YOS 20, 023 (P304002)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 023 |
|---|---|
| ID | P304002 |
| Museum no. | NCBT 01965 |
| 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 [0:11] o 1o 1–o 1111 | Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin, son Nidintu-Anu, descendant of Kidin-Marduk, voluntarily has sold one-twelfth (share) in a day, in one-half of the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth days--a total of one-twelfth of a day on those days--of his temple-butcher's prebend, before Anu, Antu, Ištar, Nanaya, Bēltu-ša-Rēš, and all the gods in their temples monthly, throughout the year, the guqqû-offerings, the eššeššu-offerings and everything that pertains to that temple-butcher's prebend that is with the owner of his entire share, for 16 šeqels of silver, high-quality staters of Antiochus, as the complete price to Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir, in perpetuity. Ina-qibit-Anu, son of Nanaya-iddin, received that silver, 16 šeqels, the price of one-twelfth of a day in one day, in those days of the temple-butcher's prebend, from Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin. |
| Obverse [11:17] o 1212–o 1717 | When a claim arises concerning that prebend, Ina-qibit-Anu, the seller of the prebend, son of Nanaya-iddin will clear it and pay (the) 12-fold (penalty) to Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin, in perpetuity. One-twelfth of a day, in one day, in one-half of the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth days: the total of one-twelfth of a day in that temple-butcher's prebend belongs to Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 11–r 22 | Witnesses: Anu-ikṣur, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Ahʾutu. [Anu-uballiṭ, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir.] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Anu-qišanni, son of Širki-Anu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Bassia, son of Ištar-šum-eriš, descendant of Ekur-zakir. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Hunzu. Ištar-šum-eriš, son of ... descendant of Hunzu. Iddinaya, son of Anu-ah-ittannu, descendant of Ahʾutu. Anu-uballiṭ, son of ..., son of Labaši, descendant of Hunzu. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | Anu-ah-iddin, son of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. Apla, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, descendant of Luštammar-Adad. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | Anu-uballiṭ, scribe, son of Itti-Anu-nuhšu, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. (Written in) Uruk (on the) second day of Šabattu, fiftieth year of Antiochus and Antiochus, his son, (being) kings. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of Bassia |
| 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 Anu-ikṣur |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | Ring of Ištar-šum-eriš |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-iqišanni |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-ah-iddin |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | Ring of Anu-ab-uṣur |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Apla |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Iddinaya |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 1l.e. iii 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Right [0:3] r.e. 1r.e. 1– | Ring of Ina-qibit-Anu [seller 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}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 A {m}⸢ki⸣-din-{d}AMAR.UTU [ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂] | |
| 2 | ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina mi-šil <ina U₄ 4-KAM₂ U₄ 5-KAM₂ U₄ 6-KAM₂ U₄ 7-KAM₂> | |
| 3 | U₄ 8-KAM₂ U₄ 9-KAM₂ PAP ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ ša₂ u₄-mu ina u₄-⸢mu⸣-[MEŠ MU-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂] | |
| 4 | {[lu₂]}⸢GIR₂⸣.LA₂{⸢u₂⸣-tu₂} IGI {d}60 an-tu₄ {d}INANA {d}na-na-a {d}GAŠAN-ša₂-SAG u DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ [E₂-šu₂-nu gab-bi] | |
| 5 | ša₂ ITI{us-su} kal MU.AN.NA ⸢gu-uq⸣-qa-ne₂-e U₄.EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ u mim-[ma gab-bi] | |
| 6 | ša₂ a-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{u₂-⸢tu₂} MU⸣-MEŠ ik-kaš-ši-du ša₂ KI {lu₂}⸢EN⸣-[MEŠ HA.LA-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 7 | gab-bi a-na 16 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR 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 {m}la-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-[MU A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir] | |
| 9 | a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₄ it-ta-din ⸢KU₃⸣.BABBAR ⸢a₄⸣ 16 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ ši-[in-ze-ru-u₂ ša₂ u₄-mu] | |
| 10 | ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-⸢MEŠ GIŠ⸣.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{⸢u₂⸣-tu₂} ⸢MU⸣-[MEŠ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 | |
| 11 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}na-na-a-MU ina ŠU-MIN {m}⸢la⸣-ba-ši DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-⸢MU⸣ [ma-hir e-ṭir₃] | |
| 12 | ⸢u₄⸣-mu pa-qa-ri ana muh-hi GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ it-⸢tab-šu-u₂⸣ {m}ina-qi₂-[bit-{d}60 | |
| 13 | {⸢lu₂⸣}na-din-na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA MU-MEŠ ⸢DUMU ša₂ {m⸣}{d}na-na-a-⸢MU a-di⸣ 12-⸢TA⸣-AM₃ u₂-⸢mar⸣-[raq-ma] | |
| 14 | a-na {m}la-ba-ši ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ {⸢m⸣}{d}60-NUMUN-MU a-na u₄-⸢mu⸣ [ṣa]-a-tu₄ ina-an-din ⸢ši⸣-in-ze-ru-[u₂] | |
| 15 | ša₂ u₄-mu ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina mi-šil ina U₄ 4-[KAM₂] ⸢U₄ 5-KAM₂⸣ U₄ 6-KAM₂ U₄ 7-KAM₂ U₄ 8-KAM₂⸣ | |
| 16 | U₄ 9-KAM₂ PAP ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ ša₂ ⸢u₄-mu⸣ ina u₄-mu-MEŠ MU-MEŠ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}GIR₂.LA₂{[u₂-tu₂]} | |
| 17 | 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-⸢tu₄⸣; šu₂-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ | |
| 2 | {m}{⸢d}60-ik-ṣur⸣ DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-⸢tu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | {m}{⸢d}60-BA{ša₂}an⸣-nu DUMU ⸢ša₂ {m⸣}šir₃-ki-{d}60 A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ {⸢m}ba⸣-[as-si-ia] ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂ {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂] | |
| 4 | A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{d}INANA-MU-⸢KAM₂ DUMU⸣ [ša₂ ...] | |
| 5 | A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}MU{a} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂ ...] | |
| 6 | DUMU ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši A {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}lu-uš-⸢tam-mar⸣-{d}⸢IŠKUR⸣ | |
| 7 | {m}ap-la-a DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-DUMU-MU{nu} A {m}lu-uš-tam-mar-{d}IŠKUR | |
| 8 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}KI-{d}60-HE₂.NUN A {m}{d}30-TI-ER₂ UNUG{ki} {iti}ZIZ₂ U₄ 2-KAM₂ | |
| 9 | MU 50-KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su u {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-ku-su DUMU-šu₂ LUGAL-MEŠ | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ba-as-si-ia | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ik-ṣur | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}INANA-⸢MU⸣-[KAM₂] | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-BA{ša₂}an-nu | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {⸢m}{d}60-AD-URI₃⸣ | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}A-a | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}MU{a} | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}ina-qi₂-⸢bit-{d⸣}60 | |
| 2 | [...] | |
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