ADD 0263 (P335210)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0263 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335210 |
| 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 gov]erness of the cen[tral city] (harem) has contracted [and bou]ght them for 10 mi[nas of silver]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | The money is paid completely. Those people are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [4:11] o 5'5'– | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint, whether Se'-gabbari or his sons, grandsons, brothers or nephews, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against the governess, his (sic) sons and grandsons, |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | shall place 10 minas of refined silver and one mina of pure gold in the lap of Ištar residing in Nineveh, shall tie two white horses to the feet of Aššur, shall bring four harbakannu horses to the feet of Nergal, and shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Nabû-belu-uṣur, mayor. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Nabû-rim-ilani. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Šar-Aššur. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Nabû-šumu-[...]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Bel-[...]. |
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 x x (x) {mi₂}ša₂]-⸢kin-tu₂ ša MURUB₄⸣—[URU] MURUB₄⸣—[URU] | |
| 2' | ina ŠA₃ 10 MA.[NA KUG.UD] ⸢il⸣-qi | |
| 3' | kas-pu gam-mur ta-din UN-MEŠ šu-a-tu | |
| 4' | za-ar-pu laq-qi-u₂ tu-a-ru de-e-nu | |
| 5' | DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu ša ina ur-kiš | |
| 6' | ina ma-te-e-ma i-zaq-qu-pan-ni | |
| 7' | lu-u {1}se-eʾ—gab-ba-ri lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 8' | lu-u ⸢DUMU⸣—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢DUMU⸣—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u DUMU-MEŠ—ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-MEŠ—ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 9' | ša TA@v {mi₂}ša₂-kin₂-tu₂ DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 10' | de-⸢e⸣-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ ub-ta-ʾu-u-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 10 ⸢MA⸣.NA KUG.UD LUH-u 01 MA.NA KUG.GI sak-ru | |
| 2 | ina bur-ki {d}IŠ.TAR a-ši-bat {uru}NINA i-šak-kan | |
| 3 | 02 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ BABBAR-MEŠ ina GIR₃.2 aš-šur i-rak-kas | |
| 4 | 04 {anše}har-ba-kan-ni ina KI.TA {d}ŠEŠ.GAL u₂-še-rab | |
| 5 | kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ-te a-na EN-MEŠ-šu₂ GUR-ra | |
| 6 | ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma la i-laq-qi | |
| 7 | IGI {1}{d}PA—EN—PAB {lu₂v}ha-za-nu | |
| 8 | IGI {1}{d}PA—AM—DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 9 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}IM—⸢aš-šur⸣ | |
| 10 | [IGI] {1}{d}PA—MU—[x x] | |
| 11 | [IGI] {1}⸢EN⸣—[x x x] | |
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