ADD 0185 (P335135)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | ADD 0185 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335135 |
| 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 Šamaš-ila'i, [...] of Dur-Šarruken, owner of the man [being sold]. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | [He shall plac]e [x minas of silver and x minas of gol]d in the lap of Ištar of N[ineveh, and shall ret]urn the money tenfold to its owner. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Witness] Uarbis, 'third man.' |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [Witness] Šamaš-šarru-uṣur, chariot driver. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witness Sakkannu, chariot driver. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Nabû-šezib, ditto. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness [Na]bû-eriba, deputy of the team-commander. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Mannu-ki-Harran, horse trainer of the open chariotry. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Ilu-mušezib, ditto. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Dari-šarru, ditto. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | Witness Abi-ul-idi, scribe, keeper of this contract. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Witness Issar-duri, scribe. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Witness Sa'iru, 'third man.' |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | Witness Se'-dalâ, horse trainer of the open chariotry. |
| Reverse [16:19] r 1717– | Month Adar (XII), 16th day, eponym year of Gabbaru. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 19r.e. 19–r.e. 19r.e. 19 | [Witness] Nabû-aplu-iddina, scribe of the queen. |
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}{d}UTU—DINGIR-a.a {[lu₂}x x] | |
| 2 | ša {uru}BAD₃—MAN—GIN EN LU₂ [SUM-ni] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x MA.NA KUG].⸢GI ina bur-ki {d}15 NINA⸣{[ki]} | |
| 2 | [i-šak]-⸢kan⸣ kas-pu ana 10-MEŠ-te ana EN-šu₂ | |
| 3 | [u₂-ta]-ra | |
| 4 | [IGI {1}⸢u₂⸣-a-ar-bi-is {⸢lu₂}03.U₅⸣ | |
| 5 | [IGI] {1}{d}UTU—MAN—PAB {lu₂}mu-DIB—PA-MEŠ {lu₂}mu-DIB—PA-MEŠ | |
| 6 | IGI {1}sa-kan {lu₂}mu-DIB—PA-MEŠ {lu₂}mu-DIB—PA-MEŠ | |
| 7 | IGI {1}{d⸣}PA—še-zib {lu₂}{<:(mu-DIB—PA-MEŠ)>} {lu₂}{<:(mu-DIB—PA-MEŠ)>} | |
| 8 | IGI {1}{[d]}⸢PA⸣—SU {lu₂}02-u ša {lu₂}GAL—u₂-⸢rat⸣ {lu₂}GAL—u₂-⸢rat⸣ | |
| 9 | IGI {1}man-nu—ki—{uru}KASKAL {lu₂}{giš}GIGIR—DU₈ {lu₂}{giš}GIGIR—DU₈ | |
| 10 | IGI {1}DINGIR—mu-še-zib {lu₂}{<:({giš}GIGIR—DU₈)>} {lu₂}{<:({giš}GIGIR—DU₈)>} | |
| 11 | IGI {1}⸢da₃⸣-ri—MAN {lu₂}{<:({giš}GIGIR—DU₈)>} {lu₂}{<:({giš}GIGIR—DU₈)>} | |
| 12 | IGI {1}AD—NU—ZU {lu₂}A.⸢BA⸣ | |
| 13 | ṣa-bit dan-nat šu-⸢a⸣-[te] | |
| 14 | IGI {1}{d}15—BAD₃ {lu₂}A.⸢BA⸣ [o] | |
| 15 | IGI {1}sa-i-⸢ru⸣ {lu₂}03.U₅-šu₂ | |
| 16 | IGI {1}se-eʾ—da-la-a {lu₂}{giš}GIGIR—DU₈-MEŠ {lu₂}{giš}GIGIR—DU₈-MEŠ | |
| 17 | {iti}ŠE UD 16-⸢KAM₂⸣ | |
| 18 | lim-mu {1}gab-⸢ba-ru⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 19 | [IGI] {1}{d}AG—A—AŠ A.BA ša MI₂—E₂.GAL MI₂—E₂.GAL | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.