ADD 0413 (P335356)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0413 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335356 |
| 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 1 hectare [of land, adjoining the road that] leads [to GN]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | in all [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | for 40 minas of copper [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | on high ground, an estate of [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | In all an estate of 7 hectares of land [......] for 72 minas of copper |
| Obverse [5:8] o 6'6'–o 8'8' | All together [x hectares of] field in cultivation by the copper seah of 9 'litres,' a threshing floor, together with a house in Farmer Town — |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | Nergal-ahu-uṣur has [contra]cted and bought them from Ubru-šarri, for 200 (minas of) copper. |
| Obverse [9:13] o 10'10'– | The money is paid completely. That field, house, and threshing floor are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55 | Whoever in the future, at any time, whether Ubru-šarri or his sons or his brothers, lodges a complaint and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Nergal-ahu-uṣur and his brothers, |
| Reverse [5:9] r 66–r 99 | [shall place] 5 minas of refined silver [and x minas of pure gold] in the lap of [DN ......], [and shall return] the money ten[fold to its owner]. He shall cont[est in his lawsuit and not succeed]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | governor 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' | E₂ 01 ANŠE [A.ŠA₃ SUHUR KASKAL ša a-na {uru}x x x] | |
| 2' | DU-u-ni PAB [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ina ŠA₃-bi 40 MA.NA URUDU-[MEŠ x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ina mu-le-e E₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | PAB E₂ 07 ANŠE A.[ŠA₃ x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ina ŠA₃-bi 72 MA.NA URUDU-MEŠ PAB-ma [x x x] | |
| 7' | A.ŠA₃ ma-za-ru-te ina {giš}BAN₂ ša 09 qa URUDU-[MEŠ] | |
| 8' | ad-ru E₂ i-se-niš ina {uru}ENGAR-MEŠ | |
| 9' | [u₂]-⸢piš⸣-ma {1}{d}U.GUR—PAB—PAB TA@v IGI {1}SUHUŠ—LUGAL | |
| 10' | ina 02 me URUDU-MEŠ il-qi kas-pu gam-mur | |
| 11' | ta-din A.ŠA₃ E₂ ad-ru šu-a-tu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | za-ar-pu laq-qi-u₂ tu-a-ru de-nu | |
| 2 | DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu ša ina ur-kiš | |
| 3 | ina ma-ti-ma i-za-qu-pa-ni lu-u {1}SUHUŠ—LUGAL | |
| 4 | lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ TA {1}{d}U.GUR—PAB—PAB | |
| 5 | u₃ ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ ub-ta-ʾu-u-ni | |
| 6 | 05 MA.NA KUG.UD LUH-u₂ [x MA.NA KUG.GI sak-ru] | |
| 7 | ina bur-ki {d}[x x x x x x x GAR] | |
| 8 | kas-pu a-na 10-[MEŠ-te a-na EN-šu₂ GUR ina de-ni-šu₂] | |
| 9 | DUG₄.⸢DUG₄⸣ [la TI x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR {kur}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
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