ADD 0173 (P335123)
Business / Contracts, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0173 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335123 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Business / Contracts |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa14 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | Seal of Qibit-Issar, seal of La-teggi-Nanaya, seal of Mannu-ki-Adad, in all 3 men, owners of the man being sold. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Habil-ken, their servant — |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | Ribate has contracted, purchased and bought from these men for 2 minas and 10 shekels of silver. |
| Obverse [9:12] o 1010–o 1212 | The money is paid completely. That man is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [12:18] o 1313– | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint and breaks the contract, whether these men or their sons [o]r their grandsons [o]r their brothers, and [seeks a lawsuit or litigation agai]nst Ribat[e and his son]s |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | in the lap of [DN ......, and shall return] the money [tenfold to its owner]. He shall con[test] in his non-lawsuit [and not succeed]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Witness Š[ama]š-ila['i]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witness Ṭu[r]i. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Adad-ahu-iddina. [Witness] Nabû-ra'im-ket[ti]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Inurtî. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Nabû-[...]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Ṭab-ṣi[l-...]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Ner[gal]-ašared, scribe. |
| Reverse [11:15] r 1212– | Month Shebat (XI), 22nd day, eponym year of Mušallim-Aššur, governor of Ali[hu]. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 15r.e. 15–r.e. 15r.e. 15 | 7 shekels of silver for their seals. |
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}qi-bit—{d}15 | |
| 2 | {na₄}KIŠIB {1}la—te-gi—{d}na-na-a.a | |
| 3 | {na₄}KIŠIB {1}man-nu—ki—{d}IM | |
| 4 | PAB 03 LU₂-MEŠ EN LU₂ SUM-ni | |
| 5 | {1}ha-bil₂—GIN ARAD-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | u₂-piš-ma {1}ri-ba-a-te | |
| 7 | TA@v IGI LU₂-MEŠ an-nu-te | |
| 8 | ina ŠA₃ 02 MA.NA 10 GIN₂-MEŠ KUG.UD | |
| 9 | i-zi-rip i-si-qi | |
| 10 | kas-pu ga-mur ta-din | |
| 11 | LU₂ šu-a-tu₂ za-rip laq-qi | |
| 12 | tu-a-ru de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-šu₂ | |
| 13 | man-nu ša ina ur-kiš im-te-ma im-te-ma | |
| 14 | i-za-qu-pa-ni ⸢i⸣-GIL-u-ni | |
| 15 | lu-u LU₂-MEŠ an-nu-⸢te⸣ lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 16 | ⸢lu⸣-u DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu [lu]-⸢u⸣ PAB-MEŠ-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 17 | [ša] ⸢TA@v⸣ {1}ri-ba-a-⸢te⸣ [lu-u DUMU]-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ina bur-⸢ki⸣ {[d}x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ-te a-na EN-šu₂ GUR-ar₂] | |
| 4 | ina la de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.[DUG₄ la TI-qi] | |
| 5 | IGI {1}{d}⸢ša₂-maš⸣—DINGIR-[a.a] | |
| 6 | IGI {1}ṭu-⸢ri⸣-i | |
| 7 | IGI {1}10—PAB—AŠ [IGI {1}⸢d⸣.PA—AG₂—⸢ZI⸣ | |
| 8 | IGI {1}{d}MAŠ-i [o] | |
| 9 | IGI {1}{d}PA—⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 10 | IGI {1}DUG₃.⸢GA⸣—GIŠ.[MI—{d}x]+x | |
| 11 | IGI {1}{d}U.⸢GUR⸣—MAŠ {[lu₂]}A.BA | |
| 12 | {iti}ZIZ₂ UD 22-⸢KAM₂⸣ | |
| 13 | lim-mu {1}mu-šal-lim—aš-šur | |
| 14 | {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR {uru}a-li-[hi] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 15 | 07 GIN₂ KUG.UD ša {na₄}KIŠIB-šu₂-nu | |
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