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YOS 20, 060 (P297040)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 060 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297040 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02652 |
| 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)
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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 | {[m]}{⸢d}60-DIN-su-⸢E⸣ [DUMU ša₂] {m}⸢šu⸣-[pil-tu₄] | Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Ešu-apiltu |
| 2 | ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-⸢E {lu₂}ŠU.HA⸣ ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-[šu₂] ⸢E₂⸣ {tu₁₅}[KUR.RA] | The ēšû-priest of Anu-balassu-iqbi, the temple-inspector, by his own free will the E’e-priestess of the east |
| 3 | [E₂] dul-ba-an-ni-šu₂ ⸢ep₂-šu₂ KI⸣{ti₃} E₂ {d}IŠKUR ša₂ qe₂-reb ⸢UNUG⸣{[ki} US₂] | The temple whose work is performed, the temple of Adad which is inside Uruk, the length |
| 4 | [AN]{u₂} {tu₁₅}MAR.⸢TU⸣ [DA] ⸢E₂⸣ {m}{d}60-⸢AD⸣-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}il-⸢lut⸣-{[d}60 | Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Illut-Anu |
| 5 | {[lu₂]}ŠU.HA US₂ ⸢KI{u₂} {tu₁₅⸣}KUR.RA DA E₂ u ki-šub-ba-⸢a⸣ | The šūḫu-priest, the length of the E-kibu, the east side, next to the house and the lower courtyard |
| 6 | ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 {lu₂}ma-⸢hi⸣-[ra]-an E₂ MU-MEŠ A ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 | From Kidin-Anu, the registrar of that house, son of Illut-anu. |
| 7 | ⸢SAG⸣.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}⸢SI⸣.[SA₂ DA] ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 [A ša₂] | the upper side on the north, next to the exit of Kidin-Anu, son of |
| 8 | {m}⸢il⸣-lut-{d}60 SAG.KI ⸢KI⸣.[TA] {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ {m}⸢BARA₂⸣-{[d}60 | Eilut-Anu, the lower front on the south, next to the house of Ekur-eriba |
| 9 | [A ša₂] {⸢m⸣}il-lut-{d}60 {lu₂}ma-hi-[ra-an] E₂ {tu₁₅}KUR.RA MU-MEŠ ⸢ŠU⸣.[NIGIN] | son of Illut-Anu, the guarantor of that temple |
| 10 | ⸢US₂-MEŠ mi-ših-tu₄ SAG.KI⸣-MEŠ ⸢i⸣-ṣi [u] ⸢ma-a-du⸣ ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi | All the ēšiḫtu-plants, the i’eṣu-trees and the ma-adû-plant, as many as there are |
| 11 | ⸢a⸣-na 10 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ ⸢is-ta⸣-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}an-ti-⸢ʾi⸣-[i-ku-su] | 10 shekels of refined silver, the ista-etirranu-house, belonging to Anti-elikussu. |
| 12 | ⸢bab⸣-ba-nu-⸢u₂⸣-tu₂ a-na ⸢ŠAM₂⸣ TIL-⸢MEŠ a-na⸣ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {[m}il-lut-{d}60 | “Ebaba-anu-etu for the end of the series, for Kidin-Anu, son of Illut- Anu |
| 13 | {⸢lu₂⸣}ma-⸢hi⸣-ra-an E₂ MU-MEŠ a-na ⸢u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it⸣-ta-⸢din⸣ | (If) a man renovates a house, that house will be given back in perpetuity. |
| 14 | [KU₃].⸢BABBAR⸣ a₄ 10 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ E₂ {tu₁₅}KUR.RA MU-[MEŠ] gam-ru | That silver, 10 shekels, the complete price of that temple in the east |
| 15 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-⸢E⸣ ina ŠU-MIN {m}BARA₂-{d}60 ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu | Anu-balassu-iqbi received from Kidin-Anu; he is paid. |
| 16 | ⸢pa⸣-qa-ru ⸢a⸣-na muh-⸢hi⸣ E₂ MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | Ina-qibit-Anu |
| 17 | ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂] {⸢m}{d⸣}60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[MU{nu]} {⸢lu₂⸣}ŠU.HA a-di 12-TA-AM₃ u₂-mar-⸢raq-am⸣-[ma] | The son-in-law of Anu-ah-ittannu, the šuḫ-priest, together with twelve each shall clear it and |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢a-na⸣ {m}⸢BARA₂⸣-{d}60 a-na u₄-⸢mu ṣa-a-tu₂⸣ i-nam-din pu-u₂-ut a-ha-a-⸢miš⸣ | Anu-ah-ittannu, Kidin-Anu in perpetuity, the seller of that prebend |
