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YOS 20, 044 (P312907)

Legal, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE

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DesignationYOS 20, 044
IDP312907
Museum no.YBC 16655
CollectionYale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodHellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
GenreLegal
Find spotUruk (mod. Warka)
Coordinates31.3234, 45.6395

Machine English (draft)

Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.

LineMachine English (draft)
obverse 7The length is 11 cubits, the width 17 cubits, the width 17 cubits.
obverse 2the undeveloped plot, the house of Adad which is in Uruk: 11 1/2 cubits, the upper side on the north, next to
obverse 16Nanaya-iddin and Anu-zer-uabi, sons of Anu-zer-uabi, bear shared responsibility for the clearing of that undeveloped plot for Nanaya-iddin and Anu-zer-uabi.
reverse 4son of Tanittu-Anu, descendant of Lutammar-Adad
right col 1 1Ring of Nanaya-iddin
obverse 17Nidintu-Anu bears responsibility for the clearing of that undeveloped plot for Arad-Re.
left col 3 2Anu-uballi
obverse 18son of Anu-mar-ittannu, the palace slave, in perpetuity.
obverse 6and the access way of Nanaya-iddin, son of Nidintu-Anu, and the access way of that house
top col 1 2Anu-ab-uur
reverse 3Anu-ah-uabi, son of Ekur-zakir
reverse 7son of Labai
bottom col 1 1Ring of
bottom col 2 1Ring of
bottom col 3 1Ring of
bottom col 4 1Ring of
left col 1 1Ring of
left col 2 1Ring of
left col 3 1Ring of
left col 4 1Ring of
obverse 5Nidintu-Anu, son of Mannu-ki-Itar; 16 1/3 cubits, the lower front on the east, next to the house
obverse 12The sons of Nidintu-Anu received from Arad-re, son of Anu-mar-ittannu; he is paid.
obverse 14Anu-zer-uabi, the seller of that undeveloped plot, sons of Nidintu-Anu shall clear it.
top col 2 2Nanaya-iddin
obverse 1Nanaya-iddin and Anu-zer-uabi sons of Nidintu-Anu son of Anu-zer-uabi voluntarily
reverse 6Lutammar-Adad Anu-zer-iddin, son of Labai
obverse 8as much oil and as much as there is, all of it, for 12 mina 4 shekels of silver.
obverse 10Anu-mar-ittannu, the palace slave, has given in perpetuity.
obverse 9of Antiochus, the high priest, as the complete price, to Urdu-re, son of
bottom col 2 2Anu-zer-iddin
top col 1 1Ring of
right col 2 2that seller of that undeveloped plot
obverse 3the house of Nanaya-iddin, son of Nidintu-Anu: 11 1/2 cubits, the lower length to the south, next to the street
obverse 4of Nidintu-Anu, son of Mannu-ki-Itar; 17 cubits, the upper front on the west, next to the house
reverse 10Year XII, (the 1st of which was identical with) the king Antiochus.
reverse 5Anu-ah-iddin, son of Anu-mar-ittannu, descendant of Ekur-zakir
left col 2 2Anu-ah-iddin
obverse 11Nanaya-iddin and Anu-zer-uabi
reverse 1Witnesses
reverse 2Anu-ab-uur and Anu-mar-ittannu
top col 4 1Ring of
top col 4 2a type of grass
left col 4 2Anu-mar-ittannu
bottom col 1 2Bl
reverse 8Sumuttu-Anu
obverse 15as long as he lives, he will pay the 12-fold penalty to Arad-Re in perpetuity.
left col 1 2Anu-uallim
top col 3 2Anu-uallim
right col 2 1Ring of Anu-zer-uabi
obverse 13If a claim should arise concerning that undeveloped plot, Nanaya-iddin and
reverse 9Dumqi-Anu, scribe, son of Anu-uballi, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni. Uruk. xth day.

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