ADD 0386 (P335330)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0386 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335330 |
| 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' | [An estate of x hectares of fiel]d according to the seah of 10 ['litres' ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...]..., springs and a threshing floor |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [adjoining the fiel]d of the town Urzunapi |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [adjoining the fi]eld of Ahi-limmi, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [adjoining the fi]eld of Lu-šalim, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...]..., a vacant lot, and an irrigated area — |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | Dayyan-Kurbail has [con]tracted and bought [fo]r 30 shekels by the mina of half (a mina) of silver. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 9'9'–o 11'11' | The money is paid completely. That field is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [11:19] o 12'12'– | Whoever in the future, at any time, whether Abi-itî or his sons or his brothers or his [nephew]s, seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Dayyan-Kurbail saying: "It is the field of our father", |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [shall give] one min[a of silver] and one mina of [gold ......], |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | shall tie 2 white horses at the feet Aššur, and shall [return] the money tenfold to its owner. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Abdi-Dadi, overseer of the herds. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Nabû-šarru-uṣur, eunuch. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Galagu[s]u, shepherd. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [Witness] Halla[b]ayu, .... |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [Witness] Nabû-remanni, ditto. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [Witness Š]umaya, eunuch. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [Witness Na]bû-killanni, ditto. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [Witness ...]i. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [Witness ...]ayu. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Whoever c[ontests] the labour duty, [shall pay] the money tenfold. |
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' | [E₂ x ANŠE A.ŠA₃].⸢GA⸣ ina {giš}BAN₂ ša 10 [qa x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ IGI.2-MEŠ ad-ru | |
| 3' | [SUHUR A.ŠA₃].⸢GA⸣ ša {uru}⸢ur⸣-zu-na-pi | |
| 4' | [SUHUR A].ŠA₃.GA ša {1}PAB—lim-me | |
| 5' | [SUHUR A].ŠA₃ ša {1}lu—DI-me | |
| 6' | [x x x x] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ KI-MEŠ pu-ṣe-e E₂ ši-qi | |
| 7' | [u₂]-⸢piš⸣-ma {1}DI.KUD—kur-ba-il₃ | |
| 8' | [ina ŠA₃]-bi 30 GIN₂-MEŠ ša 01 MA.NA 1/2 KUG.UD | |
| 9' | il-qi kas-pu ga-mur ta-din-ni | |
| 10' | A.ŠA₃.GA za-ri-bi la-a-qi o | |
| 11' | tu-a-ru de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ | |
| 12' | la-a-šu man-nu ina ur-kiš ina ma-a-te | |
| 13' | lu-u {1}a-bi-ti-⸢i⸣ lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 14' | lu-u PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u ⸢DUMU⸣-[MEŠ—PAB]-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢DUMU⸣-[MEŠ—PAB]-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 15' | ša de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ | |
| 16' | TA {1}DI.KUD—kur-ba-il₃ | |
| 17' | ub-ta-u₂-ni ma-a A.ŠA₃.⸢GA⸣ | |
| 18' | ša AD-ni šu-u o | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 01 MA.⸢NA⸣ [KUG.UD] 01 MA.NA [KUG.GI] | |
| 2 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a bi at ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 3 | 02 {anše}KUR.RA BABBAR-MEŠ ina GIR₃.2 aš-šur | |
| 4 | i-ra-ka-sa | |
| 5 | kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ-a-te a-na EN-šu₂ [GUR] | |
| 6 | ina de-ni-šu₂ i-da-bu-bu la-a-qi | |
| 7 | IGI {1}ab-di—U.U {lu₂v}GAL—sa-gul-la-a-te {lu₂v}GAL—sa-gul-la-a-te | |
| 8 | IGI {1}{d}PA—MAN—PAB {lu₂v}SAG | |
| 9 | IGI {1}ga-la-gu-⸢su⸣ SIPA | |
| 10 | [IGI {1}hal-la-⸢ba⸣-a x x x | |
| 11 | [IGI {1}{d]}PA—rem₂-a-ni | |
| 12 | [IGI {1}⸢šu⸣-ma-a.a {lu₂v}SAG | |
| 13 | [IGI {1}{d]}⸢PA⸣—ki-la-a-ni | |
| 14 | [IGI {1}x x x]-i | |
| 15 | [IGI {1}x x x]-a.a | |
| 16 | [x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | man-nu ša UGU il-ki ⸢DUG₄⸣.[DUG₄-u-ni] | |
| 2 | kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
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