ADD 0215 (P335162)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0215 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335162 |
| 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 | [Se]al of Se'-zabadi, [owner] of the woman being sold. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | Abi-ha'li, [the maid] of Se'-zaba[di] — |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | the woman La-teggi-a[na-...] has contracted and bought her from Se'-zabadi for 9 shekels of silver. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | The money is [p]aid completely. That woman is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [10:20] o 1111– | Whoever in the fu[tur]e and at any time lodges a co[mplaint] and breaks the con[tract] shall place two minas of silver and two mi[nas of gold] in the lap of Nikkal, shall tie 4 white horses to the feet of Sin residing in Harran, and shall return the money tenfold to its owner. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Handî, carrier. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Nuranu, herald. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Hasusî son of Zabdî. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [Witness ...]-dalâ, herald. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [Witness G]ir-ṣaphuni. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | Month Shebat (XI), 7th day, eponym year of Nabû-šarru-uṣur, governor of Marqasa. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {⸢na₄⸣}KIŠIB {1}se-eʾ—za-ba-di | |
| 2 | [EN] MI₂ SUM-ni | |
| 3 | {⸢mi₂⸣}AD—ha-aʾ-li [GEME₂-šu₂] | |
| 4 | ša {1}se-eʾ—za-ba-[di] | |
| 5 | u₂-piš-ma {mi₂}⸢la⸣—te-gi—⸢a⸣-[na—x x] | |
| 6 | TA@v pa-an {1}se-eʾ—za-⸢ba⸣-di | |
| 7 | ina ŠA₃-bi 09 GIN₂-MEŠ KUG.UD il-qi₂ | |
| 8 | kas-pu gam-mur [ta]-⸢ad⸣-din | |
| 9 | MI₂ šu-a-⸢tu⸣ zar-⸢pat laq-qi⸣-at | |
| 10 | tu-a-ru de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 11 | man-nu ša ina ur-kiš u ma-[te]-⸢me⸣ | |
| 12 | i-za-qu-⸢pa⸣-[ni] | |
| 13 | ⸢GIL⸣-MEŠ-u-[ni] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 02 MA⸣.NA KUG.UD 02 ⸢MA⸣.[NA KUG.GI] | |
| 2 | ina bur-ki {d}NIN.GAL GAR-an | |
| 3 | 04 {anše}KUR.RA BABBAR-MEŠ ina KI.TA | |
| 4 | {d}30 a-šib {uru}KASKAL i-rak-kas | |
| 5 | kas-pu ana 10-MEŠ-te ana EN-šu₂ GUR-ra | |
| 6 | ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma la ⸢TI-qi⸣ | |
| 7 | IGI {1}ha-an-di-i {lu₂}⸢na⸣-ši-i | |
| 8 | IGI {1}ZALAG₂-a-nu {lu₂}NIGIR₂ | |
| 9 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}⸢ha-su⸣-si-i DUMU {1}zib-di-i | |
| 10 | [IGI {1}x]—dal₃-a {lu₂}⸢NIGIR₂⸣ | |
| 11 | [IGI {1}⸢gir⸣—ṣap-⸢hu-ni⸣ | |
| 12 | {⸢iti⸣}ZIZ₂ UD 07-KAM₂ | |
| 13 | lim-mu {1}{d}AG—MAN—PAB | |
| 14 | {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR {uru}mar-qa-si | |
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