ADD 0243 (P335190)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0243 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335190 |
| 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 Šulmu-beli, owner of the people being sold. |
| Obverse [2:7] o 33–o 77 | Ahabû, [...; NN], ca[mel] driver, (and) [his wife] Rimutt[u]; a total of 3 persons, [servants] of Šul[mu-beli] — |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | [...] has contracted and bought them from Šulmu-beli for three minas of silver by the mina of the king. |
| Obverse [10:15] o 1111– | The money is paid completely. Those people are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation [is] void. |
| Bottom [0:7] b.e. 15b.e. 15– | Whoever in the futu[re, at any time, lodges a com]plaint, [whether Šulmu-beli or] his [so]ns, [grandsons or relat]ives, [and seeks a lawsuit or liti]gation [against ... and his so]ns, |
| Reverse [5:10] r 66–r 1010 | [shall place x minas of] refined [silve]r [and x minas of pure gold in the lap] of Mullissu, [and shall return the money] tenfold [to its owner. He shall contest in] his lawsuit [and] not succeed. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [Witness Šul]mu-šarri. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [Witness] Tariba-Issar, cook. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [Witness] Urda-ahhešu. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [Witn]ess Ilu-piya-uṣur. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Witness Šaplaya. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | Witness La-tubašanni-Issar. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | Witness La-tubašanni-ilu. |
| Reverse [17:19] r 1818– | Witness [NN, s]cribe. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 19r.e. 19–r.e. 19r.e. 19 | Month ..., 20th day, eponym year of Iddin-a[hhe]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB {1}DI-mu—EN | |
| 2 | EN UN-MEŠ ta-⸢da⸣-ni | |
| 3 | {1}PAB-bu-u₂ {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x {1}x x] | |
| 4 | {lu₂}UŠ—{anše}AB.[BA-MEŠ] {lu₂}UŠ—{anše}AB.[BA-MEŠ] | |
| 5 | {mi₂}ri-mu-⸢tu₂⸣ <[x> MI₂-šu₂] | |
| 6 | PAB 03 ⸢ZI⸣-[MEŠ ARAD-MEŠ] | |
| 7 | ša {1}DI-⸢mu⸣—[EN] | |
| 8 | u₂-piš-ma {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x x⸣ | |
| 9 | TA@v IGI {1}DI-mu—EN | |
| 10 | ina ŠA₃-bi 03 MA.NA KUG.UD ina 01 MA.NA-e ša MAN | |
| 11 | il-qi kas-pu ga-mur | |
| 12 | ta-din UN-MEŠ šu-a-tu₂ | |
| 13 | zar₄-pu laq-qi-u₂ | |
| 14 | ⸢tu⸣-a-ru de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu ša ur-kiš | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ina ma-te-ma i-za]-⸢qu⸣-pa-ni | |
| 2 | [lu-u {1}DI-mu—EN lu-u DUMU]-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 3 | [lu-u DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u mam₂]-⸢ma⸣-ni-šu₂ | |
| 4 | [ša TA {1}x x x x x DUMU]-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [de-e-nu DUG₄].DUG₄ | |
| 6 | [ub-ta-u-ni x MA.NA KUG].UD LUH-u | |
| 7 | [x MA.NA KUG.GI sak-ru ina bur-ki] {d}NIN.LIL₂ | |
| 8 | [GAR-an kas-pu] a-na 10-MEŠ | |
| 9 | [ana EN-šu₂ GUR-ra ina] de-ni-šu₂ | |
| 10 | [DUG₄.DUG₄-ma] la TI | |
| 11 | [IGI {1}DI]-mu—LUGAL | |
| 12 | [IGI {1}SU—{d}15 {lu₂}MU | |
| 13 | [IGI {1}ARAD—PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 14 | IGI {1}DINGIR—KA—PAB | |
| 15 | IGI {1}KI.TA-a.a | |
| 16 | IGI {1}la—tu-ba-ša₂-a-ni—{d}15 | |
| 17 | IGI {1}la—tu-ba-ša₂-a-ni—DINGIR | |
| 18 | [IGI {1}x x x x x A].⸢BA⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 19 | {[iti}x] UD 20-[KAM] | |
| 20 | lim-mu {1}id-⸢din—a⸣-[hi] | |
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