YOS 20, 024 (P303976)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 024 |
|---|---|
| ID | P303976 |
| Museum no. | NCBT 01938 |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Kidin-Marduk, voluntarily has sold one-twelfth (share) in a day, in one-half of the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth days. The total of one-twelfth of a day, on those days--his temple-butcher's prebend, before Anu, Antu, Ištar, Nanaya, Bēltu-ša-Rēš, and all the gods in their temples that monthly, throughout the year, the guqqû-offerings, the eššeššu-offerings and everything that pertains to that temple-butcher's prebend, that is with the owner of his entire share, for 16 šeqels of silver, high-quality staters of Antiochus, as the complete price, to Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir, in perpetuity. Ina-qibit-Anu son of Nanaya-iddin received that silver, 16 šeqels, the price of one-twelfth of a day in one day, in those days of the temple-butcher's prebend, from Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin. |
| Obverse [9:16] o 1010–o 1616 | When a claim arises concerning that prebend, Ina-qibit-Anu, the seller of the prebend, son of Nanaya-iddin will clear it and 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: the total of one-twelfth of a day in that temple-butcher's prebend belongs to Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 11–r 22 | [Witnesses: Anu-ikṣur, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Ahʾutu. Anu-uball]iṭ, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | [Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-iqišanni, son of Širki-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unnini.] Bassia, son of Ištar-šum-eriš,[descendant of Ekur-zakir. Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Anu-zer-iddin], descendant of Hunzu. Ištar-šum-eriš, son of [... descendant of Hunzu. Iddinaya, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of Ahʾu]tu. Anu-uballiṭ, [son of ..., son of Labaši, descendant of Hunzu. Anu-ah-iddin, son of Ina-qi]bit-[Anu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad.] |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Bassia |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Anu-ikṣur |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | Ring of Ištar-šum-eriš |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of [Anu-iqišan]ni |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-ah-iddin |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | [Ring of] Apla |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Iddinaya |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 1l.e. iii 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | [Ring of Ina-qibit-Anu], 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}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}ki-din-{d}AMAR.UTU ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ ši-in-ze-ru-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 2 | ša₂ u₄-mu ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina mi-šil ina U₄ 4-KAM₂ U₄ 5-KAM₂ U₄ 6-KAM₂ U₄ 7-KAM₂ U₄ 8-KAM₂ U₄ 9-KAM₂ | |
| 3 | PAP ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ ša₂ u₄-mu ina u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-tu₂} IGI {d}60 | |
| 4 | an-tu₄ {d}INANA {d}na-na-a {d}GAŠAN-ša₂-SAG u DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-šu₂-nu gab-bi ša₂ ITI{us-su} kal MU.AN.⸢NA⸣ | |
| 5 | gu-uq-qa-ne₂-e U₄.EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ u mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ ik-kaš-ši-du | |
| 6 | ša₂ KI {lu₂}EN-MEŠ HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂ gab-bi a-na 16 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su | |
| 7 | bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir a-na | |
| 8 | u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₄ it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 16 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ ši-in-ze-⸢ru⸣-u₂ ša₂ u₄-mu | |
| 9 | ina u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ {m}ina-⸢qi₂-bit⸣-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| 10 | ina ŠU-MIN {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri ana muh-hi | |
| 11 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 {lu₂}na-din-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ DUMU ša₂ | |
| 12 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU a-di 12-TA-AM₃ u₂-mar-raq-ma a-na {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| 13 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₄ ina-an-din ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ ša₂ u₄-mu ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina mi-šil | |
| 14 | ina U₄ 4-KAM₂ U₄ 5-KAM₂ U₄ 6-KAM₂ U₄ 7-KAM₂ U₄ 8-KAM₂ U₄ 9-KAM₂ PAP ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ | |
| 15 | ša₂ u₄-mu ina u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| 16 | A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₄ šu₂-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[lu₂}mu-kin₇] | |
| 2 | {[m}{d}60-ik-ṣur DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ {m}{d}60-DIN]{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-⸢qi₂-bit⸣-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 3 | {[m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}šir₃-ki-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂] {⸢m⸣}ba-as-si-ia DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}INANA-MU-⸢KAM₂⸣ | |
| 4 | [A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU] A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}[...] | |
| 5 | [A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}MU{a} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu]-u₂-⸢tu₂ {m}{d⸣}60-⸢DIN{iṭ} DUMU⸣ [ša₂] | |
| 6 | [... DUMU ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ—MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂]-⸢bit⸣-{[d}60 A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}ba-as-si-ia | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {[m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an]-⸢nu⸣ | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {[m}{d]}60-ŠEŠ-MU | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}A-a | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un-qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}MU{a} | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 {lu₂]}⸢na⸣-din-na | |
| 2 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
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