ADD 0251 (P335198)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0251 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335198 |
| 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' | Akbaru, [son of] Mannu-ki-ahhe, [a servant] of Nabû-ahu-[iddina] — |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | Danna[ya] has contracted and bo[ught] him for 1/2 mina of silver. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | The money is paid completely. [That man] is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, law[suit] or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [7:15] o 8'8'–o 15'15' | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint, whether Nabû-ahu-iddina or his sons or gran[dsons], and s[eeks a lawsuit] or litigation [agai]nst Dannaya and [his] so[ns, shall return the money tenfold to] its [own]ers. [He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succe]ed. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | Witness Ahi-qam, merchant (from the) king's staff. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | Witness Ahiqar, [...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Witness Banay[a, ...]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Witness Nab[û-...], 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' | {1}ak-ba-ru ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | {1}man-nu—ki-i—PAB-MEŠ [ARAD-šu₂] | |
| 3' | ša₂ {1}{d}PA—PAB—[AŠ] | |
| 4' | u₂-piš-ma {1}dan-⸢na⸣-[a] | |
| 5' | ina ŠA₃ 1/2 MA.NA KUG.UD ⸢il⸣-[qi] | |
| 6' | kas-pu gam-mur ta-din [LU₂ šu-a-tu₂] | |
| 7' | za-rip laq-qi tu₂-a-⸢ru de⸣-[e-nu] | |
| 8' | DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu ša₂ ina ⸢ur-kiš⸣ | |
| 9' | ina ma-te-ma i-zaq-qup-an-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 10' | lu-u {1}{⸢d}PA—PAB—AŠ⸣ lu-u ⸢DUMU⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 11' | lu-u ⸢DUMU⸣—[DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂] ⸢DUMU⸣—[DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂] ⸢TA@v⸣ {1}dan-na-a | |
| 12' | u ⸢DUMU⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂ de-e-nu] ⸢DUG₄.DUG₄⸣ | |
| 13' | ⸢ub⸣-[ta-ʾu-u]-ni | |
| 14' | [kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ-te a-na] ⸢EN⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 15' | [GUR ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma la i-laq]-⸢qi⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢IGI {1}PAB⸣-i—qa-⸢mu⸣ {[lu₂]}⸢DAM.QAR⸣ | |
| 2' | [o] ki-ṣir MAN | |
| 3' | IGI {1}PAB—ia-qar {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x x] | |
| 4' | IGI {1}DU₃-⸢ia₂ {lu₂⸣}[x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 5' | IGI {1}{d}⸢PA⸣—[x x x {lu₂}A].⸢BA⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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