ADD 0397 (P335341)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0397 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335341 |
| 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 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [Instead of their seals they impressed t]heir [fingernails]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [Fingerna]il of Ma[...]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [Fing]ernail of Aššur-ahu-[...]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [Fing]ernail of Ha[n...]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [In all] 3 men, owners of the [field being sold]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | An estate of 9 hectares 3 decares of field and a l[arge] grazing land |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | adjoining the field of Nabû-duru-uṣ[ur], |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | adjoining the field of Naga'a, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | adjoining the field of Gambula[yu], |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | adjoining the field of Kabi[a...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | adjoining the field of Urdu-[...] — |
| Obverse [11:17] o 1212– | Uku[...], son of Yakir[u], has contracted [(and bought)] it [fr]om Mari'-[..., from] Aššur-ahh[e, ... from] Han[...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [...] are purcha[sed and acquired. Any revocation, law]suit, or litiga[tion is void]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | [Whoever in the fu]ture, at any [time, lodges a complaint and br]eaks the contract, |
| Reverse [4:7] r 5'5'–r 7'7' | [shall place x minas of] silver (and) one mina of [gold in the lap of] Adad residing in [...], and shall re[turn the mon]ey to its owners. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Witness Il-immi. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'–r 10'10' | Witness Kakkusu, from Ša-Birtaya. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 11'11'– | [Witne]ss Kisi[...]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [......] instead of [...] |
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 | [ku-um {na₄}KIŠIB-šu₂-nu ṣu-pur]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu [x x x] | |
| 2 | [ṣu]-⸢pur⸣ {1}ma-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3 | [ṣu]-pur {1}aš-šur—PAB-[x x x] | |
| 4 | [ṣu]-pur {1}ha-a-⸢an⸣-[x x] | |
| 5 | [PAB] 03 LU₂-MEŠ-e ⸢EN⸣ [A.ŠA₃ SUM-ni] | |
| 6 | E₂ 09 ANŠE 3(ban₂) A.ŠA₃ tab-⸢ru GAL⸣-[u] | |
| 7 | SUHUR A.ŠA₃ ša {1}{d}PA—BAD₃—⸢PAB⸣ | |
| 8 | SUHUR A.ŠA₃ ša {1}na-ga-⸢a⸣ [o] | |
| 9 | SUHUR A.ŠA₃ ša {1}gam-bu-la-⸢a⸣.[a] | |
| 10 | SUHUR A.ŠA₃ ša {1}kab-⸢ia⸣ [x] | |
| 11 | SUHUR A.ŠA₃ ša {1}ARAD—{d}[x] | |
| 12 | u₂-piš-ma {1}u₂-⸢ku⸣-[x (x)] | |
| 13 | DUMU {1}ia-qi-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 14 | [TA@v] IGI {1}ma-⸢ri⸣-[x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | [TA@v IGI] {1}aš-šur—PAB-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x] | |
| 16 | [TA@v IGI] {1}ha-a-⸢an⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] za-⸢ar⸣-[pu la-qi-u] | |
| 2' | [tu-a-ru de]-en-nu DUG₄.⸢DUG₄⸣ [la-aš₂-šu₂] | |
| 3' | [man-nu ša₂ ina] ⸢ur⸣-kiš ina mat-[e-ma] | |
| 4' | [i-za-qup-an-ni] ⸢GIL⸣-u-[ni] | |
| 5' | [x MA.NA] ⸢KUG⸣.UD 01 MA.NA [KUG.GI] | |
| 6' | [ina bur-ki] {⸢d⸣}IM a-šib {⸢uru⸣}[x x x x] | |
| 7' | [kas]-pu ⸢a-na⸣ o EN-MEŠ ⸢GUR⸣-[ra] | |
| 8' | IGI {1}DINGIR—im-me [o] | |
| 9' | IGI {1}ka-ku-⸢su⸣ | |
| 10' | {uru}ša—{1}bir-ta-⸢a⸣.[a] | |
| 11' | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}ki-⸢si⸣-[x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x] ku-um ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-a {lu₂v}[x x] | |
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