ADD 0175 (P335125)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0175 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335125 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | Seal of Sa'abu, owner of the man being sold. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | Laduqqî, a servant of Sa'abu — |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | Ahi-milki has contracted and bought him for two minas of silver by the mina of Carchemish. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | The money is paid completely. That man is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsu[it, or lit]igat[ion is void]. |
| Obverse [9:12] o 1010–o 1212 | Whoever in the fut[ure, at any time], lodges a compl[aint] |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1'1'–r 6'6' | and seeks a [lawsuit or litigation] aga[inst Ahi-milki, his sons and] grandsons, shall place 20 minas of silver (and) [x minas of gold] in the lap of Ištar resid[ing in ..., and shall return] the money tenfold [to its owners]. He shall contest in (his) non-lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Witness Qiti-ilani. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Witness Ša-la-mašê, mayor. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Witness Mudabirayu. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Witness Ṣadduru. Witness Šamaš-šezib. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | A total of 4 witnesses, natives of his city. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | Witness La-qepu. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | Witness Bubutu. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | Witness Ubrussunu, baker. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | Witness Nabû-ahhe-iddina, baker. |
| Reverse [15:17] r 16'16'– | Witness Bel-lu-dari. |
| Right [0:2] r.e. 17r.e. 17–r.e. 1818 | Month Marchesvan (VIII), 17th day, eponym year of Banbâ, second vizier. |
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}sa-a-AD | |
| 2 | EN LU₂~v SUM-an-ni | |
| 3 | {1}la-du-qi-i ARAD-šu₂ | |
| 4 | ša {1}sa-a-AD u₂-piš-ma | |
| 5 | {1}PAB—mil-ki ina ŠA₃-bi 02 MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 6 | ina 01 MA.NA-e ša₂ {uru}gar-ga-mis | |
| 7 | il-qi kas-pu ga-mur ta-ad-din | |
| 8 | ⸢LU₂~v⸣ UR₅-MEŠ zar-pu la-⸢qi⸣ | |
| 9 | ⸢tu-a⸣-ri de-e-⸢nu DUG₄.DUG₄⸣ [la-aš₂-šu₂] | |
| 10 | man-nu ša₂ ina ur-[kiš ina ma-te-ma] | |
| 11 | i-za-qa-⸢pa⸣-[ni x x x x] | |
| 12 | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢ša₂ TA@v⸣ {1}PAB—mil-ki DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 2' | ⸢DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ⸣-[šu₂ ⸢DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ⸣-[šu₂ de-ni DUG₄.DUG₄ ub-ta-u-ni] | |
| 3' | 20 MA.NA KUG.UD [x MA.NA KUG.GI] | |
| 4' | ina bur-ki {d}15 ⸢a⸣-[ši-bat {uru}x] | |
| 5' | GAR-an KUG.UD a-na 10-MEŠ-[šu₂ a-na EN-šu₂ GUR] | |
| 6' | ina la de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄ ⸢la TI⸣ | |
| 7' | IGI {1}⸢qi⸣-ti—DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 8' | ⸢IGI {1}ša₂—la—ma-ša₂-e {lu₂v}ha-za-nu | |
| 9' | IGI {1}mu-du-bi-ra-a.a | |
| 10' | IGI {1}ṣa-du-ru IGI {1}{d}UTU—še-zib | |
| 11' | PAB 04 IGI-MEŠ DUMU URU-šu₂ | |
| 12' | IGI {1}li—qi-pu | |
| 13' | IGI {1}bu-bu-u-tu₂ | |
| 14' | IGI {1}SUHUŠ-su-nu {lu₂v}NINDA | |
| 15' | IGI {1}{d}PA—PAB-MEŠ—AŠ {lu₂v}NINDA | |
| 16' | IGI {1}EN—lu—da₃-ri | |
| r.e. | ||
| 17 | {⸢iti⸣}APIN UD 17-KAM | |
| 18 | lim-mu {1}ban-ba-a | |
| 19 | {lu₂v}SUKKAL {lu₂v}02-⸢u₂⸣ | |
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