ADD 0198 (P335145)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0198 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335145 |
| 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 Asî, owner of the man being sold. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | Atar-hamu, servant of Asî — |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | Tarhundapî has contracted and boug[ht him] for 32 shekels of silver. |
| Obverse [6:10] o 77–o 1010 | The money is paid completely. That man is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [10:17] o 1111–o 1717 | Whoev[er] in the future, at any time, breaks the contract, [whether] Asî [or] his [so]ns or [grand]sons, [and s]eeks [a lawsuit] or litigation [against Tarhundapî] |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | shall pla[ce ...... in] the lap of [Ištar residing in] Nineveh, and shall return the money [tenfo]ld to its owners. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Witness A[...]'u. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Witness [...]î. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Witness Nazi[...]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Witness Nunua, [...]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Witness Nanî. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Witness Nabû-šumu-[iddina], scribe. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | Month Adar (XII), 30th day, eponym year of Šulmu-šarri. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB {1}a-si-i | |
| 2 | EN LU₂ SUM-ni | |
| 3 | {1}a-tar—ha-mu ARAD-šu₂ | |
| 4 | ša {1}a-si-i | |
| 5 | u₂-piš-ma {1}tar-hu-un-da-pi-⸢i⸣ | |
| 6 | ina ŠA₃ 32 GIN₂ KUG.UD il-[qi₂] | |
| 7 | kas-pu gam-mur ta-ad-⸢din⸣ | |
| 8 | LU₂ šu₂-a-tu₂ za-rip laq-qi₂ | |
| 9 | tu-a-ru de-e-nu | |
| 10 | DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 11 | man-⸢nu⸣ [ša] ina ⸢ur⸣-kiš | |
| 12 | ⸢ina ma⸣-te-e-ma GIL-u-ni | |
| 13 | [lu-u] {1}a-si-i | |
| 14 | [lu-u] ⸢DUMU⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-[u] | |
| 15 | [DUMU]—DUMU-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ [DUMU]—DUMU-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 16 | [ša de-e-nu] ⸢DUG₄.DUG₄⸣ o | |
| 17 | [TA@v {1}tar-hu-un-da-pi-i ub]-⸢ta⸣-u-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [ina] ⸢bur-ki⸣ {[d}15 a-ši-bat] | |
| 2' | o NINA{ki} GAR-[an] | |
| 3' | ⸢kas-pu o a-na⸣ 10-MEŠ]-⸢te⸣ | |
| 4' | ⸢a-na EN-MEŠ⸣-šu₂ GUR-ra | |
| 5' | IGI {1}a-[x]-⸢ʾu⸣-u₂ | |
| 6' | IGI {1}[x x x]-⸢i⸣ | |
| 7' | IGI {1}⸢na⸣-zi-[x x] | |
| 8' | IGI {1}nu-nu-a [x x] | |
| 9' | IGI {1}na-⸢ni-i⸣ | |
| 10' | IGI {1}{d}PA—MU—⸢AŠ {lu₂⸣}A.BA | |
| 11' | {iti}ŠE UD 30-KAM₂\t | |
| 12' | lim-me {1}DI-mu—MAN | |
Sources & licences
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