ADD 0357 (P335301)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0357 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335301 |
| 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 1'1'–o 3'3' | Bar[dî has contracted] and bought it [fr]om B[el-šar]ru-uṣur f[o]r 5 1/2 m[in]as of silver by the mina of the king. |
| Obverse [3:7] o 4'4'–o 7'7' | The money is paid compl[etely]. That house and vacant lot are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [7:16] o 8'8'– | Whoever in the future, at any time, whether Bel-šarru-uṣur or his sons or his grandsons or his brothers or his nephews, seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Bardî, his sons and his grandsons, |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | shall place one mina of refined silver (and) one mina of pure gold in the lap of Ištar (residing in) Nineveh, and shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Šulmu-ahhe, brewer. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Urdu, weaver. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Šamaš-remanni, ditto. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [Witness R]amanû, merchant from Kišqu. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [Witness ...]ayu, ditto ditto. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [Witness ...]-zeri, ditto. Witness [NN], [...] of the queen. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [u₂-piš]-ma {1}bar-[di]-⸢i⸣ | |
| 2' | [TA@v] IGI {1}⸢EN—MAN⸣—PAB ⸢ina⸣ [ŠA₃]-bi | |
| 3' | 05 1/2 ⸢MA.NA KUG⸣.UD ina 01 MA.NA ša MAN | |
| 4' | il-qi₂ kas-pu gam-[mur] ta-din | |
| 5' | E₂ kaq-qi-ri pu-ṣe-e šu-a-tu₂ | |
| 6' | zar-pu la-qi-u tu-a-ru | |
| 7' | de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 8' | man-nu ša ina ur-kiš ina ma-te-ma | |
| 9' | lu {1}EN—MAN—PAB lu DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 10' | lu DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11' | lu DUMU—PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ ša de-nu | |
| 12' | DUG₄.DUG₄ TA {1}bar-di-i | |
| 13' | DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ u DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 14' | ub-ta-ʾu-u-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 01 MA.NA KUG.UD LUH-u₂ 01 MA.NA | |
| 2 | KUG.GI sak-ru ina bur-ki {d}IŠ.TAR | |
| 3 | {uru}NINA GAR-an kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 4 | a-na EN-MEŠ-šu₂ u₂-ta-ra | |
| 5 | ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma | |
| 6 | la i-laq-qi₂ | |
| 7 | IGI {1}DI-mu—PAB-MEŠ {lu₂v}BAPPIR | |
| 8 | IGI {1}ur-du {lu₂v}UŠ.BAR | |
| 9 | IGI {1}{d}UTU—rem₂-a-ni | |
| 10 | [IGI {1}⸢ra⸣-ma-nu-u {lu₂}DAM.QAR {uru}kiš-qa-a.a | |
| 11 | [IGI {1}x x x]-a.a o | |
| 12 | [IGI {1}x x x]+⸢x⸣—NUMUN IGI {1}[x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {mi₂}E₂.GAL {mi₂}E₂.GAL | |
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