YOS 20, 053 (P303983)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 053 |
|---|---|
| ID | P303983 |
| Museum no. | NCBT 01946 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | Ubar, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Dumqi-Anu, descendant of Hunzu, voluntarily sold his prebend of the takkasû cake, which is, thoughout the year, two a day, on the 9th day, the 10th day, the 16th day, and the 20th day, a total of eight of the takkasû cakes on those days, before Anu, Antu, Enlil, Ea, Papsukkal, Ištar, Belet-ṣeri, Nanaya, Beltu-ša-Reš, and all of the gods of their temples, which is monthly throughout the year, which is with his brothers and all of the owners of their shares, for three shekels, high quality silver of Antiochus, as the complete price, to Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-zer-iddin, son of Labaši, descendant of Ekur-zakir, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | That silver, the three shekels, the complete price of that prebend, Ubar, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, received from Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-zer-iddin; he is paid. |
| Obverse [9:12] o 1010–o 1212 | Should a claim arise concerning that prebend, Anu-ah-ittannu, his son, will clear it, and will pay the 12-fold penalty to Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313–o 1515 | Ubar, the seller of that prebend, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, and Anu-ah-ittannu, his son, bear shared responsibility for the clearing of claims of that prebend for Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-zer-iddin, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [15:18] o 1616– | [...] the takkasû cake for a day on the 9th, 10th, 16th, and [...] days [...] |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1'1'–r 6'6' | [...] Anu-[...] Anu-uballiṭ and Anu-[...] Nidintu-Anu, son of [...] son of Rihat-Anu, descendant of Kidin-Marduk. [...] |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | [...] scribe, son of Anu-belšunu, [...] year 111, Antiochus [(being) king.] |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-ah-ittannu |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | [Ring of] Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | [Ring of] Anu-balassu-iqbi |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of [...] |
| 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 Ina-qibit-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | [Ring of ...] that prebend |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | [Ring of ...], guarantor |
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}u₂-bar A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ | |
| 2 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ ša₂ tak-ka-su-u₂ ša₂ kal MU.AN.NA 2 a-na 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 9-KAM₂ | |
| 3 | U₄ 10-KAM₂ U₄ 16-KAM₂ u₃ ina U₄ 20-KAM₂ PAP 8 ša₂ tak-ka-su-u₂ ina u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 4 | IGI {d}60 an-tu₄ {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}e₂-a {d}PAP.SUKKAL {d}INANA {d}GAŠAN-EDIN {d}na-na-a {d}GAŠAN-ša₂-{e₂}SAG | |
| 5 | u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-šu₂-nu gab-bi ša₂ ITI{us-su} kal MU.AN.NA ša₂ KI {lu₂}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ u₃ | |
| 6 | {lu₂}EN-MEŠ HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂ gab-bi a-na 3 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su | |
| 7 | bab-ba-nu-u₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A ša₂ | |
| 8 | {m}la-ba-ši A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 3 GIN₂ | |
| 9 | ŠAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}u₂-bar A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| 10 | A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-na muh-hi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
| 11 | it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A-šu₂ u₂-mar-raq-ma a-di 12-TA-AM₃ a-na | |
| 12 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-nam-din | |
| 13 | pu-u₂-ut a-ha-a-miš a-na mu-ur-ru-qu ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ {m}u₂-bar | |
| 14 | {lu₂}na-din-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ MU-MEŠ A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 u₃ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A-šu₂ | |
| 15 | ⸢a⸣-na {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ | |
| 16 | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ tak-ka-su-u₂ a-na 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 9-KAM₂ U₄ 10-KAM₂ U₄ 16-⸢KAM₂ u₃⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] {m}{d}60-[...] | |
| 2' | [...]-⸢u₂⸣ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{[d}60 ...] | |
| 3' | [... {m]}{⸢d}60-DIN{iṭ} u₃ {m}{⸢d}60-[...] | |
| 4' | [... {m}NIG₂].⸢SUM⸣.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}[...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢A ša₂⸣ {m}{d}60-⸢AD-GUR⸣ A [...] | |
| 6' | [... A] ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}60 A {m}⸢BARA₂⸣-{d}[AMAR.UTU ...] | |
| 7' | [... {lu₂]}⸢UMBISAG⸣ A ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | MU 111-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-⸢i⸣-[ku-su ...] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. i' | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {[m}{d}60-DU-A | |
| l.e. ii' | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | [...] GIŠ.ŠUB.BA ⸢MU-MEŠ⸣ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa ...] | |
| 2 | {[lu₂]}⸢mu-mar-raq-an-na⸣ | |
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