ADD 0236 (P335183)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0236 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335183 |
| 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 | Fingernail of Kiqillanu, [..., own]er of the people being so[ld]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | [...]-šarru-uṣur and his mother, [a total of 2] servants of Kiqillanu — |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88 | Šumma-ilani [has contract]ed and bought them from Kiqillanu for one mina of silver by the mina of Carchemish. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | The money is paid completely. [The people] are purchased and acquired. [Any rev]ocation or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [11:20] o 1212– | [Whoeve]r breaks the contract shall pla[ce x mi]nas of silver and one mina of gold [in] the lap of Mul[lissu] residing in Nineveh, and shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Witness Zazî, chariot driver. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Witness Šamaš-šezib, 'third man.' |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witness Nabû-reši-išši, chariot driver. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Sin-na'id, cohort commander. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Marduk-šumu-iddina, horse trainer of the royal guard. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [Mon]th Tammuz (IV), 2nd day, [eponym year of ...]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [Witness] Nabû-bal[assu-iqbi], scribe, kee[per of the document]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ṣu-pur {1}ki-qi-la-ni {⸢lu₂v⸣}[x x] | |
| 2 | ⸢EN⸣ UN-MEŠ ta-⸢da⸣-[ni] | |
| 3 | {1}x x]—⸢LUGAL⸣—PAB {⸢mi₂⸣}AMA-šu₂ | |
| 4 | [PAB 02 {lu₂v]}ARAD-MEŠ ša {1}ki-qi-⸢la⸣-ni | |
| 5 | [u₂-piš]-⸢ma⸣ {1}šum-mu—DINGIR-MEŠ-ni | |
| 6 | ina ŠA₃-bi 01 MA.NA KUG.UD-MEŠ | |
| 7 | ina 01 MA.NA-e ša {uru}gar-ga-mis | |
| 8 | TA@v IGI {1}ki-qi-la-ni il-qi₂ | |
| 9 | kas-pu ga-mur ta-din | |
| 10 | [UN-MEŠ] za-ar-pu laq-qi₂-u | |
| 11 | [tu-a]-ru DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 12 | [man-nu] ⸢ša⸣ GIL-u₂-ni | |
| 13 | [x MA].NA KUG.UD 01 MA.NA KUG.⸢GI⸣ | |
| 14 | [ina] bur-ki {d}NIN.[LIL₂] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | ⸢a⸣-ši-bat {uru}ni-nu-a ⸢GAR⸣-[an] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ-te | |
| 2 | a-na EN-MEŠ-šu₂ GUR-ra | |
| 3 | ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma la₃ TI | |
| 4 | IGI {1}za-zi-i {lu₂v}mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ {lu₂v}mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ | |
| 5 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}{d}UTU—še-zib {lu₂v}03.U₅ | |
| 6 | IGI {1}{d}PA—SAG—i-ši {lu₂v}mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ {lu₂v}mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ | |
| 7 | IGI {1}{d}30—I {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir | |
| 8 | IGI {1}{d}MES—MU—AŠ {lu₂}{giš}GIGIR—GIR₃.2 {lu₂}{giš}GIGIR—GIR₃.2 | |
| 9 | {⸢iti⸣}ŠU UD 02-KAM₂ [lim-mu {1}x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [IGI {1}{d}PA—TI.⸢LA⸣-[su—E] | |
| 11 | {[lu₂v]}A.BA ⸢ṣa⸣-[bit dan-ni-te] | |
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