YOS 20, 052 (P304008)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 052 |
|---|---|
| ID | P304008 |
| Museum no. | NCBT 01971 |
| 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 | Dumqi-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Hunzu, voluntarily sold 1/15th of one day on the 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th days, and one-half of the 30th day, on those days, [...] before Anu, Antu, Enlil, Ea, Papsukkal, [...] Beltu-ša-Reš, and all the gods of their temples, monthly throughout the year, the guqqû and eššēšu offerings, and everything which pertains to that brewer's prebend, which is with his brothers and all of the owners of his shares, for eight shekels of refined silver, high quality staters of Antiochus, as the complete price, to Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-zer-iddin, son of Labaši, descendant of Ekur-zakir, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | That silver, the eight shekels, the price of that brewer's prebend, Dumqi-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, received from Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-zer-iddin; he is paid. |
| Obverse [12:16] o 1313– | Should a claim concerning that brewer's prebend arise, Kidin-Anu, son of Nidintu-Anu, will clear it of claims, and will pay the 12-fold penalty to Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-zer-iddin, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | Dumqi-Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, and Kidin-Anu, son of Nidintu-Anu, bear shared responsibility for the clearing of claims of that brewer's prebend for Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-zer-iddin, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | That 1/15th of a day on the 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th days, and one-half of a day on the 30th day of the brewer's prebend belong to Anu-uballiṭ, son of Anu-zer-iddin, son of Labaši, descendant of Ekur-zakir, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [7:13] r 88–r 1313 | Witnesses: Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Anu-zer-lišir; Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Anu-belšunu, son of Nikarchos; Anu-ah-ittannu, son of Labaši, son of Anu-ahhe-iddin; Uṣuršu-Anu, son of Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Iddinaya; and Anu-zer-lišir, son of Iddinaya, (all) descendants of Ah'utu. Kidin-Anu, son of Anu-ah-ušabši, and Labaši, son of Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Labaši, descendants of Ekur-zakir. Anu-mukin-apli, son of Anu-uballiṭ, and Rihat-Anu, son of Illut-Anu, descendants of Hunzu. Nidintu-Anu, son of Kittu-Anu, descendant of Kuri. |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 1515 | Nidintu-Anu, scribe, son of Anu-belšunu, descendant of Ekur-zakir. Uruk. 3rd day of Kislimu, year 108, Antiochus and his son, Antiochus, (being) kings. |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of [Anu-ah-ittannu] |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of [Anu-balassu-iqbi] |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | Ring of Anu-mukin-apli |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | [Ring of] Uṣuršu-Anu |
| Bottom Column iii [0:3] b.e. iii 1b.e. iii 1– | [Ring of] Anu-zer-lišir |
| Bottom Column iv [0:3] b.e. iv 1b.e. iv 1– | [Ring of] Kidin-Anu |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of [...] |
| Right Column i [0:3] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of Dumqi-Anu, the seller |
| Right Column ii [0:3] r.e. ii 1r.e. ii 1– | Ring of Kidin-Anu, 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 | {[m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂] {⸢m}{d}na-na-a-MU A⸣ {m}⸢hun-zu⸣-u₂ ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂ | |
| 2 | 15-ʾ-u₂ ša₂ 1{en} ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 26-KAM₂] U₄ 27-KAM₂ U₄ 28-KAM₂ U₄ 29-KAM₂ ⸢u₃ mi⸣-šil | |
