ADD 0179 (P335129)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0179 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335129 |
| 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 | Instead of his seal he impressed [his] fingernail. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | Fingernail of Hakkubu, owner of the man being sold. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Šamaš-eriba, servant of Hakkubu — |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | Atuehu, 'third man,' has contracted and bought him from Hakkubu for 30 shekels of silver. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | The money is paid completely. That man is purchased and acquired. [Any revoc]ation, lawsuit, or litigation [is void]. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | [Who]ever in the future [lodges a complaint and breaks the contr]act |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [Witness NN], merchant. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | Witness Abagû, Aramean palace scribe. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | Witness Abdu-Aguni, deputy 'third man.' |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | Eponym year of Nabû-duru-uṣur; month Tebet (X), 7th day. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Scribe: Bel-iddina. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | One mina of copper for his fingernail. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | Witness Atta'ani. |
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-šu₂ ṣu-⸢pur⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 2 | iš-kun ṣu-pur | |
| 3 | {1}ha-ak-ku-bu EN LU₂~v SUM-an | |
| 4 | {1}{d}UTU—SU {lu₂v}ARAD-šu₂ ša {1}ha-ak-ku-bu | |
| 5 | u₂-piš-ma {1}a-tu-e-hu | |
| 6 | {lu₂v}03.U₅ TA@v IGI {1}ha-ak-ku-bu | |
| 7 | ina ŠA₃ 30 GIN₂ KUG.UD-MEŠ il-qi | |
| 8 | kas-pu ga-mur ta-ad-din | |
| 9 | LU₂~v šu-a-ti za-rip laq-qi | |
| 10 | [tu-a]-⸢ru⸣ de-e-ni da-ba-bu | |
| 11 | [la-aš₂-šu₂ man]-nu ša ina ur-kiš | |
| 12 | [i-za-qu-pa-ni GIL-u]-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [IGI {1}x x x {lu₂v]}DAM.QAR | |
| 3' | IGI {1}⸢a-ba⸣-gu-u₂ {lu₂v}A.BA | |
| 4' | {kur}{lu₂v}ar-ma-a.a | |
| 5' | IGI {1}ab-du—{d}a-gu-u-ni | |
| 6' | {lu₂v}03.U₅ 02-i | |
| 7' | lim-mu {1}{d}PA—BAD₃—PAB | |
| 8' | {iti}AB UD 07-KAM | |
| 9' | {lu₂v}A.BA {1}EN—AŠ | |
| 10' | 01 MA.NA URUDU-MEŠ ša ṣu-pur-šu₂ | |
| 11' | IGI {1}at-ta\p-ʾa-⸢ni⸣ | |
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