ADD 0209 (P335156)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0209 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335156 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [Sea]l of Ahu'a-eriba, [overseer of the household of] the land of Barha[za, owner] of the woman being sold. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | Abi-lihiya, the maid of Ahu'a-eriba, overseer of the household — |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | the harem manageress of the city of Assur has contracted and bought her for half mina and 5 shek[els of silver]. |
| Obverse [7:11] o 88–o 1111 | The mone[y] is paid [completely]. T[hat] woman is purchased and ac[quired]. Any revocation, lawsu[it, or litigation] is void. |
| Obverse [11:17] o 1212– | Whoever [in the future], at any time, lodges a com[plaint] and breaks the contract, whet[her Ahu'a-eriba] or his master, and seeks a law[suit] or litigation agai[nst the harem manageress], |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | shall [place] 10 mi[nas of silver] (and) one mina of gold in the la[p of DN] residing in Assur, [and shall return] the money tenfold t[o its owner]. He shall con[test] in his lawsuit [and not succeed]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Month Iyyar (II), 5th day, ep[onym year of NN]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Šamaš-da[lâ]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Šar-Issar, [...]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Nabû-damqi-il[ani]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Aššur-nadin-ahi, priest. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Mananu. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witness Mannu-ki-Ninua. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Witness Hannusi. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Witness Adda-natan. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Witness [N]amari-Dadî. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [Witness Ha]na-Se'. |
| Reverse [16:19] r 1717– | [Witness N]argî, scribe. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {[na₄]}⸢KIŠIB⸣ {1}PAB-u-a—SU {[lu₂}ša₂—UGU—E₂] | |
| 2 | [ša] {⸢kur⸣}bar-ha-[za] | |
| 3 | [EN] MI₂ SUM-ni | |
| 4 | {mi₂}AD—li-ih-ia GEME₂-šu₂ | |
| 5 | ša {1}PAB-u.a—SU {lu₂}ša₂—UGU—E₂ | |
| 6 | tu-piš-ma {mi₂}GAR.KUR-tu₂ {uru}aš-šur | |
| 7 | ina ŠA₃-bi 1/2 MA.NA 05 GIN₂⸣ [KUG.UD] | |
| 8 | ta-al-qi kas-⸢pu⸣ [gam-mur] | |
| 9 | ta-din MI₂ ⸢šu⸣-[a-te] | |
| 10 | za-ar-pa-at ⸢la⸣-[qi-at] | |
| 11 | tu-a-ru de-e-[nu DUG₄.DUG₄] | |
| 12 | la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu ša [ina ur-kiš] | |
| 13 | ina ma-te-ma i-za-[qu-pa-a-ni] | |
| 14 | i-GIL-u-ni lu-[u {1}PAB-u-a—SU] | |
| 15 | lu-u EN-šu₂ ša de-[e-nu] | |
| 16 | DUG₄.DUG₄ ⸢TA@v⸣ {[mi₂}GAR.KUR-tu₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ub-ta-u-ni 10 MA.[NA KUG.UD] | |
| 2 | 01 MA.NA KUG.GI ina bur-[ki {d}x] | |
| 3 | a-ši-bi {uru}aš-šur i-[ša₂-kan] | |
| 4 | kas-pi a-di 10-MEŠ a-⸢na⸣ [EN-šu₂ GUR-ra] | |
| 5 | ina de-ni-šu₂ i-DUG₄.[DUG₄-ma la TI] | |
| 6 | {iti}GUD UD 05-KAM₂ ⸢lim⸣-[mu {1}x x x x] | |
| 7 | IGI {1}{d}ša₂-maš—da-[la-a] | |
| 8 | IGI {1}IM—{d}15 [x x] | |
| 9 | IGI {1}{d}PA—SIG₅—DINGIR-[MEŠ] | |
| 10 | IGI {1}aš-šur—AŠ—PAB {lu₂}SANGA | |
| 11 | IGI {1}ma-na-ni | |
| 12 | IGI {1}man-nu—ki—{uru}NINA | |
| 13 | IGI {1}ha-an-nu-u-si | |
| 14 | IGI {1}10—na-ta-an | |
| 15 | IGI {1}⸢na⸣-ma-ri—<$U.U$> | |
| 16 | [IGI {1}ha]-na—se-eʾ | |
| 17 | [IGI {1}⸢nar⸣-gi-i | |
| 18 | {lu₂}A.BA | |
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