ADD 0330 (P335274)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0330 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335274 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | Seal of Šelepu, owner of the house being sold. |
| Obverse [2:7] o 33–o 77 | A bui[lt] house [with] its [beams] and doors, a half of a thr[eshing floor ... in] the irrigated land (of) the town of Zidada, a ...[... in] its entirety, adjoining the house [of Da]di-iqbi and [the house of ...]mu-eri — |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | [Mann]u-ki-Arbail has [contracted and boug]ht it [from Še]lepu [for x minas] of silver (by the mina) [of Carchemish]. |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111–o 1313 | The money [is paid completely]. The house is purchased [and acquired. Any revocation, law]suit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [13:24] o 1414– | [Whoever in] the fut[ure, at any time, lodges a complaint, whether Šelepu or his sons], and se[eks a lawsuit or litigation against] Mannu-k[i-Arbail] and his sons, shall [pay] two minas of silver (and) two min[as of gold] to Ištar residing in Arbela, and shall [return] the silver tenfold to its owners. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. The judge shall not heed his case. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Witness Šep-Issar, scribe. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witness Nabû-šumu-iddina, scribe. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | Witness Kiṣir-Issar, 'third man' of the chief cupbearer. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Zar-Issar. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Mannu-ki-ahhe, conscript. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Bel-duri. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witness Aššur-šarru-uṣur, scribe. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Witness Marduk-eriba. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Witness Suhuramû, merchant of the crown prince. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Witness Mannu-ki-abi, conscript of the chief eunuch. |
| Reverse [15:17] r 1616–r 1717 | Month Nisan (I), 24th day, eponym year of Banbâ, the second vizier, in the reign of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria. |
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}še-li-pi | |
| 2 | EN E₂ ta-da-ni | |
| 3 | E₂ ep-[šu₂ a-di {giš}UR₃]-MEŠ-šu₂ a-⸢di⸣ {[giš]}⸢IG⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 4 | me-šil ⸢ad⸣-[ri x x x x] A.QAR {uru}⸢zi⸣-da-da | |
| 5 | tak-pi-[x x x ina] ⸢gi⸣-mir-⸢ti⸣-ša₂ | |
| 6 | SUHUR E₂ {1}U].U—iq-bi | |
| 7 | SUHUR [E₂ {1}x x]-mu—e-ri | |
| 8 | u₂-[piš-ma {1}man]-⸢nu⸣—ki—{uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 9 | [TA@v IGI {1}še]-li-pi | |
| 10 | [ina ŠA₃ x MA.NA] KUG.UD | |
| 11 | [ša {uru}gar-ga-mis] ⸢il⸣-qi kas-pu | |
| 12 | [gam-mur ta-din] E₂ za-rip | |
| 13 | [laq-qi tu-a-ru] ⸢de⸣-nu DUG₄.⸢DUG₄⸣ | |
| 14 | [la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu ša ina] ⸢ur⸣-[kiš] | |
| 15 | [...] | |
| 16 | [...] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | [TA@v] {1}man-nu—⸢ki⸣—{[uru}arba-il₃] | |
| 18 | ⸢u₃⸣ DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ ub-⸢ta⸣-[u-ni] | |
| 19 | 02 MA.NA KUG.UD 02 MA.[NA KUG.GI] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina {d}IŠ.TAR a-ši-pat {uru}arba-il₃ ⸢SUM⸣-[an] | |
| 2 | kas-pu ina 10-MEŠ-te ina EN-MEŠ-šu₂ u₂-[GUR] | |
| 3 | ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄ la i-la-qi | |
| 4 | de-e-šu₂ DI.KUD la i-ša₂-mu-u | |
| 5 | IGI {1}GIR₃.2—15 {lu₂v}A.BA | |
| 6 | IGI {1}{d}PA—MU—AŠ {lu₂v}A.BA | |
| 7 | IGI {1}ki-ṣir—15 {lu₂v}03.U₅ | |
| 8 | ša {lu₂v}GAL—KAŠ.LUL {lu₂v}GAL—KAŠ.LUL | |
| 9 | IGI {1}NUMUN—{d}15 | |
| 10 | IGI {1}man-nu—ki—PAB-MEŠ {lu₂v}ra-ka-su | |
| 11 | IGI {1}EN—BAD₃ | |
| 12 | IGI {1}aš-šur—MAN—PAB {lu₂v}A.BA | |
| 13 | IGI {1}{d}ŠU₂—SU | |
| 14 | IGI {1}su-hu-ra-mu-u {lu₂v}DAM.QAR ša ⸢DUMU—MAN⸣ ⸢DUMU—MAN⸣ | |
| 15 | IGI {1}man-nu—⸢ki⸣—AD {lu₂v}ra-ka-su ša {lu₂v}GAL—⸢SAG⸣ {lu₂v}GAL—⸢SAG⸣ | |
| 16 | {iti}BARAG UD 24-KAM | |
| 17 | lim-mu {1}ba-an-ba-a {lu₂v}SUKKAL 02-u | |
| 18 | ina tar-ṣi {1}aš-šur—PAB—AŠ MAN KUR—aš-šur | |
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