ADD 0230 (P335177)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0230 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335177 |
| 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 | Seal of Nabû-eriba, owner of the people being sold. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | Kandalanu, his 3 sons, wife and two daughters, his brother and his two sons — |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88 | Ululayu has contracted and bought them from Nabû-eriba for 6 minas of silver by the mina of Carchemish. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | The money is paid completely. Those people are purchased and acquired. |
| Obverse [10:16] o 1111– | Whoever in the future, at any time, breaks the contract, whether Nabû-eriba or the governor or the deputy (governor), and seeks a lawsuit or litig[ation], shall pay 12 minas of silver. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | Witness Nabû-le'ani, 'third man.' |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Witness Šulmu-beli-lamur, ditto. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Witness Nuranu, cohort commander. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Witness Mannu-ki-Issar-le'i, ditto. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witness Nuhšaya, porter. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Dadi-ibni, 'third man.' |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Aplu-šezibanni, chariot fighter. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Kusisî. Witness Nurtî. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Risaya. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | Witness Tatî, scribe, keeper of the tablet. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Witness Nergal-ili. Witness Humamati. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Witness Nabû-ašared, scribe. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Witness Aššur-abu-uṣur, scribe. |
| Reverse [15:19] r 1616–r 1919 | Month Iyyar (II), 8th day, eponym year of Manzarnê, governor of Kullania, year 22 of Sennacherib, 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}AG—SU | |
| 2 | EN UN-MEŠ SUM-ni | |
| 3 | {1}kan-da-la-nu 03 DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 4 | MI₂-šu₂ 02 DUMU.MI₂-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ ŠEŠ-šu₂ 02 DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 5 | u₂-piš-ma {1}{iti}⸢KIN⸣-a.a | |
| 6 | TA@v IGI {1}{d}AG—SU ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 7 | 06 MA.NA KUG.UD ina 01 MA.NA-e | |
| 8 | ša {uru}gar-ga-mis il-qi | |
| 9 | kas-pu gam-mur ta-din UN-MEŠ | |
| 10 | šu-a-te zar₄-pu laq-qi-u | |
| 11 | man-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš ina ma-te-ma GIL-u-ni | |
| 12 | lu-u {1}{d}PA—SU lu-u {lu₂}EN.NAM lu-u {lu₂}02-u | |
| 13 | ša de-e-nu DUG₄.<DUG₄> ub-ta-u-ni | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | 12 MA.NA KUG.UD SUM-an | |
| r | ||
| 1 | IGI {1}{d}AG—ZU-a-ni | |
| 2 | {lu₂}03.U₅ | |
| 3 | IGI {1}DI-mu—EN—la-mur KI.MIN | |
| 4 | IGI {1}ZALAG₂-a-nu {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir | |
| 5 | IGI {1}man-nu—ki—{d}15—ZU {lu₂}KI.MIN | |
| 6 | IGI {1}HE₂.NUN-a.a {lu₂}I₃.DU₈ | |
| 7 | IGI {1}U.U—DU₃ {lu₂}03.U₅ | |
| 8 | IGI {1}A—še-zib-an-ni {lu₂}A—SIG {lu₂}A—SIG | |
| 9 | IGI {1}ku-si-si-i IGI {1}{d}MAŠ-i | |
| 10 | IGI {1}ri-sa-a.a | |
| 11 | IGI {1}ta-ti-i | |
| 12 | {lu₂}A.BA ṣa-bit e-gir₂-te | |
| 13 | IGI {1}U.GUR—DINGIR IGI {1}hu—ma-ma-⸢te⸣ | |
| 14 | IGI {1}{d}PA—MAŠ {lu₂}A.BA | |
| 15 | IGI {1}aš-šur—AD—PAB {lu₂}A.BA | |
| 16 | {iti}GUD UD 08-KAM li-mu | |
| 17 | {1}man-za-ar-ne₂-e {lu₂}EN.NAM | |
| 18 | {kur}kul-la-ni-a | |
| 19 | MU 22-KAM₂ {1}{d}30—PAB-MEŠ—SU | |
| 20 | LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
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