ADD 0242 (P335189)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0242 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335189 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [Seal of NN, s]eal of Kiqil[lanu], owners of the people being sold. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | Nabû-na'id and the woman Akbarâ, a total of two persons, servants of these men — |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | the governess of the central city (harem) has contracted and bought them from these men for one mina of silver by the king's mina. |
| Obverse [9:13] o 1010–o 1313 | The money is paid completely. Those people are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [13:20] o 1414– | [Whoev]er in the future, at any time, [lodges a compla]int, shall place 4 minas of [refined] silver (and) [x minas] of pure [gol]d in the lap of Ištar of Nineveh. He shall return the mone[y tenfol]d to its owner. He shall contest [in] his law[suit] and not succeed. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | (Guaranteed against) seizures of epilepsy for 100 days (and against) fraud forever. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Eni-il, servant of the crown prince. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Ša-Issar-dubbu. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Ahi-nadbi. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Šamaš-iddina. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Nabû-ašared. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Month Tebet (X), 9th day, eponym year of Zazî. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {[na₄}KIŠIB] {1}[x x x x x] | |
| 2 | {⸢na₄⸣}KIŠIB {1}ki-qil-⸢la⸣-[nu] | |
| 3 | EN UN-MEŠ SUM-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 4 | {1}{d}PA—I {mi₂}ak-ba-ra-a | |
| 5 | PAB 02 ZI-MEŠ ARAD-MEŠ-ni | |
| 6 | ša₂ LU₂-MEŠ-e an-nu-u-te | |
| 7 | u₂-piš-ma {mi₂}GAR-tu₂ ša₂ MURUB₄—URU MURUB₄—URU | |
| 8 | ina ŠA₃ 01 MA.NA KUG.UD ina 01 MA-e ša₂ MAN | |
| 9 | TA@v IGI LU₂-MEŠ-e an-nu-ti | |
| 10 | il-qi kas-pu gam-mur ta-ad-din | |
| 11 | UN-MEŠ šu-a-tu₂ za-ar₂-pu | |
| 12 | la-qi-u₂ tu-a-ru | |
| 13 | de-⸢e⸣-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 14 | [man]-⸢nu⸣ ša₂ ina ur-kiš ina ma-te-ma | |
| 15 | [i-za-qu-pa]-⸢ni 04 MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 16 | [LUH-u x MA.NA KUG].⸢GI⸣ sak-ru | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina bur-ki {d}15 ša₂ {uru}NINA GAR-an | |
| 2 | kas-⸢pu⸣ [a-na 10-MEŠ-te a-na EN-šu₂ | |
| 3 | GUR-⸢ra⸣ [ina de]-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma | |
| 4 | la i-laq-qi₂ ṣib-ti be-en | |
| 5 | a-na 01 me UD-me sa-ar₂-tu | |
| 6 | a-na kal UD-MEŠ | |
| 7 | IGI {1}e-ni—DINGIR ARAD ša₂ A—MAN A—MAN | |
| 8 | IGI {1}ša₂—{d}15—du-bu | |
| 9 | IGI {1}PAB—na-ad-bi | |
| 10 | IGI {1}{d}UTU—SUM-na | |
| 11 | IGI {1}{d}⸢PA⸣—MAŠ | |
| 12 | {iti}AB UD 09-⸢KAM₂⸣ | |
| 13 | lim-mu {1}za-[zi]-⸢i⸣ | |
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