ADD 0216 (P335163)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0216 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335163 |
| 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 1'1'–o 3'3' | [(NN), prie]st of Bel (has contracted and) bought her from Sin-belu-uṣur for one mina of silver. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 4'4'–o 6'6' | The money is paid completely. That woman is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is vo[id]. |
| Obverse [6:15] o 7'7'– | (Whoever) breaks the contract shall give one mina of silver and one mina of go[ld] to [Ištar] of Nine[veh], and shall retu[rn] the money ten[fold to its owner]. He shall contest in his lawsuit and n[ot succeed]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | Witness Adad-šumu-uṣur, servant of the chief eunuch. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | Witness Hana-Se', [tan]ner of coloured leather. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | 1/2 mina of co[pper for his fingernail]. |
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' | {[lu₂v]}⸢SANGA ša⸣ {d}⸢EN⸣ | |
| 2' | TA@v IGI {1}30—EN—PAB | |
| 3' | ina ŠA₃-bi 01 MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 4' | i-⸢si-qi⸣ kas-pu ga-mur ta-din-ni | |
| 5' | MI₂ šu-a-tu₂ za-rip la-qi o | |
| 6' | tu\t-a-ru DI.KUD o DUG₄.DUG₄ la-⸢aš₂⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 7' | ša BAL-kat₃-tu-u-ni | |
| 8' | o 01 MA.NA KUG.UD 01 MA.NA KUG.⸢GI⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9' | ina {⸢d⸣}15 ša {uru}ni-nu-[a] | |
| 10' | SUM-an | |
| r | ||
| 1 | kas-pu ina 10-⸢MEŠ⸣-[te ina EN-šu₂] | |
| 2 | u₂-ta-⸢a-ra⸣ | |
| 3 | ina DI.KUD DUG₄.DUG₄ ⸢la⸣ [TI] | |
| 4 | IGI {1}{d}IM—MU—PAB | |
| 5 | ARAD ša {lu₂v}GAL—SAG {lu₂v}GAL—SAG | |
| 6 | IGI {1}ha-na—se | |
| 7 | {[lu₂v}ṣa]-⸢rip⸣—{kuš}DU₈.ŠI.A {[lu₂v}ṣa]-⸢rip⸣—{kuš}DU₈.ŠI.A | |
| 8 | [x x x x] ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | 1/2 MA.NA ⸢URUDU⸣-[MEŠ ša ṣu-pur-šu₂] | |
| 2 | {lu₂v}[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
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