YOS 20, 095 (P304003)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 095 |
|---|---|
| ID | P304003 |
| Museum no. | NCBT 01966 |
| 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 | Ahat-abišu daughter of ... voluntarily sold in perpetuity to Nanaya-iddin son of Tanittu-Anu Rihat-Anu her slave ... whose right name is inscribed with the name of Ahat-abišu [... for] ...] price [...] mina of refined silver, as the complete price. Ahat-abišu received that silver [... the price of Rihat]-Anu [from Nanaya-iddin son of] Tanittu-Anu ... |
| Obverse [8:15] o 99–o 1515 | [...does not have the] position of temple oblate, of šušānu, royal slave, royal cavalry [or charioteer service] ... of Rihat-Anu, that slave .... Ahat-abišu .... in perpetuity. Should a claim arise concerning Rihat-Anu, that slave, [...] will clear it and will pay [the 12-fold penalty] to Nanaya-iddin son of Tanittu-Anu in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 11–r 11 | Witness(es): ... son of Anu-ah-ittannu |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | ... Anu-ab-utir son of Iddinaya |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | ... Nidintu-Anu son of Širki-Anu |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | ... Ina-qibit-Anu son of Kidin-Anu |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | ... Anu-ab-uṣur son of Anu-ab-utir |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | ... Mušallim-Anu son of Anu-ah-iddina |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | ... Bel-apla-uṣur son of Bel-eriba |
| Reverse [7:12] r 88– | ... ...-Ištar descendant of Kuri |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 11–t.e. i 33 | Ring of .... |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 11– | Ring of ... |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {⸢f}NIN₉⸣-AD-šu₂ ⸢DUMU⸣.[MUNUS ša₂ ... ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂] | |
| 2 | {m}ri-⸢hat⸣-{d}60 {lu₂}ARAD-su [... ša₂ ŠU-MIN 15-šu₂ a-na] | |
| 3 | MU ša₂ {f}⸢NIN₉-AD⸣-šu₂ šaṭ-⸢rat⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | ⸢ŠAM₂⸣ [...] ⸢MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR⸣ qa-⸢lu-u₂ a⸣-[na ŠAM₂] | |
| 5 | ⸢TIL-MEŠ⸣ [a-na {m}{d}na]-⸢na-a-MU⸣ [DUMU ša₂ {m]}⸢ta-nit-tu₄-{d⸣}60 a-na] | |
| 6 | [u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂] ⸢it-ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | [... {m}ri-hat]-{⸢d}60 {f}NIN₉-⸢AD⸣-šu₂ [...] ⸢x ig⸣ | |
| 8 | [ina ŠU-MIN {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU] ⸢ša₂ {m}ta-nit-tu₄⸣-{d}60 [x] {⸢f⸣}NIN₉-AD-[šu₂] | |
| 9 | [...] ⸢u₃ ri qu⸣ [...] {lu₂}⸢šir₃-ki-u₂⸣-tu₂ | |
| 10 | [la {lu₂}šu-ša₂]-an-⸢u₂⸣-[tu₂ la] {⸢lu₂}ARAD LUGAL⸣{[u₂-tu₂} la] ⸢E₂⸣ ANŠE.KUR.RA | |
| 11 | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ {m}⸢ri-hat-{d⸣}60 {lu₂}ARAD ⸢MU⸣{a-ti₃} {f}NIN₉-AD-šu₂ | |
| 12 | [...] ⸢U₄⸣ ša₂-a-tu₂ u₄-mu pa-qa-a-ri | |
| 13 | [a-na muh-hi {m}ri]-⸢hat⸣-{d}60 {⸢lu₂⸣}ARAD MU-a-ti₃ it-tab-šu-u₂ | |
| 14 | [...] ⸢u₂⸣-mar-[raq]-⸢ma⸣ a-na {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| 15 | [DUMU ša₂ {m}ta-nit]-tu₄-{d}60 [i]-nam-din | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[lu₂}mu-kin₇ ...] A {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} | |
| 2 | [... {m]}{d}60-AD-GUR A {m}MU{a} | |
| 3 | [...] {⸢m⸣}ni-din-⸢tu₄⸣-{d}60 A {m}šir₃-ki-{d}60 | |
| 4 | [... {m}ina]-⸢qi₂⸣-bit-{d}60 A {m}ki-din-{d}60 | |
| 5 | [...] {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A {m}{d}60-AD-⸢GUR⸣ | |
| 6 | [... {m]}{mu}GI-{d}60 A {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{na} | |
| 7 | [... {m]}{d}EN-A-⸢A-URI₃⸣ A {m}{d}EN-SU | |
| 8 | [... {m}x-{d]}⸢INANA⸣ A {m}kur-⸢i⸣ | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}⸢x-x⸣-[...] | |
| 3 | ⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
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