ADD 0253 (P335200)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0253 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335200 |
| 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 1'1'–o 2'2' | [NN], a prisoner in his custody, 1 suckling child, [......], his wi[fe], 2 servants of his, a total of 10 persons; |
| Obverse [2:5] o 3'3'–o 5'5' | [NN], his 2 wives, his 3 sons, [x ..., x] servants of his, a total of 10 persons, [in all 20 peo]ple of Ubru-Nabû [...] — |
| Obverse [5:8] o 6'6'–o 8'8' | Nabû-šumu-iškun, [chariot driv]er of Sennacherib, [king of Assyria], has contracted and bought them for 10 minas of silver by the mina [of Carch]emish. |
| Obverse [8:12] o 9'9'–o 12'12' | The money [is paid completely]. Those [pe]ople [are purchased and acquired. Any revocat]ion, lawsuit, or [litigation is void. Whoe]ver, [at any time in the future] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [Witness NN], scribe of the crown prince. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [Witness NN], commander of outriders. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [Witness NN, ... of] Aššur-belu-uṣur, governor. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | [Witness ... and] Nabû-ahu-iddina, intelligence officers. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | [Witness ...-du]ru-uṣur, ditto. Witness Nabû'a, scribe. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [Witness NN], 'third man' of the deputy (governor). |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [Witness Z]izî, intelligence officer. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] not receiv[ed ......]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [...]. Witness [NN]. |
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}x x x] {lu₂}DIB ša₂ ⸢IGI⸣-šu₂ 01 DUMU ⸢GA⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x] ⸢MI₂⸣-šu₂ 02 ARAD⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ PAB 10 ZI-[MEŠ] | |
| 3' | {1}x x x]+⸢x⸣ 02 MI₂-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ 03 DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 4' | [x x x] ARAD-MEŠ-šu₂ PAB 10 ZI-MEŠ | |
| 5' | [PAB-ma 20 ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ ša₂ {1}SUHUŠ—{d}PA ⸢ŠA⸣ | |
| 6' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ u₂-piš-ma {1}{d}PA—MU—GAR-un | |
| 7' | {[lu₂}DIB—{kuš]}PA-MEŠ {[lu₂}DIB—{kuš]}PA-MEŠ ša₂ {1}{d}30—PAB-MEŠ—SU | |
| 8' | [MAN KUR—aš-šur] ina ŠA₃ 10 MA.NA KUG.UD ina 01 MA.NA | |
| 9' | [ša₂ {uru}gar]-⸢ga-mis⸣ TI-qi₂ kas-pu | |
| 10' | [gam-mur ta-din] ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ šu₂-a-tu₂ | |
| 11' | [zar-pu laq-qi-u tu-a]-⸢ru⸣ de-⸢e-nu⸣ | |
| 12' | [DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu] ⸢ša₂⸣ [ina ur-kiš] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [IGI {1}x x x x {lu₂]}⸢A.BA ša₂⸣ DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN | |
| 2' | [IGI {1}x x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}GAL—kal-lap {⸢lu₂⸣}GAL—kal-lap | |
| 3' | [IGI {1}x x x x {1}AN.ŠAR₂—EN—PAB {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR | |
| 4' | [IGI {1}x x x x {1}{⸢d⸣}PA—⸢PAB⸣—[SUM]-na | |
| 5' | [o] {lu₂}mu-tar—UMUŠ-MEŠ {lu₂}mu-tar—UMUŠ-MEŠ | |
| 6' | [IGI {1}x x (x)]-⸢BAD₃⸣—PAB {lu₂}: IGI {1}{d}PA-u-a | |
| 7' | [o] {lu₂}A.BA | |
| 8' | [IGI {1}x x x]+⸢x⸣-a {lu₂}03-šu₂ ša₂ {lu₂}02-u | |
| 9' | [IGI {1}⸢zi⸣-zi-i {lu₂}mu-tar—UMUŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣ {lu₂}mu-tar—UMUŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 10' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ la mah-ru-u-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 11' | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x] IGI {1}⸢I⸣-[x x x x] | |
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