ADD 0420 (P335363)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0420 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335363 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | An estate of 60 hectares [of land by the seah of 10 'litres'], a barnyard in [its] enti[rety], (and) a plot of 2 decares, a threshing floor, in Til-Nahiri; |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | Qarhâ , farmer, Eni-i[l], a weaned boy, Abšâ, h[is] brother, and Papâ, their mother; |
| Obverse [5:8] o 6'6'–o 8'8' | in all 5 pers[ons], an estate of 60 hectares of land and a barnyard in its entirety — |
| Obverse [8:13] o 9'9'–o 13'13' | Remanni-Adad, chariot dri[ver of A]ssurbanipal, king of Assyria, has contracted and bought (said property) [fro]m Nušhu-sall[ihanni for x min]as of silver by the mina [of] Carchemish. |
| Obverse [13:16] o 14'14'–o 16'16' | [The mon]ey is paid completely. Those [fields], buildings, and people [are purchas]ed and acqu[ired]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [Witness] Ahu-lâmašši, ['third man']. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [Witness] Se'-hari, [ditto]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | Witness Nabû-eriba, deputy team-c[ommander]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Witness Mannu-ki-Harran, horse tr[ainer of open chariotry]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Witness Se'-dalâ, ditto. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Witness Na'di-Adad, ditto. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Witness Issar-nadin-apli, scribe, [keeper of the contract]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Month Adar (XII), 1st day, eponym year of Kanun[ayu] of the New Palace. |
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 60 ANŠE⸣ [A.ŠA₃ ina {giš}BAN₂ ša 10 qa] | |
| 2' | E₂ tal-pi-tu₂ a-⸢na gi⸣-[mir-ti-šu₂] | |
| 3' | E₂ 2(ban₂) ad-ru i-na {uru}DUL—na-⸢hi⸣-[ri] | |
| 4' | {1}qar-ha-a {lu₂}ENGAR {1}e-ni—⸢DINGIR⸣ | |
| 5' | 01 DUMU pir-su {1}ab-ša₂-a ŠEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 6' | {mi₂}pa-pa-a AMA-šu₂-nu PAB 05 ZI-[MEŠ] | |
| 7' | E₂ 60 ANŠE A.ŠA₃ E₂ tal-pi-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 8' | a-na gi-mir-ti-ša₂ u₂-piš-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 9' | {1}rem₂-a-ni—{d}IM {lu₂}DIB—{kuš}[PA-MEŠ] {lu₂}DIB—{kuš}[PA-MEŠ] | |
| 10' | [ša] {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 11' | [TA@v] ⸢IGI⸣ {1}{d}nu-uš-hu—sa-⸢lih₃⸣-[an-ni] | |
| 12' | [ina ŠA₃ x] ⸢MA⸣.NA KUG.UD ina 01 MA.NA-e | |
| 13' | [ša] {⸢uru⸣}gar-ga-mis TI-qi₂ | |
| 14' | [kas]-⸢pu⸣ gam-mur ta-ad-⸢din⸣ | |
| 15' | [A.ŠA₃-MEŠ] ⸢E₂⸣ UN-MEŠ šu-⸢a⸣-[tu] | |
| 16' | [za]-⸢ar⸣-pu ⸢la-qi₂⸣-[u] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [IGI {1}PAB—la-maš-ši {⸢lu₂⸣}03.U₅] | |
| 2' | [IGI] {1}se-eʾ—ha-ri {lu₂}{<[:](03.U₅)>} | |
| 3' | IGI {1}{d}PA—SU {lu₂}02-u {lu₂}GAL—[u₂-rat] {lu₂}GAL—[u₂-rat] | |
| 4' | IGI {1}man-nu—ki-⸢i—{uru⸣}KASKAL {lu₂v}{giš}⸢GIGIR⸣—[DU₈-MEŠ] {lu₂v}{giš}⸢GIGIR⸣—[DU₈-MEŠ] | |
| 5' | IGI {1}se-eʾ—dal₃-a₄ | |
| 6' | IGI {1}I—{d}10 [o] | |
| 7' | IGI {1}{d}15—SUM—A {lu₂}A.⸢BA⸣ [ṣa-bit dan-ni-te] | |
| 8' | {iti}ŠE UD 01-KAM₂\t lim-mu {1}{iti}AB-[a.a] | |
| 9' | E₂—GIBIL E₂—GIBIL | |
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