ADD 0235 (P335182)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0235 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335182 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [Seal of Na]bû-šu[mu-lešir, owner] of the people being sold. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | Mardî, gardener, his wife (and) his daughter, in all 3 persons, servants of Nabû-šumu-lešir — |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | Kakkullanu, cohort commander, has contracted and bought them for one mina of silver. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | The money is paid completely. Those people are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [9:16] o 1010– | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint or breaks the contract, whether Nabû-šumu-lešir or his sons or his grandsons, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Kakkullanu, [his sons (and his) gr]andsons, |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | shall place 10 minas of silver (and) one mina of gold in the lap of Ištar residing in Nineveh, and shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | If he does not give the people in the land, the silver will increase. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Nabû-šumu-lešir shall [pay (the silver)] to Kakkullanu. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Kiṣir-Aššur, cohort commander of the bodyguard of the crown prince. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Mardû, cohort commander of ša šēpi guard. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness La-qepu, ditto ditto. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witness Il-na'id, ditto ditto. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Witness Mar-šarri-ila'i, ditto ditto. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Witness Balasî, ditto ditto. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Witness Hubašate, ditto ditto. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | Witness [...]-uṣur, ditto ditto. |
| Reverse [16:18] r 1717– | Witness [NN], ditto ditto. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Witness Agru, cohort commander of ša šēpi guard. Ub[ru-Nabû]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {[na₄}KIŠIB {1}{d]}⸢AG—MU⸣—[GIŠ] | |
| 2 | [EN] UN-MEŠ SUM-ni | |
| 3 | {1}mar-di-i {lu₂}NU.GIŠ.SAR | |
| 4 | MI₂-šu₂ DUMU.MI₂-su PAB 03 ZI-MEŠ | |
| 5 | ARAD-MEŠ-ni ša {1}{d}AG—MU—GIŠ | |
| 6 | u₂-piš-ma {1}kak-kul-la-nu {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir | |
| 7 | ina ŠA₃ 01 MA.NA KUG.UD il-qi₂ | |
| 8 | kas-pu gam-mur ta-din UN-MEŠ šu₂-a-te | |
| 9 | zar₄-pu TI-u tu-a-ru de-e-nu | |
| 10 | DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš | |
| 11 | ina ma-te-ma i-za-qu-pa-ni i-GIL-u-ni | |
| 12 | lu-u {1}{d}PA—MU—GIŠ lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 13 | lu-u DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ TA {1}kak-kul-la-nu | |
| 2 | [DUMU-MEŠ] ⸢DUMU⸣—DUMU-MEŠ ⸢DUMU⸣—DUMU-MEŠ ub-ta-u-ni | |
| 3 | 10 MA.NA KUG.UD 01 MA.NA KUG.GI ina bur-ki | |
| 4 | {d}IŠ.TAR a-ši-bat {uru}ni-nu-a GAR-an | |
| 5 | kas-pu ana 10-MEŠ ana EN-MEŠ-šu₂ GUR-ra | |
| 6 | ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma la i-laq-qi | |
| 7 | šum-ma UN-MEŠ ina KUR-e la SUM-ni | |
| 8 | KUG.UD u₂-rab-ba {1}{d}PA—MU—GIŠ a-na {1}kak-kul-la-ni ⸢SUM⸣-[an] | |
| 9 | IGI {1}ki-ṣir—aš-šur {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir ša₂ qur-ZAG ša A—MAN A—MAN | |
| 10 | IGI {1}mar-du-u {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir ša—GIR₃.2 | |
| 11 | IGI {1}li—qi-pu | |
| 12 | IGI {1}DINGIR—I | |
| 13 | IGI {1}A—MAN—DINGIR-a.a | |
| 14 | IGI {1}ba-la-si-i | |
| 15 | IGI {1}hu-ba-⸢ša₂⸣-a-te | |
| 16 | IGI {1}{⸢d⸣}[x x]—PAB | |
| 17 | [IGI {1}x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | IGI {1}ag-ru {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir ša₂—GIR₃.2 {1}⸢SUHUŠ⸣—{[d}PA] | |
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