YOS 20, 085 (P303979)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 085 |
|---|---|
| ID | P303979 |
| Museum no. | NCBT 01941 |
| 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 [0:10] o 1o 1–o 1010 | Anu-uballiṭ, son of Labaši-Anu, son of Tattannu, descendant of Ekur-zakir, voluntarily sold 1/60th of a day, from the 11th day to the 15th day, the prebend of the temple enterer's, before Anu, Antu, Ištar, Belet-ṣeri, and all of the gods of their temples, which, monthly throughout the year, a guqqû offering, an eššēšu offering, and anything which pertainsto that prebend, from the 11th day to the 15th day, of the temple enterer, which is with his brothers and all of the owners of their shares, for five shekels of refined silver, high quality staters of Antiochus, as the complete price, to Belessunu, daughter of Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Hunzu, wife of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-zer-iddin, son of Labaši, descendant of Ekur-zakir, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | That silver, the five shekels, as the complete price of that 1/60th of a day of the temple-enterer's prebend, Anu-uballiṭ received from Belessunu; he is paid. |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313–o 1515 | Should a claim concering that temple-enterer's prebend arise, Anu-uballiṭ, the seller of that prebend, will clear it claims, and will pay the 12-fold penalty to Belessunu, daughter of Anu-ab-uṣur, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'– | [...] 14th(?) [year], Antiochus [....] |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Dumqi-Anu |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | [Ring of] Anu-ah-ittannu |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | [Ring of] Anu-uballiṭ |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Nidintu-[...] |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ, 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}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}NU-TEŠ₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu A {m}⸢E₂⸣.KUR-za-kir ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ | |
| 2 | 1-ŠU-ʾ-u₂ ša₂ u₄-mu TA <U₄> 11-KAM₂ EN U₄ 15-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} | |
| 3 | IGI {d}60 an-tu₄ {d}INANA {d}GAŠAN-EDIN u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-šu₂-nu gab-bi | |
| 4 | ša₂ ITI{us-su} kal [MU].⸢AN.NA gu⸣-uq-qa-ne₂-e <U₄>.EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ u₃ mim-ma | |
| 5 | gab-bi ša₂ TA U₄ 11-KAM₂ EN⸣ U₄ 15-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} | |
| 6 | ⸢MU⸣-MEŠ ik-kaš-ši-du ša₂ KI ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ u₃ EN-MEŠ HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂ gab-bi | |
| 7 | a-na 5 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su | |
| 8 | bab-ba-nu-⸢u₂-tu₂⸣ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {f}GAŠAN-su-nu DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-⸢URI₃⸣ | |
| 9 | A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ DAM {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| 10 | A ša₂ {m}NU-TEŠ₂ A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din | |
| 11 | KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 5 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ 1-ŠU-ʾ-u₂ ša₂ u₄-mu GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} | |
| 12 | MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} ina ŠU-MIN {f}GAŠAN-su-nu ma-hir e-ṭir₃ | |
| 13 | u₄-⸢mu⸣ pa-qa-ri ana muh-hi 1-ŠU-ʾ-u₂ ša₂ u₄-mu GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{⸢u₂-tu₂⸣} MU-MEŠ | |
| 14 | it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} {lu₂}na-din GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ u₂-mar-raq-ma a-di 12-⸢TA⸣-[AM₃] | |
| 15 | a-na {f}GAŠAN-su-nu ⸢DUMU⸣.[MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢AD-URI₃ a-na u₄-mu⸣ ṣa-⸢a⸣-tu₂ [i-nam-din] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... MU x]-14-KAM₂⸣ {m}an-[ti-ʾi-i-ku-su ...] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.⸢MU⸣-[...] | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-na-an GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
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