ADD 0212 (P335159)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0212 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335159 |
| 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 | [Sea]l of Nabû-ze[ru-iddina, owner of the wom]an being sol[d]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | Šamê-tabani, maid of Nabû-[ze]ru-iddina — |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | [Šumma]-ilani, has contracted and bought her [for x minas of silver]. |
| Obverse [6:10] o 77–o 1010 | [The money is paid completely]. That woman is purc[hased] and acquired. Any revocation, law[suit], or litigation is vo[id]. |
| Obverse [10:17] o 1111– | [Who]ever in the fut[ure, at] any time, lodges a compla[int] and seeks a lawsuit or litigation [aga]inst Šumma-ilani, his sons, grand[sons, broth]ers and neph[ews, |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | (whoever) seeks [a law]suit or litigation, shall return [the mon]ey tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [(Guaranteed against) seizur]es of epilepsy for 100 da[ys (and against) f]raud forever. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [Witness] Zab[ab]a-ahu-uṣur. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [Witness NN, ...]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness [...]-ilu, baker of the [...]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Haninaya. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witness Dagan-milki. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [Witness Man]nu-ki-ṣabi. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [Witness La-tubaš]anni-ilu, master builder. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [Witness ...]abu, [...]. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [Witness NN]...[...]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [......] 24[th year] of Sennach[erib, 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}{d}PA—⸢NUMUN⸣—[AŠ] | |
| 2 | [EN] ⸢MI₂⸣ ta-da-⸢a⸣-[ni] | |
| 3 | {mi₂}AN-e—ta-⸢ba⸣-ni ⸢GEME₂⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 4 | ša {1}{d}PA—⸢NUMUN⸣—AŠ | |
| 5 | u₂-piš-⸢ma⸣ {1}šum₂]-⸢ma⸣—DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 6 | [ina ŠA₃ x MA.NA KUG.UD] | |
| 7 | ⸢il⸣-qi [kas-pu gam-mur ta-din] | |
| 8 | MI₂ šu-a-te za-⸢ri⸣-[ip] | |
| 9 | laq-qi tu-a-⸢ru de⸣-[e-nu] | |
| 10 | DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-[šu] | |
| 11 | [man]-nu ša ina ur-⸢kiš⸣ | |
| 12 | [ina] ma-te-ma i-za-⸢qu⸣-pa-a-[ni] | |
| 13 | ⸢de⸣-e-nu DUG₄.⸢DUG₄⸣ | |
| 14 | ⸢TA@v⸣ {1}šum-ma—DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 15 | ⸢TA@v⸣ DUMU-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ TA@v DUMU—⸢DUMU⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂] DUMU—⸢DUMU⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 16 | [TA@v] ⸢PAB⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ TA@v DUMU—⸢PAB⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂] DUMU—⸢PAB⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ša] ⸢de⸣-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ | |
| 2 | [ub]-ta-ʾu-ni | |
| 3 | [kas]-pu ina 10-MEŠ ina EN-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 4 | ⸢u₂⸣-GUR ina de-e-ni-šu₂ | |
| 5 | ⸢DUG₄⸣.DUG₄-ma la <i>-laq-qi | |
| 6 | [ṣib]-tu₂ be-en-⸢nu ina⸣ 01 me UD-me | |
| 7 | ⸢sa⸣-ar-⸢tu₂⸣ [ina] kal UD-⸢me⸣ | |
| 8 | [IGI {1}{d}za-⸢ba₄-ba₄—PAB—PAB⸣ | |
| 9 | [IGI {1}x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | IGI {1}[x]—DINGIR {⸢lu₂v}NINDA {lu₂v}x x⸣+[x] | |
| 11 | IGI {1}ha-ni-na-a.a | |
| 12 | IGI {1}da-ga-na—mil-ki | |
| 13 | [IGI {1}man]-⸢nu⸣—GIM—ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 14 | [IGI {1}la—TEŠ₂]-⸢a⸣-na—DINGIR {lu₂v}TIN | |
| 15 | [IGI {1}x x]+⸢x⸣-še-a-bu | |
| 16 | [IGI {1}x x x] ⸢še x⸣ [x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x MU] 24-[KAM₂] {1}{d}30—PAB-⸢MEŠ⸣—[SU] | |
| 2 | [MAN KUR]—aš-šur{⸢ki⸣} | |
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