ADD 0359 (P335303)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0359 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335303 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | Seal of Balṭaya, scribe, owner of the vineyard being sold. |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | A vineyard in the city of Kipšuna adjoining the garden of Ahu-illika, the canal of ditto of Urbayu, and the foundation of a well — |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99–o 1212 | Mannu-ki-Arbail has contracted and bought it from Balṭaya [for] 4 minas of silver (by the mina) of Carchemish. |
| Obverse [12:18] o 1313– | The money [is pa]id completely. That vineyard [is purch]ased and acquired. Any revocation, [lawsuit], or litigation is void. |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1r 1–r 77 | [Whoever] in [the fut]ure, [at any t]ime, lodges a complaint [and breaks] the contract, shall pay 12 minas of silver [and x min]as of gold to Ištar [residing in] Nineveh, and shall return [the money] tenfold to its owners. He shall contest [in] his [lawsuit] and not succeed. |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | Month Tammuz (IV), 18th day, eponym year of Dananu of Manṣuati. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Aššur-ila'i. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witness Nabû-eṭiranni. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Witness Same'. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Witness Usunâ. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Witness Lapsarê. |
| Reverse [15:17] r 1616– | Witness Dayâ. |
| Right [0:2] r.e. 17r.e. 17– | Witness Asinû. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | The vineyard was purchased [in the reign of Esar]haddon, 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}bal⸣-ṭa-a.a | |
| 2 | {lu₂v}A.⸢BA⸣ EN {giš}SAR | |
| 3 | ša {giš}til-lit-[ti] SUM-ni | |
| 4 | {giš}SAR ša {giš}til-lit-ti | |
| 5 | ina {uru}kip-šu-na | |
| 6 | SUHUR {giš}SAR ša {1}PAB—⸢DU⸣-ka | |
| 7 | SUHUR ID₂ ša {1}ur-⸢ba-a.a⸣ | |
| 8 | SUHUR ⸢SUHUŠ⸣ bur-ti | |
| 9 | [u₂]-⸢piš⸣-ma {1}man-nu—⸢ki-i—arba⸣-il₃ | |
| 10 | ⸢TA@v⸣ IGI {1}bal-ṭa-a.a | |
| 11 | [ina] ŠA₃ 04 ⸢MA⸣.NA KUG.UD | |
| 12 | ⸢ša⸣ {uru}gar-ga-mis | |
| 13 | ⸢il⸣-qi kas-pu gam-mur | |
| 14 | ⸢SUM⸣-ni {giš}⸢SAR⸣ šu-a-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | [za]-⸢rip⸣ laq-⸢qi⸣ tu₂-a-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 16 | [de-nu] DUG₄.⸢DUG₄⸣ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [man-nu ša₂] ⸢ina⸣ [ur]-kiš | |
| 2 | [ina ma]-⸢te⸣-ma ⸢i-za⸣-qu-pa-ni | |
| 3 | ⸢GIL⸣-u-ni 12 MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 4 | [x MA].⸢NA⸣ KUG.GI a-na {d}15 | |
| 5 | [a-ši-bat] {⸢uru}ni-nu⸣-a SUM-an | |
| 6 | [kas-pu] ⸢a-na 10-MEŠ⸣-[te] ⸢a⸣-na EN-MEŠ-šu₂ GUR | |
| 7 | [ina de-ni]-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma la₃ TI | |
| 8 | {iti}ŠU UD 18-KAM₂ | |
| 9 | lim-me {1}da-⸢na⸣-nu | |
| 10 | ša {uru}man-⸢ṣu-a⸣-te | |
| 11 | IGI {1}{d}aš-šur—DINGIR-a.⸢a⸣ | |
| 12 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}{d}PA—KAR-ir-an-ni | |
| 13 | IGI {1}sa-me-eʾ | |
| 14 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}u₂-su-na-a | |
| 15 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}la-ap-sa-re-e | |
| 16 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}da-ia-a o | |
| r.e. | ||
| 17 | IGI {1}⸢a⸣-si-nu-u | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [ina tar-ṣi {1}aš-šur]—PAB—AŠ MAN KUR—aš-šur {giš}SAR ⸢laq-qi⸣ | |
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