ADD 0178 (P335128)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0178 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335128 |
| 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 Hattayu, owner of the man being sold. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Lu-ahhe, his servant — |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | Dannaya has contracted and bought him from Hattayu for 20 shekels of silver. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | The money is paid completely. That man is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | Whoever breaks the contract [shall pay x min]as of sil[ver and x minas of go]ld. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [He shall contest in his l]awsu[it and not succeed]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | Witness Šamaš-[il]a'i, [...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | Witness Himarî, ditto. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Witness Zabdâ, chariot driver. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Witness Hara-Dadi, ditto. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | Witness Mannu-ki-ahhe, staff bearer |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Witness Urda-Inurta, carpenter. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'–r 10'10' | Month Elul (VI), 5th day, eponym year of Nabû-belu-uṣur. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | Witness Urda-Inurta, scribe. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB {1}ha-ta-a.a | |
| 2 | EN LU₂ SUM-a-ni | |
| 3 | {1}lu—PAB-MEŠ ARAD-šu₂ | |
| 4 | u₂-⸢piš⸣-ma {1}dan-na-a.a | |
| 5 | TA@v IGI {1}ha-ta-a.a | |
| 6 | ina ŠA₃ 20 GIN₂ KUG.UD il-qi | |
| 7 | kas-pu ga-mur ta-din | |
| 8 | LU₂ šu-a-te za-rip laq-qi | |
| 9 | tu-a-ru de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 10 | ⸢man⸣-nu ša i-GIL-u-ni | |
| 11 | [x MA].NA KUG.[UD x MA.NA KUG].⸢GI⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [ina] ⸢de-ni⸣-[šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma la i-laq-qi] | |
| 2' | IGI {1}{d}⸢ša₂-maš⸣—[DINGIR]-⸢a.a⸣ {[lu₂}x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}hi-ma-ri-i | |
| 4' | IGI {1}za-ab-da-a {lu₂v}mu-kil—PA-MEŠ {lu₂v}mu-kil—PA-MEŠ o | |
| 5' | IGI {1}ha-ra—U.U | |
| 6' | IGI {1}man-nu-<ki>—PAB-MEŠ | |
| 7' | {lu₂v}ša—hu-ṭa-ri | |
| 8' | IGI {1}ARAD—{d}MAŠ {lu₂v}NAGAR | |
| 9' | {iti}KIN UD 05-KAM | |
| 10' | lim-me {1}{d}PA—EN—PAB | |
| 11' | IGI {1}ARAD—{d}MAŠ {lu₂v}A.BA | |
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