ADD 0311 (P335256)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0311 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335256 |
| 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 Nabû-belu-uṣur, servant of Šamaš-šarrani, owner of the woman being sold. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | Ahat-abiša, maid of Nabû-belu-uṣur, of 4 spans — |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | Abd[u]nu, son of Kukullayu, has contracted and [bought] f[o]r 2 1/2 shekels of silver. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | The money is p[ai]d completely. That woman is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [11:19] o 1212– | Whoever in the future, at any [tim]e, lodges a complaint and breaks the contract, whether Nabû-belu-uṣur or his sons or his grandsons, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Abdunu, his sons and his grandsons, |
| Reverse [4:9] r 55–r 99 | shall place 10 minas of refined silver (and) 5 minas of pure gold in the l[a]p of Ištar residing in Nineveh, and shall return the mo[ney] tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Nargî. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Takilati. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witness Aššur-nadin-ahi. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Witness Pamû. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Witness Ilu-kettu-iram. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Witness Il-abu-riba. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | Witness Riba-ahhe. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | Witness Muqallil-kabti. |
| Reverse [17:19] r 1818– | Witness Sukki-Aya. Witness Remut-ilani. |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 19t.e. 19–t.e. 19t.e. 19 | Witness Sin-na'id. Witness Ululayu. |
| Top [1:2] t.e. 2020–t.e. 2020 | Witness Kiṣir-Issar. Witness Balaṭu-ereš. |
| Top [2:3] t.e. 2121–t.e. 2121 | Witness Luqu. |
| Top [3:6] t.e. 2222– | Witness Marduk-eriba, son of Urdu. |
| Left Column i [0:1] l.e. i 1l.e. i 1–l.e. i 1l.e. i 1 | Witness Urdu-Issar, son of Hariruri. |
| Left Column i [1:2] l.e. i 22–l.e. i 22 | Witness Sinqi, son of Kenî. Witness [NN]. |
| Left Column i [2:4] l.e. i 33– | Witness Dilil-Issar, son of Buadi-Iau. |
| Left Column ii [0:1] l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1–l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1 | Witness [...]ayu |
| Left Column ii [1:4] l.e. ii 22– | Month [...], 14th day, ep[onym year] of Marduk-šarru-uṣur. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 1r.e. 1–r.e. 1r.e. 1 | Witness Urdu-Allaya. |
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}PA—EN—PAB | |
| 2 | {lu₂}ARAD ša₂ {1}{d}⸢UTU—MAN⸣-a-ni | |
| 3 | EN MI₂ SUM-a-ni | |
| 4 | {mi₂}NIN—AD-ša₂ GEME₂-šu₂ | |
| 5 | ša {1}{d}PA—EN—PAB | |
| 6 | 04 ru-u-ṭu | |
| 7 | u₂-piš-ma {1}ab-⸢du-nu⸣ DUMU {1}ku-ku-ul-[la]-a-⸢a⸣ | |
| 8 | ina ⸢ŠA₃-bi⸣ 02 1/2 GIN₂ KUG.UD | |
| 9 | [il-qi] kas-pu gam-mur | |
| 10 | ⸢ta-din⸣ MI₂ šu-a-tu za-ar-pat | |
| 11 | la-qi-at tu-a-ru de-e-nu | |
| 12 | DUG₄.⸢DUG₄⸣ la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš | |
| 13 | ina ma-[te]-⸢ma⸣ i-za-qu-za-pa-ni | |
| 14 | GIL-u-ni lu-u {1}{d}PA—EN—PAB | |
| r | ||
| 1 | lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 2 | ša de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ | |
| 3 | ša₂ TA {1}ab-du-nu DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 4 | DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ | |
| 5 | ub-ta-u-ni 10 MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 6 | LUH-u₂ 05 MA.NA KUG.GI sak-ru | |
| 7 | ina ⸢bur-ki⸣ {d}IŠ.TAR a-ši-bat {uru}NINA | |
| 8 | GAR-an ⸢kas⸣-[pu] ina 10-MEŠ ana EN-MEŠ-šu₂ GUR-ra | |
| 9 | ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.⸢DUG₄-ma⸣ la₃ TI | |
| 10 | IGI {1}nar-⸢gi-i⸣ | |
| 11 | IGI {1}ta-ki-la-ti | |
| 12 | IGI {1}aš-šur—AŠ—PAB | |
| 13 | IGI {1}pa-mu-u₂ | |
| 14 | IGI {1}DINGIR—⸢ZI⸣—AG₂ | |
| 15 | IGI {1}DINGIR—⸢AD⸣—SU | |
| 16 | IGI {1}SU—PAB-MEŠ | |
| 17 | IGI {1}mu-qa-lil—IDIM | |
| 18 | IGI {1}TE-a.a IGI {1}rem₂-mu-ut—DINGIR-MEŠ-ni | |
| t.e. | ||
| 19 | IGI {1}{d}30—I IGI {1}{iti}KIN-a.a | |
| 20 | IGI {1}ki-ṣir—15 IGI {1}TI.LA—APIN-eš | |
| 21 | IGI {1}lu-⸢qu⸣ | |
| 22 | IGI {1}{d}ŠU₂—SU A {1}ur-di | |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | IGI {1}ARAD—15 A {1}⸢ha⸣-[ri]-ru-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 2 | IGI {1}sin-qi A {1}GIN-i IGI ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 3 | IGI {1}di-lil—15 A {1}bu-a-di—⸢ia-a⸣-u | |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | IGI {1}⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣-a.a-u | |
| 2 | {⸢iti⸣}[x] UD 14-KAM | |
| 3 | ⸢li⸣-[mu] {1}{d}ŠU₂—MAN—PAB | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | IGI {1}ARAD—{d}al-la-a.a | |
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