ADD 0326 (P335270)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0326 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335270 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Instead of his seal he impressed his fingernail. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Fingernail of Dusî, owner of the house being sold. |
| Obverse [2:7] o 33–o 77 | A built house with its beams and doors, a sleeping room, its yard, its bathroom, servants' quarters, two thirds of the main building, an upper floor, a storehouse, and a wing with a tomb in it — |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | Šumma-ilani, chariot driver of the chamberlain, has contracted and bought it for 3 minas of silver by the (mina) of the king. |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111–o 1313 | The money is paid completely. That house is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [13:19] o 1414–o 1919 | Whoever, at any time and in the future, lodges a complaint or [bre]aks the contract, whether Dusî [o]r his sons, brothers or relatives, who s[ee]ks a lawsuit or litigation against Šumma-ilani and his sons, |
| Obverse [19:30] o 2020– | shall place a mina and 5 minas of refin[ed] silver [and x minas of] pure [gol]d in the la[p of the god ... residing in ...], and shall tie two white horses [to the feet of Aššur] and bring four harbakannu horses to the feet of Nergal. He shall pay one talent of tin to the governor of [his] ci[ty], and shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Urdaya, weaver of multicolored trim. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Ilu-ibni, brother of the mayor. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Kenu'a, from the Inner City. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Bel-ibni, servant of the chamberlain. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witness Šumma-ili, merchant. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Witness Bibê, chief shepherd. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Witness Danqu-dibbi-Issar, ditto. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Witness Qalunzu, ditto. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | Witness Aššur-šezibanni, chariot driver. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | Witness Nabû-bel-šumati, scribe. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | Witness Qiti-ilani, 'third man.' |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | Witness Arbailayu, chariot driver. |
| Reverse [19:20] r 2020–r 2020 | Month Iyyar (II), 10th day, eponym year of [Zazaya], governor of Arp[ad]. |
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 | ⸢ku⸣-um {na₄}KIŠIB-šu₂ ṣu-pur-šu₂ GAR-un | |
| 2 | ⸢ṣu-pur⸣ {1}du-si-i EN E₂ SUM-ni | |
| 3 | E₂ ep-šu₂ a-di {giš}UR₃-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 4 | a-di {giš}IG-MEŠ-šu₂ E₂—NA₂ E₂—NA₂ TUR₃-šu₂ | |
| 5 | E₂—TU₅-šu₂ E₂—TU₅-šu₂ E₂—02-e E₂—02-e 2/3 ša₂ E₂—dan-ni E₂—dan-ni | |
| 6 | E₂ NIM {e₂}a-bu-sa-te {e₂}a-bu-sa-te E₂—ŠU E₂—ŠU | |
| 7 | KI.MAH ina ŠA₃-bi u₂-piš-ma | |
| 8 | {1}BE-ma—DINGIR-MEŠ-ni {lu₂}mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ {lu₂}mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ša {lu₂}ša₂—UGU—E₂-a-ni | |
| 10 | ina ŠA₃ 03 MA.NA KUG.UD ina ša₂ LUGAL TI-qi₂ | |
| 11 | kas-pu gam-mur ta-ad-din | |
| 12 | E₂ šu-a-tu₂ za-rip laq-qi₂ | |
| 13 | tu-a-ru de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ | |
| 14 | ⸢la⸣-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš | |
| 15 | ⸢u₃⸣ ma-te-e-ma i-zaq-qup-an-ni | |
| 16 | ⸢GIL⸣-u₂-ni lu-u {1}du-si-i | |
| 17 | ⸢lu⸣-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 18 | lu-u mam₂-ma-nu-šu₂ ša TA@v {1}šum-ma—DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣-ni | |
| 19 | DUMU-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ | |
| 20 | ub-[ta]-⸢ʾu⸣-u-ni MA.NA 05 MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 21 | LUH-[u x MA.NA KUG].⸢GI⸣ sak-ru | |
| 22 | ina bur-[ki {d}x x x x x] ⸢GAR⸣-an | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 02 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ BABBAR-MEŠ [ina GIR₃.2 {d}aš-šur] | |
| 2 | i-rak-kas 04 {anše}har-bak-⸢kan⸣-[ni] | |
| 3 | ina GIR₃.2 {d}MAŠ.MAŠ u₂-šer-⸢rab⸣ | |
| 4 | 01 GU₂.UN AN.NA a-na {lu₂}NAM ⸢URU⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 5 | ⸢id⸣-dan kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ-te | |
| 6 | a-na EN-MEŠ-šu₂ GUR-ra | |
| 7 | ⸢ina de⸣-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma la i-laq-qi₂ | |
| 8 | IGI {1}ARAD-a.a {lu₂}UŠ.BAR—GUN₃ {lu₂}UŠ.BAR—GUN₃ | |
| 9 | IGI {1}DINGIR—DU₃ ŠEŠ-šu₂ ša₂ {lu₂}ha-za-an-nu | |
| 10 | IGI {1}GIN-u-a {uru}ŠA₃—URU-a.a | |
| 11 | IGI {1}EN—DU₃ ARAD ša₂ {⸢lu₂⸣}ša₂—⸢UGU⸣—E₂-a-ni | |
| 12 | IGI {1}šum₂-ma—DINGIR {lu₂}DAM.QAR | |
| 13 | IGI {1}bi-bi-e {lu₂}⸢SIPA⸣ GAL | |
| 14 | IGI {1}⸢SIG₅⸣—INIM-MEŠ—{d}15 {lu₂}:. | |
| 15 | [IGI] {1}qa-lu-un-zu {lu₂}:. | |
| 16 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}aš-šur—še-zib-an-ni {lu₂}DIB—{kuš}PA-MEŠ {lu₂}DIB—{kuš}PA-MEŠ | |
| 17 | IGI {1}{d}PA—EN—MU-MEŠ-te {lu₂}A.BA | |
| 18 | IGI {1}qit-ti—DINGIR-MEŠ-ni {lu₂}03-šu₂ | |
| 19 | IGI {1}{uru}arba-il₃-a.⸢a⸣ {lu₂}DIB—{kuš}PA-MEŠ {lu₂}DIB—{kuš}PA-MEŠ | |
| 20 | {iti}GUD UD 10-KAM₂\t lim-⸢mu⸣ {1}za-za-a.a] | |
| 21 | {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR {uru}ar₂-⸢pad⸣-[da] | |
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