YOS 20, 054 (P303999)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 054 |
|---|---|
| ID | P303999 |
| Museum no. | NCBT 01962 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | Ana-rabutišu, daughter of Šamaš-iddin, son of Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Hunzu, (and) wife of La[baši-Anu, son of] Tattannu, descendant of Ekur-zakir, voluntarily sold 1/18th of a day on the [6th day], 7th day, 8th day, 9th day, and 10th day, the total of 1/18th of one day in [those] days of her prebend of the temple-enterer, before Anu, Antu, Ištar, Belet-ṣeri, and the gods of their temples, which every month throughout the year has guqqû and eššēšu offerings, and everything which pertains to that prebend of the temple-enterer, which is with the owners of their shares, for 15 1/2 shekels of refined silver, high quality staters of Antiochus, as the complete price, to Antiochis, daughter of Diophantos, (and) wife of Anu-uballiṭ, whose other name is Kephalon, the chief ša rēš [āli of Uruk, son of] Anu-balassu-iqbi, descendant of Ah'utu, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | Ana-rabutišu received that silver, 15 [1/2 shekels], the complete price of that prebend of the temple-enterer, from Antiochis, wife of Kephalon; she is paid. |
| Obverse [11:15] o 1212–o 1515 | Should a claim concerning that prebend arise, Labaši, her son, son of Labaši-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir, will clear it, (and) will pay the 12-fold penalty to Antiochis, daughter of Diophan[tos, wife of] Kephalon, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [15:18] o 1616–o 1818 | Ana-rabutišu, daughter of Šamaš-iddin, [wife of Labaši]-Anu, son of Tattannu, and Labaši, her son, bear shared responsibility for the clearing of that prebend for Antiochis in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | The 1/18th of [a day on the] 6th [day], 7th day, 8th day, 9th day, and 10th day of that prebend of [the temple-enterer] belongs to Antiochis, daughter of Diophantos, wife of Anu-uballiṭ, whose other name is Kephalon, the [head overseer of the city ... son of] Anu-balassu-iqbi, descendant of Ah'utu, [in perpetuity]. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 1616–r 1717 | Mannu-iqapu, scribe, son of Ni[dintu-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. (Written in) Uruk. [xth day of the month ...] year 115, Antio[chus and Antiochus, his son, (being) kings]. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-ahhe-iddin |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | [Ring of] Nidintu-Anu |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | [Ring of ...] |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of Rihat-Ištar |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Ring of Sumuttu-Anu |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 1b.e. iv 1– | Ring of Illut-Anu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Sumuttu-Anu |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Rihat-Anu |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | [Ring of ...] that [...] |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | Ring of Labaši, her son, the 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 | {f}ana-GAL-šu₂ DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-MU A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.⸢SUM⸣.MU-{d}60 A {m}hun-zu-u₂ DAM {m}⸢la⸣-[ba-ši-{d}60 A ša₂] | |
| 2 | {m}tat-tan-nu A {m}E₂.KUR-za-⸢kir⸣ ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ 18-ʾu-u₂ ša₂ u₄-mu ina U₄ 6-KAM₂] | |
