ADD 0262 (P335209)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0262 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335209 |
| 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' | S[in-šarru-uṣur] has contracted and [bought them] for 1 1/2 minas and 5 shekels of sil[ver]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | The money is paid completely. The people ar[e purchased] and acquired. Any lawsuit or litigation is vo[id]. |
| Obverse [4:13] o 5'5'–o 13'13' | Whoever in the future, at any time, breaks [the contract], whether Sin-nadin-ahi or his sons or [rel]atives, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Sin-[šar]ru-uṣur and his sons, shall pay 10 minas of silver, 5 minas of gold, and four white [horses] to Sin residing in [Harran], and shall return the silver tenfold [t]o its owners. [He shall] contest in [his lawsui]t and not succ[eed]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Witness [......]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Witness Mannu-[...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Witness [......]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Witness [......]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Witness [......]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witness Remanni-[...]. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | Witness Adad-[...], servant of [...]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness [Handu, ...]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness [Bel]-lamur, scribe. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | Witness [NN], merchant of the queen's house. |
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' | [x] ⸢x x x⸣ u₂-⸢piš⸣-ma {1}30—[LUGAL—PAB] | |
| 2' | ina ŠA₃-bi 01 1/2 MA.NA 05 GIN₂-MEŠ KUG.⸢UD⸣ [il-qi] | |
| 3' | kas-pu gam-mur ta-din UN-MEŠ za-[ar-pu] | |
| 4' | TI-u₂ de-ni DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-[šu₂] | |
| 5' | man-nu ša ina ur-kiš ina ma-ti-ma ⸢GIL⸣-[u-ni] | |
| 6' | lu-u {1}30—SUM—PAB lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-[u mam₂]-⸢ma-nu⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 7' | de-ni DUG₄.DUG₄ TA@v {1}30—⸢LUGAL-PAB⸣ | |
| 8' | TA@v DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ ub-ta-u-[ni] | |
| 9' | 10 MA.NA KUG.UD 05 MA.NA KUG.GI 04 {[anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ] | |
| 10' | BABBAR-MEŠ a-na {d}30 a-šib {uru}[KASKAL] | |
| 11' | ⸢i⸣-dan KUG.UD a-na 10-MEŠ-⸢te⸣ | |
| 12' | [a]-⸢na⸣ EN-MEŠ-šu₂ GUR a-na ⸢de⸣-[ni-šu₂] | |
| 13' | ⸢DUG₄⸣.DUG₄-ma la i-laq-[qi] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [IGI {1}x x-[x x x x] | |
| 2 | IGI {1}⸢man-nu⸣-[x x x] | |
| 3 | IGI {1}⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4 | IGI {1}⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 5 | IGI {1}⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6 | IGI {1}⸢rem₂-a-ni⸣—[x x x] | |
| 7 | IGI {1}10-[x x x x] | |
| 8 | {lu₂v}⸢ARAD⸣ [x x x] | |
| 9 | IGI {1}[ha-an-du] {lu₂v}[x x x x] | |
| 10 | IGI {1}[EN]—la-mur {lu₂v}[A.BA] | |
| 11 | [IGI {1}x x x]-⸢i⸣ {lu₂v}DAM.[QAR] | |
| 12 | [ša] E₂ MI₂—E₂.GAL MI₂—E₂.GAL | |
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