ADD 0281 (P237807)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0281 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237807 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Legal Transaction |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa06 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [He shall return the money tenfold to] its [owners. He shall con]test [in his lawsuit] and n[ot succeed]. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 3'3'–r 5'5' | (Guaranteed against) [seizur]es of epilepsy for 100 days and (against) fraud forever. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Witness Abdâ, haruspex. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Witness Ahabû. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Witness Pulu, tanner. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Witness Hadasâ, merchant. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Witness Bir-Ša[maš], merchant. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | Witness Issar-duri. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | Witness Inurta-ila'i. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | Witness Nabû-ušallim, scribe. |
| Reverse [13:16] r 14'14'– | Month Ab (V), 15th day, eponym year of Ilu-isse'a, governor of Damascus. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [a-na 10-MEŠ a-na EN-MEŠ]-šu₂ | |
| 2' | [GUR ina de-ni-šu₂] ⸢DUG₄⸣.DUG₄-ma | |
| 3' | ⸢la⸣ [i-laq-qi ṣib]-⸢ti⸣ be-en-nu | |
| 4' | a-na 01 me UD-MEŠ sa-ar-ti | |
| 5' | a-na EGIR UD-MEŠ | |
| 6' | IGI {1}ab-da-a {lu₂v}HAL | |
| 7' | IGI {1}PAB—a-bu-u | |
| 8' | IGI {1}pu-u₂-lu {lu₂v}AŠGAB | |
| 9' | IGI {1}ha-da-sa-a {lu₂v}DAM.QAR | |
| 10' | IGI {1}bir—{d}ša₂-⸢maš⸣ {lu₂v}DAM.QAR | |
| 11' | IGI {1}{d}15—BAD₃ | |
| 12' | IGI {1}{d}MAŠ—DINGIR-a.a | |
| 13' | IGI {1}{d}PA—DI-im {lu₂v}A.BA | |
| 14' | {iti}NE UD 15-KAM₂ | |
| 15' | lim-me {1}DINGIR—KI-ia | |
| r.e. | ||
| 16 | {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {uru}di-maš-qa | |
Sources & licences
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