ADD 0252 (P335199)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0252 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335199 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Legal Transaction |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa14 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | Ninuayu, Nergal-naṣir, Zabinu, [in all] 3 slaves, servants of Nabû-ayali — |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | Aššur-šumu-ka''in, cohort commander of the ki[ng], has contracted and bought them [f]or one good horse. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | The [mon]ey is paid completely. Those people are purchased and acquired. Any [rev]ocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [6:12] o 7'7'– | [Whoev]er in the future, at any time, comes forward, [wheth]er the governor of Samaria [o]r these men or [their] sons, and instigates a [lawsuit] or litigation [against] Aššur-šumu-ka''in and his sons, |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | [shall place x minas of refined silver and x minas of pure gold i]n the lap of [DN residing in ...] and shall retur[n the money] tenfold [to] its owners. [He shall contest in his lawsuit] and not succe[ed]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 88–r 88 | [Witness NN], chariot driver. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 99–r 99 | [Witness NN], chariot fighter. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 1010–r 1010 | [Witness NN], scribe. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 1212–r 1212 | [Witness] Azî [......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | {1}ni-nu-a.a {1}{d}U.GUR—PAB {1}za-bi-nu | |
| 2' | [PAB] 03 ARAD-MEŠ {⸢lu₂v⸣}TUR-MEŠ ša {1}{d}PA—ia-li | |
| 3' | ⸢u₂⸣-piš-ma {1}aš-šur—MU—GIN {⸢lu₂v⸣}GAL—ki-ṣir {⸢lu₂v⸣}GAL—ki-ṣir ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 4' | [ina] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi 01 {anše}KUR.RA SIG₅ il-qi | |
| 5' | [kas]-pu ga-mur ta-din UN-MEŠ šu-a-ti zar₄-pu laq-⸢qi₂⸣-[u] | |
| 6' | [tu]-⸢a⸣-ru de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 7' | [man]-⸢nu⸣ ša a-na ur-kiš a-na ma-te-ma e-la-⸢an⸣-[ni] | |
| 8' | [lu]-u {lu₂v}EN.NAM ša {uru}sa-mar-na | |
| 9' | [lu]-u LU₂-MEŠ an-nu-ti lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 10' | [TA@v] {1}aš-šur—MU—GIN u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 11' | [de-e-nu] ⸢DUG₄.DUG₄⸣ i-gar-ru-u-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x MA.NA KUG.GI sak-ru i]-na bur-⸢ki⸣ {[d}x a-šib {uru}x x GAR] | |
| 3 | [kas-pu a-na] 10-MEŠ-te [a-na] EN-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ GUR-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 4 | [ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄]-⸢ma⸣ la il-⸢laq⸣-[qi] | |
| 8 | [IGI {1}x x x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}mu-kil—KUŠ.PA-[MEŠ] {⸢lu₂v⸣}mu-kil—KUŠ.PA-[MEŠ] | |
| 9 | [IGI {1}x x x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}DUMU—SIG {⸢lu₂v⸣}DUMU—SIG | |
| 10 | [IGI {1}x x x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}A.BA | |
| 11 | [IGI {1}x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [IGI {1}⸢a⸣-zi-i [x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
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