ADD 0241 (P335188)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0241 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335188 |
| 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 | [Seal of] Na'di-ilu, deputy (governor), [owner of the people] being sold. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [NN], his two sons and [his] daughter, [a total of 4]; |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Nabû-[..., his wife, two] sons, daughter, and two maids, a total of 7; |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Ṣilli-B[el], his [... and ...], a total of 3; |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | Aššur-belu-uṣur, his wife and brother, [a total of 3]; in all 17 persons, servants of [Na'di-ilu] — |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | Balṭayu has contracted and bought them from Na'di-ilu f[or] 8 1/2 minas of silver by the mina o[f the ki]ng. |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111–o 1313 | The money is [pa]id complete[ly]. Those men are pur[chased] and acquired. Any revocation, law[suit], or litiga[tion is void]. |
| Obverse [13:20] o 1414– | Whoever in the fu[ture], at [any ti]me, breaks the contract, shall ret[urn the] mon[ey ten]fold [to its owners]. He shall cont[est in] his [lawsuit and not] succeed. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Witness Ga[...]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Witness Tar[iba-...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Witness Nabû-ka''in-šarru, commander of [...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Witness Hallabayu, ditto. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Witness Baddudu, ditto. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witness Kanunayu, chariot driver. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Haldi-ahu-uṣur, intelligence officer. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Arbailayu, head porter. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Ubru-[...], porter. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Ub[ru-...], the mayor of Qudaru. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Da[..., ...] of the crown prince. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witness Sin-balassu-iqbi, chariot fighter. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Month [...], 18th day, eponym year of [Šulmu]-beli. |
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 | {[na₄}KIŠIB {1}I—DINGIR {lu₂v}02-e | |
| 2 | [EN UN]-MEŠ SUM-ni | |
| 3 | {1}x x x x]+⸢x-šu₂⸣ 02 DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU.⸢MI₂⸣-[su] | |
| 4 | [PAB 04 {1}{d]}⸢PA⸣—[x x x MI₂-šu₂ 02 DUMU-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ DUMU.MI₂ 02 ⸢GEME₂⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 5 | PAB 07 {1}GIŠ.MI—⸢EN⸣ [x x] ⸢x x⸣-šu₂ [x x x] | |
| 6 | PAB 03 {1}aš-šur—EN—PAB MI₂-šu₂ PAB-[šu₂ PAB 03 | |
| 7 | PAB 17 {lu₂v}ZI-⸢MEŠ⸣ ARAD-MEŠ ša {1}[I—DINGIR] | |
| 8 | u₂-piš-ma {1}⸢bal⸣-ṭa-ia TA@v IGI | |
| 9 | {1}I—DINGIR ina ⸢ŠA₃ 08 1/2 MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 10 | ina MA.NA-e ⸢ša MAN⸣ il-qi₂ | |
| 11 | kas-pu ga-⸢mur⸣ [ta]-din UN-MEŠ | |
| 12 | ⸢UR₅⸣-tu₂ za-⸢ar-pu⸣ TI-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 13 | tu-a-ru de-[e-nu] DUG₄.⸢DUG₄⸣ [la-aš₂-šu₂] | |
| 14 | man-nu ša ⸢ina⸣ [ur]-⸢kiš⸣ ina ma-[te-ma] | |
| 15 | i-GIL-[u₂]-ni | |
| 16 | kas-[pu ana 10-⸢MEŠ-te⸣ [ana EN-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | ⸢GUR⸣ [ina de]-⸢ni⸣-šu₂ ⸢DUG₄⸣.[DUG₄-ma] | |
| 18 | ⸢la i⸣-laq-[qi₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | IGI {1}⸢ga-x⸣-[x x x] | |
| 2 | IGI {1}ta-⸢ri⸣-[ba—x x] {lu₂v}[x x] | |
| 3 | IGI {1}{d}⸢PA—ka⸣-in—MAN {lu₂v}⸢GAL⸣—[x x x] | |
| 4 | IGI {1}hal-⸢la⸣-pa-a.a {lu₂v}: | |
| 5 | IGI {1}⸢ba-du₈⸣-du₈ {lu₂v}: | |
| 6 | IGI {1}{⸢iti}AB⸣-a.a {lu₂v}mu-⸢kil⸣—ap-MEŠ {lu₂v}mu-⸢kil⸣—ap-MEŠ | |
| 7 | IGI {1}hal-⸢di—ŠEŠ⸣—PAB {lu₂v}mu-GUR—UMUŠ {lu₂v}mu-GUR—UMUŠ | |
| 8 | IGI {1}arba-⸢il₃⸣-a.a {lu₂v}GAL—I₃.DU₈ {lu₂v}GAL—I₃.DU₈ | |
| 9 | IGI {1}⸢SUHUŠ⸣—[x x] {lu₂v}I₃.DU₈ | |
| 10 | IGI {1}⸢SUHUŠ⸣—[x x x {lu₂v]}⸢ha-za⸣-nu ⸢ša⸣ {uru}qu-da-ru | |
| 11 | IGI {1}da-[x x {lu₂v}x] ⸢ša DUMU⸣—MAN DUMU⸣—MAN | |
| 12 | ⸢IGI {1}{d}30—[TI]-⸢su—E {lu₂v⸣}[A]—SIG₅ {lu₂v⸣}[A]—SIG₅ | |
| 13 | {[iti}x UD] 18-⸢KAM₂⸣ | |
| 14 | [lim-mu {1}DI-mu]—EN | |
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