-i-tu₄ u DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-MEŠ-šu₂-nu gab-bi | |
| 5 | ša₂ ITI{us-su} kal MU.AN.NA gu-uq-qa-ne₂-e EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ u mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-na | |
| 6 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}GIR₃.SE₃.GA{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ ik-kaš-ši-du ša₂ KI ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ u EN-MEŠ HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 7 | gab-bi u KI {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu ma-hi-ra-nu GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 a-na 5 GIN₂ | |
| 8 | KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 5 GIN₂ | |
| 10 | ŠAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}GIR₃.SE₃.GA{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}il-lu-ut-{d}60 | |
| 11 | ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 ma-hi-ir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-na muh-hi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA | |
| 12 | {lu₂}GIR₃.SE₃.GA{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢AD⸣-[...] | |
| 13 | A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR u₂-mar-raq-ma a-di 12-TA-AM₃ a-na {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu a-na ⸢u₄⸣-[mu] | |
| 14 | [ṣa]-⸢a⸣-tu₂ i-nam-din pu-u₂-ut a-ha-a-miš a-na mur-ru-qu ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}GIR₃.SE₃.GA{u₂-tu₂} | |
| 15 | [MU]-MEŠ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 {lu₂}na-din-na-an GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ u {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| 16 | [a-na {m]}{⸢d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-⸢u₂ ši⸣-[iš-šu₂ ina] | |
| 17 | [U₄ 2-⸢KAM₂ u U₄ 30-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB⸣.BA {lu₂}⸢GIR₃⸣.SE₃.GA{⸢u₂⸣-[tu₂} ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... DUMU ša₂ ... DUMU ša₂ ...]-⸢MU⸣ A {m}ŠEŠ-[ʾu-u₂-tu₂] | |
| 2' | {⸢m}NIG₂⸣.[SUM].⸢MU-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU A⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}INANA-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MU A {m}⸢hun-zu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 3' | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}il-⸢lut-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂⸣ | |
| 4' | {m}man-nu-i-qa-pu {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir UNUG{ki} {iti}GU₄ | |
| 5' | ⸢U₄⸣ 12-KAM₂ MU 116-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-⸢su⸣ u {m}an-ti-⸢ʾi⸣-i-ku-su A-šu₂ LUGAL-[MEŠ] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NU-TEŠ₂ | |
| l.e. i' | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-GUR | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 {lu₂}na-din-na-an GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.[MU-{d}60 ...] | |
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