ADD 0297 (P335242)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0297 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335242 |
| 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' | [Remanni-Adad has contracted and bou]ght them [from] Il-ta[kâ, the ... of] Esaggil [for x minas of silver]. |
| Obverse [2:6] o 3'3'–o 6'6' | The mone[y is pa]id [completely]. [Those] people [are pur]chased and ac[quired. Any revocation, la]wsuit, or litiga[tion is void]. |
| Obverse [6:14] o 7'7'– | [Who]ever in the fut[ure breaks the contract], whether Il-tak[â or his sons] or grandsons, [and seeks a law]suit or liti[gation] against Remanni-Adad, shall return [the mon]ey ten[fold to its owner. He shall contest] in [his] law[suit] and not suc[ceed]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | Witness Zarutî, [chariot driver] of the pri[nce]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Witness Haba[sti, chief porter]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witness Sin-na'id, [...]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Ṣil[laya, merchant]. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | Witness Adad-[......]. |
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' | [TA@v IGI {1}⸢DINGIR—ta⸣-[ka-a {lu₂v}x x x] | |
| 2' | [ša] ⸢E₂⸣.SAG.⸢IL₂⸣ [ina ŠA₃ x MA.NA KUG.UD] | |
| 3' | [il]-qi kas-⸢pu⸣ [gam-mur] | |
| 4' | ⸢ta⸣-din UN-⸢MEŠ⸣ [šu-a-tu] | |
| 5' | [za]-ar-pu ⸢la⸣-[qi-u tu-a-ru] | |
| 6' | ⸢de⸣-e-nu DUG₄.[DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂] | |
| 7' | [man]-nu ša ina ⸢ur⸣-[kiš GIL-u-ni] | |
| 8' | lu-u {1}DINGIR—ta-⸢ka⸣-[a lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 9' | lu-u DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ ša [TA@v {1}rem₂-an-ni—{d}IM] | |
| 10' | [de]-⸢e⸣-nu DUG₄.[DUG₄ ub-ta-u-ni] | |
| 11' | [kas]-⸢pu⸣ a-⸢na⸣ 10-MEŠ-te a-na EN-šu₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | GUR-ra ina de-[ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma] | |
| 2 | la i-[laq-qi] | |
| 3 | IGI {1}NUMUN-ti-i {[lu₂v}DIB—{kuš}PA-MEŠ] {[lu₂v}DIB—{kuš}PA-MEŠ] | |
| 4 | ša DUMU—[MAN] DUMU—[MAN] | |
| 5 | IGI {1}ha—ba-[as-te {lu₂v}GAL—I₃.DU₈] {lu₂v}GAL—I₃.DU₈] | |
| 6 | IGI {1}{d}30—I [x x x x] | |
| 7 | IGI {1}ṣil-[la-a.a {lu₂v}DAM.QAR] | |
| 8 | IGI {1}{d}IM—[x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [IGI {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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