ADD 0248 (P335195)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0248 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335195 |
| 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 1'1'–o 3'3' | Šamaš-immi, his wife, son, and 4 daughters, a total of 7 persons, servants of Gabbaru — |
| Obverse [3:6] o 4'4'–o 6'6' | Mušallim-Issar has contracted and bought them for 180 minas of copper from Gabbaru. |
| Obverse [6:11] o 7'7'–o 11'11' | [The mon]ey is paid completely. Those pe[opl]e are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is vo[id]. |
| Obverse [11:20] o 12'12'– | Whoever in the future, at any time, breaks the contract, shall pay 10 minas of silver to Ninurta residing in Calah. He shall pay [one] talent of tin to the go[vern]or of his city, and shall re[turn] the money ten[fold] to its owner. [He shall contest] in his lawsuit [and not succeed]. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | (Guaranteed against) epileptic [sei]zures for 100 days (and against) fraud forever. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Ezbu-lešir, butcher. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Ilumma-lidgul, butcher. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | Witness Saggil-bi'di, servant of the vizier. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Witness Aššur-iddina, a Ninevite. |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 1515 | Witness Silim-Issar, porter, servant of the governor of [Ca]lah. |
| Reverse [15:17] r 1616–r 1717 | [Witness NN], tax col[lector]. |
| Edge [0:2] e. 1e. 1–e. 22 | Month Sivan (III), 3rd day, eponym year of Aššur-b[ani], governor of Cal[ah]. |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | 4 minas of copper for [his] fingernail. |
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' | {1}{d}ša₂-maš—im-me MI₂-šu₂ DUMU-šu₂ | |
| 2' | 04 DUMU.MI₂-MEŠ-šu₂ PAB 07 ZI-MEŠ | |
| 3' | {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ ša {1}gab-ri | |
| 4' | u₂-piš-ma {1}mu-šal-lim—{d}15 | |
| 5' | ina ŠA₃ 01 me 80 MA.NA ⸢URUDU⸣-MEŠ | |
| 6' | TA@v IGI {1}gab-ri | |
| 7' | il-⸢qi kas⸣-pu ga-mur | |
| 8' | ta-din ⸢UN-MEŠ⸣ šu-a-tu₂ | |
| 9' | za-ar-pu ⸢la-qi-u₂⸣ | |
| 10' | tu-a-ru de-⸢e⸣-[nu] | |
| 11' | da-ba-bu la-aš₂-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 12' | man-nu ša ina ur-kiš | |
| 13' | ina ma-ti-ma GIL-u-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 10 MA.NA KUG.UD a-na {d}MAŠ | |
| 2 | a-šib {uru}kal-hi SUM-an | |
| 3 | 1 GU₂.UN AN.NA a-na {lu₂v}⸢EN.NAM⸣ URU-šu₂ | |
| 4 | ⸢SUM⸣-an kas-pu a-na 10-⸢MEŠ⸣-[te] | |
| 5 | a-na EN-šu₂ ⸢u₂-ta⸣-[ra] | |
| 6 | ina de-ni-⸢šu₂⸣ [DUG₄.DUG₄ la TI] | |
| 7 | be-⸢en-nu⸣ [ṣib]-⸢tu₂⸣ a-na 01 me UD-me | |
| 8 | sa-ar-tu₂ a-na kal₃ UD-MEŠ-te | |
| 9 | IGI {1}iz-bu—SI.SA₂ {lu₂v}GIR₂.LA₂ | |
| 10 | IGI {1}DINGIR-ma—lid-⸢gul⸣ {lu₂v}GIR₂.LA₂ | |
| 11 | IGI {1}sa-gi-⸢il⸣—bi-iʾ-di | |
| 12 | {lu₂v}ARAD ša {lu₂v}SUKKAL | |
| 13 | IGI {1}aš-šur—AŠ DUMU—{⸢uru}NINA⸣ DUMU—{⸢uru}NINA⸣ | |
| 14 | IGI {1}si-lim—{d}15 {lu₂v}I₃.DU₈ | |
| 15 | {lu₂v}ARAD ⸢ša⸣ {lu₂v}EN.NAM ša {[uru]}⸢kal⸣-hi | |
| 16 | [IGI x x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}ma-⸢ki⸣-[su] | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {iti}SIG₄ UD 03-KAM₂ lim-mu {1}aš-šur—⸢ba⸣-[ni] | |
| 2 | {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {uru}kal-[hi] | |
| 3 | 04 MA.NA URUDU-MEŠ ša ṣu-pur-[šu₂] | |
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