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ADD 0077 (P335029)

Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationADD 0077
IDP335029
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreLegal Transaction
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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22[......] Calah, a total of two per[sons], Nabû'a redeemed [from the merchant].
Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33[In lieu of 70 minas] of copper, [he shall ser]ve him as long as he lives.
Obverse [3:10] o 44–o 1010If tomorrow or the day after or [at any ti]me, whether the brothers [of Lu]-šakin or his people [or his gover]nor or his prefect [or the may]or of his city comes and [...]..., he shall pay 70 minas of copper [to Nabû'a] in order to redeem the man.
Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111[Witness NN], porter of the main gate.
Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1'[Witness NN, palace [...].
Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2'[Witness NN, chief] kakkullu officer.
Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3'[Witness ...]ir, son of Lu-šalim.
Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4'[Witness NN], tailor,
Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5'[(......)] the guarantor.
Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6'[Witness NN], overseer of the household.
Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7'[Witness NN, ...] of the central city.

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[x x x x x x] {uru}kal-hi PAB 02 ⸢ZI⸣-[MEŠ]
2[TA@v IGI {lu₂}DAM.QAR] {1}{d}AG-u-a ip-ta-aṭ-ra
3[ku-um 70 MA.NA] URUDU-MEŠ a-di TI-u₂-ni
4[i-pal]-⸢la⸣-ah-šu₂ ina šir₃-ti i—li-diš i—li-diš
5[ina ma-te]-e-ma lu-u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂
6[ša {1}lu]—⸢ša₂⸣-kin₂ lu-u UN-MEŠ-šu₂
7[lu-u {lu₂v]}⸢EN⸣.NAM-su lu-u {lu₂v}GAR-šu₂
8[lu-u ha-za]-nu URU-šu₂ il-la-kan-ni
9[x x x x]-šu₂-ni 70 MA.NA URUDU-MEŠ
10[a-na {1}{d}AG-u-a] i-da-an LU₂ u₂-še-ṣa
11[IGI {1}x x x {lu₂}I₃].DU₈ ša₂ KA₂ o GAL-ti
r
1'[IGI {1}x x x x x] ⸢KUR⸣
2'[IGI {1}x x x {lu₂}GAL]—ka-qul-ti {lu₂}GAL]—ka-qul-ti
3'[IGI {1}x-x-x]-ir DUMU {1}lu—DI-me
4'[IGI {1}x x x] {lu₂}TUG₂.KA.KEŠ₂
5'[IGI {1}x x x] EN—ŠU.2-MEŠ EN—ŠU.2-MEŠ
6'[IGI {1}x x x] {lu₂}ša₂—UGU—E₂
7'[IGI x x x x] ša₂ MURUB₄—URU MURUB₄—URU

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