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TIM 11, 15 (P224957)

Business / Contracts, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationTIM 11, 15
IDP224957
Museum no.IM 076883
CollectionNational Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreBusiness / Contracts
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 43.1621

English translation

By ORACC project saao/saa14 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1Seal of Abdi-Kurra, [co]ok.
Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22[ow]ner of the son of being sold.
Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44Ahu-iddina, son of his daughter from her temple-prostitution, of 3 spans —
Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77Puṭi-athiš has [co]ntracted and [bough]t him [f]or 10 shekels of [silver to be] his son.
Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88The mone[y is paid completely].
Reverse [0:7] r 1r 1–r 77Whoever in the [future, at any tim]e, lod[ges a complaint and break]s the contract, whether Abdi-Ku[rr]a [o]r his sons (or) his grandsons, and seeks a lawsuit or li[tiga]tion against Puṭi-athiš, and his sons,
Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88shall give 10 minas of silver.
Reverse [8:11] r 99–r 1111Even though the sons of Puṭi-athiš be 10 (in number), Ahu-iddina shall be his eldest son, the heir of Puṭi-athiš.
Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212Witness Puṭi-še, commander-of-fifty.
Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313Witness Inurta-šarru-uṣur, Kanunayu.
Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414Witness Hallabiše, Utahuru.
Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515Witness Urdu-Inurta, Hur-šeše.
Reverse [15:17] r 1616–Witness Hasâ, ...[...].
Top [0:1] t.e. 17t.e. 17–t.e. 17t.e. 17Witness Šamaš-iddina [...].
Top [1:2] t.e. 1818–t.e. 1818Witness Nabû-šumu-uṣur.
Top [2:3] t.e. 1919–t.e. 1919Witness Bel-šu[mu]-[...].
Top [3:4] t.e. 2020–t.e. 2020Witness Sukki-Aya, smith.
Top [4:6] t.e. 2121–Witness Mi[tu]nu.
Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1Witness Adad-šumu-uṣur. Witness Nabû'a.
Left [1:2] l.e. 22–l.e. 22Witness Ha...a.
Left [2:3] l.e. 33–l.e. 33Witness Puṭu[...].
Left [3:5] l.e. 44–Witness ...
Right [0:1] r.e. 1r.e. 1–r.e. 1r.e. 1[...]... his silver
Right [1:2] r.e. 22–r.e. 22[......] as much as his father and his mother shall come
Right [2:3] r.e. 33–r.e. 33[......] eponym year of Bulluṭu,
Right [3:4] r.e. 44–r.e. 44[......] Witness I[...], ...

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
o
1{na₄}KIŠIB {1}ab-di—kur-ra {⸢lu₂}MU⸣
2⸢EN⸣ DUMU SUM-ni
3{1}PAB—SUM-na DUMU DUMU.MI₂-šu₂
4⸢ša⸣ ha-rim-te-ša₂ 03 ru-ṭu
5[u₂]-piš-ma {1}pu-ṭi—at-hi-iš
6⸢ina⸣ ŠA₃ 10 GIN₂-MEŠ [KUG.UD]
7[a-na] ⸢DUMU⸣-u-te-[šu₂]
8[il]-⸢qi⸣ kas-⸢pu⸣ [gam-mur]
11[x x x]+⸢x⸣ tu [x x x]
r
1[x x x] man-nu ša₂ ina [ur-kiš]
2[ina ma-te]-⸢ma⸣ i-za-⸢qu⸣-[pa-an-ni]
3[i-GIL-u]-ni lu-u {1}ab-di—⸢kur-ra⸣
4⸢lu⸣-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂
5⸢ša⸣ TA@v {1}pu-ṭi—at-hi-iš
6u₃ DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ de-e-nu
7⸢DUG₄.DUG₄⸣ ub-ta-[u]-ni
810 MA.NA KUG.UD SUM-an
910 lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ ša₂ {1}pu-ṭi—at-hi-iš
10{1}PAB—SUM-na DUMU-šu₂ dan-nu
11A {1}pu-ṭi—at-hi-iš
12IGI {1}pu-ṭi—še GAL—50 GAL—50
13IGI {1}{d}MAŠ—MAN—PAB {1}{iti}AB-a.a
14IGI {1}hal-la-be₂-še {1}u₂-ta—hu-ru
15IGI {1}ARAD—{d}MAŠ {1}hur-še-še
16IGI {1}ha-sa-a {1}⸢x x⸣ [x x]
t.e.
17IGI {1}{d}UTU—AŠ ⸢x⸣+[x]
18IGI {1}{d}PA—⸢MU⸣—PAB
19IGI {1}EN—MU—⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ
20IGI {1}su-ka-[a].⸢a⸣ {lu₂}SIMUG
21IGI {1}mi-[tu₂]-nu
l.e.
1IGI {1}10—MU—PAB IGI {1}{d}PA-u-a
2IGI {1}ha-BAR-a
3IGI {1}pu-ṭu—{d}[x x]
4⸢IGI⸣ GAL-ma
r.e.
1[x x x x]-MEŠ-u-te DUG ta-ba-sa-šu₂ KUG.UD-šu₂
2[x x am]—⸢mar⸣ AD AMA-šu₂ il-⸢la⸣-ka
3[x x x] ⸢lim⸣-mu {1}bu-luṭ
4[x x x x]+⸢x x IGI⸣ {1}⸢i-x x-te⸣ LAL-u₂

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