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YOS 20, 061 (P297043)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 061 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297043 |
| Museum no. | MLC 02655 |
| 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 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E DUMU ša₂ {m}šu-pil-tu₄ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E {lu₂}ŠU.⸢HA⸣ | Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Šupiltu, descendant of Anu |
| 2 | ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ E₂ {tu₁₅}KUR.RA ep₂-šu₂ KI{ti₃} E₂ {d}IŠKUR ša₂ qe₂-⸢reb UNUG{ki⸣} | In his joy, he built a temple on the east, in the temple of Adad, which is inside Uruk. |
| 3 | US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA E₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ | the upper side on the Amurru, next to the house of Anu-ab-uṣur, the son of E23 |
| 4 | {m}il-lut-{d}60 {lu₂}ŠU.HA US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂ | Illut-Anu, the šakin-ṭāb priest, the eastern side next to the house |
| 5 | u ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 {lu₂}ma-hi-ra-an E₂ {tu₁₅}KUR.⸢RA⸣ | and the territory of Kidin-Anu, the guarantor of the temple of the east |
| 6 | u₃ E₂ dul-ba-an MU-MEŠ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ ⸢DA⸣ | and that house of work: the upper front on the north, next to (the property of) Eštar |
| 7 | ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 SAG.⸢KI KI⸣.TA | The undeveloped plot of Kidin-Anu, son of Illut-anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni |
| 8 | {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 {lu₂}ma-hi-ra-an E₂ ⸢MU-MEŠ⸣ | the south, next to the house of Kidin-Anu, the guarantor of that house |
| 9 | ŠU.NIGIN US₂-MEŠ u SAG.KI-MEŠ mi-ših-tu₄ E₂ {tu₁₅}KUR.[RA] | Total lengths and widths of a house on the east |
| 10 | MU-MEŠ E₂ MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma-la ba-šu-[u₂] | That house, that house, whatever there is |
| 11 | gab-bi a-na 10 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu | All of it is sold for 10 shekels of refined silver. |
| 12 | ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ | of Antī-alikusu, the exalted one, for the complete price |
| 13 | a-na {m}ki-din-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 {lu₂}se-pir-ri NIG₂.GA {⸢d}60 | To Kidin-Anu, son of Illut-anu, interpreter scribe of the property of Anu |
| 14 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 10 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ E₂ ⸢MU⸣-MEŠ | That silver, 10 shekels, is the price of the house of the ēšu-houses. |
| 15 | gam-ru {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E ša₂ MU-šu₂ ša₂-nu-ni {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 ina ŠU-MIN {m}BARA₂-{d}60 | Received by Anu-balassu-iqbi, whose name is Nidintu-Anu, from Kidin-anu. |
| 16 | ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-na muh-hi E₂ MU-MEŠ | Should a claim concerning that house arise, he will clear it. |
| r | ||
| 1 | it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 ša₂ MU-šu₂ ša₂-nu-u₂ {m}il-lu-ut-{d}GAŠAN-EDIN | Ittabšu Ina-qibit-Anu, whose name is Illut-Belet-ṣeri |
| 2 | A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} {lu₂}ŠU.HA a-⸢di 12-TA-AM₃ u₂-mar-raq-am-ma | son of Anu-mukin-šumi, the master builder, he will clear it of claims twelve times and |
| 3 | a-na {m}BARA₂-{d}60 a-⸢na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂⸣ i-nam-din pu-u₂-ut a-ha-a-miš | To Kidin-Anu, his father, in the future he shall pay. The responsibility for each other |
| 4 | a-⸢na mu⸣-ur-qu ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E {lu₂}na-din-na-an E₂ | Anu-balassu-iqbi, seller of that house |
| 5 | MU-MEŠ u {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 ša₂ MU-šu₂ ša₂-nu-u₂ {m}il-lut-{d}GAŠAN-EDIN | that one and Ina-qibit-Anu, whose other name is Illut-Belet-ṣeri |
| 6 | mu-mar-raq-an E₂ MU-MEŠ a-na {m}BARA₂-{d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ | That house is given to Kidin-Anu in perpetuity. |
| 7 | E₂ {tu₁₅}KUR.RA u E₂ dul-ba-an-ni-šu₂ lib₃-bu-u₂ KUŠ₃-MEŠ ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 | The temple of the east and the temple of his work: the skins of Kidin-Anu |
| 8 | ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 a-na HA.LA ša₂ {m}šu-pil-tu₄ AD-šu₂ ina ṭup-pi | the son-in-law of Illut-Anu for the share of Šupiltu his father in the tablet |
| 9 | HA.LA iš-kun-nu li-tu-ru ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 | May the share that is established return. From Kidin-Anu, son of Illut-anu. |
| 10 | {lu₂}se-pir-ri NIG₂.GA {d}60 a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | Scribe of the property of Anu in perpetuity. |
| 11 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}{d}60-DIN-su DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ | Witness(es): Anu-bullissu, son of Nanaya-imitti, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni |
| 12 | {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur A ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | Anu-ikṣur, son of Tanittu-Anu, descendant of Hunzu |
| 13 | ⸢A⸣ ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 {lu₂}se-pir-ri NIG₂.GA {d}60 {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {<m}ša₂>-{d}60-iš-šu-u₂ | (Property) of Kidin-Anu, interpreter scribe of the property of Anu. Anu-mukin-šum-iddin, son of Šāma-Ea-ishu, descendant of Hunzu. |
| 14 | [A] {⸢m⸣}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{d}60-SU A ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}kur-i | descendant of Hunzu; Anu-eriba, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendent of Kuri |
| 15 | {⸢m⸣}u₂-ṣur-šu₂-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-tu-{d}60 A {m}kur-i {m}il-lut-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ | Ubṣuršu-Anu, son of Kittu- Anu, descendant of Kuri; Illut-anu, his son |
| 16 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}LU₂-E₂-BABBAR-RA-MU-DU₃ {m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an-ni A ša₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 | Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Amēl-rabi-šum-ibni; Anu-iqiša-anni, son (of) Kidin-Anum |
| 17 | {m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an-ni {lu₂}UMBISAG {lu₂}GALA.MAH {d}60 A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-⸢ER₂⸣ | Anu-iqišanni, scribe, chief lamentation priest of Anu, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni |
| 18 | UNUG{ki} {iti}ŠE UD 11-KAM₂ MU 119-KAM₂ {m}an-30-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su LUGAL | Uruk, 11th day of Duʾuzu, 119th year of Antiochus, king |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an-ni | Anu-iqišanni |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | Anu-ah-ittannu |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-⸢tu₄⸣-{d}60 | Nidintu-Ea-Anu |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}il-lut-{d}60 | Illut-Anu |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur | Anu-ikṣur |
| 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 | {m}{d}60-SU | Anu-eriba |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | Ring of |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su | Anu-bullissu |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| 2 | {[lu₂]}⸢na⸣-din-⸢na-an⸣ E₂ ⸢MU⸣-[MEŠ] | “Man of the E-din-E-na-e-šume-ḫi |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | Ring of Ina-qibit-Anu |
| 2 | {⸢lu₂⸣}mu-mar-raq-an E₂ MU-MEŠ | that Elū-mumar-raqan |
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