ADD 0246 (P335193)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0246 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335193 |
| 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 | [Seal of ......], |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [seal of ...], 'third man,' |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [seal] of Atâ-qamuya, cohort commander, |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [a]ll sons of Bel-Harran-taklak, gentlemen, owners of the people being sold. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | Ahi-nuri, his wife and daughter, a total of 3; Mannu-ki-Ninua, his wife and 3 sons, a total of 5; Nabû-eṭir and his wife; Nabû-iddina and his wife; Nuraya; in all 13 persons — |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | Šumma-ilani has contracted, bought, purchased and acquired them for 6 1/2 minas of silver. |
| Obverse [11:15] o 1212– | Those people are purchased and acquired. The money is paid completely. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1r 1–r 77 | Whoever in the future, at any time, whether Ṣil-Aššur, the governor, or the men in his charge, or their sons or relatives, breaks the contract with Šumma-ilani, shall pay the money tenfold to its owner, and shall place one mina of gol[d] in the lap of Ištar of Nineveh. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Nabû'a, deputy of the tracker. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Ilâ, bought man. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Qâ, ditto. Witness Hanṭušu. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Remanni-Aššur. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [Wi]tness Nabû-šar-ahhešu. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [Witn]ess Abi-qam. |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 1515 | [Witn]ess Sin-zaqip, fowler. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [Witness] Šulmu-ahhe, staff-bearer. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | [Witness NN], servant of the crown prince. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | [Witness NN], scribe. |
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}x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | {[na₄}KIŠIB {1}x x x x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}03-šu₂ | |
| 3 | {[na₄}KIŠIB] {1}a-⸢ta-a—qa⸣-mu-ia {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir | |
| 4 | ⸢PAB⸣ A {1}EN—KASKAL—tak-lak | |
| 5 | LU₂-MEŠ EN UN-MEŠ SUM-an | |
| 6 | {1}ŠEŠ—nu-ri ⸢DAM⸣-šu₂ DUMU.MI₂-šu₂ PAB 03 | |
| 7 | {1}man-nu—ki—NINA{ki} MI₂-šu₂ 03 DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ PAB 05 | |
| 8 | {1}{d}PA—KAR MI₂-šu₂ {1}{d}PA—MU MI₂-šu₂ | |
| 9 | {1}nu-ra-a.a PAB 13 ZI-MEŠ | |
| 10 | u₂-⸢piš⸣-ma {1}šum₂-mu—DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 11 | ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi 06 1/2 MA.NA KUG.UD il-qi | |
| 12 | i-za-rip i-si-qi ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ šu₂-a-te | |
| 13 | za-ar₂-pu la-qi-u₂ kas-pu ga-mur | |
| 14 | SUM-ni tu-a-ru de-ni DUG₄.DUG₄ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | la-a-ši man-nu ša ina ur-kiš | |
| 2 | ina ma-te-me lu-u {1}ṣil—aš-šur {lu₂v}EN.NAM | |
| 3 | lu-u LU₂~v-MEŠ ŠU.2-šu₂ lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 4 | lu-u me-me-ni-šu₂-nu TA@v {1}šum₂-mu—DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 5 | i-GIL-u₂-ni kas-pu a-na 10-⸢MEŠ-te⸣ | |
| 6 | a-na EN-šu₂ SUM-an 01 MA.NA ⸢KUG.GI⸣ | |
| 7 | a-na bur-ki {d}15 ša₂ NINA{ki} GAR-an | |
| 8 | IGI {1}{d}PA-u-a {lu₂v}02-i ša UŠ—kib-šu₂ UŠ—kib-šu₂ | |
| 9 | IGI {1}i-la-a ša—{lu₂v}ŠAM₂ | |
| 10 | IGI {1}qa-a IGI {1}ha-an-ṭu-šu₂ | |
| 11 | IGI {1}rem₂-a-ni—aš-šur | |
| 12 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}{d}PA—MAN—PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 13 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}AD-i—qa-mu | |
| 14 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}30—za-qi-pi | |
| 15 | {[lu₂v]}MUŠEN.DU₃ | |
| 16 | [IGI {1}DI-mu—ŠEŠ-MEŠ ša—hu-ṭa-ru | |
| 17 | [IGI {1}x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂}ARAD ša DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN | |
| 18 | [IGI {1}x x x x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}A.BA | |
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