YOS 20, 025 (P303973)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 025 |
|---|---|
| ID | P303973 |
| Museum no. | NCBT 01935 |
| Collection | Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, 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 [0:10] o 1o 1–o 1010 | Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Illut-Anu, whose other name is Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad, voluntarily sold one-twelfth in one day, in one-half in the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth days--a total of a twelfth of a day in one day--in those days, his temple-butcher's prebend, before anu, antu, Ištar, Nanaya, Bēltu-ša-Rēš, and all the gods in their temple, monthly throughout the year, the guqqû-offerings and eššeššu-offerings and everything that pertains to that temple-butcher's prebend that are with Labaši, the son of Anu-zer-iddin, the purchaser of that prebend, and all the owners of their shares, for 16 1/2 šeqels of silver in high-quality staters of Antiochus, for the complete price, to Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [10:23] o 1111– | Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Illut-Anu received that 16 1/2 šeqels of silver, the price of one-twelfth (share) in a day, in those days of that temple-butcher's prebend, from Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin. When a claim arises concerning that one-twelfth of a day in those days of the templebutcher's prebend, Anu-ah-ittannu, the seller of that prebend, son of Illut-Anu, will clear the claim and will pay the 12-fold penalty to Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin, in perpetuity. One-twelfth of a day in one day, in one half of the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth days, a total of one-twelfth of day in those days of that temple-butcher's prebend belongs to Labaši son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | Witnesses: Rihat-Ištar and Anu-mukin-apli, sons of Ina-qibit-Anu. Bassia, son of Ištar-šum-eriš. Rihat-Ištar, son of Anu-ah-iddin. Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Anu-ah-ušabši. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | ... son of Nidintu-Anu. Anu-zer-iddin, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendants of Ekur-zakir. Ištar-šum-eriš, son of Nidintu-Anu. Anu-ah-iddin, son of Anu-mukin-apli, descendants of Hunzu. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Ina-qibit-Anu. Ina-qibit-Anu, son of ..., descendants of Luštammar-Adad. Lišir, son of Zeriya, descendant of Gimil-Anu. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | ... son of Lišir, descendant of Gimil-Anu. |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | Anu-uballiṭ, scribe, son of Itti-Anu-nuhšu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unnini. (Written in) Uruk. The 28th day of Nisannu, year 52. Antiochus (being) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-zer-iddin |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Anu-ah-iddin |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | Ring of Bassia |
| Top Column v [0:3] t.e. v 1t.e. v 1– | Ring of Rihat-Ištar |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of Ina-qibit-Anu |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Ring of Lišir |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-mukin-apli |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-ah-iddin |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 1l.e. iii 1– | Ring of Ištar-šum-eriš |
| Left Column iv [0:3] l.e. iv 1l.e. iv 1– | [Ring of] Anu-mukin-apli |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu, seller of those prebends |
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}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}il-lu-ut-{d}60 ša₂ MU-šu₂ ša₂-nu-u₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A | |
| 2 | {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ ina 1{en} u₄-mu | |
| 3 | ina mi-šil ina U₄ 4-KAM₂ U₄ 5-KAM₂ U₄ 6-KAM₂ U₄ 7-KAM₂ U₄ 8-KAM₂ U₄ 9-KAM₂ | |
| 4 | PAP ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ ša₂ u₄-mu ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ | |
| 5 | {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-tu₂} IGI {d}60 an-tu₄ {d}INANA {d}na-na-a {d}GAŠAN-ša₂-SAG u DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | gab-bi ša₂ ITI{us-su} kal MU.AN.NA gu-uq-qa-ne₂-e U₄.EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ | |
| 7 | u mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ ik-kaš-ši-du | |
| 8 | ša₂ KI {m}la-ba-ši {lu₂}ma-hi-ra-nu GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU u {lu₂}EN-MEŠ | |
| 9 | {lu₂}HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂-nu gab-bi a-na 16 1/2 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR is-ta-tir-ra-nu | |
| 10 | ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}la-ba-[ši] | |
| 11 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₄ it-ta-din ⸢KU₃⸣.[BABBAR a₄] | |
| 12 | 16 1/2 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina u₄-mu-⸢MEŠ⸣ [MU-MEŠ] | |
| 13 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}⸢il⸣-[lu-ut-{d}60 ina ŠU-MIN] | |
| 14 | {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU ma-hir e-⸢ṭir₃⸣ [u₄-mu pa-qa-ri ana muh-hi] | |
| 15 | ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina [u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} {[lu₂}na-din-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | DUMU ša₂ {m}il-lu-ut-{d}60 a-di 12-TA-AM₃ u₂-mar-[raq-ma a-na {m}la-ba-ši] | |
| 3 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₄ ina-an-din ši-in-[ze-ru-u₂ ša₂ u₄-mu ina 1{en]} | |
| 4 | u₄-mu ina mi-šil ina U₄ 4-KAM₂ U₄ 5-KAM₂ U₄ 6-KAM₂ U₄ 7-⸢KAM₂⸣ [U₄ 8-KAM₂] | |
| 5 | U₄ 9-KAM₂ PAP ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ ša₂ u₄-mu ina u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ GIŠ.⸢ŠUB.BA⸣ | |
| 6 | {⸢lu₂⸣}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 7 | [a]-⸢na u₄⸣-mu ṣa-a-tu₄ šu₂-nu | |
| 8 | {[lu₂}mu-kin₇] {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA u {m}{d}60-DU-A DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 {m}ba-as-si-ia | |
| 9 | [DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}INANA-MU]-KAM₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} | |
| 10 | [...] DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU A-MEŠ | |
| 11 | {[m}E₂.KUR-za]-⸢kir⸣ {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DU-A | |
| 12 | [A-MEŠ {m}hun]-⸢zu⸣-u₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ | |
| 13 | [...] A-MEŠ {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR {m}{li}GIŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}NUMUN-ia A {m}ŠU-{d}60 | |
| 14 | [...] DUMU ša₂ {m}{li}GIŠ A {m}ŠU-{d}60 | |
| 15 | {[m}{d}60-DIN]{⸢iṭ⸣} {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}KI-{d}60-HE₂.NUN A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ UNUG{ki} {iti}BARA₂ | |
| 16 | [U₄] 28-KAM₂ MU 52-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ba-as-si-ia | |
| t.e. v | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{li}GIŠ | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DU-A | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ | |
| l.e. iv | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DU-A | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MU{⸢nu⸣} | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-na GIŠ.[ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ] | |
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