YOS 20, 015 (P303987)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 015 |
|---|---|
| ID | P303987 |
| Museum no. | NCBT 01950 |
| 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 [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | Ina-buni-Nanaya daughter of Tanittu-Anu, wife of Anu-uballiṭ son of Nidintu-Anu descendant of Kidin-Marduk, voluntarily gave Attutu, her slave, whose right hand is inscribed with the name of Ina-buni-Nanaya daughter of Tanittu-Anu as a gift to Ina-qibit-Nanaya daughter of Anu-uballiṭ; Attutu, that slave, belongs to Ina-qibit-Nanaya daughter of Anu-uballiṭ in perpetuity. Ina-buni-Nanaya shall have no authority to dispose of, and she did not transfer and will not transfer Attutu, that slave, for silver, as a gift, as a marriage gift, or for anything else, except to Ina-qibit-Nanaya the daughter of Anu-uballit. |
| Obverse [8:13] o 99–o 1313 | Ina-buni-Nanaya daughter of Tanittu-Anu, wife of Anu-uballiṭ son of Nidintu-Anu received from Ina-qibit-Nanaya, his daughter, 1 mina of silver for the gift of Attutu, that slave; she is paid. Following the death of Ina-buni-Nanaya, [Attutu, that slave?] will belong to them jointly. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] son of ...-Anu descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] son of Nidintu-Anu descendant of Kidin-Marduk |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | Nazi-muruttaš son of Enlil-šum-imbi |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | Bel-iddin son of Nabu-naṣir; Anu-ahhe-iddin son of Tattannu |
| Reverse [4:8] r 5'5'– | Šullum, scribe, son of Širki-Anu. (Written in) Uruk. Arahšamnu, 8th day, 27th year, Seleucus and Antiochus (being) kings. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Bel-iddin |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Nazi-muruttaš |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Right [0:3] r.e. 1r.e. 1– | Ring of Ina-buni-Nanaya, seller of that slave |
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 | {f}ina-DU₃-{d}na-na-a DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 DAM {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ | |
| 2 | {m}ni-⸢din⸣-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}ki-din-{d}AMAR.UTU ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ {f}at₂-tu₂-tu₄ GEME₂-su | |
| 3 | ša₂ ⸢ŠU⸣-<MIN> 15-šu₂ a-na MU ša₂ {f}ina-DU₃-{d}na-na-a DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 šaṭ-rat | |
| 4 | a-na ri-mut a-na {f}ina-E-{d}na-na-a DUMU.MUNUS-šu₂ DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} a-na u₄-mu | |
| 5 | ⸢ṣa-a⸣-tu₄ ⸢tat⸣-ta-din {f}at₂-tu₂-tu₄ GEME₂ MU-MEŠ ša₂ {f}ina-E-{d}na-na-a | |
| 6 | DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₄ ši-ia ul ta-šal-laṭ | |
| 7 | {f}[ina]-DU₃-{d}na-na-a {f}at₂-tu₂-tu₄ GEME₂ MU-MEŠ a-na KU₃.BABBAR a-na ri-mut | |
| 8 | u [a]-⸢na⸣ [nu-dun]-nu-u₂ a-na mim-ma ša₂-nam-ma e-lat {f}ina-E-{d}na-na-a | |
| 9 | [DUMU.MUNUS ša₂] {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} ul tad-din u₃ ul ta-nam-din 1 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 10 | [ku-um] ri-mut ša₂ {f}at₂-tu₂-tu₄ GEME₂ MU-MEŠ {f}ina-DU₃-{d}na-na-a | |
| 11 | [DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄-{d}60 ⸢DAM⸣ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 ina ŠU-MIN | |
| 12 | {[f}ina-E-{d}na-na-a DUMU.MUNUS]-šu₂ mah-rat ar₂-ku ši-mit ša₂ {f}ina-DU₃-{d}na-na-⸢a⸣ | |
| 13 | [...] ⸢x x x x pa-ni⸣ a-ha-⸢miš⸣ ta-dag-gal | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...]-⸢x⸣ [DUMU ša₂ ...]-⸢x⸣-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-⸢kir⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {m}⸢ni⸣-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}ki-din-{d}⸢AMAR.UTU⸣ | |
| 3' | {[m]}⸢na-zi⸣-[i-muru₂]-⸢taš⸣ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}EN.LIL₂-MU-SA₄ | |
| 4' | {m}{d}EN-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}AG-PAP {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu | |
| 5' | {m}šul-lum {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}šir₃-ki-{d}60 UNUG{ki} {iti}APIN U₄ 10-KAM₂ MU 27-KAM₂ | |
| 6' | {m}se-lu-ku u {m}at-ti-ʾi-ku-su LUGAL-MEŠ | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}EN-MU | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}na-zi-i-muru₂-taš | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}[...] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {f}ina-DU₃-{d}na-na-a na-din-at LU₂-ut-ti₃ ⸢MU⸣-[MEŠ] | |
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