ADD 0231 (P335178)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0231 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335178 |
| 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 Urda-Issar, owner of the people being sold. |
| Obverse [2:6] o 33–o 66 | Hamnunu, his wife and mother, Addâ and Il-suri, his brothers, and his two sisters, a total of 7 persons, servants of Urda-Issar — |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | Se'-madi, village manager of the crown prince, has contracted and bought them for two minas of silver by the (mina) of Carchemish. |
| Obverse [9:12] o 1010–o 1212 | The money is paid completely. Those people are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [12:23] o 1313– | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint and se[eks] a lawsuit or litigation shall place 10 minas of silver (and) one mina of gold in the lap of Ištar residing in Nineveh. He shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Adda-sakâ. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Šulmu-beli, village manager. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Adda-sannanī, 'third man.' |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Se'-hutni, horse trainer. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Nabû-na'id. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witness (blank) |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Month Adar (XII), 16th day, eponym year of Nabû-ahu-ereš. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB {1}ARAD—{d}15 | |
| 2 | EN UN-MEŠ ta-da-ni | |
| 3 | {1}ha-am-nu-nu MI₂-šu₂ {mi₂}AMA-šu₂ | |
| 4 | {1}ad-da-a {1}DINGIR—su-ri o ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 5 | 02 NIN-MEŠ-šu₂ PAB 07 ZI-MEŠ | |
| 6 | ARAD-MEŠ ša {1}ARAD—{d}15 | |
| 7 | u₂-piš-ma {1}se-eʾ—ma-⸢aʾ⸣-du | |
| 8 | {lu₂v}GAL—URU-MEŠ {lu₂v}GAL—URU-MEŠ ša DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN | |
| 9 | ina ŠA₃ 02 MA.NA KUG.UD ina ša o gar-ga-mis | |
| 10 | il-qi kas₂-pu ga-mur ta-din | |
| 11 | UN-MEŠ šu-a-tu₂ zar₄-pu la-qi-u | |
| 12 | tu-a-ru de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ | |
| 13 | la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš | |
| 14 | ina ma-te-ma i-za-qu-pa-ni | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ ub-ta-u-[ni] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 10 MA.NA KUG.UD 01 MA.NA KUG.GI | |
| 2 | ina bur-ki {d}IŠ.TAR a-ši-bat | |
| 3 | {uru}NINA GAR-an kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ-te | |
| 4 | a-na EN-MEŠ-šu₂ u₂-ta-ra | |
| 5 | ina la de-⸢ni-šu₂⸣ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma | |
| 6 | la i-la-qi | |
| 7 | IGI {1}10—ta-ka-a | |
| 8 | IGI {1}DI-mu—EN {lu₂v}GAL—URU-MEŠ {lu₂v}GAL—URU-MEŠ | |
| 9 | IGI {1}10—sa-na-ni {lu₂v}03-šu₂ | |
| 10 | IGI {1}se-eʾ—hu-ut-ni {lu₂v}{giš}GIGIR | |
| 11 | IGI {1}{d}PA—I | |
| 12 | IGI {1}o | |
| 13 | {iti}ŠE UD-mu 16-KAM₂ | |
| 14 | lim-mu {1}{d}PA—PAB—APIN-eš | |
Sources & licences
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