YOS 20, 046 (P303995)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 046 |
|---|---|
| ID | P303995 |
| Museum no. | NCBT 01958 |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | The tablet of the shares which Anu-uballiṭ, Anu-ahhe-iddin, and Anu-belšunu, sons of Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni, voluntarily divided with one another in perpetuity: (the shares being) in the built house and undeveloped plot of the Adad temple district, which is in Uruk, and all of the appropriate units of the house of Nidintu-Anu, their father, [...] 98th year, Antiochus being king. |
| Obverse [4:13] o 55–o 1313 | The built house in the Adad temple district, which is in Uruk: the long upper north-facing side adjacent to [... and] is adjacent to the house of Ningišzida-mari, son of Ataliu, and adjacent to the house of Ana-rabut-Anu, son of Mannu-ki-Ištar; the long lower south-facing adjacent to the house of Kidin-Anu and his brothers, sons of [... and] adjacent to the house of Nikarchos, son of Anu-ikṣur, descendant of Ah'utu; the wide upper west facing side adjacent to the house of Ana-rabut-Anu and his brothers sons of Mannu-ki-Ištar; the wide lower east-facing side adjacent to the narrow street, the Thoroughfare of the People: the total lengths and widths of the plot of land of that house, as much and as little of that house exists, all of it, and all of the appropriate units of this house of Nidintu-Anu, their father. Anu-uballiṭ and Anu-belšunu gave to their share plus eight shekels of silver, the clearance allocation from the house and the appropriate units from that house, to Anu-ahhe-iddin, their brother. |
| Obverse [13:25] o 1414– | The dilapidated house, which is to be torn down and built up, and its undeveloped plot of the Adad temple district which is in Uruk: 30 1/2 cubits, the long upper west-facing side adjacent to the undeveloped plot of Anu-belšunu son of Nidintu-Anu descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni; 34 cubits, the long lower east-facing side adjacent to the house of Artemidoros, son of [...]; 21 5/6 cubits, the wide upper north-facing side adjacent to the undeveloped plot of Nidintu-Anu and his brothers, [...] and adjacent to that access-way and [adjacent to ...] Sin-leqi-unninni, which (extends) as far as the broad street [...; ... cubits, the wide lo]wer south-facing side adjacent to the house of Artemidoros, son of [.... Total: 34 cubits of lengths and 2]1 5/6 cubits of widths (are) the measurement of the house and [its undeveloped plot. That house and its undeveloped plot, as little and as much exist, all of it, and all of the appropriate units of that house of Nidintu-Anu, their father [...] share in the house and undeveloped plot of Anu-ahhe-iddin, son of Nidintu-Anu, his father; this is the share of Anu-ahhe-iddin, [...] |
| Reverse [5:11] r 66–r 1111 | Concerning their shares, they shall not return and raise claims against one another in perpetuity. They bear shared responsibility for the clearing of claims for their shares in perpetuity, and whoever who changes the agreement in this written document, (is) one who (shall have) no lawsuit, and no objection; he shall pay [...] minas of silver [...] in perpetuity [...] |
| Reverse [11:16] r 1212–r 1616 | Witnesses: Nikarchos son of Anu-ah-ittannu [... ...] descendant of Ah'utu. [...] son of [...]-Anu [...] his son [...] descendant of Ah'utu. Nidintu-Anu, son of [... ... son of] Balaṭu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. [...] |
| Reverse [16:20] r 1717– | [...] son of [...] |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | [Ring of] Labaši |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | [Ring of] Nidintu-Anu |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of Labaši |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Ring of Tanittu-Anu |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 1b.e. iv 1– | Ring of [Anu-ušallim] |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-ikṣur |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Mukin-apli |
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) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | IM HA.LA ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU ⸢u₃⸣ {m}{⸢d}60-[EN-šu₂-nu DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 DUMU ša₂] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ ina E₂-MEŠ DU₃{uš}MEŠ u₃ ki-[šub-ba-a-šu₂ KI{ti₃]} | |
| 3 | E₂ {d}IŠKUR ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} u₃ KUŠ₃ na-ṭu₂ E₂ gab-bi ša₂ {m}[NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 AD-šu₂-nu ...] | |
