ADD 0208 (P335155)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0208 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335155 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Legal Transaction |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa14 · 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 Mannu-ki-A[rbail], owner of his sister being so[ld]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | Bililutu, sister of Mannu-ki-Arbail — |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | Zarpî, the harem manageress, has contracted and bou[ght] her for 1/2 mina of silver (by the mina of) Carchemish from Mannu-ki-Arbail. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | The money is paid completely. That woman is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [10:15] o 1111– | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint, whether Mannu-ki-Arbail or his sons, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Zarpî, |
| Bottom [0:7] b.e. 15b.e. 15– | shall place 10 minas of silver (and) one mina of go[ld] in the lap of Inurta residing in [Calah], and shall return the money tenfold [to its owner]. He shall contest [in] his [non]-laws[uit] and not [succeed]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | (Guaranteed against) seizures of epilepsy for 1[00 days] (and against) fraud [forever]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witness Šumma-[...]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness La[...], [...]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness [NN], ditto. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness [NN], ditto. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness [...]-ilu. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness [NN]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witness [...]-Nabû. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Witness [DN]-iqbi. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Witness Nabû-dur-qalli. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Witness Eriba-Adad, deputy. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | Witness Kiṣir-Aššur. |
| Reverse [16:18] r 1717– | Witness Nabû'a, scribe. |
| Right [0:3] r.e. 18r.e. 18– | Month Ab (V), 27th day, eponym year of Mar-larim, commander-in-chief of Com[magene]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | In the reign of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria. |
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}man-nu—ki—{uru}⸢arba⸣-[il₃] | |
| 2 | EN NIN-šu₂ ta-⸢da⸣-[ni] | |
| 3 | {mi₂}bi-li-lu-tu₂ NIN-su | |
| 4 | ša {1}man-nu—ki—{uru}arba-il₃ tu-piš-ma | |
| 5 | {mi₂}za-ar-pi-i ša₂-kin₂-tu₂ | |
| 6 | ina ŠA₃ o 1/2 MA.NA KUG.UD {uru}gar-ga-mis | |
| 7 | TA@v IGI o {1}man-nu—ki—{uru}arba-il₃ ta-⸢al⸣-[qi₂] | |
| 8 | kas-pu ga-mur ta-din MI₂ | |
| 9 | šu-a-tu zar-pat{at} la-qi-at | |
| 10 | tu-a-ru de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 11 | man-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš ina ma-ti-e-ma | |
| 12 | i-za-qu-pa-a-ni lu-u {1}man-nu—ki—{uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 13 | lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ ša TA@v {mi₂}zar₄-pi-i | |
| 14 | de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ ub-ta-u-ni | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | 10 MA.NA KUG.UD 01 MA.NA KUG.[GI] | |
| 16 | ina bur-ki {d}MAŠ a-šib {uru}[kal₃-hi] | |
| 17 | GAR-an | |
| r | ||
| 1 | kas-pu ⸢a-na⸣ 10-MEŠ-te [ana EN-šu₂] | |
| 2 | GUR-ra [ina la] de-[ni-šu₂] | |
| 3 | DUG₄.DUG₄-ma la [TI-qi] | |
| 4 | ṣib-tu₂ ⸢be-en⸣-nu ⸢a-na⸣ 01 [me UD-MEŠ] | |
| 5 | sa-ar-tu₂ a-na [kal₃ MU.AN.NA-MEŠ] | |
| 6 | IGI {1}šum₂-ma—[x x x] | |
| 7 | IGI {1}la-[x x x x] ⸢x⸣ {lu₂v}⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 8 | IGI {1}[x x x x x] LU₂~v | |
| 9 | IGI {1}[x x x x] LU₂~v | |
| 10 | IGI {1}[x x x x x]—DINGIR | |
| 11 | IGI {1}[x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | IGI {1}[x x x x]—{d}PA | |
| 13 | IGI {1}{d}[x x x x]—iq-bi | |
| 14 | IGI {1}{d}PA—BAD₃—qa-li | |
| 15 | IGI {1}SU—10 {lu₂}02-u | |
| 16 | IGI {1}ki-ṣir—aš-šur | |
| 17 | IGI {1}{d}PA-u.a-a {lu₂v}A.BA | |
| r.e. | ||
| 18 | {iti}NE UD 27-KAM₂\t lim-mu | |
| 19 | {1}mar—la-rim {lu₂v}tur-tan o {uru}ku-[mu-hi] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ina LAL-iṣ {1}aš-šur—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ MAN KUR—aš | |
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