ADD 0310 (P335255)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0310 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335255 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | Seal of Adad-a[hu-iddina], [owner] of the people being sold. |
| Obverse [2:6] o 33–o 66 | [Ne]rgal-d[a]n, Issar-[..., his wife], Martî, ditto, her daughter, 3 spans [is her height], a total of 3 person[s, servants o]f [Adad-ahu-iddina] — |
| Obverse [6:10] o 77–o 1010 | [Mannu-ki]-All[aya], consript of the chief e[un]uch, has contracted and bought them for 2 m[in]as of silver by the min[a] of Carchemish. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | " I have bought the people after the remission of debts." |
| Obverse [11:14] o 1212–o 1414 | The money is paid completely. Th[ose] people are purchased and acquired. Any revocati[on, laws]uit, or litigation is vo[id]. |
| Obverse [14:24] o 1515– | [Whoever] in the future, [at any time], whether Adad-ahu-iddina [or his sons or] his [grand]sons [or his brothers o]r his nephews [or] ..., [lodges a] complaint and breaks the contract and seeks (a lawsuit or litigation) [against] Mannu-ki-Allaya [and] his sons, |
| Reverse [2:12] r 33–r 1212 | shall place [x min]as of refined silver (and) one mina of pure gold in the lap of Ištar residing in Nineveh, shall dedicate a bow (weighing) a ta[lent] of copper to Inurta residing in Calah, shall burn either his first born son or his eldest daughter with one homer of fine incense for Belat-ṣeri, and shall return [the mone]y tenfold to its owners. He shall contest [in] his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | (Guaranteed against) seizures of [epi]lepsy for 100 days (and against) [fra]ud forever. |
| Reverse [14:17] r 1515–r 1717 | [Witness] Nabû-nadin-ahhe, witness Šulmu-šarri, [witness Man]nu-ki-Ninua. A total of 3 witnesses [...]... |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | [Witness Tab]alayu. Witness Puhî. |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | [Witness Bu]ru-abu-uṣur. (Witness) Adad-naṣir. |
| Reverse [19:20] r 2020–r 2020 | [Witness I]zbu. Witness Tali[...]. |
| Reverse [20:21] r 2121–r 2121 | [Witness ...]ya. Witness Ki[...]. |
| Right [0:3] r.e. 23r.e. 23– | [Month ...], 3rd day, [eponym year of] Šamaš-kašid-aya[bi]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [Witness] Arbailayu. Witness Nergal-[...]. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [Witness ...]-nadin-ahi. Witness Dadî. |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | Witness Ubru-[...]. |
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 | {⸢na₄⸣}KIŠIB {1}{d}IM—⸢PAB⸣—[AŠ] | |
| 2 | [EN] ⸢UN-MEŠ⸣ SUM-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 3 | {1}{⸢d⸣}[U].GUR—⸢KALAG⸣-an {mi₂}15—x⸣+[x MI₂-šu₂] | |
| 4 | {⸢mi₂⸣}mar-ti-i ma-ar₂-a-⸢sa⸣ | |
| 5 | 03 ru-u-⸢ṭu⸣ [la-an-ša₂] | |
| 6 | PAB 03 ZI-[MEŠ ARAD-MEŠ] ⸢ša⸣ {1}{d}IM—PAB—AŠ] | |
| 7 | u₂-piš-ma {1}man-nu—ki-i]—{d}⸢al-la⸣-[a.a] | |
| 8 | rak-⸢su⸣ ša {lu₂}⸢GAL—SAG-MEŠ⸣ {lu₂}⸢GAL—SAG-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 9 | ina ŠA₃-bi 02 ⸢MA.NA⸣ KUG.UD ina ma-⸢ne₂⸣-e | |
| 10 | ša {uru}ga-⸢ar₂⸣-sa-mi₃-si TI | |
| 11 | ur-ki ⸢da-ra⸣-ri UN-MEŠ a-si-qi | |
| 12 | kas-pu ⸢ga-mur⸣ ta-din | |
| 13 | UN-MEŠ šu₂-[a-tu] za-ar₂-pu TI | |
| 14 | tu-⸢a-ru⸣ [de]-e-nu DUG₄.⸢DUG₄⸣ | |
| 15 | ⸢la-aš₂-šu₂⸣ [man-nu] ⸢ša⸣ ina ur-kiš | |
| 16 | [ina ma-te-ma] ⸢lu⸣-u {1}{d}IM—PAB—AŠ | |
| 17 | [lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u DUMU]—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU]—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 18 | [lu-u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ lu]-u DUMU—ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 19 | [x x x x] pa-nu-uʾ | |
| 20 | [i-za]-⸢qu⸣-pa-a-ni GIL-u-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [TA@v {1}man-nu—ki—{d}al-la-a.a | |
| 2 | [u₃] DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ ub-ta-u-ni | |
| 3 | [x MA].⸢NA⸣ KUG.UD LUH-u₂ 01 MA.NA ⸢KUG.GI⸣ | |
| 4 | ⸢sak⸣-ru ina bur-ki {d}IŠ.TAR | |
| 5 | a-šib {uru}NINA GAR-an {giš}BAN ⸢GU₂⸣.[UN] | |
| 6 | URUDU-MEŠ a-na {d}MAŠ a-šib {uru}⸢kal₃-ha⸣ | |
| 7 | u₂-še-la lu-u DUMU.UŠ-šu₂ GAL-⸢u⸣ | |
| 8 | lu-u DUMU.MI₂-su ra-bi-tu | |
| 9 | ⸢TA@v⸣ 01 ANŠE ri-qi-e DUG₃.GA-MEŠ-⸢te⸣ | |
| 10 | a-na be₂-la-tu—ṣe-e-ri i-qa-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 11 | [kas]-⸢pu⸣ a-na 10-MEŠ a-na EN-MEŠ-šu₂ u-⸢GUR⸣ | |
| 12 | [ina] de-nu-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma la₃ ⸢TI⸣ | |
| 13 | [be]-⸢e⸣-nu ṣib-tu₂ a-na 01 me UD-MEŠ | |
| 14 | [sa]-⸢ar₂⸣-tu₂ a-na <kal> MU.AN.NA-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 15 | [IGI {1}{d]}PA—MU—PAB-MEŠ IGI {1}DI-mu—LUGAL | |
| 16 | [IGI {1}man]-⸢nu⸣—ki—{uru}ni-⸢nu-a⸣ PAB 03 ⸢IGI-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 17 | [x x x x]+⸢x x x⸣ te | |
| 18 | [IGI {1}ta]-⸢bal⸣-a.a IGI {1}pu-hi-⸢i⸣ [o] | |
| 19 | [IGI {1}{d}bu]-⸢ru⸣—AD—PAB {1}10—PAB-⸢ir⸣ | |
| 20 | [IGI {1}⸢iz⸣-bu IGI {1}ta-li-[x] | |
| 21 | [IGI {1}x x x]-⸢ia⸣ IGI {1}ki-[x x x] | |
| 22 | [x x x x]+⸢x x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 23 | {[iti}x] UD 03-⸢KAM₂⸣ | |
| 24 | [lim-mu {1}{d}ša₂-maš—KUR—a.a-[bi] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [IGI {1}arba-il₃-a.a IGI {1}U.GUR—[x x] | |
| 2 | [IGI {1}x x]—AŠ—PAB IGI {1}da-di-[i] | |
| 3 | IGI {1}SUHUŠ—⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
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