| 3 | U₄ 7-KAM₂ U₄ 8-KAM₂ U₄ 9-KAM₂ u₃ U₄ 10-KAM₂ PAP 18-ʾu-u₂ ša₂ 1{en} u₄-mu ina u₄-mu-⸢MEŠ⸣ [MU-MEŠ] | |
| 4 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂ {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} IGI {d}60 an-tu₄ {d}INANA {d}GAŠAN-EDIN u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢E₂⸣-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 5 | ša₂ ITI{us-su} kal MU.AN.NA gu-uq-qa-ne₂-e U₄.EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ u₃ mim-ma gab-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 6 | ša₂ a-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ ik-kaš-ši-du ša₂ KI {lu₂}EN-MEŠ HA.⸢LA-MEŠ⸣-šu₂ ⸢gab⸣-[bi] | |
| 7 | a-na 15 GIN₂ 1/2 KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu-u₂ is-ta-tir-ra-nu ša₂ {m}an-ti-⸢ʾi⸣-[i-ku-su] | |
| 8 | bab-ba-nu-u₂-tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {f}an-ti-ʾi-i-⸢ki-su DUMU.MUNUS⸣ [ša₂ {m]}⸢di⸣-[ʾu-u₂-pa-tu-su] | |
| 9 | DAM {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} ša₂ MU-šu₂ 2-u₂ {m}qe₂-ep-lu-u₂-nu {lu₂}GAL {⸢lu₂}SAG⸣ {⸢lu₂}SAG⸣ [IRI ... A ša₂] | |
| 10 | {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ ⸢tat-ta⸣-[din KU₃.BABBAR] ⸢a₄ 15 [GIN₂ 1/2 | |
| 11 | ŠAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}KU₄ ⸢E₂{u₂⸣-tu₂} MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {f}ana-GAL-šu₂ ina ŠU-MIN {⸢f⸣}an-ti-⸢ʾi-i⸣-ki-⸢su⸣ | |
| 12 | DAM {m}qe₂-ep-⸢lu-u₂⸣-[nu mah]-⸢ra⸣-at e-ṭir-tu₄ u₄-mu pa-qa-ri a-na muh-hi | |
| 13 | GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ [it-tab-šu-u₂ {m]}la-ba-ši A-šu₂ A ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši-{d}60 A | |
| 14 | {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir ⸢u₂⸣-[mar-raq-ma a-di] 12-TA-AM₃⸣ a-na {f}an-ti-ʾi-i-ki-su | |
| 15 | DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}di-ʾu-u₂-⸢pa⸣-[tu-su DAM] {⸢m}qe₂⸣-[ep]-⸢lu⸣-u₂-nu a-<na> u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ | |
| 16 | i-nam-din pu-u₂-ut a-⸢ha⸣-[a-miš a-na mu-ur-ru]-⸢qu⸣ ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ | |
| 17 | {f}ana-GAL-šu₂ DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-⸢MU⸣ [DAM {m}la-ba-ši]-{⸢d}60 A ša₂ {m}tat-tan-nu u {m}NU-TEŠ₂ A-šu₂ | |
| 18 | ⸢a⸣-na {f}an-ti-ʾi-i-ki-su ⸢a-na⸣ u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 18-ʾ-u₂ ⸢ša₂⸣ [u₄-mu ina U₄] 6-KAM₂ U₄ 7-KAM₂ U₄ 8-KAM₂ U₄ 9-KAM₂ u₃ U₄ 10-KAM₂ | |
| 2 | GIŠ.ŠUB.⸢BA⸣ {[lu₂}KU₄ E₂{u₂-tu₂]} ⸢MU-MEŠ⸣ ša₂ {f}an-ti-ʾi-i-ki-su DUMU.MUNUS ša₂ | |
| 3 | {m}⸢di⸣-[ʾu-u₂-pa-tu-su] ⸢DAM⸣ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} ša₂ MU-šu₂ 2-u₂ {m}qe₂-ep-lu-u₂-nu | |
| 4 | {lu₂}[GAL {lu₂}SAG {lu₂}SAG IRI ... A ša₂ {m}{d]}60-DIN-su-E A⸣ {m}ŠEŠ-⸢ʾu⸣-u₂-tu₂ [a-na u₄]-mu | |
| 5 | ⸢ṣa⸣-[a-tu₂ šu-u₂] | |
| 16 | {m}man-nu-i-qa-⸢pu {lu₂}UMBISAG⸣ A ša₂ {m}⸢NIG₂⸣.[SUM.MU-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir UNUG{ki} ...] | |
| 17 | MU 115-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-⸢ʾi⸣-[i-ku-su u {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su A-šu₂ LUGAL-MEŠ] | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}[...] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}il-lut-{d}60 | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}su-mut-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ri-hat-{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢MU⸣-MEŠ | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ {m}NU-TEŠ₂ A-šu₂ | |
| 2 | {lu₂}mu-mar-raq-an-na | |
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