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ADD 0233 (P335180)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0233 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335180 |
| 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 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB {1}[x x x x x] | Seal of . |
| 2 | {na₄}KIŠIB {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | Seal of E22 |
| 3 | DUMU {1}ha-zi—[x x x x] | son of Hazi- |
| 4 | EN MI₂-[MEŠ SUM-ni] | owner of the women being sold. |
| 5 | {mi₂}ha-am-bu-su ⸢GEME₂⸣-[šu₂]-⸢nu⸣ | Hambusu, the female equid |
| 6 | DUMU.MI₂-sa ina UGU E₂ [x x] | her daughter on top of the house ... |
| 7 | u₂-piš-ma {1}lu-⸢qu⸣ | Lu-equ-e23 |
| 8 | {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir ša₂ A—⸢MAN⸣ A—⸢MAN⸣ | The cohort commander, the cohort commander of the crown prince, descendant of Prince |
| 9 | ina ŠA₃-bi 01 MA.⸢NA⸣ 08 GIN₂ KUG.UD | for 1 mina of eše3 8 shekels of silver |
| 10 | il-qi kas-pu ⸢gam⸣-mur | The money is paid completely. |
| 11 | ta-din MI₂-MEŠ šu-a-tu₂ | That woman |
| 12 | zar₄-pat{at} laq-qi-ʾa | a šārpat-shield taken, |
| 13 | tu-a-ru de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ | Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| 14 | la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu ša ina ur-kiš | Who is it that in the future |
| 15 | ina ma-te-ma i-za-qu-pa-a-ni | At any time, they shall raise a claim. |
| 16 | GIL-u-ni lu-u LU₂-MEŠ-e | [or] the men, |
| 17 | an-nu-te | these |
| r | ||
| 1 | lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu lu-u PAB-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | either their sons or their brothers |
| 2 | ša TA@v {1}lu-qu | who from the liqu |
| 3 | u₃ DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ u PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ | and his sons and brothers |
| 4 | de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ ub-ta-u-ni | [He shall contest in his lawsuit and] not succeed. |
| 5 | 10 MA.NA KUG.UD LUH-u | 10 minas of refined silver, |
| 6 | 01 MA.NA KUG.GI sak-ru | 1 mina of pure gold, |
| 7 | ina bur-ki {d}IŠ.TAR a-ši-bat | I dwell in the lap of Ištar |
| 8 | {uru}NINA{ki} GAR-an kas-pu | shall place in Nineveh; the money |
| 9 | a-na 10-MEŠ a-na EN-šu₂ GUR | shall return the money tenfold to its owner. |
| 10 | ina la de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma | He shall contest in his non-lawsuit and |
| 11 | la i-laq-qi | he shall not take. |
| 12 | IGI {1}ia-man-nu-u | Witness: Ia-mannû |
| 13 | IGI {1}a-su-u₂ | Witness Asû. |
| 14 | IGI {1}ma-lik-tu₂ {lu₂}DAM.QAR | Witness: Maliktu, merchant |
| 15 | IGI {1}ia-man-nu-u {lu₂}GAL—50 {lu₂}GAL—50 | Witness Iamannû, commander-of-fifty. |
| 16 | IGI {1}am-maš-ki-ri | Witness Ammaškīri. |
| 17 | IGI {1}aš-šur—MU—PAB {lu₂}A.BA | Witness Assur-šumu-uṣur, scribe. |
| 18 | {iti}GUD lim-mu {1}⸢si⸣-lim—aš-šur | Month Iyyar (II), eponym year of Sîn-elim-Assur. |
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