| 4 | MU 98-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su LUGAL ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu KI a-ha-[a-miš a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ i-zu-zu] | |
| 5 | E₂ ep₂-šu₂ KI{ti₃} E₂ {d}IŠKUR ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.⸢SA₂⸣ [DA ... u] | |
| 6 | DA E₂ {m}nin-giš-zi-da-ma-ri-ia A ša₂ {m}a-ta-a-li-u₂-ʾu u DA ⸢E₂⸣ {[m}ana-GAL-{d}60 A] | |
| 7 | ša₂ {m}man-nu-ki-i-{d}DIL-BAT US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-[šu₂ A-MEŠ ša₂ ... u] | |
| 8 | DA E₂ {m}ni-i-qi₂-ar-qu-su A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ SAG.KI ⸢AN⸣.[TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU] | |
| 9 | DA E₂ {m}ana-GAL-{d}60 u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ A-MEŠ ša₂ {m}man-nu-ki-i-{d}DIL-BAT SAG.KI KI.TA {⸢tu₁₅⸣}[KUR.RA DA SILA qat₂-nu] | |
| 10 | mu-taq UN-MEŠ ŠU.NIGIN US₂-MEŠ u SAG.KI-MEŠ meš-hat E₂ MU-MEŠ E₂ MU-MEŠ i-⸢ṣi⸣ [u ma-a-du] | |
| 11 | ma-la ba-šu-u₂ gab-bi u₃ KUŠ₃ na-ṭu₂ E₂ gab-bi ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 AD-šu₂-nu ⸢an⸣-[na-a] | |
| 12 | HA.LA ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢DIN{iṭ⸣} u₃ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu u₃ 8 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR tak-pu-uš-tu₄ TA E₂ [u₃] | |
| 13 | KUŠ₃ na-ṭu₂ E₂ MU-MEŠ {m}{d}60-⸢DIN{iṭ⸣} u {m}{d}60-[EN-šu₂-nu] ⸢a-na⸣ {[m]}{⸢d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU⸣ ŠEŠ-šu₂-nu ⸢it⸣-[ta-din-ʾu] | |
| 14 | E₂ ab-tu ša₂ na-qa-ri u₃ e-pe-eš u₃ ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ KI{ti₃} ⸢E₂ {d⸣}[IŠKUR ša₂ qe₂-reb UNUG{ki]} | |
| 15 | 30 1/2 KUŠ₃ US₂ AN{u₂} {tu₁₅}MAR.TU DA ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.⸢SUM⸣.[MU-{d}60 A] | |
| 16 | {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ 34 KUŠ₃ US₂ KI{u₂} {tu₁₅}KUR.RA DA E₂ {m}ar-ti-im-du-ru A ša₂ [...] | |
| 17 | 21 5/6 KUŠ₃⸣ SAG.KI AN.TA {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DA ki-šub-ba-a ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 18 | [...] ⸢u DA mu⸣-ṣu-⸢u₂⸣ ša₂ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a MU-MEŠ u [DA ...] | |
| 19 | [... {m}{d]}30-TI-ER₂ ša₂ EN SILA DAGAL [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [... KUŠ₃ SAG.KI KI].TA {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU DA E₂ {m}⸢ar⸣-[ti-im-du-ru A ša₂ ...] | |
| 2 | [ŠU.NIGIN 34 KUŠ₃ US₂ u] 21 5/6 KUŠ₃ SAG.⸢KI meš⸣-hat ⸢E₂⸣ [u ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂ MU-MEŠ E₂ u ki-šub-ba-a-šu₂] | |
| 3 | [MU-MEŠ i-ṣi u ma-a-du ma]-⸢la⸣ ba-šu-u₂ ⸢gab⸣-[bi u₃ KUŠ₃ na-ṭu₂ E₂ gab-bi ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 AD-šu₂-nu ...] | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢HA⸣.LA [ina] ⸢E₂-MEŠ⸣ u ki-[šub-ba-a-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A] | |
| 5 | ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 ⸢AD-šu₂ an-na-a⸣ [HA].⸢LA ša₂⸣ {m}{[d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU ...] | |
| 6 | ⸢a⸣-na ⸢muh⸣-[hi] ⸢HA.LA-MEŠ⸣-[šu₂]-⸢nu⸣ [ul i-tur-ru-ma]-⸢ʾ⸣ [KI a-ha-a-miš a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂] | |
| 7 | ul i-rag-gu-mu-MEŠ [pu]-⸢ut⸣ [a]-⸢ha⸣-[a-miš a-na mu-ru-qu ša₂ HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂-nu a-na] | |
| 8 | u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ a-na a-ha-a-⸢miš⸣ [na-šu-u₂ u man-am-ma ša₂ ri-ik-su ša₂ ina ša₂-ṭa-ri an-na-ʾa] | |
| 9 | u₂-ša₂-an-nu-u₂ ša₂ la DI.KU₅ [u la ha-ra-ra x MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR i-nam-din ...] | |
| 10 | ⸢x x x⸣ a-na ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 11 | a-⸢na⸣ u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | {[lu₂}mu-kin₇] {m}ni-i-qi₂-⸢ar⸣-[qu-su A ša₂ {m}{d]}60-[ŠEŠ]-⸢MU{nu⸣} [A ša₂ ...] | |
| 13 | [A {m}ŠEŠ]-⸢ʾu⸣-u₂-tu₂ {m}x [...] ⸢ši⸣ A [ša₂ ... ...]-{d}60 ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 14 | [...]-⸢a⸣ A-⸢šu₂⸣ [... A ša₂ ...] | |
| 15 | [A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu]-⸢u₂⸣-tu₂ {m}NIG₂.[SUM.MU]-{d}60 A [ša₂ ... x ...] | |
| 16 | [A ša₂] {m}⸢ba⸣-la-ṭu A {m}lu-⸢uš-tam-mar⸣-{[d}IŠKUR ...] | |
| 17 | [...] A {⸢m⸣}[...] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}⸢la-ba⸣-[ši] | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}la-ba-ši | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | ⸢un⸣-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ta-nit-⸢tu₄-{d}60 | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{[d}60-GI] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}DU-A | |
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