ADD 0308 (P335253)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0308 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335253 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Legal Transaction |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa14 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [Seal of ...]..., [seal of A]hû'a-eriba, son of Aya-ahhe, [owner] of the woman being sold. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | Ṣalentu, maid of these men — |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | Kakkullanu, cohort commander of the crown prince, has contracted and bought her (for) 1/2 mina, for Tarhunazi, his servant, as a wife. |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99–o 1212 | The money is paid completely. That woman is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [12:22] o 1313– | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint or breaks the contract, whether these men or his sons or his grandsons or his brothers or his (brothers') sons or their prefect, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Kakkullanu, (his) sons (and his) grandsons, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | shall give 10 minas of silver. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | Month Iyyar (II), 20th day, eponym year of Ṣalmu-šarri-iqbi, commander-in-chief of the left. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness La-qepu, cohort commander. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Balasî, son of Nabû-nakil, ditto. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Nabû-tariṣ, horse trainer of the king. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Zizî, deputy cohort commander. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witness Aššur-killanni, horse trainer of the king. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [Witness] Addî, merchant. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [Witness H]iriṣaya, porter. |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515– | [Witness ...]... |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 16r.e. 16–r.e. 16r.e. 16 | [Witness Ša]maš-nadin-ahi, scribe. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {[na₄}KIŠIB {1}x]-⸢ia⸣-ka-a-⸢x⸣-a o | |
| 2 | {[na₄}KIŠIB {1}⸢PAB⸣-u-a—SU DUMU {1}a.a—PAB-MEŠ | |
| 3 | [EN] MI₂ ta-SUM-ni | |
| 4 | {mi₂}ṣa-le-en-tu₂ GEME₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 5 | ša LU₂-MEŠ-e an-nu-u-ti | |
| 6 | u₂-piš-ma {1}ka-ku-la-nu {lu₂}GAL—ṣir-ki {lu₂}GAL—ṣir-ki | |
| 7 | ša A—MAN A—MAN 1/2 MA.NA a-na {1}tar-hu-na-zi ARAD-šu | |
| 8 | a-na MI₂-su-ti il-qi | |
| 9 | kas-pu gam-mur ta-din-ni | |
| 10 | MI₂ šu₂-a-te za-o-pat la₃-TI | |
| 11 | tu-a-ru de-e-nu | |
| 12 | DUG₄.DUG₄-MEŠ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 13 | man-nu ša ina ur-kiš | |
| 14 | ina ma-te-ma i-za-qu-pa-a-ni | |
| 15 | GIL-u-ni lu-u LU₂-MEŠ-e | |
| 16 | an-nu-u-te lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 17 | lu-u DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u | |
| 18 | ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {lu₂v}GAR-šu₂-nu ša TA@v {1}ka-ku-la-nu | |
| 2 | DUMU-MEŠ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ de-e-nu | |
| 3 | DUG₄.DUG₄-MEŠ ub-ta-u-ni | |
| 4 | 10 MA.NA KUG.UD SUM-an | |
| 5 | {iti}GUD UD 20-KAM | |
| 6 | lim-mu {1}NU—MAN—iq-bi | |
| 7 | {lu₂v}tur-ta-nu KAB | |
| 8 | IGI {1}li—qi-pu {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir | |
| 9 | IGI {1}ba-la-si o A {1}{d}PA—na-kil :-ma | |
| 10 | IGI {1}{d}PA—LAL-iṣ {lu₂v}{giš}GIGIR MAN | |
| 11 | IGI {1}zi-ze-e {lu₂v}02-e ša GAL—ki-ṣir GAL—ki-ṣir | |
| 12 | IGI {1}aš-šur—kil-la-ni {lu₂v}{giš}GIGIR MAN | |
| 13 | [IGI] {1}i-di-i {lu₂v}DAM.QAR | |
| 14 | [IGI {1}⸢hi⸣-ri-⸢ṣa⸣-a.a {lu₂v}I₃.DU₈ | |
| 15 | [IGI {1}x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x]-še-ri | |
| r.e. | ||
| 16 | [IGI {1}{d]}⸢UTU⸣—SUM—PAB A.BA | |
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