ADD 0240 (P335187)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0240 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335187 |
| 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 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Instead of [his] se[al he impressed his fingernail]. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | Fingernail of Bel-[Harran-isse'a, owner of the people] being so[ld]. |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | Il-natan [......], Aduni-ṭu[ri ......], his 3 sons, [......], a total of 7 persons, [servants of Bel-Harran-isse'a] — |
| Obverse [7:11] o 88–o 1111 | [Šumma-ilani], chariot driver, has contracted and bought them from Bel-[Harran-isse'a for x minas of silver] by the mina of [Carchemish] . |
| Obverse [11:17] o 1212– | The mo[ney] is paid [completely. The people are purchased] and acquired. Any revocation, [lawsuit, or litigation is void]. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | [Whoev]er [lodges a complaint shall pay x min]as of [silver. He shall return] the mo[ney] tenfold to its owner. He shall contest in his law[suit and not succeed]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | Witness Sama', (horse) raiser of Nergal-šumu-[...]. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | Witness Zazî, char[iot driver] of the cupbearer. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Šamaš-šezib, 'third [man' of ...]. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | Witness Bel-ahhešu, [chariot driver] of the cohort [commander]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witness Mannu-ki-[...]. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Witness Paqaha, [village manager]. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Witness [NN]. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Witness [NN]. |
| Reverse [15:19] r 1616– | Month Nisan (I), [...th day], eponym year of Iddin-[ahhe], governor of [Dur-Šarruken]. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 19r.e. 19–r.e. 19r.e. 19 | Witness Ṭab-šar-Nabû, scribe, keeper of the tablet. |
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 | ku-um {na₄}⸢KIŠIB⸣-[šu₂ ṣu-pur-šu₂ iš-kun] | |
| 2 | ṣu-pur {1}EN—⸢KASKAL⸣—[KI-ia EN UN-MEŠ] | |
| 3 | ta-ad-[da-ni] | |
| 4 | {1}DINGIR—na-tan [x x x x x] | |
| 5 | {1}a-du-ni—ṭu-[ri x x x x x] | |
| 6 | 03 DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 7 | PAB 07 ZI-MEŠ [ARAD-MEŠ ša {1}EN—KASKAL—KI-ia] | |
| 8 | u₂-piš-ma {1}šum-ma—DINGIR-MEŠ] | |
| 9 | {lu₂v}mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ {lu₂v}mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ [ina ŠA₃ x MA.NA KUG.UD] | |
| 10 | ⸢ina⸣ MA.NA ša {⸢uru⸣}[gar-ga-mis] | |
| 11 | TA@v IGI {1}EN—[KASKAL—KI-ia] | |
| 12 | il-qi ⸢kas⸣-[pu gam-mur] | |
| 13 | ta-ad-din [UN-MEŠ za-ar-pu] | |
| 14 | la-⸢qi⸣-[u] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | tu-a-ru [de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [man]-⸢nu ša⸣ [i-za-qu-pa-an-ni] | |
| 2 | [x MA].NA ⸢KUG⸣.[UD i-dan] | |
| 3 | ⸢kas⸣-[pu] a-na 10-MEŠ ⸢a-na⸣ EN-šu₂ [u₂-ta-ra] | |
| 4 | ina [de]-⸢ni⸣-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma [la i-laq-qi] | |
| 5 | IGI {1}⸢sa-ma⸣-aʾ {lu₂v}mu-⸢ra⸣-[ba-nu] | |
| 6 | ša {1}{d}U.GUR—MU—[x] | |
| 7 | IGI {1}za-zi-i {lu₂v}mu-⸢kil⸣—{[kuš}PA-MEŠ] {lu₂v}mu-⸢kil⸣—{[kuš}PA-MEŠ] | |
| 8 | ša {lu₂v}KAŠ.⸢LUL⸣ | |
| 9 | IGI {1}{d}UTU—še-zib {lu₂v}03.[U₅ x x x x] | |
| 10 | IGI {1}EN—PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ {⸢lu₂v⸣}[mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ] {⸢lu₂v⸣}[mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ] | |
| 11 | ša {lu₂v}GAL—[ki-ṣir] {lu₂v}GAL—[ki-ṣir] | |
| 12 | IGI {1}man-nu—ki-[x x x] | |
| 13 | IGI {1}pa-⸢qa-ha⸣ {[lu₂}GAL—URU-MEŠ] {[lu₂}GAL—URU-MEŠ] | |
| 14 | IGI {1}[x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 15 | IGI {1}[x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 16 | {iti}BARAG [UD x-KAM] | |
| 17 | lim-mu {1}SUM-[na—PAB-MEŠ] | |
| 18 | {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {⸢kur⸣}[BAD₃—MAN—GIN] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 19 | IGI {1}DUG₃—IM—{d}⸢AG⸣ | |
| 20 | {lu₂v}A.BA ṣa-bit ⸢IM⸣ | |
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