ADD 0415 (P335358)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0415 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335358 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Instead of their seals they impressed their fingernails. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Fingernail of Nabû-ašared, fingernail of Mušallim-Aššur, |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | fingernail of Aššur-matu-taqqin, fingernail of Nabû-na'id, a total of 4 sons of Itu'ayu, owners of the land. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | An estate of 14 hectares of land in cultivation, a house, a threshing floor and an orchard in Goldsmith Town — |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | Šumu-lešir, recruitment off[icer, has con]tracted and bought it [fo]r 20 [min]as of copper from [these] gentlemen, [the owners of the la]nd. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | The money [is paid] comple[tely. Th]at [land] is purchased and acqu[ired. Any revocation, lawsuit], or litigation is vo[id]. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | [Whoever] in the futu[re], at any time, [whether the]se [gentlemen] or [their] son[s ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [Witness NN], royal body[guard]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [Witness ...]u'a, son of Ša-Aššur-an[inu]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [Witness ...]a, son of Bel-a[li]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [Witness ...]i, son of Hannubu. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [Witness] Giyâ, son of Bel-a[li]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [Witn]ess Inurtî, son of Babilayu. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Witness Susiya, goldsmith of the [vizie]r's household. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Witness Ilumma-le'i, [son of] Susiya, ditto. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Witness Riba-ahhe from Goldsmith Town. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'–r 11'11' | Witness Urdu. Witness La-tubašanni-ilu, weaver of the vizier's household. |
| Reverse [11:14] r 12'12'– | Month Kislev (IX), 26th day, eponym year of Bel-dan, governor of Calah, during his second term. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 14r.e. 14–r.e. 14r.e. 14 | Witness Ubru-Nabû, keeper of the contract. |
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-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ṣu-pur-šu₂-nu iš-kun-nu | |
| 2 | ṣu-pur {1}{d}PA—MAŠ ṣu-pur {1}mu-DI—aš-šur | |
| 3 | ṣu-pur {1}aš-šur—KUR—LAL-in ṣu-pur {1}{d}PA—⸢I⸣ | |
| 4 | PAB 04 DUMU {1}{kur}i-tu₂-ʾa-a.a EN A.ŠA₃-MEŠ | |
| 5 | E₂ 14 ANŠE A.ŠA₃ ina ma-az-za-ru-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢E₂⸣ ad-ru {giš}SAR ina ŠA₃ {uru}SIMUG.KUG.⸢GI⸣ | |
| 7 | [u₂]-piš-ma {1}MU—⸢GIŠ⸣ {lu₂v}mu-⸢šar⸣-ki-⸢su⸣ | |
| 8 | [ina] ⸢ŠA₃ 20 [MA].⸢NA⸣ URUDU-MEŠ TA@v IGI LU₂-MEŠ-[e] o | |
| 9 | [an-nu-ti EN A].ŠA₃-MEŠ il-qi kas₂-pu gam-⸢mur⸣ | |
| 10 | [ta-din A.ŠA₃ šu₂]-a-tu za-rip la-⸢a⸣-[qi] | |
| 11 | [tu-a-ru de-nu] DUG₄.DUG₄ la-⸢aš₂⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 12 | [man-nu ša ina ur]-⸢kiš⸣ ina ma-ti-[ma] | |
| 13 | [lu-u LU₂-MEŠ-e an-nu]-ti lu-u ⸢DUMU⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂-nu] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [IGI x x x x x x] {lu₂v}⸢qur⸣-[bu-ti] | |
| 2' | [IGI {1}x x]-u-a DUMU {1}ša—aš-šur—⸢a⸣-[ni-ni] | |
| 3' | [IGI {1}x x]+⸢x⸣-a DUMU {1}EN—⸢URU⸣ | |
| 4' | [IGI {1}x x x]+⸢x⸣-i DUMU {1}ha-nu-bu | |
| 5' | [IGI] {1}gi-⸢ia⸣-a DUMU {1}EN—⸢URU⸣ | |
| 6' | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}{d}MAŠ-⸢i⸣ DUMU {1}KA₂.DINGIR-⸢a⸣.[a] | |
| 7' | IGI {1}su-si-⸢ia⸣ {[lu₂v]}SIMUG.KUG.GI ⸢ša E₂⸣ {lu₂v}⸢SUKKAL⸣ | |
| 8' | IGI {1}DINGIR-ma—ZU [DUMU] {1}su-si-ia KI.⸢MIN⸣ | |
| 9' | IGI {1}SU—PAB-MEŠ {uru}SIMUG.KUG.GI-MEŠ | |
| 10' | IGI {1}ur-du IGI {1}la—tu₂-ba-ša₂-ni—DINGIR | |
| 11' | {lu₂v}UŠ.BAR ša₂ E₂ {lu₂v}SUKKAL | |
| 12' | {iti}GAN UD 26-KAM₂ lim-mu {1}EN—KALAG-an | |
| 13' | {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {uru}kal-hi ina 02-e pu-ri-šu₂ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 14 | IGI {1}SUHUŠ—{d}PA ṣa-bit dan-ni-ti | |
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