ADD 0261 (P335208)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0261 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335208 |
| 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' | the woman Su[..., his wife], his two sons, his daughter, [a total of 5; NN, his wife], his two sons, a total of 4; |
| Obverse [2:6] o 3'3'–o 6'6' | Madaya, [......, a total of x]; Uraya and his wife; Sit[ir......, a total of x]; Nergal-iddina; in all 20 per[sons, servants] of Arbailayu — |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | [...], governess of the [central] city (harem), has con[tracted and bought them] for 8 minas of [silver]. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 13'13'–o 14'14' | [whoever seeks] a lawsu[it] or liti[gation against the governess shall tie two white hor]ses [to the feet of Aššur]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | He shall return [the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit] and not suc[ceed]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Witness Marduk-ereš, recruitment officer. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Witness Halmanu, recruitment officer. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Witness Nabû-belu-uṣur, mayor of Nineveh. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witness Nabû-rim-ilani, mayor of Nineveh. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Nabû-šarrani, city overseer of Nineveh. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Nanî, scribe of the crown prince. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Nadin-Ea, horse merchant. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Haldi-remanni, merchant. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Nabû-dammiq, deputy of the palace scribe. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witness [NN], ... of Nineveh. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Witness [...]ania, overseer of the temples of the Inner City. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Witness [NN, ...] of the queen. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Witness [...]-ahu-uṣur, 'third man' of Sin-šar-ilani. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | Witness [NN, 'third man'] of the commander-in-chief. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | Witness [NN], citizen of Nineveh. |
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' | {mi₂}su-u-[x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | 02 DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU.MI₂-su ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | 02 DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ PAB 04 {1}mad-a.a [x x x x x x x x x x (x x)] | |
| 4' | {1}u₂-ra-a.a MI₂-šu₂ {1}si-⸢ti⸣-[ir-x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | {1}{d}U.GUR—SUM-na PAB 20 {lu₂v}⸢ZI⸣-[MEŠ ARAD-MEŠ]-ni | |
| 6' | ša {1}{uru}arba-il₃-a.a tu-[piš-ma {mi₂}x x x x x] | |
| 7' | {[mi₂]}⸢ša₂⸣-GIM-tu₂ ša [MURUB₄]—⸢URU⸣ [MURUB₄]—⸢URU⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ina ŠA₃ 08 MA.NA⸣ [KUG.UD TI x x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x] ⸢de⸣-e-[nu] ⸢DUG₄⸣.[DUG₄ x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x 02 {⸢anše⸣}KUR.RA-[MEŠ x x x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 18' | [x x x] ⸢x nu⸣ a ⸢x x⸣ ub [x kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ-te] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ana EN-MEŠ-šu₂] u₂-ta-ra [ina de-ni-šu₂] | |
| 2 | [DUG₄.DUG₄]-⸢ma⸣ la ⸢i⸣-[laq-qi] | |
| 3 | [IGI {1}{d]}AMAR.UTU—APIN-eš {lu₂v}mu-⸢šar-kis⸣ | |
| 4 | [IGI] {1}hal-⸢ma⸣-nu {lu₂v}mu-šar-kis | |
| 5 | IGI {1}{d}PA—EN—PAB {lu₂v}⸢ha⸣-[za]-nu ša {uru}ni-nu-a | |
| 6 | IGI {1}{d}PA—AM—DINGIR-MEŠ {lu₂v}ha-za-⸢nu⸣ ša URU-ni-nu-[a] | |
| 7 | IGI {1}{d}PA—MAN-a-[ni {lu₂v]}⸢ša₂—UGU⸣—URU ša {uru}ni-nu-[a] | |
| 8 | IGI {1}⸢na-ni⸣-i {lu₂v}⸢A.BA⸣ ša DUMU—⸢LUGAL⸣ DUMU—⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 9 | IGI {1}na-din-ia {lu₂v}⸢DAM.QAR⸣ {anše}KUR.⸢RA⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 10 | IGI {1}{d}hal-di—rem₂-a-ni {lu₂v}DAM.QAR | |
| 11 | IGI {1}{⸢d}PA⸣—[SIG₅]-iq {⸢lu₂v⸣}02-u ša {lu₂v}A.BA—E₂.GAL {lu₂v}A.BA—E₂.GAL | |
| 12 | IGI {1}[x x x x x]-⸢da-ku⸣ ša {uru}ni-nu-a | |
| 13 | IGI {1}[x]-a-ni-⸢a⸣ {[lu₂v}ša₂]—⸢UGU⸣—E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ ša {uru}ŠA₃—URU | |
| 14 | [IGI {1}x x x x x] ša MI₂—E₂.GAL MI₂—E₂.GAL | |
| 15 | [IGI {1}x x]—PAB—PAB {lu₂v}03-[šu₂] ša {1}{d}30—LUGAL—DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 16 | [IGI {1}x x x]—{d}[x] {lu₂v}03-šu₂] ša {lu₂v}tur-ta-ni | |
| 17 | [IGI {1}x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x] DUMU—{uru}ni-nu-a DUMU—{uru}ni-nu-a | |
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