ADD 0394 (P335338)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0394 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335338 |
| 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 1'1'–o 2'2' | [an estate of x deca]res of lan[d adjoining (the field of) Ura]rṭa[yu, the road to Calah], and (the fields of) [Zab]inu and Bel-(lu)-bal[aṭ]; |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [an estate of 3 hectares of lan]d adjoining (the fields of) [Nuh]šaya, Bel-(lu)-bal[aṭ and Zabinu], the side road to the village of Ziz[î and Pott]er [Town]; |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | an estate of 4 hectares of land adjoin[ing (the fields of) Zabinu and Be]lu-lu-balaṭ, the side road to the village of [Zizî, and ...]; |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [an estate of 1] hectare of land adjoining Qi[binnî, ..., and] the road to Calah; |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | an estate of 4 decares of [throne land ...]; |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'–o 10'10' | an estate of 1 hec]tare 1 decare of land [......] in ... [......]; |
| Obverse [10:14] o 11'11'–o 14'14' | an estate of [x hecta]res of land [...... adj]oining the field [of ......], the side road to the villa[ge of ......] and [...] |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | [whoever seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Inu]rtî, [his] sons [and grandsons], shall place [x minas of refined silver (and) x minas] of pure gold in the [lap of Ninurta residing in Cal]ah. |
| Reverse [4:9] r 5'5'–r 9'9' | [He shall tie] 2 white horses [to the feet of Aššur, and shall bring 4] harbakannu-horses to the feet of [Nergal. He shall pay one tal]ent of tin to the gover[nor of his city], and shall return [the money ten]fold to its owner. He shall contest [in his lawsuit] and not succeed. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [Witness ...]-iddina, steward of the Kadmuri temple. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [Witness ...]-iddina, son of Ubru-Nabû. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [Witness ...]ni, priest of Nabû of Ninev[eh]. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [Witness ...-be]lu-ka'in, chief architect. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [Witness ...]-aplu-uṣur, son of Aššur-remanni. |
| Reverse [14:16] r 15'15'–r 16'16' | [Witness S]e'-[...], royal body[guard]. |
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' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ A.⸢ŠA₃⸣ [SUHUR {1}{⸢kur⸣}URI-⸢a⸣.[a SUHUR] | |
| 2' | [KASKAL ša₂ {uru}kal₃-ha] SUHUR {1}za]-⸢bi⸣-ni SUHUR {1}⸢EN—TI⸣ | |
| 3' | [E₂ 03 ANŠE A].⸢ŠA₃⸣ SUHUR {1}[HE₂].NUN-a.a SUHUR {1}EN—⸢TI⸣ | |
| 4' | {1}za-bi-ni] SUHUR AMA ⸢ša₂⸣ {uru}ŠE—{1}zi-⸢zi⸣-[i] | |
| 5' | [SUHUR {uru}{lu₂]}⸢BAHAR₂⸣-MEŠ E₂ 04 ANŠE A.ŠA₃ ⸢SUHUR⸣ | |
| 6' | {1}za-bi-ni SUHUR {1}⸢EN⸣—TI SUHUR AMA ša₂ {uru}ŠE—{1}[zi-zi-i] | |
| 7' | [x x x x E₂ 01 ⸢ANŠE⸣ A.ŠA₃ SUHUR {1}qi-[bit-ne₂-e] | |
| 8' | [x x x (x)] ⸢SUHUR⸣ KASKAL ša₂ {uru}kal₃-ha E₂ 4(ban₂) {[giš}GU.ZA] | |
| 9' | [x x E₂ 01 ⸢ANŠE⸣ 1(ban₂) A.ŠA₃ ša₂ MAN ša₂ ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina ma-⸢al-gu⸣-te [x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x] E₂ [x] ⸢ANŠE⸣ A.ŠA₃ [x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x] ⸢SUHUR⸣ A.ŠA₃ [x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x] AMA ša {⸢uru⸣}[ŠE x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢SUHUR⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x {1}{d]}⸢MAŠ⸣-i u DUMU-MEŠ-[šu₂] | |
| 3' | [DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ [DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄] ⸢ub⸣-ta-ʾu-u-[ni] | |
| 4' | [x MA.NA KUG.UD LUH-u x MA].⸢NA⸣ KUG.GI sak-ru ⸢ina⸣ [bur-ki] | |
| 5' | {[d}MAŠ a-šib {uru}kal₃]-hi GAR-an 02 {anše}KUR-MEŠ ⸢BABBAR⸣-[MEŠ ina GIR₃.2 | |
| 6' | {[d}aš-šur i-rak-kas 04 {⸢anše⸣}har-bak-kan-ni ina KI.TA {⸢d⸣}[MAŠ.MAŠ] | |
| 7' | [u₂-še-rab 01 ⸢GU₂⸣.UN AN.NA a-na {lu₂}⸢EN⸣.[NAM URU-šu₂] | |
| 8' | [SUM-an kas-pu ana 10-MEŠ-te ana EN-MEŠ-šu₂ GUR-ra [o] | |
| 9' | [ina de-ni-šu] ⸢DUG₄⸣.DUG₄-ma la TI-qi₂ | |
| 10' | [IGI {1}x x]—AŠ {lu₂}lah-hi-nu ša₂ E₂—kad-mu-ri | |
| 11' | [IGI {1}x x x]—⸢AŠ⸣ DUMU {1}SUHUŠ—{d}PA | |
| 12' | [IGI {1}x x x]-ni {lu₂}SANGA ša₂ {d}PA ša₂ {uru}⸢NINA⸣{[ki]} | |
| 13' | [IGI {1}x]—⸢EN⸣—GIN {lu₂}GAL—še-lap-pa-a.[a] {lu₂}GAL—še-lap-pa-a.[a] | |
| 14' | [IGI {1}x]+⸢x⸣—A—PAB DUMU {1}aš-šur—rem₂-an-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 15' | [IGI {1}⸢se⸣-eʾ—[x x] {lu₂}ša₂—⸢qur⸣-[bu-ti] | |
| 16' | [IGI {1}x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x] | |
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