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ADD 0318 (P335263)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0318 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335263 |
| 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 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB {1}{d}PA—PAB—PAB {na₄}KIŠIB {1}PAB-u-ni | Seal of Nabû-ahu-uṣur, seal of Ahuni. |
| 2 | PAB 02 DUMU-MEŠ DUMU {1}nar-gi-i | in all 2 sons of the son of Nargi |
| 3 | {na₄}KIŠIB {1}PAB—ZALAG₂ DUMU {1}si-i-li | Seal of Ahu-nuri, son of Sili |
| 4 | PAB 03 LU₂-MEŠ-e EN LU₂ a-na ša₂-pu-si | in all 3 men, owners of the man being sold. |
| 5 | ina ŠA₃ MI₂ SUM-a-ni | from the woman being sold. |
| 6 | {1}{d}15—BAD₃—qa-a-li ARAD-šu₂-nu | Issar-duri-qali, his servant |
| 7 | ša LU₂-MEŠ-e an-nu-te | From these men. |
| 8 | u₂-piš-ma {1}kak-kul-la-nu {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir | Kakkullanu, cohort commander of the cohort commander |
| 9 | ina ŠA₃-bi {mi₂}AD—li-ih-a GEME₂-šu₂ | from Abi-liḫa, his female slave |
| 10 | ša₂-pu-u-su TA@v IGI LU₂-MEŠ-e | He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| 11 | an-nu-te i-zi-rip | these have been cancelled. |
| 12 | it-ti-ši tu-a-ru de-e-nu | Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| 13 | DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ | There is no lawsuit |
| 14 | man-nu ša ina ur-kiš ina ma-te-e-ma | Whoever in the future, at any time |
| 15 | i-za-qu-pa-ni GIL-u-ni | They shall contest in the lawsuit and not succeed. |
| 16 | lu-u {1}{d}PA—PAB—PAB lu-u {1}PAB-u-ni | either Nabû-ahu-uṣur or his brother |
| 17 | lu-u {1}PAB—ZALAG₂ lu-u A-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | or Ahu-nuri, or their water |
| 18 | lu-u A—A-MEŠ-šu₂-nu A—A-MEŠ-šu₂-nu lu-u PAB-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | [or their sons, their grandsons, or their brothers] |
| r | ||
| 1 | lu-u A-MEŠ—PAB-MEŠ-šu₂-nu A-MEŠ—PAB-MEŠ-šu₂-nu lu-u mam₂-ma-šu₂-nu | or their sons, or their nephews, |
| 2 | ša TA@v {1}kak-kul-la-ni TA@v DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | that from the kakkullanu-vessel and from his sons |
| 3 | TA@v DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄-bu | [Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation] is void. |
| 4 | ub-ta-u-ni aš-šur {d}UTU EN {d}AG | I ask you, Šamaš, lord of Nabû |
| 5 | lu-u EN-de-ni-šu₂ EN-de-ni-šu₂ 10 MA.NA KUG.UD SUM-an | He shall be his prosecutors. He shall pay 10 minas of silver. |
| 6 | IGI {1}aš-šur—kil-la-an-ni {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir | Witness Assur-killanni, cohort commander of the cohort commander. |
| 7 | IGI {1}li—qi-pu {lu₂v}{<:(GAL—ki-ṣir)>} {lu₂v}{<:(GAL—ki-ṣir)>} | Witness Li-qipu, cohort commander. |
| 8 | IGI {1}ba-la-si-i {lu₂v}{<:(GAL—ki-ṣir)>} {lu₂v}{<:(GAL—ki-ṣir)>} | Witness Balasî, cohort commander. |
| 9 | IGI {1}zi-zi-i {lu₂v}02-u₂ ša {lu₂v}{<:(GAL—ki-ṣir)>} {lu₂v}{<:(GAL—ki-ṣir)>} o | Witness Zizî, deputy of the cohort commander. |
| 10 | IGI {1}i-di-i {lu₂v}DAM.QAR | Witness: Idî, merchant |
| 11 | IGI {1}hi-ri-ṣa-a.a {lu₂v}I₃.DU₈ ša E₂—kid-mu-ri | Witness Hiri-Baya, gatekeeper of the Kidmuri temple. |
| 12 | IGI {1}ṣal-mu-te {lu₂v}DAM.QAR | Witness: Balmutu, merchant |
| 13 | IGI {1}{d}UTU—iq-bi {lu₂v}da-a.a-lu | Witness Šamaš-iqbi, judge. |
| 14 | IGI {1}MU-a.a {lu₂v}A.BA | Witness: Šumaya, scribe |
| 15 | IGI {1}DINGIR—gab-ri {lu₂v}ša—GIR₃.2 | Witness Ilu-gabri, ša taqribtu. |
| 16 | IGI {1}{d}30—MAN—PAB {lu₂}qur-ZAG | Witness Sin-šarru-uṣur, royal bodyguard. |
| 17 | {iti}GUD UD 20-KAM | 20th day of Ayyaru |
| 18 | lim-mu {1}{d}30—MAN—PAB {lu₂v}A.BA—KUR {lu₂v}A.BA—KUR | eponym year of Sin-šarru-uṣur, palace scribe. |
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