ADD 0389 (P335333)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0389 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335333 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | by the seah of 10 'litres' |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... fie]ld in exchange for |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... adjoining the ro]ad [that] lea[ds to] the village of Bir[tayu], |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] adjoining the royal road of [...] — |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Bel-[...] has co[ntracted and boug]ht it from these men. |
| Obverse [6:10] o 7'7'– | The [mo]ney [is paid] completely. That field is purchased and acqu[ired]. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is v[oid]. |
| Bottom [2:9] b.e. 10'10'– | [Who]ever, in the future, at any time, [breaks the contract], [whet]her [th]e[se] men [o]r [their] sons [o]r [their] grandsons [o]r their brothers or any relative of [theirs], and seek[s] a lawsuit or litigation against Bel-[...] and his people, |
| Reverse [5:11] r 66–r 1111 | [shall place] one mina of refined si[lv]er (and) one mina of [pure] gol[d] in the lap of Nikkal [resinding in ...], shall [tie] 2 white horses at the fe[et of Sin] residing in Harran, [and shall return the mo]ney [tenfold to its owner. He shall contest i]n [his] lawsuit [and not succeed]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Witness D[a]dî, [.... Witness NN, scribe]. keeper of the tablet. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | Month [..., xth day, eponym year of NN], governor of [...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x (x)] ⸢da an⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x ina ŠA₃]-bi {giš}BAN₂ ša 10 [qa] | |
| 3' | [x x x x A.ŠA₃].⸢GA⸣ a-na ša-pu-⸢su⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x x SUHUR] ⸢KASKAL⸣.2 [ša a-na] {uru}ŠE—bir-[x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢DU⸣-[u-ni x x x] ⸢SUHUR⸣ KASKAL.2—LUGAL KASKAL.2—LUGAL ša {uru}[x x] | |
| 6' | u₂-[piš-ma {1}EN-x x]+⸢x⸣ TA@v IGI LU₂~v-MEŠ-⸢e⸣ | |
| 7' | šu-a-tu₂ ⸢il-qi kas⸣-pu ga-mur [ta-din] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8' | A.ŠA₃ šu-a-⸢tu₂⸣ za-rip la-[qi] | |
| 9' | tu-a-ru de-⸢nu⸣ DUG₄.DUG₄ ⸢la⸣-[aš₂-šu₂] | |
| 10' | ⸢man-nu⸣ ša ina ur-kiš ina ma-⸢te⸣-[ma GIL-u-ni] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [lu]-u LU₂~v-MEŠ-[e an]-nu-[te] | |
| 2 | [lu]-⸢u⸣ DUMU-MEŠ-[šu₂-nu lu]-⸢u⸣ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-[šu₂-nu] DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 3 | [lu]-u PAB-MEŠ-šu₂-nu lu-u mam₂-ma-⸢nu⸣-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 4 | [ša] de-nu DUG₄.⸢DUG₄⸣ TA@v {1}EN-[x x-ši] | |
| 5 | u₃ UN-MEŠ-šu₂ ub-ta-u-[ni] | |
| 6 | 01 MA.NA ⸢KUG.UD⸣ LUH-u 01 MA.NA KUG.⸢GI⸣ [sak-ru] | |
| 7 | ina bur-ki {d}NIN.GAL [x x x x] | |
| 8 | 02 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ BABBAR-MEŠ ina ⸢GIR₃⸣.2 {d}30 | |
| 9 | a-šib {uru}KASKAL i-[rak-kas] | |
| 10 | ⸢kas⸣-pu a-na 10-MEŠ a-na EN-šu₂ GUR-ra] | |
| 11 | ⸢ina⸣ de-e-⸢ni⸣-[šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | IGI {1}⸢da⸣-di-i {⸢lu₂⸣}[x IGI {1}x x x {lu₂}A.BA] | |
| 2 | ṣa-bit ṭup-pu {iti}[x UD x-KAM₂ lim-mu {1}x x x x] | |
| 3 | {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {⸢uru⸣}[x x x x] | |
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