YOS 20, 092 (P297039)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 092 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297039 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02651 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Šamaš-ittannu, [...] voluntarily sold one-third of all of his shares of the ration, which are 20 kur of barley, 12 kur of dates, and 1/2 mina of wool, in the property of Anu, in the temple of the gods of Uruk, and in the writings of the archive building, which pertains to Šamaš-ittannu, his father, for 15 shekels of refined silver, staters of Seleucus, as the complete price, to Anu-uballiṭ, son of Ana-rabut-Anu, son of Balaṭu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | Because Anu-ab-uṣur was not able to serve the service of the one-third of that ration from the temple of the gods of Uruk, that Anu-ab-uṣur, the son of Šamaš-ittannu, has given that one-third of a ration to Anu-uballiṭ, son of Ana-rabut-Anu, son of Balaṭu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad, who will perform the service in connection with that one-third of the ration. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | That one-third in that ration, [...] anything which pertains to that one-third in that ration, is at the disposal of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Ana-rabut-Anu, son of Balaṭu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad, by himself, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [11:18] o 1212–o 1818 | On the day [...], Anu-uballiṭ, son of Ana-rabut-Anu, son of Balaṭu, descendant of Balaṭu, and says that Anu-ab-uṣur, the seller of the one-third of that ration [...] in front of everyone, who Anu-uballiṭ, son of Ana-rabut-Anu, son of Balaṭu, in the writings that the one-third of that ration are all in the name of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Ana-rabut-Anu, son of Balaṭu, in perpetuity. [...] Anu-ab-uṣur, the seller [...] |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1'1'–r 6'6' | [...] of [...] Šamaš-ittannu, [...] Ah'utu. Anu-[... ...]-iddin, son of [... ...]-iddin, son of Anu-uballiṭ, son of [...]-iddin, [...] Nidintu-Anu, [...] descendant of Hunzu [...] |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | [...] Tanittu-Anu |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | {[m}{d}60-⸢AD⸣-URI₃ ⸢A ša₂ {m⸣}{[d}UTU-MU{nu} ...] ⸢x x⸣ [... ina] ⸢hu⸣-ud ⸢lib₃⸣-[bi-šu₂] | |
| 2 | [šal-šu₂ HA].⸢LA⸣-šu₂ ⸢gab-bi⸣ ša₂ [ŠUK-HI].⸢A ša₂ 20 GUR ŠE.BAR 12 GUR ⸢ZU₂⸣.LUM.MA u₃ 1/2 ⸢MA⸣.[NA SIG-HI.A] | |
| 3 | [ina NIG₂.GA] {d}60 ina E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG{⸢ki⸣} u₃ ina ⸢SAR⸣-MEŠ ša₂ E₂ SAR{ri} a-na {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} | |
| 4 | [AD]-⸢šu₂ tak⸣-ka-ši-du a-na 15 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}se-lu-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 5 | [a-na] ⸢ŠAM₂⸣ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}{d}60-DIN{⸢iṭ⸣} A ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ba-⸢la⸣-ṭu A {m}lu-⸢uš-tam-mar⸣-{d}[IŠKUR] | |
| 6 | [a-na] u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din a-na ⸢tar-ṣi⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢AD-URI₃⸣ [A ša₂] {⸢m}{d}UTU-MU⸣{nu} | |
| 7 | ⸢ma⸣-la pa-la-hu a-na ⸢muh⸣-hi pa-ni ša₂ šal-šu₂ ina ŠUK-HI.A MU-[MEŠ ina] ⸢E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ UNUG⸣{ki} ⸢la ma⸣-[ṣu] | |
| 8 | ⸢it⸣-ta-din {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ ⸢MU⸣-MEŠ A ša₂ {m}{d}⸢UTU⸣-MU{nu} šal-šu₂ ina ŠUK-⸢HI.A MU⸣-MEŠ a-na {m}{d}60-⸢DIN{iṭ⸣} | |
| 9 | ⸢A⸣ ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu A {m}lu-uš-tam-⸢mar-{d}IŠKUR⸣ ša₂ ⸢i-pal⸣-lah₃ ⸢a-na muh⸣-[hi] | |
| 10 | ⸢pa⸣-ni ša₂ šal-šu₂ ina ŠUK-HI.A MU-MEŠ šal-šu₂ ina ⸢ŠUK-HI.A x MU-MEŠ⸣ [...] ⸢mim-ma gab⸣-bi ša₂ a-⸢na šal⸣-šu₂ | |
| 11 | ⸢ina⸣ ŠUK-HI.A MU-MEŠ ik-kaš-ši-du ⸢i-na AŠ₂⸣ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}⸢ana-GAL⸣-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ba-⸢la⸣-ṭu | |
| 12 | A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR a-na NI₂-šu₂ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-⸢a⸣-tu₂ ina u₄-mu x-x-ru-⸢x⸣ | |
| 13 | {[m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}ana]-⸢GAL⸣-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}⸢IŠKUR⸣ x-x-[...] | |
| 14 | [u] ⸢i⸣-qab-bu {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ {lu₂}na-din-na šal-šu₂ ina ŠUK-⸢HI.A MU-MEŠ x⸣-[...] | |
| 15 | [ina] IGI {lu₂}man-am gab-bi ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{[d}60 A ša₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu ...] | |
| 16 | um-ma SAR-MEŠ šal-šu₂ ina ŠUK-HI.⸢A⸣ MU-MEŠ ⸢gab⸣-[bi ina MU {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 A ša₂] | |
| 17 | {m}ba-la-ṭu a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 18 | {⸢m⸣}{d}60-AD-URI₃ {lu₂}na-din-na ⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ša₂ {m}⸢x⸣-[...] ⸢x x x x⸣ [... {m]}{⸢d}UTU-MU⸣{[nu]} | |
| 2' | [...] {⸢m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ {m}{d}60-x x⸣ [...] ⸢x-x⸣-MU A [...] | |
| 3' | [...]-⸢x⸣-MU A ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢DIN{iṭ⸣} A ša₂ {m}[...]-⸢x⸣-MU ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x x x x x x x⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [... {m]}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{⸢d⸣}60 ...] | |
| 6' | [...]-⸢a⸣ A {m}hun-⸢zu⸣-[u₂ ...] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}ta-⸢nit-tu₄⸣-{d}60 | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{⸢d⸣}[...] | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}⸢x⸣-[...] | |
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