YOS 20, 033 (P303981)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 033 |
|---|---|
| ID | P303981 |
| Museum no. | NCBT 01944 |
| 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 [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Anu-ṭab, voluntarily sold one-twelfth of a day on the 16th, 17th, and 18th days of the temple-enterer's prebend, before Enlil, Ea, Sîn, Šamaš, Adad, Marduk, Nanaya, Beltu-ša-Reš, and all of the gods of their temples, of which throughout the year, the guqqû and eššēšu offering and everything which pertains to that temple-enterer's prebend, which is with the owners of his shares, all of it, for 17 shekels of silver, high quality staters of Antiochus, as the complete price, to Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | That silver, 17 shekels of high quality silver, the price of one-twelfth of a day on the 16th, 17th, and 18th days of that temple-enterer's prebend, Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin, received from Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin; he is paid. |
| Obverse [11:15] o 1212–o 1515 | Should a claim concerning the one-twelfth of a day on those days of that temple-enterer's prebend, Ina-qibit-Anu, the seller of that prebend, will clear it of claims. He will pay the 12-fold penalty to Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | The one-twelfth of one day of the 16th, 17th, and 18th days of that temple-enterer's prebend belongs to Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | As he wishes, he shall register the one-twelfth of one day on the 16th, 17th, and 18th days of that temple-enterer's prebend in his name in the registry of prebends, which is in the temple of the gods. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 1212–r 1313 | Anu-ušallim, son of [....] Belšunu, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, [....] |
| Reverse [7:9] r 1414–r 1515 | Anu-ah-ittannu, scribe, son of Rihat-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Uruk. [... day of] Nisannu, 68th year of Seleucus (being) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Lišir |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Ina-qibit-Anu |
| 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 [...]-ittannu |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii' 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i' 1l.e. i 1– | [Ring of] Nidintu-Anu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii' 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-[...] |
| 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}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-⸢MU⸣ A {m}AD-DU₁₀.GA ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ | |
| 2 | ⸢ši⸣-in-ze-ru-u₂ ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 16-KAM₂ U₄ 17-KAM₂ u U₄ 18-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ | |
| 3 | {⸢lu₂⸣}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} IGI {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}e₂-a {d}30 {d}UTU {d}IŠKUR {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 4 | {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 u₃ mim-ma gab-bi ša₂ a-na ši-in-ze-ru-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 6 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}KU₄ ⸢E₂⸣{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ ik-kaš-ša₂-du ša₂ KI EN-MEŠ HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 7 | gab-bi a-na 17 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR is-ta-tir-ri-MEŠ ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 8 | 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 u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ | |
| 9 | it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 17 GIN₂ bab-ba-nu-u₂ ŠAM₂ ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ | |
| 10 | [ina] 1{⸢en⸣} u₄-mu ina U₄ 16-KAM₂ U₄ 17-KAM₂ u U₄ 18-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} | |
| 11 | [MU-MEŠ {m]}⸢ina⸣-qi₂-bit-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU ina ŠU-MIN {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU | |
| 12 | [ma-hir] ⸢e-ṭir₃⸣ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri ana muh-hi ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ ina 1{en} u₄-mu | |
| 13 | [ina u₄-mu-MEŠ MU]-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ | |
| 14 | {[m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 {⸢lu₂⸣}na-an-din GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ u₂-mar-raq-ma a-di | |
| 15 | 12-TA-AM₃ a-na] {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU ina-an-din | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 16-KAM₂ U₄ 17-⸢KAM₂⸣ u ⸢U₄⸣ 18-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA | |
| 2 | {[lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir šu-u₂ u₄-mu ma-la ši]-⸢in-ze-ru⸣-u₂ | |
| 3 | [ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 16-KAM₂ U₄ 17-KAM₂ u U₄ 18-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA] {⸢lu₂}KU₄⸣ E₂{u₂-tu₂} ⸢MU-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 4 | [ina {giš}DA ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ ša₂ ina E₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ina MU]-⸢šu₂⸣ [u₂-šal-lim] | |
| 11 | [x]-⸢x-x-x⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | {[m]}{d}60-GI DUMU ša₂ {m}{⸢d⸣}[...] | |
| 13 | {[m]}{d}EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 [...] | |
| 14 | {[m]}{⸢d⸣}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 ⸢A {m⸣}{d}30-TI-ER₂ UNUG{ki} {iti}BARA₂ | |
| 15 | [U₄ x-KAM₂] MU 68-KAM₂ {m}se-lu-ku LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | {[m]}{⸢d}60-DIN⸣{iṭ} | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{li}⸢GIŠ⸣ | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ina-[qi₂]-⸢bit-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ | |
| b.e. i' | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | [...]-MU{nu} | |
| b.e. ii' | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | |
| l.e. i' | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {[m}ni]-⸢din-tu₄⸣-{d}60 | |
| l.e. ii' | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-[...] | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 {lu₂}na-an-din GIŠ.ŠUB.BA; MU-MEŠ | |
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