ADD 0271 (P335218)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0271 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335218 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [Mar]ṣiš-adallal, Ba[...], |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [a total of 2] youths; Mannu-[...], their mother; |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | in all 5 persons, [servants] of the[se] gentlemen — |
| Obverse [5:10] o 6'6'–o 10'10' | Remanni-Adad, chief ch[ariot driver] of Assurbanipal, king of Ass[yria], has contracted and bought them for 5 minas of silver by the (mina) of [Carchemish] from Da''inanni-Nergal, Zi[lî], Kur-ila'i, and Aššur-šallim-[ahhe]. |
| Obverse [10:13] o 11'11'–o 13'13' | The money is paid completely. [Th]ose [people are pu]rchased and acquired. [Any revocation, la]wsuit, or litigation is voi[d]. |
| Obverse [13:16] o 14'14'– | [In] the future, at any [time], whoever [comes forward, lodges] a complaint, [and breaks the c]ontract, |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | whether Da''inan]ni-Nergal, [Zilî, Kur-ila']i or Aš[šur-šallim-ahhe, or] their sons, grandsons, [brothers or] nephews, or [their] prefect [or] mayor, or any relative of th[eirs], |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | and seeks a lawsu[it or liti]gation against Remanni-Adad, [chariot driver], and his sons and grandsons [...] |
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 x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {1}⸢GIG⸣—a-da-la-li {1}⸢ba⸣-[x x x] | |
| 3' | [PAB 02 {⸢lu₂⸣}ṣu-hur-te {mi₂}man-nu—[x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢AMA⸣-šu₂-nu PAB 05 ZI-MEŠ {lu₂v}[ARAD-MEŠ] | |
| 5' | ša LU₂-MEŠ-e an-[nu-te] | |
| 6' | u₂-piš-ma {1}rem₂-a-ni—{d}IM {lu₂v}⸢DIB⸣—{[kuš}PA-MEŠ] {lu₂v}⸢DIB⸣—{[kuš}PA-MEŠ] | |
| 7' | dan-nu ša {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A MAN KUR—[aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 8' | ⸢ina ŠA₃⸣-bi 05 MA.NA KUG.⸢UD⸣ ina ša {⸢uru⸣}[gar-ga-mis] | |
| 9' | TA@v IGI {1}KALAG-a-ni—U.GUR TA@v IGI 1-zi-[li-i] | |
| 10' | TA@v IGI {1}kur-la-a.a TA@v IGI {1}⸢aš-šur—šal-lim⸣—[PAB-MEŠ] | |
| 11' | il-qi kas-⸢pu ga⸣-mur ta-din-ni [o] | |
| 12' | [UN-MEŠ šu₂-a]-tu₂ [za]-ar₂-pu laq-qi-⸢u⸣ | |
| 13' | [tu-a-ru] ⸢de⸣-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 14' | [ina ur-kiš ina] ⸢ma⸣-te-ma ⸢man⸣-nu ša ⸢e⸣-[la-ni] | |
| 15' | [i-za]-qu-⸢pa⸣-[ni i-GIL-u-ni] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [lu-u {1}KALAG-a]-⸢ni—U.GUR lu-u⸣ {1}zi-li-i] | |
| 2 | [lu-u {1}kur-la-a].a lu-u {1}aš-[šur—šal-lim—PAB-MEŠ] | |
| 3 | [lu-u] DUMU-MEŠ-[šu₂]-nu DUMU—DUMU-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂-nu DUMU—DUMU-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂-nu ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂-nu] | |
| 4 | [lu-u] ⸢DUMU⸣—ŠEŠ-<MEŠ>-šu₂-nu ⸢DUMU⸣—ŠEŠ-<MEŠ>-šu₂-nu lu-u {lu₂v}GAR-nu-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 5 | [lu-u] ⸢ha⸣-za-nu-šu₂-nu lu-u mu-⸢mu-nu-šu₂⸣-[nu] | |
| 6 | [ša] TA@v {1}rem₂-a-ni—{d}⸢IM⸣ {[lu₂v}DIB—{kuš}PA-MEŠ] {[lu₂v}DIB—{kuš}PA-MEŠ] | |
| 7 | [TA@v] DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-[MEŠ-šu₂] DUMU—DUMU-[MEŠ-šu₂] ⸢de⸣-[e-nu] | |
| 8 | [DUG₄].DUG₄ ⸢ub⸣-ta-⸢u⸣-[ni x x x x x x x] | |
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