YOS 20, 036 (P303986)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 036 |
|---|---|
| ID | P303986 |
| Museum no. | NCBT 01949 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | Anu-belšunu, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, descendant of Kuri, voluntarily [sold] one-third of one-twelfth of one day on the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th days, and one-half of the 20th day of the brewer's prebend, before [...] Sin [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [...] sold in perpetuity. Anu-belšunu, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, and Anu-balassu-iqbi, his son, bear shared responsibility for the clearing of that brewer's prebend, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 3'3'–r 5'5' | That one-third of one-twelfth of a day on the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th days, and one-half of the 20th day of that brewer's prebend belongs to Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | When Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin, wishes, he shall register that brewer's prebend in the registry of prebends, which is in the temple of the gods, in his name. |
| Reverse [7:13] r 8'8'–r 13'13' | Witnesses: Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Anu-zer-lišir, descendant of Hunzu. Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Tattannu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Tattannu, son of Dumqi-Anu, son of Rabi-Anu. Anu-ušallim and Lišir, sons of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Gimil-Anu. Ana-rabut-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Kuri. Dumqi-Anu, son of Rabi-Anu. Anu-mar-ittannu, son of Nidintu-Ištar, interpreter scribe of the property of Anu. |
| Reverse [13:15] r 14'14'–r 15'15' | Nidintu-Anu, scribe, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Uruk. 19th day of Ayyaru, 77th year of Seleucus (being)) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Tattannu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Anu-mar-ittannu |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | Ring of Dumqi-Anu |
| 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 [...] |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 1l.e. iii 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Left Column iv [0:3] l.e. iv 1l.e. iv 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | [Ring of] Anu-belšunu |
| Right Column ii [0:2] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-balassu-iqbi, his son |
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-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m]}{d}60-DIN-su-E A {m}kur-[i ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ šal-šu₂ ina ši-in-ze-ru-u₂] | |
| 2 | [ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina] ⸢U₄⸣ 16-KAM₂ U₄ 17-KAM₂ U₄ 18-KAM₂ U₄ 19-KAM₂ u₃ mi-šil ina] | |
| 3 | [U₄ 20-KAM₂ GIŠ].⸢ŠUB⸣.BA-šu₂ {lu₂}[LUNGA₃{u₂-tu₂} IGI ...] | |
| 4 | [... {d]}30 u {d}[...] | |
| 5 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| fragment b | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... ši]-⸢in⸣-ze-ru-[u₂ ...] | |
| 3' | [...] ik-kaš-⸢ši⸣-[du ...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| fragment a | ||
| 1' | [... GIŠ].ŠUB.⸢BA⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... x]-1 1/2 GIN₂ [KU₃.BABBAR ...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... a]-⸢na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂⸣ [i-nam-din] ⸢pu-ut a⸣-ha-miš ⸢a-na mu-ru⸣-[qu] | |
| 2' | [GIŠ.ŠUB].⸢BA⸣ {lu₂}LUNGA₃{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E u {m}{d}60-DIN-⸢su⸣-[E DUMU-šu₂] | |
| 3' | [a-na] u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ šal-šu₂ ina ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 16-[KAM₂] | |
| 4' | U₄ 17-KAM₂ U₄ 18-KAM₂ U₄ 19-KAM₂ u₃ mi-šil ina U₄ 20-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}LUNGA₃{u₂-tu₂} | |
| 5' | MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu₂-nu | |
| 6' | u₄-⸢mu ma⸣-la {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU ṣe-bu-u₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}LUNGA₃{u₂-tu₂} | |
| 7' | MU-MEŠ ina {giš}DA ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-MEŠ ša₂ ina E₂ DINGIR ina MU-šu₂ u₂-šal-lam | |
| 8' | {⸢lu₂}mu-kin₇⸣ | |
| 9' | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| 10' | DUMU ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}tat-tan-nu DUMU ša₂ {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 | |
| 11' | A {m}GAL-{d}60 {m}{d}60-GI u {m}{li}GIŠ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| 12' | A {m}ŠU-{d}60 {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A {m}kur-i | |
| 13' | {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}GAL-{d}60 {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{⸢nu} DUMU⸣ [ša₂] {⸢m}ni⸣-din-tu₄-{⸢d}INANA⸣ {lu₂}⸢se-pir⸣ NIG₂.GA {⸢d⸣}60 | |
| 14' | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂] UNUG{ki} {iti}GU₄ U₄ 19-KAM₂ | |
| 15' | MU 77-KAM₂ {m}se-lu-ku ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}tat-tan-nu | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}dum-⸢qi₂⸣-{[d}60 | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {[m}{li}GIŠ] | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] {⸢m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu⸣ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E ⸢A⸣-[šu₂] | |
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