ADD 0259 (P335206)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0259 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335206 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Fingernail of Bel-iqbi, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Fingernail of Zeru-ibni, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Fingernail of Bel-abu-uṣur, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | owner(s) of the people being sold. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...]-Marduk, his wife, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | his [x sons], his 2 daughters, |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | [in all x per]sons, servants [of] these [men] — |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | Urdu [has contrac]ted and bought them [from] these men [for 1]80 (shekels of) copper. |
| Obverse [11:14] o 1212–o 1414 | [The money] is paid completely. The [people] are purchased and acquired. Any [revocat]ion, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [14:17] o 1515–o 1717 | [Whoever in] the future lodges a complaint and seeks [a law]suit against Urdu and his sons, |
| Obverse [17:21] o 1818– | [shall place] one mina of silver (and) one mina of [gold] in the lap of [..., and shall return] the money [tenfold to its owners]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Witness La-tubašanni, [...]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Witness Nabû-ušabši, servant of [...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Witness Mannu-lu-šulmu. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Witness Sa'amu. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Witness Adad-aplu-iddina. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witness Zababa-ereš. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Agru. Witness Adad-mušeṣi. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [Witness] Mardukati, scribe. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [Month] Tishri (VII), [...th] day, [eponym ye]ar of Šulmu-[...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ṣu-pur {1}d.EN—DUG₄.⸢GA⸣ | |
| 2 | ṣu-pur {1}NUMUN—DU₃ | |
| 3 | ṣu-pur {1}{d}EN—AD—⸢PAB⸣ | |
| 4 | EN UN-MEŠ SUM-ni | |
| 5 | {1}x (x) x]—{d}AMAR.UTU MI₂-šu₂ | |
| 6 | [x (x) DUMU-MEŠ]-šu₂ 02 DUMU.MI₂-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 7 | [PAB x] ⸢ZI⸣-MEŠ ARAD-MEŠ-ni | |
| 8 | [ša LU₂]-⸢MEŠ⸣ an-nu-ti | |
| 9 | [u₂]-⸢piš⸣-ma {1}ur-du | |
| 10 | [TA@v IGI] ⸢LU₂⸣-MEŠ an-nu-ti | |
| 11 | [ina ŠA₃-bi 01 me 80 URUDU-MEŠ TI-⸢qi⸣ | |
| 12 | [kas-pu] gam-mur ta-ad-din | |
| 13 | [UN-MEŠ] za-ar₂-pu laq-qi-u | |
| 14 | [tu-a]-⸢ru⸣ DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 15 | [man-nu ša₂ ina] ur-kiš i-zaq-qup-an-ni | |
| 16 | [de]-e-nu TA@v {1}ur-du | |
| 17 | u₃ DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ ub-ta-ʾu-u-ni | |
| 18 | 01 MA.NA KUG.UD 01 MA.NA [KUG.GI] | |
| 19 | ina bur-ki ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 20 | kas-pu a-[na 10-MEŠ ana EN-MEŠ-šu₂ GUR] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | IGI {1}NU—TEŠ₂-ba-ana {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x x] | |
| 2 | IGI {1}{d}PA—šab-ši ARAD ša₂ {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x x] | |
| 3 | IGI {1}man-nu—lu-u₂—DI-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 4 | IGI {1}sa-ʾu-mu | |
| 5 | IGI {1}{d}IM—A—AŠ | |
| 6 | IGI {1}{d}za-ba₄-ba₄—KAM-eš | |
| 7 | IGI {1}ag-ru IGI {1}{d}10—mu-še-iṣ-ṣi | |
| 8 | [IGI] {1}mar-duk-a-te {lu₂}A.BA | |
| 9 | {[iti]}DU₆ UD-[x x x x] | |
| 10 | [lim]-⸢mu⸣ {1}DI-[x x x] | |
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