| 2 | a-na ⸢mu-ur-qu⸣ ša₂ ⸢E₂ {tu₁₅⸣}KUR.RA MU-MEŠ {m}{d}60-DIN-⸢su-E A ša₂⸣ {m}⸢šu⸣-[pil-tu₄] | To that emurqû of the temple of the east, Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Ešu-piltu |
| 3 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-⸢šu⸣-u₂ E₂ {tu₁₅}KUR.RA u E₂ dul-⸢ba⸣-[an] MU-⸢MEŠ⸣ | In perpetuity, that temple, temple, and temple are named. |
| 4 | lib₃-bu-u₂ KUŠ₃-MEŠ ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 a-na HA.LA ša₂ {m}šu-⸢pil⸣-[tu₄] | The skins of Kidin-Anu for the share of Šū-eppil-etu |
| 5 | ⸢AD⸣-šu₂ ina ⸢ṭup⸣-pi HA.LA iš-kun-nu li-tur-ra-ʾa ⸢ša₂⸣ {m}[BARA₂-{d]}60 | (If) his father-in-law is placed in a tablet, may he return the share. The tablet of Kidin-Anu |
| 6 | DUMU ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 {lu₂}se-pir-ri NIG₂.GA {⸢d⸣}60 a-na u₄-[mu ṣa-a]-tu₂ šu-⸢u₂⸣ | son of Illut-Anu, messenger of the property of Ea in perpetuity. |
| 7 | {⸢lu₂⸣}mu-kin₇ {m}{d}60-DIN-su DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ | Witnesses: Anu-bullissu, son of Nanaya-imitti, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni |
| 8 | {[m}{d}60-ik-ṣur DUMU ša₂ {m}⸢ta⸣-nit-⸢tu₄⸣-{d}60 A {⸢m}hun⸣-zu-u₂ | Anu-ikṣur, son of Eta-enit-Etu-Anu, descendant of Hunzu |
| 9 | {[m]}⸢ni⸣-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}⸢ki⸣-din-{d}60 {lu₂}[se-pir]-ri NIG₂.GA {d}60 | Anu-edintu-Anu, son of Ea-kīn-eddin-anu, interpreter scribe of the property of Anu |
| 10 | {[m]}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}ša₂-{⸢d}60-iš⸣-šu-u₂ A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | Anu-mukin-šum-ittannu, son of Sha-Anu-ishu, descendant of Hunzu |
| 11 | {⸢m⸣}{d}60-SU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-⸢na⸣-[a-MU] A {m}kur-i | Anu-eriba, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Kuri |
| 12 | {m}u₂-ṣur-šu₂-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}[ki]-⸢tu⸣-{d}60 A {m}kur-i | Uṣuršu-Anu, son of Ki-etu-Ea, descendant of Kuri |
| 13 | {m}il-lut-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-⸢qi₂-bit⸣-{d}60 A {m}E₂-BABBAR{ra}MU-[DU₃] | Illut-Anu, son of Ina-eqibit-Ea, descendant of Ebabbar-šum-ibni |
| 14 | {m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an-ni DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A {m}{lu₂}ŠU.LUH.HA | Anu-iqišanni, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Hunzu |
| 15 | {[m]}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an-ni {lu₂}UMBISAG {lu₂}⸢GALA⸣.MAH A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂] | Anu-iqišanni, the scribe of the ekallu-priests, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni |
| 16 | ⸢UNUG{ki⸣} {iti}ŠE UD 11-KAM₂ ⸢MU 119-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-⸢ʾi⸣-i-⸢ku⸣-[su LUGAL] | Uruk, 11th day of Duʾuzu, 119th year of Antiochus, king |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | Ring of Enlil |
| 2 | {m}[...] | PN |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | [...] | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | a kind of plant |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | a kind of plant |
| 2 | {m}il-⸢lut⸣-{d}60 | Illut-Ea-Anu |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{⸢d}60-ik-ṣur | E22d-Anu-ikšbur |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}u₂-ṣur-šu₂-{d}60 | Uṣuršu-Anu |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | (a kind of container) |
| 2 | {m}{⸢d}60-DIN⸣-[su] | E22di-Anu-uballissu |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [... {m]}{d}60-DIN-su-E | Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| 2 | [...] | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ina-⸢qi₂-bit-{d⸣}60 | Ring of Ina-eqibit-Anu |
| 2 | {[lu₂}mu-mar-raq-an E₂ MU]-⸢MEŠ⸣ | the guarantor of that house |
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