ADD 0245 (P335192)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0245 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335192 |
| 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 Me[nahem], owner of the wo[me]n being sold. |
| Obverse [2:6] o 33–o 66 | Yaqar-ahhe, her daughter, (and) the woman Abi-yahya, a total of 3 persons belonging to Menahem — |
| Obverse [6:11] o 77– | Abi-rahî, sister of the governess, has contracted and bought them for two minas of silver by the mina of Carchemish. |
| Bottom [0:6] b.e. 11b.e. 11– | The money is completely paid. The people in question are acquired and purchased. Any revocation, lawsuit or litigation is void. |
| Reverse [1:6] r 22–r 66 | Whoever breaks the contract, shall place 10 minas (of silver) and one mina of gold in the lap of Ištar residing in Nineveh, and shall return the money tenfold to its owner. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Silim-ili, priest. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Dadî. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Milki-la[rim]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness El-u[...]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness [...]-ahu-[...]. |
| Top [0:2] t.e. 14t.e. 14– | [Month of ..., ...th day, eponym year of NN], governor of [...]. |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | (Aramaic caption:) Concerning Menahem. |
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}mi-[na-hi-mi] | |
| 2 | ⸢EN MI₂⸣-MEŠ ⸢SUM⸣-ni | |
| 3 | {mi₂}ia-qar—PAB-MEŠ DUMU.⸢MI₂-sa⸣ | |
| 4 | {mi₂}a-bi—ia-ah-ia | |
| 5 | PAB 03 ZI-MEŠ | |
| 6 | ša {1}mi-na-hi-mi | |
| 7 | u₂-piš-ma {mi₂}AD—ra-hi-i | |
| 8 | NIN-sa ša {mi₂}ša₂-kin₂-te | |
| 9 | ina ŠA₃ 02 MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 10 | ina 01 MA.NA ša {uru}gar-ga-mis | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11 | il-qi₂ kas-pu gam-mur | |
| 12 | ta-din UN-MEŠ šu-a-tu₂ | |
| 13 | zar-pu laq-qi-u | |
| 14 | tu-a-ru | |
| r | ||
| 1 | de-e-nu da-ba-bu | |
| 2 | la-a-šu₂ man-nu ša₂ GIL-u-ni | |
| 3 | 10 MA.NA 01 MA.NA KUG.GI | |
| 4 | ina bur-ki {d}15 a-šib NINA{ki} GAR-an | |
| 5 | kas-pu ana 10-MEŠ ana EN-šu₂ GUR | |
| 6 | ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma la₃ TI | |
| 7 | IGI {1}si-lim—DINGIR {lu₂v}⸢SANGA⸣ | |
| 8 | IGI {1}di-di-⸢i⸣ [o] | |
| 9 | IGI {1}mil-ki—la-[rim] | |
| 10 | IGI {1}URU—u₂-[x x] | |
| 11 | [IGI {1}x]—PAB-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 14 | [GAR].⸢KUR⸣ [GAR].⸢KUR⸣ {kur}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | l mnḥm | |
Sources & licences
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