ADD 0385 (P335329)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0385 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335329 |
| 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' | In all [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | to [NN, ...] — |
| Obverse [2:7] o 3'3'–o 7'7' | Nabû-šapik-zeri has contracted and bought an estate of 6 hectares of land in cultivation in Ša-Ṣillaya, according to the copper seah of 9 'litres' from Bel-Ingal-duri, eunuch of the crown prince (and) from these men for 36 homers barley according to the copper seah of 9 'litres'. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | Whoever breaks the contract shall pay the barley at the threshing floor to Nabû to redeem the land. |
| Obverse [9:14] o 10'10'– | Adjoining the fie[ld o]f Nabû-šapik-zeri, adjoining [the field of] Bel-ibni, adjoining the field [of] Abi-[ṭa]b, |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | adjoining the road that lea[ds] from Kurb[ail] to Issete. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | In all one plot at the beginning of [...] |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | adjoining the field that Nabû-ša[pik-zeri] bought from Ammini-il and from Abi-ṭab, adjoining the road to Issete, adjoining the mountain, adjoining the field of Abi-ṭab. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Nabû-remanni, |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | witness Eṭiru, witness Šulluma, |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | witness Nabû-iddina, witness Ammini-il, |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | witness Zakir-šumi, witness Raši-ili, |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | in all 7 witnesses from Ša-Ṣillaya. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Witness Nur-Ea, Aramean scribe of the crown prince. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Witness Aplu-uṣur, brother of Bel-Ingal-duri. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [Witness] M[ann]u-ki-Nabû, ditto. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [Witness NN. Witness] Ma[nn]u-ki-Libbali. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | PAB [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-na {1}[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | u₂-piš-ma {1}{d}PA—DUB—NUMUN E₂ 06 ANŠE A.ŠA₃ | |
| 4' | ina ma-zar-u-te ina {uru}ša₂—GIŠ.MI-a.a ina {giš}BAN₂ 09 qa URUDU | |
| 5' | TA@v IGI {1}EN—NIG₂.GAL₂—BAD₃ {lu₂v}SAG A—MAN A—MAN | |
| 6' | TA@v IGI LU₂~v-MEŠ an-nu-ti ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 7' | 36 ANŠE {še}PAD-MEŠ ina {giš}BAN₂ 09 qa URUDU | |
| 8' | il-qi man-nu ša GIL-u-nu | |
| 9' | {še}PAD-MEŠ ina ad-ri a-na {d}PA | |
| 10' | id-dan A.ŠA₃ u₂-še-ṣi SUHUR | |
| 11' | A.⸢ŠA₃ ša⸣ {1}{d}PA—DUB—NUMUN SUHUR | |
| 12' | [A.ŠA₃ ša {1}{d}EN—DU₃ SUHUR A.ŠA₃ | |
| 13' | [ša {1}AD—[DUG₃].⸢GA⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | SUHUR KASKAL ša TA@v {uru}kur-⸢ba⸣-[il₃] | |
| 2 | ⸢ša a-na⸣ {uru}01-tu₂ il-lak-[u-ni] | |
| 3 | PAB 01-⸢en⸣ BUR SAG.DU E₂ [x x x] | |
| 4 | SUHUR A.ŠA₃ ša {1}{d}PA—⸢DUB⸣—[NUMUN] | |
| 5 | TA@v IGI {1}am-me-ni—DINGIR ša TA@v IGI {1}AD—DUG₃.GA | |
| 6 | il-qi-u-nu SUHUR KASKAL {uru}01-tu₂ | |
| 7 | SUHUR KUR-u₂ SUHUR A.ŠA₃ ša {1}AD—DUG₃.GA | |
| 8 | IGI {1}{d}PA—rem₂-a-ni | |
| 9 | IGI {1}e-ṭe₃-ri IGI {1}šul-lum-a | |
| 10 | IGI {1}{d}PA—AŠ IGI {1}am-me-ni—DINGIR | |
| 11 | IGI {1}MU—MU IGI {1}TUKU-ši—DINGIR | |
| 12 | PAB 07 IGI-MEŠ {uru}ša₂—ṣil-a.a | |
| 13 | IGI {1}ZALAG₂—e-a {lu₂v}A.BA {kur}ar₂-ma-a.a ša₂ ⸢A⸣—MAN ⸢A⸣—MAN | |
| 14 | IGI {1}DUMU.UŠ—PAB {lu₂v}PAB-šu₂ ša₂ {1}EN—NIG₂.GAL₂—BAD₃ | |
| 15 | [IGI {1}⸢man-nu⸣—ki—{d}PA | |
| 16 | [IGI x x x x x (x) {1}⸢man-nu⸣—ki—ŠA₃—URU | |
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