YOS 20, 010 (P297042)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297042 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02654 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:13] o 1o 1–o 1313 | Nanaya-iddin, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Abu-ṭāb, voluntarily sold one-half of his share of the twenty-first day of the temple-enterer prebend before Anu, Antu [... and all the gods] of their temples, monthly throughout the year, the guqqû-offerings and the eššeššu-offerings and anything that pertains to one-half of the twenty-first day of the temple-enterer prebend [.... PN] son of [...] one-half [of the twenty-first day of the temple-enterer prebend ...] Zeriya, the son of Anu-ušallim ... |
| Reverse [0:1] r 11–r 11 | Witnesses: |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Gimil-Anu; Tattannu, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of ... |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Kidin-Anu, son of Tattannu, descendant of Ekur-zakir; Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of ... |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Šamaš-eṭir, son of Balaṭu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad; Nanaya-iddin, son of ... |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of Hunzu; Nanaya-iddin, son of Anu-... |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Ištar-ahhe-iddin, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Imbi-Anu; Anu-zer-iddin, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | Anu-ah-ittannu and Anu-belšunu, sons of Ana-rabutika-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | Anu-ahhe-iddin, scribe, son of Anu-ab-uṣur, descendant of Gimil-Anu. (Written in) Uruk. Ayyaru, day 9, year 17, Seleucus (being) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Seal of Ina-qibit-Anu |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Seal of Kidin-Anu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Seal of Tattannu |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | Seal of Šamaš-eṭir |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Seal of Nanaya-iddin |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Seal of Ištar-ahhe-iddin |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Seal of Anu-zer-iddin |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 1b.e. iv 1– | Seal of Anu-ah-ittannu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Seal of Anu-ab-uṣur |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Seal of Anu-belšunu |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 1l.e. iii 1– | Seal of Nanaya-iddin |
| Left Column iv [0:3] l.e. iv 1l.e. iv 1– | Seal of Nidintu-Anu |
| Right [0:3] r.e. 1r.e. 1– | Seal of Nanaya iddin, son of Nidintu-Anu, the seller of that prebend |
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}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}AD-DU₁₀.GA ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ [mi]-⸢šil⸣ ina U₄ 21-KAM₂ | |
| 2 | GIŠ.ŠUB.⸢BA⸣-šu₂ {lu₂}⸢KU₄⸣ E₂{u₂-tu₂} IGI {d}60 an-⸢tu₄ x⸣ [... u DINGIR-MEŠ E₂]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu | |
| 3 | ⸢gab⸣-[bi ša₂ ITI{us-su]} ⸢kal MU.AN.NA⸣ [gu-uq-qa-ne₂-e U₄.EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ u mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-na] mi-šil | |
| 4 | ina [U₄ 21-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} ...] DUMU ša₂ | |
| 5 | {m}[...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 6 | [...] | |
| 7 | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | [...]-šu₂ | |
| 10 | [...] | |
| 11 | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 12 | [...] mi-šil | |
| 13 | [ina U₄ 21-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} ... {m]}⸢NUMUN⸣-ia A-šu₂ {m}{d}60-GI | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}ŠU-{d}60 {m}tat-tan-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A {⸢m⸣}[...] | |
| 3 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{⸢iṭ⸣} [A ...] | |
| 4 | {m}{d}UTU-SUR DUMU ša₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}[...] | |
| 5 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-[...] | |
| 6 | {m}{d}INANA-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}im-bi-{d}60 {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}⸢E₂.KUR⸣-[za-kir] | |
| 7 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} u {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-ka-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ | |
| 8 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A {m}ŠU-{d}60 UNUG{ki} {iti}GU₄ U₄ 9-KAM₂ MU 17-KAM₂ | |
| 9 | {m}se-lu-ku LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB | |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-[bit]-{⸢d⸣}60 | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB | |
| 2 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB | |
| 2 | {m}tat-tan-nu | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB | |
| 2 | {m}{d}UTU-SUR | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | {na₄}⸢KIŠIB⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}INANA-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | {⸢na₄}KIŠIB⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | {na₄}[KIŠIB] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{[nu]} | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| l.e. iv | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB | |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}na-na-a-MU ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}⸢ni⸣-[din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-na-nu GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
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