YOS 20, 019 (P304013)
Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 20, 019 |
|---|---|
| ID | P304013 |
| Museum no. | NCBT 01976 |
| 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 [0:12] o 1o 1–o 1212 | Anu-uballiṭ and Nidintu-Anu, sons of Anu-balassu-iqbi, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Ekur-zakir, voluntarily sold one-half of one-twelfth in the arable planted land and the cultivated land, his land holding, the property of Anu that (is at) the edge of the moat and the city wall of Uruk: the long, upper north side (is at) the edge of the moat and the city wall of Uruk; the long, lower south side (is at) the Danqat Canal; the wide upper side on the west (is) adjacent to the arable land of Anu-ikṣur, son of Anu-ah-ittannu; the wide lower side on the east (is) adjacent to the arable land of Rabi-Anu, son of Anu-zer-ibni. The total of the lengths and widths, the measurement of that arable land, as little or as much as there is, the entire one-half of one-twelfth in the arable land, the land holding, that property of Anu that belongs to Labaši, the buyer of that arable land, the son of Anu-zer-iddin, son of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir, in perpetuity. |
| Obverse [12:20] o 1313– | That silver, 5 refined šekels, the complete price of one-half of one-twelfth (share) in that arable land, Anu-uballiṭ and Nidintu-Anu, sons of Anu-balassu-iqbi, received from Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin. They are paid in full. Should a claim arise concerning one-half of one-twelfth (share) in that arable land, Anu-uballiṭ and Nidintu-Anu, sons of Anu-balassu-iqbi, will clear (the claim) and they will give (it) to Labaši. One-half of one-twelfth (share) in that arable land, the land holding, property of Anu, belongs to Labaši, son of Anu-zer-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir, in perpetuity. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witnesses: Anu-uballiṭ and Anu-mukin-apli, sons of Ina-qibit-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | Mušezib-Anu, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir; Rihat-Ištar, son of Anu-ah-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir; Bassia, son of Ištar-šum-eriš, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Nidintu-Anu, son of Rihat-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir; Lišir, son of Zeriya, descendant of Gimil-Anu; Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-ah-ušabši, descendant of Kuri |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Nanaya-iddin, son of Mannu-ki-Ištar |
| Reverse [11:15] r 1212– | Nazi-muruttaš, the scribe, son of Enlil-šum-imbi. (Written in) Uruk. 1.iv.38 Antiochus and Seleucus (being) kings |
| Top Column i [0:3] t.e. i 1t.e. i 1– | Ring of [Mušezib-Anu] |
| Top Column ii [0:3] t.e. ii 1t.e. ii 1– | Ring of [Nidintu-Anu] |
| Top Column iii [0:3] t.e. iii 1t.e. iii 1– | Ring of Rihat-Ištar |
| Top Column iv [0:3] t.e. iv 1t.e. iv 1– | Ring of Bassia |
| Bottom Column i [0:3] b.e. i 1b.e. i 1– | Ring of Anu-uballiṭ |
| Bottom Column ii [0:3] b.e. ii 1b.e. ii 1– | Ring of Anu-mukin-apli |
| Left Column i [0:3] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1– | Ring of Nanaya-iddin |
| Left Column ii [0:3] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1– | Ring of Lišir |
| Left Column iii [0:3] l.e. iii 1l.e. iii 1– | Ring of Ni[dintu-Anu] |
| Right Column i [0:7] r.e. i 1r.e. i 1– | Ring of Nidintu-Anu, seller of that arable land, son of Anu-balassu-iqbi, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
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}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} u {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E] ⸢DUMU⸣ [ša₂] {⸢m⸣}{[d}60-DIN{iṭ]} | |
| 2 | [A {m]}⸢E₂.KUR-za⸣-[kir ina hu-ud lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu mi-šil ina ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ i-na ŠE.NUMUN zaq-pi u KA] ⸢šul⸣-[pi] ⸢E₂ rit-ti⸣ | |
| 3 | [NIG₂].GA {d}60 ša₂ GU₂ {id₂⸣}[ha-ri]-⸢ṣu⸣ [u BAD₃ ša₂ UNUG]{ki} US₂ AN{⸢u₂} {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂⸣ | |
| 4 | ⸢GU₂⸣ {id₂}⸢ha-ri⸣-[ṣu u] BAD₃ ša₂ ⸢UNUG{ki⸣} [US₂] ⸢KI⸣{[u₂]} {⸢tu₁₅⸣}U₁₈.LU GU₂ | |
