ADD 0059 (P335011)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335011 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | Seal of Milkiya, governor of Talmusu, owner of the field, houses, gardens and people being sold. |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44–o 1010 | Ehi-yâ, his wife, three sons and two daughters; Pilaqqâ, his wife and two sons; Ṭab-ruhiti, his wife and son; Nabtê, his wife, mother and brother; Dullaya-qanun, his wife, mother, son and brother; Uriah, his wife, his mother and his brother; in all 27 persons plus their fields, houses, gardens, cattle, sheep and kinsmen in the town of Dadi-ualla in the province of Talmusu — |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | the palace concubine has contracted them; they are placed as a pledge in lieu of 20 minas of silver by the mina of Carchemish. |
| Obverse [12:17] o 1313–o 1717 | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a compl[aint or breaks the contract], whether Milkiya, governor, or his deputy or village manager, or the mayor of his city [or] his sons or grandsons, [shall place x min]as of silver in the la[p of ...]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | Witness [......]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | Witness Am-ram, tailor of the palace. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | Witness Nabutî, cohort commander of the weavers. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Witness Nabû-remanni the scribe, keeper of the contract. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Month Elul (VI), 27th day, eponym year of Nabû-ahu-ereš, governor of Sam'al. |
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 | {na₄}KIŠIB {1}mil-ki-ia {lu₂}EN.NAM | |
| 2 | ša₂ {uru}tal-mu-si EN A.ŠA₃-MEŠ E₂-MEŠ | |
| 3 | {giš}SAR-MEŠ UN-MEŠ ta-da-ni | |
| 4 | {1}e-hi—ia-a MI₂-šu₂ 03 DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ 02 DUMU.MI₂-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 5 | {1}GIŠ.BAL-a MI₂-šu₂ 02 DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ {1}DUG₃.GA—ru-hi-ti MI₂-šu₂ | |
| 6 | DUMU-šu₂ {1}nab-te-e MI₂-šu₂ AMA-šu₂ PAB-šu₂ {1}dul-la-a.a-qa-nun | |
| 7 | MI₂-šu₂ AMA-šu₂ DUMU-šu₂ PAB-šu₂ {1}u₂-ri—ia-a MI₂-šu₂ AMA-šu₂ | |
| 8 | PAB-šu₂ PAB 27 ZI-MEŠ a-di A.ŠA₃-MEŠ-šu₂-nu a-di E₂-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | a-di {giš}SAR-MEŠ-šu₂-nu a-di GUD-MEŠ-šu₂-nu a-di UDU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 10 | a-di qin-ni-šu₂-nu ina {uru}da-di-u₂-al-la | |
| 11 | ina EN.NAM {uru}tal-mu-si tu-piš-ma {mi₂}ERIM—E₂.GAL {mi₂}ERIM—E₂.GAL | |
| 12 | ku-um 20 MA.NA KUG.UD ina 01 MA.NA-e ša₂ {uru}gar-ga-mis | |
| 13 | a-na ša₂-par-te ša₂-kin man-nu ša₂ ⸢ur-kiš⸣ u ma-te-ma | |
| 14 | lu-u {1}mil-ki-ia₂ EN.NAM lu-u {lu₂}02-e-šu₂ | |
| 15 | lu-u {lu₂}GAL—URU-MEŠ-šu₂ {lu₂}GAL—URU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u {lu₂}ha-za-nu URU-šu₂ | |
| 16 | [lu-u] DUMU-šu₂ lu-u DUMU—DUMU-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ i-za-qu-[pa-an-ni] | |
| 17 | [GIL-u-ni x MA].⸢NA⸣ KUG.UD ina ⸢bur-ki⸣ {[d}x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | IGI {1}⸢u₂-x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | IGI {1}am—ra-mu {lu₂}TUG₂.KA.KEŠ₂ ša₂ E₂.GAL | |
| 3' | IGI {1}na-bu-ti-i GAL—ki-ṣir GAL—ki-ṣir ša₂ UŠ.BAR-MEŠ | |
| 4' | IGI {1}{d}PA—rem₂-a-ni {lu₂}A.BA ṣa-bit dan-ni-te | |
| 5' | {iti}KIN UD 27-KAM₂\t lim-mu {1}{d}PA—PAB—KAM-eš | |
| 6' | {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR {uru}sa-am-al-la | |
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