YOS 20, 084 (P303991)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 084 |
|---|---|
| ID | P303991 |
| Museum no. | NCBT 01954 |
| 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 | Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir, voluntarily sold 1/18th in 1/7th of his prebend of the exorcist, before Anu, Antu, Papsukkal, Ištar, Nanaya, Belet-ṣeri, Beltu-ša-Reš, and all of the gods of their temples, for which there are, every month throughout the year, guqqû and eššēšu offerings, and everything else that pertains to that prebend of the exorcist, which are with his brothers and all of the owners of their shares, for seventeen shekels of refined silver, high quality staters of Antiochus, as the complete price, to Eribtu, daughter of Anu-ab-uṣur, descendant of Hunzu, (and) wife of Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | That silver, the seventeen shekels of silver, the complete price of that prebend, Ina-qibit-Anu received from the hands of Eribtu; he is paid. |
| Obverse [11:15] o 1212–o 1515 | Should a claim concerning that prebend arise, Anu-mukin-apli, son of Rihat-Ištar, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir, will clear it and will pay the 12-fold penalty for Eribtu in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [15:18] o 1616– | Ina-qibit-Anu, the seller of that prebend, son of Anu-uballiṭ, and Anu-mukin-apli, son of Rihat-Ištar, bear shared responsibility for the clearing of that prebend for Eribtu in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | That prebend belongs to Eribtu, daughter of Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Hunzu, (and) wife of Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin, son of Labaši, descendant of Ekur-zakir. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Witnesses: Kidin-Anu and [Anu]-balassu-iqbi, sons of Anu-mukin-apli, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Anu-ikṣur, son [of] Tattannu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Anu-ušallim, son of Balaṭu, descendant of Luštammar-[Adad] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Labaši, [son of] Anu-ah-ušabši, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Anu-ab-uṣur, [son of ... descendant of] Ekur-zakir. Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Ah'utu |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [Šamaš-ittannu] and Ina-qibit-Anu, sons of Mukin-apli, son of Tattan[nu, descendant of Ekur-za]kir |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Belšunu, |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [Anu-ab]-uṣur, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Ah'u[tu]. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | Ša-Anu-iš[šu, son of] Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Ebabbar-šum-ibni. |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | [Anu]-ahhe-iddin, [scribe, son of] Anu-belšunu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. (Written in) Uruk. 6th day of Nisannu, [year x]+5, Antiochus (being) king. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11– | Ring of [Anu]-balassu-iqbi |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 11– | Ring of Ina-qibit-Anu |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 11– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 11– | Ring of Anu-ušallim |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 11– | Ring of Labaši |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-ikṣur |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 11– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 11– | Ring of Šamaš-ittannu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of Kidin-Anu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 11– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 11– | Ring of Ina-[qibit-Anu], seller of that prebend |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 11– | Ring of Anu-mukin-apli, the guarantor 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}60-DIN{iṭ} DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 2 | [ina hu-ud] ⸢lib₃⸣-bi-šu₂ 18-ʾ-u₂ ina se-bu-u₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ | |
| 3 | {[lu₂}a-ši]-pu-u₂-tu₂ IGI {d}60 an-tu₄ {d}PAP.SUKKAL {d}INANA {d}na-na-a | |
| 4 | {[d]}⸢GAŠAN⸣-EDIN {d}GAŠAN-ša₂-{e₂}SAG u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-šu₂-nu gab-bi ša₂ ITI{us-su} | |
| 5 | [kal] MU.AN.NA gu-uq-qa-ne₂-e U₄.EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ u₃ mim-ma | |
| 6 | ⸢gab⸣-bi ša₂ a-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ ik-kaš-ši-du | |
| 7 | ša₂ KI ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ u₃ EN-MEŠ HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂ gab-bi a-na 17 ⸢GIN₂⸣ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 8 | qa-⸢lu⸣-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su bab-⸢ba⸣-nu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 9 | a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {f}KAL{tu₄} DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 10 | DAM {m}NU-TEŠ₂ ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂] {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ | |
| 11 | it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 17 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ | |
| 12 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 ina ŠU-MIN {f}KAL{tu₄} ma-hir e-ṭir₃ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri | |
| 13 | a-na muh-hi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}{d}60-DU-A | |
| 14 | DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA A ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir a-di 12-TA-AM₃ | |
| 15 | u₂-mar-raq-⸢ma⸣ a-na {f}KAL{tu₄} a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-nam-din | |
| 16 | pu-ut a-ha-a-⸢miš a-na mu-ru⸣-qu ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ {m}ina-qi₂-⸢bit-{d}60 | |
| 17 | {lu₂}na-din-na-an GIŠ.⸢ŠUB.BA MU⸣-MEŠ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} u {m}{d}60-DU-A ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ {[m}ri-hat-{d}INANA] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na {f}KAL{tu₄} a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-⸢šu⸣-u₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
| 2 | ša₂ {f}KAL{tu₄} DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ | |
| 3 | DAM {m}NU-TEŠ₂ DUMU ša₂ {m}{⸢d}60-NUMUN-MU⸣ A ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 4 | a-na u₄-mu ⸢ṣa-a-tu₂⸣ šu-u₂ | |
| 5 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {⸢m}ki-din⸣-{d}60 u {m}{⸢d⸣}60-DIN-su-E DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{⸢d}60-DU⸣-A A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 6 | {m}{d}60-ik-⸢ṣur DUMU⸣ [ša₂ {m]}⸢tat⸣-tan-⸢nu A⸣ {m}E₂.⸢KUR-za⸣-kir {m}{d}60-⸢GI⸣ DUMU ša₂ {m}ba-la-ṭu | |
| 7 | A {m}lu-⸢uš-tam-mar⸣-{[d}IŠKUR {m]}⸢NU-TEŠ₂⸣ [DUMU ša₂] {⸢m⸣}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 8 | {m}{d}60-⸢AD-URI₃⸣ [DUMU ša₂ ... A {m]}⸢E₂.KUR-za⸣-kir {m}⸢ni⸣-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{⸢iṭ⸣} | |
| 9 | A {m}ŠEŠ-⸢ʾu⸣-u₂-⸢tu₂⸣ {[m}{d}UTU-MU{nu]} u {m}ina-⸢qi₂-bit⸣-{d}60 DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}DU-A | |
| 10 | A ša₂ {m}⸢tat-tan⸣-[nu A {m}E₂.KUR-za]-⸢kir⸣ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}EN-šu₂-nu | |
| 11 | A {m}⸢ŠEŠ-ʾu⸣-[u₂-tu₂ {m}{d}60-AD]-URI₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-⸢u₂⸣-[tu₂] | |
| 12 | {m}ša₂-{d}60-⸢iš⸣-[šu-u₂ DUMU ša₂ {m]}{d}na-na-a-MU A {m}E₂-BABBAR-MU-⸢DU₃⸣ | |
| 13 | {[m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-⸢MU⸣ {[lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m]}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir UNUG{ki} | |
| 14 | {[iti]}⸢BARA₂⸣ U₄ 6-⸢KAM₂⸣ [MU x]-5-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su LUGAL | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | {[m}{d}60-⸢DIN⸣-su-E | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-GI | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NU-TEŠ₂ | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}UTU-MU{nu} | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ki-din-{d}60 | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-⸢AD-URI₃⸣ | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-[qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-[URI₃] | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}⸢ina⸣-[qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-na-an GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}{d}60-DU-A | |
| 2 | {lu₂}mu-mar-ri-qa-an GIŠ.ŠUB.⸢BA⸣ [MU-MEŠ] | |
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