| 5 | ID₂-dam{⸢an⸣}[qa-at SAG].⸢KI⸣ AN.⸢TA {tu₁₅}MAR.TU⸣ [US₂].⸢SA⸣.DU ŠE.NUMUN | |
| 6 | ša₂ {m}{d}60-⸢ik⸣-ṣur ⸢DUMU ša₂⸣ {m}{⸢d⸣}60-ŠEŠ]-⸢MU⸣{nu} SAG.⸢KI⸣ KI.TA {⸢tu₁₅⸣}KUR.RA US₂.⸢SA⸣.DU | |
| 7 | ŠE.NUMUN ša₂ {m}⸢GAL⸣-{d}60 [DUMU ša₂ {m]}{⸢d}60-NUMUN⸣-DU₃ ⸢ŠU.NIGIN US₂⸣ u ⸢SAG.KI mi-ših-tu₄⸣ | |
| 8 | ŠE.NUMUN MU-MEŠ ⸢ŠE.NUMUN MU⸣-MEŠ ⸢i-ṣi⸣ u ⸢ma-a-du ma⸣-la ⸢ba-šu⸣-u₂ ⸢gab-bi⸣ | |
| 9 | mi-šil ina ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ ina ⸢ŠE⸣.[NUMUN] ⸢E₂ rit-ti⸣ [NIG₂.GA {d}60 ⸢MU-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 10 | ša₂ KI {m}la-ba-ši {⸢lu₂}ma⸣-hi-⸢ra-nu ŠE.NUMUN MU-MEŠ⸣ [DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU] | |
| 11 | a-na 5 GIN₂⸣ KU₃.⸢BABBAR⸣ [qa]-⸢lu⸣-u₂ a-⸢na ŠAM₂ TIL-MEŠ a-na {m}la-ba⸣-ši ⸢DUMU⸣ ša₂ | |
| 12 | {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}{⸢d}na-na-a-MU⸣ [A {m]}E₂.[KUR]-⸢za-kir a⸣-na u₄-⸢mu⸣ ṣa-a-[tu₂] ⸢it⸣-ta-nu-ʾu | |
| 13 | ⸢KU₃.BABBAR a₄ 5 GIN₂ [qa-lu-u₂] ⸢ŠAM₂⸣ [mi-šil ina] ⸢ši-in-ze-ru⸣-u₂ ina ŠE.NUMUN | |
| 14 | MU-MEŠ TIL-MEŠ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} [u {m}ni]-⸢din⸣-[tu₄]-{⸢d}60 DUMU⸣-[MEŠ] ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-⸢su⸣-E | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina ŠU-MIN {m}la-ba-⸢ši⸣ DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU mah-ru-ʾu e-ṭir-ʾu u₄-mu pa-qa-ri | |
| 2 | ana muh-hi mi-šil ina ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ ina ŠE.NUMUN MU-MEŠ it-tab-šu-u₂ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| 3 | u {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-E u₂-mar-raq-qu-ma a-na {m}la-ba-ši ina-an-din-ʾu | |
| 4 | mi-šil ina ši-in-ze-ru-u₂ ina ŠE.NUMUN E₂ rit-ti NIG₂.GA {d}60 MU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}la-ba-ši | |
| 5 | DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-NUMUN-MU A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir a-na u₄-mu ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 6 | {lu₂}mu-kin₇ {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} u {m}{d}60-DU-A DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}ina-qi₂-bit-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 7 | {m}KAR-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ki-din-{d}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}ri-hat-{d}INANA DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-MU | |
| 8 | A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}ba-as-si-ia DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM₂ A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | |
| 9 | {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}ri-hat-{⸢d⸣}60 A {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir {m}li-šir₃ DUMU ša₂ | |
| 10 | {m}NUMUN-ia A {m}ŠU-{d}60 {m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60-ŠEŠ-GAL₂{ši} A {m}kur-i | |
| 11 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU DUMU ša₂ {m}man-nu-ki-i-{d}DIL-BAT | |
| 12 | {m}na-zi-muru₂-taš {lu₂}UMBISAG DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}EN.LIL₂-MU-SA₄ UNUG{ki} {iti}ŠU U₄ 1-KAM₂ | |
| 13 | MU 38-KAM₂ {m}at-ti-ʾi-ku-su u {m}se-lu-ku LUGAL-MEŠ | |
| t.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {[m}KAR-{d}60 | |
| t.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {[m}ni-din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| t.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {[m}ri]-⸢hat-{d⸣}INANA | |
| t.e. iv | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {⸢m}ba-as-si-ia⸣ | |
| b.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DIN{iṭ} | |
| b.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}60-DU-A | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}{d}na-na-a-MU | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}li-šir₃ | |
| l.e. iii | ||
| 1 | un-qa | |
| 2 | {m}ni-[din-tu₄-{d}60 | |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | un-⸢qa⸣ {m}{d}60-DIN]{⸢iṭ⸣} | |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | un-qa {⸢m}ni⸣-din-⸢tu₂-{d}60 | |
| 2 | na-din ŠE.NUMUN ⸢MU-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 3 | DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}60-DIN-su-⸢E⸣ A {m}⸢E₂⸣.KUR-za-⸢kir⸣ | |
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