| 3 | [ina U₄ 30-KAM₂ ...]-⸢x⸣ ša₂ 1{en} u₄-mu ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina u₄-mu-MEŠ ⸢MU-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 4 | [...]-⸢x⸣ IGI {d}60 an-tu₄ {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}e₂-a {d}PAP.⸢SUKKAL⸣ | |
| 5 | [...] {⸢d⸣}GAŠAN-ša₂-{⸢e₂⸣}SAG u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ E₂-šu₂-nu gab-bi | |
| 6 | [ša₂ ITI{us-su} kal MU.AN.NA] ⸢gu-uq-qa⸣-ne₂-e U₄.EŠ₃.EŠ₃-MEŠ u₃ mim-ma | |
| 7 | [gab]-⸢bi ša₂ a⸣-[na GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂]}⸢LUNGA₃{u₂⸣-tu₂} MU-MEŠ ik-kaš-ši-du ⸢ša₂ KI⸣ {[lu₂]}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 8 | [u₃] {⸢lu₂}EN⸣-[MEŠ HA.LA-MEŠ]-šu₂ gab-bi a-na 8 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR [qa-lu-u₂] | |
| 9 | [is]-⸢ta-tir⸣-[ra-nu ša₂] {m}an-ti-ʾi-i-⸢ku⸣-su bab-ba-nu-⸢u₂⸣-[tu₂ a-na ŠAM₂ TIL]-MEŠ | |
| 10 | [a]-⸢na {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ⸣} A ⸢ša₂⸣ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A ša₂ {m}la-ba-⸢ši⸣ A {m}⸢E₂⸣.[KUR-za-kir] | |
| 11 | ⸢a⸣-na ⸢u₄⸣-[mu ṣa-a]-⸢tu₂⸣ it-⸢ta-din KU₃.BABBAR a₄⸣ 8 GIN₂ ŠAM₂ GIŠ.⸢ŠUB⸣.[BA] | |
| 12 | {⸢lu₂}LUNGA₃⸣{u₂-tu₂} MU-⸢MEŠ⸣ {[m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 ⸢A ša₂⸣ {m}{d}60-DIN{⸢iṭ} ina⸣ [ŠU-MIN] | |
| 13 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {⸢m⸣}{[d}60-NUMUN-MU ma-hir e]-⸢ṭir₃ u₄-mu⸣ [pa-qa-ri] | |
| 14 | [ana] muh-⸢hi⸣ GIŠ.⸢ŠUB.BA⸣ {[lu₂}LUNGA₃{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 | |
| 15 | ⸢A⸣ ša₂ {m}NIG₂.⸢SUM.MU⸣-{[d}60 u₂-mar-raq-ma a-di 12-TA-AM₃] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ SUM{in} pu-u₂-ut | |
| 2 | a-ha-a-miš a-na mu-ur-ru-qu ša₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}LUNGA₃{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ | |
| 3 | {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} u₃ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 a-na | |
| 4 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ na-šu-u₂ 15-ʾ-u₂ | |
| 5 | ša₂ 1{en} u₄-mu ina 1{en} u₄-mu ina U₄ 26-KAM₂ U₄ 27-KAM₂ U₄ 28-KAM₂ U₄ 29-KAM₂ u₃ | |
| 6 | ina mi-šil ina U₄ 30-KAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA {lu₂}LUNGA₃{u₂-tu₂} MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| 7 | A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 8 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A ša₂ | |
| 9 | {m}ni-i-qi₂-ar-qu-su {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU{nu} A ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU | |
| 10 | {m}URI₃-šu₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ A ša₂ {m}MU{a} u₃ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ A ša₂ {m}MU{a} A-MEŠ | |
| 11 | {m}ŠEŠ-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ {m}BARA₂-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} u {m}la-ba-ši A ša₂ {m}{d}60-AD-URI₃ | |
| 12 | A ša₂ {m}NU-TEŠ₂ A-MEŠ {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}{d}60-DU-A A ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} u {m}ri-hat-{d}60 | |
| 13 | ⸢A⸣ ša₂ {m}il-lut-{d}60 A-MEŠ {m}hun-zu-u₂ {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 A ša₂ {m}ki-tu-{d}60 | |
| 14 | ⸢A⸣ {m}kur-i {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 {lu₂}UMBISAG A ša₂ {m}{d}60-EN-šu₂-nu A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir UNUG{ki} {iti}GAN U₄ 3-KAM₂ | |
| 15 | ⸢MU⸣ 108-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-MU{nu]} | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {[m}{d}60-DIN-su-E] | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {⸢m}{d}60-DU-A | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}NIG₂.SUM.MU-{d}60 | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}URI₃-šu₂-{d}60 | |
| b.e. iii | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-GIŠ | |
| b.e. iv | ||
| 1 | [un-qa] | |
| 2 | {m}BARA₂-{d}60 | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | [un]-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa {m}dum-qi₂-{d}60 | |
| 2 | {lu₂}na-din-na | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {<m>}BARA₂-{d}60 | |
| 2 | {⸢lu₂}mu-mar-raq⸣-[an-na ...] | |
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