ADD 0176 + (P335126)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0176 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P335126 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Inst[ead of their seal]s they impressed their fingernails. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | Fingern[ail of Zakku]r, fingernail of Dukur-il, owners of the man being sold. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Mannu-ki-Arbail son of Ahi-Yau — |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | Bahianu has contracted and released him [fr]om Zakkur and Dukur-il [for] 30 minas of copper. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | [The money] is paid completely. That man [is purchased] and acquired. Any revocation, lawsu[it, or litig]ation is void. |
| Obverse [9:12] o 1010–o 1212 | Whoever in the fu]ture, at any [time], lodges a complaint shall pay [10 mi]nas of silver to [redeem] the man. |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | [(Guaranteed against) seizures] of epilepsy for 100 days (and against) fraud forever. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [Witness Be]l-duri, village manager. |
| Obverse [15:17] o 1616– | [Witness] Dususu. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Witness M[i]lku-il. Witness Bel-emuranni. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Witness Šamaš-šezib. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Witness] Atara. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Witness] I[nurta]-mušezib. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 55–r 88 | [Month A]b (V), 5th day [...]..., eponym year of Metunu, governor of Isana. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | [Witness Na]bû-nadin-ahhe, [scribe, keep]er of the contract. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | two minas of copper for their fingernails. |
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 | ⸢ku⸣-[um {na₄}KIŠIB-šu-nu] ⸢ṣu⸣-pur-šu₂-nu GAR-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 2 | ṣu-⸢pur⸣ {1}za]-ku-ri ṣu-[pur] {1}du-kur—DINGIR | |
| 3 | EN LU₂ ta-⸢da⸣-ni | |
| 4 | {1}man-nu—ki—{uru}arba-il₃ DUMU-šu₂ ša {1}PAB-ia-u | |
| 5 | u₂-piš-ma {1}ba-hi-a-nu | |
| 6 | [TA@v] ⸢pa⸣-an {1}za-ku-ri TA@v IGI {1}du-kur—DINGIR | |
| 7 | [ina ŠA₃]-⸢bi⸣ 30 MA.NA URUDU-MEŠ ip-ta-⸢ṭar⸣ | |
| 8 | [kas-pu] ga-mur ta-din LU₂ šu₂-a-[tu₂] | |
| 9 | [za]-⸢rip⸣ laq-qi tu-a-ru de-⸢e⸣-[nu] | |
| 10 | [DUG₄].DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu ša ina ⸢ur⸣-[kiš] | |
| 11 | [ina ma]-te-ma i-za-qu-pa-⸢a⸣-[ni] | |
| 12 | 10 MA].NA KUG.UD SUM-an LU₂ ⸢u₂⸣-[še-ṣa] | |
| 13 | [ṣib-tu₂] be-en-nu ana 01 me UD-me | |
| 14 | ⸢sa⸣-ar-tu₂ ina kal₃ UD-MEŠ | |
| 15 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}EN—BAD₃ {lu₂v}GAL—URU-MEŠ-ni {lu₂v}GAL—URU-MEŠ-ni | |
| 16 | [IGI] {1}⸢du⸣-su-su | |
| r | ||
| 1 | IGI {1}⸢mil⸣-ku—DINGIR IGI {1}EN—IGI-a-ni | |
| 2 | IGI {1}{d}UTU—še-zib | |
| 3 | [IGI] {1}a-ta-ra | |
| 4 | [IGI] {1}{d}⸢MAŠ⸣—mu-še-zib | |
| 5 | {[iti]}⸢NE UD⸣ 05-KAM₂ | |
| 6 | [x x]-bu-u | |
| 7 | lim-mu {1}mi-⸢tu⸣-nu | |
| 8 | {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {⸢uru}i⸣-sa-na | |
| 9 | [IGI {1}{⸢d}AG⸣—SUM—PAB-MEŠ | |
| 10 | {[lu₂v}A.BA] DIB dan-ni-ti | |
| 11 | 02 MA.NA⸣ URUDU-MEŠ ša ṣu-pur-šu₂-nu | |
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