ADD 0327 (P335271)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0327 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335271 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | a house, 4 doors [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | one door in [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | adjoining the house of Ṣil-Nabû, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | adjoining the house of Ṭab-šar-Issar, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | adjoining the house of Šamaš-le'i, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | adjoining an alley, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | a house in the best part of Nineveh — |
| Obverse [7:10] o 8'8'–o 10'10' | Kukullayu has contracted and bought from Upaqa-ana-Arbail and from Šar-Issar for half mina of silver. |
| Obverse [10:15] o 11'11'– | The money is paid completely. That house is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Bottom [0:3] b.e. 15'b.e. 15'– | (Aramaic caption:) Upaqa-ana-Arbail and Šar-Issar. |
| Reverse [0:8] r 1r 1–r 88 | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint and breaks the contract, whether Upaqa-ana-Arbail or his sons (or) his grandsons, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Kukullayu, his sons (and) his grandsons, shall give 5 minas of silver. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Ubru-Nabû, cohort commander. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Unzarhu-Aššur, ditto ditto. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Zar-Issar, ditto ditto. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witness Hiriṣayu. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Witness Sunu[...]. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Witness [NN]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Month Iyyar (II), 10th day, eponym year of Aššur-remanni, [chief eunuch of the crown prince]. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | Witness Nabû-nadin-ahi, scribe [(...)]. |
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' | E₂ {giš}04-IG ⸢a⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | 01-et {giš}IG ina ŠA₃-bi ⸢x⸣+[x (x) x] | |
| 3' | SUHUR E₂ {1}ṣil—{d}PA | |
| 4' | SUHUR E₂ {1}DUG₃—IM—{d}15 | |
| 5' | SUHUR E₂ {1}{d}UTU—ZU | |
| 6' | SUHUR su-qa-qi | |
| 7' | E₂ ina SAG {uru}NINA{ki} | |
| 8' | u₂-piš-ma {1}ku-kul-a.a | |
| 9' | TA IGI {1}pa-qa—a-na—arba-il₃ TA@v IGI {1}IM—15 | |
| 10' | ina ŠA₃-bi 1/2 MA.NA KUG.UD il-qi | |
| 11' | kas-pu gam-mur ta-din E₂ | |
| 12' | šu-a-te za-rip laq-qi | |
| 13' | tu-a-ru de-e-nu | |
| 14' | DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15' | pqnʾrbʾl | |
| 16' | srʾš | |
| r | ||
| 1 | man-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš ina ma-te-ma | |
| 2 | i-za-qup-pan-a-ni GIL-u-ni | |
| 3 | lu-u {1}pa-qa—a-na—arba-il₃ | |
| 4 | lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 5 | ša TA@v {1}ku-kul-la-a.a | |
| 6 | DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 7 | de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ ub-ta-u-ni | |
| 8 | 05 MA.NA KUG.UD SUM-an | |
| 9 | IGI {1}SUHUŠ—{d}PA {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir | |
| 10 | IGI {1}un-zar₄-hi—aš-šur | |
| 11 | IGI {1}NUMUN—15 | |
| 12 | IGI {1}hi-ri-ṣa-a.a | |
| 13 | IGI {1}su-nu-[x x] | |
| 14 | IGI {1}[x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {iti}GUD UD 10-KAM lim-me {1}aš-šur—rem₂-a-ni [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | IGI {1}{d}PA—AŠ—PAB {lu₂v}A.BA [(x x x x)] | |
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