YOS 20, 065 (P303974)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 065 |
|---|---|
| ID | P303974 |
| Museum no. | NCBT 01936 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:12] o 1o 1–o 1212 | Ana-rabut-Anu son of Balaṭu son of Šamaš-ittannu descendant of Luštammar-Adad voluntarily sold in perpetuity to Anu-zer-iddin son of Nidintu-Anu son of Nikarchos descendant of Ahʾutu his developed house and its accessway that is in the Adad-gate quarter that is in Uruk: the long upper northern side (is) adjacent to the access-way of that house and (is) adjacent to the undeveloped plot of the sons of Balaṭu son of Šamaš-ittannu and of Ana-rabut-Anu, the seller of the house and (is) adjacent to his house; the long lowers southern side (is) adjacent to the house of the sons of Ina-qibit-Anu which the sons of Anu-mar-ittannu and the sons of Anu-ah-utir, the barber now hold, and (is) adjacent to the house of the sons of Anu-ab-uṣur son of Šamaš-ittannu; the upper western width (is) adjacent to the narrow street; the lower eastern width (is) adjacent to the house of the sons of Ina-qibit-Anu son of Šamaš-ittannu. Total of the lengths and widths, the measurement of that house, that house and its access-way---as little or as much as there is, in its entirety---for 3 mina refined high-quality silver staters of Seleucus as the complete price. |
| Obverse [12:23] o 1313– | That 3 mina of silver, the complete price of the house and its access-way, Ana-rabut-Anu son of Balaṭu seller of that house and its access-way received from Anu-zer-iddin son of Nidintu-Anu; he is paid. Should a claim concerning that house and its access-way arise, [...]-Nanaya son of Anu-ahhe-iddin descendant of Ahʾutu [will clear it for Anu-zer-iddin son of Nidintu-Anu .... That house] belongs to [Anu]-zer-iddin son of [Nidintu-Anu] in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | Witness(es): [... son of ... son of ...]-tu-Anu descendant of Ahʾutu; Anu-zer-iddin son of [... son of Tat]tannu descendant of Ahʾutu |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | Anu-ahhe-iddin son of [... son of ...]-Anu descendant of Hunzu; Ša-Anu-iššu [son of ... son of ...]-iddin descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | Anu-ahhe-iddin son of [... son of Anu]-ahhe-iddin descendant of Ahʾutu; Anu-zer-lišir son of [... ...] Anu-uballiṭ son of Anu-ab-uṣur |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'–r 11'11' | [... son of ... son of ...]-Anu descendant of Ahʾutu; Nidintu-[Anu son of ... son of] Nidintu-Anu son of [... son of] Anu-ikṣur descendant of Kuri |
| Reverse [11:13] r 12'12'–r 13'13' | [...] son of [...]-Anu descendant of Ekur-zakir. (Written in) Uruk. 8th day [of month ...]. Year 128. Seleucus (being) king |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of Ša-Anu-iš̌šu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Anu-zer-iddin |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Nidintu-[...] |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | Ring of [...] |
| Right Column ii [0:2] r.e. ii 11–r.e. ii 22 | Ring of Ana-rabut-Anu seller |
| Right Column iii [0:2] r.e. iii 11–r.e. iii 22 | Ring of Anu-[...], gu[arantor] |
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}ana-GAL]-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}⸢ba-la-ṭu⸣ A ša₂ {⸢m⸣}{d}UTU-MU{nu} <A> {m}⸢lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR⸣ [ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂] | |
| 2 | ⸢E₂⸣-su ep₂-šu₂ u₃ ⸢mu-ṣu⸣-u₂-šu₂ ša₂ ina KI{ti₃} ⸢KA₂.GAL⸣ {d}IŠKUR ša₂ ⸢qe₂⸣-reb UNUG{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 3 | ⸢US₂⸣ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA mu-ṣu-u₂ ša₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ u₃ DA ki-šub-ba-a | |
| 4 | ša₂ A-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ša₂ {m]}⸢ba⸣-la-ṭu A ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} u₃ ša₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 ⸢na⸣-din-na E₂ u₃ ⸢DA⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢E₂-šu₂ US₂⸣ [KI{u₂} {tu₁₅]}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 ša₂ en-na kul-lu-MEŠ | |
| 6 | A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-⸢MU⸣{nu} u₃ A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GUR {lu₂}ŠU.I ⸢u₃⸣ DA E₂ A-MEŠ ša₂ | |
| 7 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ [A ša₂ {m]}{d}UTU-MU{nu} SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA SILA SIG mu-taq ⸢UN-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 8 | SAG.KI ⸢KI.TA⸣ {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂ A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ | |
| 9 | {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} ŠU.NIGIN US₂-MEŠ u₃ SAG.KI-MEŠ meš-hat E₂ MU-MEŠ E₂ u₃ | |
| 10 | mu-ṣu-u₂-šu₂ MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ⸢ma-a⸣-[du] ⸢ma⸣-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi | |
| 11 | a-na 3 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}se-lu-ku bab-ba-nu-tu | |
| 12 | ⸢a-na⸣ ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{⸢d}60 A ša₂⸣ {m}ni-i-qi₂-ar-qu-su | |
| 13 | A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ⸢it-ta⸣-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 3 MA.NA | |
| 14 | ŠAM₂ E₂ u mu-ṣu-u₂-šu₂ MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 na-din-na | |
| 15 | E₂ u mu-ṣu-u₂-šu₂ MU-MEŠ A ša₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu ina ⸢ŠU⸣-MIN {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| 16 | A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-⸢na⸣ | |
| 17 | muh-hi E₂ u mu-ṣu-u₂-šu₂ MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ [...] | |
| 18 | {[m]}⸢x-x-{d}na⸣-na-a A ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-MU A {m}⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[ʾu-u₂-tu₂ ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...]-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 2' | [... {m}{d}60-⸢NUMUN⸣-MU | |
| 3' | ⸢A ša₂ {m⸣}[...]-⸢x a-na u₄⸣-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 4' | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {⸢m⸣}[x A ša₂ x A ša₂ {m}...]-⸢x⸣-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 5' | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-⸢MU⸣ [A ša₂ ... A ša₂ {m}tat]-⸢tan⸣-nu A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 6' | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-⸢MU⸣ A [ša₂ x A ša₂ ...]-{⸢d⸣}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 7' | {m}ša₂-{d}60-iš-šu-⸢u₂⸣ [A ša₂ x A ša₂ ...]-⸢x-MU⸣ A {m}⸢E₂⸣.KUR-za-kir | |
| 8' | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU [A] ⸢ša₂ {m}{d⸣}[... A ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-MU A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 9' | {⸢m⸣}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ ⸢A ša₂ {m}x-x⸣-[... ...] {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢AD-URI₃⸣ | |
| 10' | [...]-x-x-ša₂ [A ša₂ ... A ša₂ {m}x-x]-x-{⸢d⸣}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{[d}60 | |
| 11' | [A ša₂ X A ša₂ {m]}⸢NIG₂⸣.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur A {m}kur-[i] | |
| 12' | [...] A ša₂ {m}⸢x⸣-[...]-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir ⸢UNUG{ki⸣} | |
| 13' | [... U₄ x]-8-KAM₂ MU 128-KAM₂ {m}se-lu-ku ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | [...]-⸢x-x⸣ | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ša₂-{⸢d}60-iš-šu⸣-u₂ | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{⸢d⸣}[...] | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {[m}{d}60-⸢NUMUN⸣-MU | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.⸢SUM⸣.[MU-...] | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 na-din-na | |
| r.e. iii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-[...] | |
| 3 | ⸢mu⸣-[...] | |
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