ADD 0239 (P335186)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0239 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335186 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | a total [of x persons belonging to Bel-Harran-isse'a] — |
| Obverse [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | [Šumma-ilani] has cont[racted and] bou[ght them from Bel-Harran-isse'a] for 18 minas of [silver by the mina] of Carchemish. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | The money is pa[id] completely. [Those people] are purchased and acquired. Any rev[ocation, lawsuit], or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [6:15] o 7'7'–o 15'15' | Whoever in the f[uture], at any time, lodges a complai[nt, whether Bel-Harran-isse'a] or his sons, grand[sons], brothers or relatives, and se[eks a lawsuit] or litigation against Šumma-ilani, [his] so[ns] and grandsons, shall pay 20 minas of silver, and shall return the money [tenfold] to its owners. He shall contest in [his] laws[uit] and not succeed. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [Witne]ss Sama', (horse) raiser of the crown prince. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [Witne]ss Nabû-hussanni, chariot driver. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [Witness NN], scribe. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [Witness NN, s]cribe. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | [Witness NN], scribe. |
| Obverse [20:22] o 21'21'– | [Witness NN, sc]ribe. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Witness [NN, ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Witness A[tinni, scrib]e. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Witness M[ar-..., sc]ribe. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Witness [NN, ...]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | Witness [Bel-ahhešu, chariot driver] of the cohort [commander]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Bel-le'i, servant of [...]. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | Witness Zazî, [chariot driver] of the [cupbearer]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Month Nisan (I), epo[nym year of Ilu-isse'a, governor of] D[amascus]. |
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' | PAB [x ZI-MEŠ ARAD-MEŠ ša₂ {1}EN—KASKAL—KI-ia] | |
| 2' | u₂-⸢piš⸣-[ma {1}BE-ma—DINGIR-MEŠ] | |
| 3' | ina ŠA₃ 18 MA.⸢NA⸣ [KUG.UD ina 01 MA.NA] | |
| 4' | ša {uru}gar-ga-⸢mis⸣ [TA@v IGI {1}EN—KASKAL—KI-ia] | |
| 5' | TI-[qi₂] kas-pu gam-mur ta-ad-[din UN-MEŠ šu-a-te] | |
| 6' | zar-pu laq-⸢qi₂⸣-u tu-[a-ru de-e-nu] | |
| 7' | DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ ⸢man-nu⸣ ša₂ ina ⸢ur⸣-[kiš] | |
| 8' | ina ma-te-ma i-zaq-qup-an-⸢ni⸣ [lu-u {1}EN—KASKAL—KI-ia] | |
| 9' | lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u DUMU—⸢DUMU⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂] DUMU—⸢DUMU⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 10' | lu-u PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u mam₂-ma-nu-šu₂ [ša de-e-nu] | |
| 11' | DUG₄.DUG₄ TA@v {1}BE-ma—DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢DUMU⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 12' | DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ ub-ta-ʾu-[u-ni] | |
| 13' | 20 MA.NA KUG.UD SUM-an kas-pu a-[na 10-MEŠ-te] | |
| 14' | a-na EN-MEŠ-šu₂ GUR-ra ina de-e-⸢ni⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 15' | ⸢DUG₄⸣.DUG₄-ma la i-laq-⸢qi₂⸣ | |
| 16' | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}sa-ma-aʾ {lu₂}mu-ra-ba-nu ša₂ A—MAN A—MAN | |
| 17' | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}{⸢d}PA—hu-us⸣-sa-an-ni {lu₂}mu-DIB—PA-MEŠ {lu₂}mu-DIB—PA-MEŠ | |
| 18' | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}[x x x x] {lu₂}A.BA | |
| 19' | [IGI {1}x x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}A.BA | |
| 20' | [IGI {1}x x x x] {lu₂}A.BA | |
| 21' | [IGI {1}x x x x {lu₂}A].BA | |
| r | ||
| 1 | IGI {1}[x x x x x] | |
| 2 | IGI {1}a-[ti-in-ni {lu₂}A].⸢BA⸣ | |
| 3 | IGI {1}⸢DUMU⸣—[x x {lu₂}A].BA | |
| 4 | IGI {1}[x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | IGI {1}[EN—PAB-MEŠ-šu₂] {⸢lu₂⸣}[mu-DIB—PA-MEŠ] {⸢lu₂⸣}[mu-DIB—PA-MEŠ] | |
| 6 | ša {⸢lu₂}GAL⸣—KA.⸢KEŠ₂⸣ {⸢lu₂}GAL⸣—KA.⸢KEŠ₂⸣ | |
| 7 | IGI {1}EN—ZU {lu₂}ARAD [x x x x] | |
| 8 | IGI {1}za-a-zi-i {lu₂}[mu-DIB—PA-MEŠ] {lu₂}[mu-DIB—PA-MEŠ] | |
| 9 | ša {lu₂}[KAŠ.LUL] | |
| 10 | {iti}BARAG lim-[mu {1}DINGIR—KI-ia {lu₂}GAR.KUR] {lu₂}GAR.KUR] | |
| 11 | {kur}⸢dim⸣-[maš-qa] | |
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