ADD 0383 (P335327)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0383 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335327 |
| 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 Nabû-le'i, owner of the land being sold. |
| Obverse [2:8] o 33–o 88 | An estate of 35 hectares of land in cultivation by the seah of 9 'litres' in the city of Sairu, adjoining Irṣiṣu, the field of Šamaš-šarru-uṣur, the field of Šamaš-šallim, and the fatteners — |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | Šamaš-šallim has contracted and bought (said property) for five minas of silver. |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111–o 1313 | The money is paid completely. The land is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [13:21] o 1414– | Whoever in the future, at any time, breaks the contract, whether Nabû-le'i or his sons or brothers, and seeks a lawsuit against Šamaš-šallim, his sons and grandsons, |
| Reverse [2:7] r 33–r 77 | shall place 10 minas of silver and one mina of 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 [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Mardî. Witness Adad-šumu-iddina. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Nabû-šumu-uṣur. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Mušezib-ilu. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Habasti. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witness Bel-Harran-duri. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Witness Irṣiṣu. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Witness Nuhšaya. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Witness Bahî. |
| Reverse [15:17] r 1616–r 1717 | Witness Nabû-šagim, scribe. |
| Reverse [17:19] r 1818– | Month Tebet (X), 25th day, eponym year of Šarru-nuri. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB {1}{d}PA—ZU | |
| 2 | EN A.ŠA₃ SUM-a-ni | |
| 3 | E₂ 35 ANŠE A.ŠA₃ ina ma-za-ru-te | |
| 4 | ina {giš}BAN₂ ša 09 qa | |
| 5 | ina {uru}sa-i-ri SUHUR {1}ir-ṣi-ṣi | |
| 6 | SUHUR A.ŠA₃ ša₂ {1}{d}UTU—MAN—PAB | |
| 7 | SUHUR A.ŠA₃ ša₂ {1}{d}UTU—šal-lim | |
| 8 | SUHUR mu-sa-kil-a-te | |
| 9 | u₂-piš-ma {1}{d}UTU—šal-lim | |
| 10 | ina ŠA₃ 05 MA.NA KUG.UD TI | |
| 11 | kas-pu gam-mur ta-din | |
| 12 | A.ŠA₃ za-rip la-qi tu₂-a-ru | |
| 13 | de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 14 | man-nu ša ina ur-kiš ina ma-te-ma | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | GIL-u-ni lu {1}{d}PA—ZU | |
| 16 | lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 17 | TA {1}{d}UTU—šal-lim | |
| r | ||
| 1 | DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 2 | de-e-nu ub-ta-u-ni | |
| 3 | 10 MA.NA KUG.UD 01 MA.NA KUG.GI | |
| 4 | ina bur-ki {d}IŠ.TAR a-ši-bat | |
| 5 | NINA{ki} GAR-an kas-pu ana 10-MEŠ | |
| 6 | a-na EN-MEŠ-šu₂ GUR-ra ina de-ni-šu₂ | |
| 7 | i-DUG₄.DUG₄-ma la i-laq-qi | |
| 8 | IGI {1}mar-di-i IGI {1}10—MU—AŠ | |
| 9 | IGI {1}{d}PA—MU—PAB | |
| 10 | IGI {1}mu-še-zib—DINGIR | |
| 11 | IGI {1}ha—ba-as-te | |
| 12 | IGI {1}⸢EN⸣—KASKAL—BAD₃ | |
| 13 | IGI {1}ir-ṣi-ṣi | |
| 14 | IGI {1}HE₂.NUN-a.a | |
| 15 | IGI {1}ba-hi-i | |
| 16 | IGI {1}{d}PA—ša₂-gim | |
| 17 | {lu₂v}A.BA | |
| 18 | {iti}AB UD 25-KAM₂ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 19 | lim-me {1}MAN—ZALAG₂ | |
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