ADD 0422 (P335365)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0422 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335365 |
| 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] 11–22 | [Se]al of Bar-[hatê], owner of the land, house, and people being [sold]. |
| Obverse [2:3] 33–33 | [An estate] of 50 hectares of land, 10,000 vines, and [a bui]lt [house]; |
| Obverse [3:7] 44–77 | Hašana, his 4 sons and his wife; the woman Danqî, her son and [her] daugh[ter; a tot]al of 9 persons, servants o[f Bar-ha]tê in the town of Ti'i — |
| Obverse [7:10] 88–1010 | Šumma-ilani has co[ntracted and bought them] fr[om B]ar-hatê for 6 minas of silver by the mi[na of the king]. |
| Obverse [10:15] 1111– | The money [is paid] com[pletely]. That land, house, [people, and garden] are purch[ased and acquired]. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litig[ation is void]. |
| Reverse [1:10] r 22–r 1010 | Whoever, at any time, breaks the con[tract], whether Bar-hatê, his sons, or a neighbour or relative of his, and s[eek]s a lawsuit or litigation against Šumma-ilani and his sons, [shall pla]ce [ten min]as of silver (and) one mina of p[ur]e gold [in the la]p of Ištar residing in [Nineveh], and shall return [the money] tenfold to its owner. He shall contest [in] his [lawsu]it and not succeed. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [Witness Ma]r-nuri, deputy of Maganuba. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [Witness ...]-Nabû, ... of ditto. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [Witness ...]-qam, chariot driver of ditto. |
| Reverse [13:16] r 1414– | [Witness NN].... [Witness] Rapaya. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [ṣu]-pur {1}bar—[ha-te-e] | |
| 2 | ⸢EN A⸣.ŠA₃ E₂ UN-⸢MEŠ SUM⸣-[ni] | |
| 3 | [E₂] 50 ANŠE A.ŠA₃ 10 lim {giš}⸢til-lit⸣ | |
| 4 | [E₂] ⸢ep⸣-šu₂ {1}ha-ša₂-na 04 DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 5 | ⸢MI₂⸣-šu₂ {⸢mi₂⸣}da-an-qi-i DUMU-ša₂ | |
| 6 | ⸢DUMU⸣.[MI₂-sa] ⸢PAB 09 ZI-MEŠ ⸢ARAD-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 7 | ⸢ša⸣ {1}bar—ha]-te-e ina {uru}ti-⸢ʾi⸣-i | |
| 8 | ⸢u₂⸣-[piš-ma] {1}šum₂-mu—DINGIR-MEŠ-ni | |
| 9 | ⸢TA@v⸣ [IGI {1}⸢bar⸣—ha-te-⸢e ina ŠA₃⸣-bi | |
| 10 | 06 MA.⸢NA KUG⸣.UD ina ⸢MA⸣.[NA-e ša MAN il-qi₂] | |
| 11 | kas-pu ga-⸢am⸣-[mur ta-ad-din] | |
| 12 | A.ŠA₃ E₂ [UN-MEŠ {giš}SAR šu-a-tu₂] | |
| 13 | za-⸢ar⸣-[pu laq-qi₂-u] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | tu-a-ru de-e-nu ⸢da-ba⸣-[bu la-aš₂-šu₂] | |
| 2 | man-nu ša ina ur-kiš ⸢GIL⸣-[u-ni] | |
| 3 | lu {1}bar—ha-te ⸢lu⸣ DUMU-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 4 | lu qur-ub-šu₂ ⸢lu mam₂-ma-nu-šu₂⸣ | |
| 5 | ša TA@v {1}šum₂-mu—⸢DINGIR-MEŠ⸣-ni ⸢DUMU⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 6 | ⸢de⸣-e-nu da-ba-bu ⸢ub-ta⸣-[ʾu]-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 7 | 10 MA].⸢NA KUG.UD⸣ 01 ⸢MA⸣.NA ⸢KUG⸣.GI ⸢sak-ru⸣ | |
| 8 | [ina bur]-⸢ki⸣ {d}IŠ.TAR a-ši-bat {⸢uru⸣}[NINA] ⸢GAR-an⸣ | |
| 9 | [kas-pu] ⸢a⸣-na 10-MEŠ a-[na] EN-šu₂ ⸢GUR⸣ [o] | |
| 10 | [ina de]-⸢ni⸣-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma ⸢la⸣ TI | |
| 11 | [IGI {1}⸢DUMU⸣—ZALAG₂ {lu₂}02-u {uru}⸢ma-ga⸣-nu-ba | |
| 12 | [IGI {1}x x]—{⸢d⸣}PA {lu₂v}⸢x-bar⸣-ru | |
| 13 | [IGI {1}x x]—qa-mu o {⸢lu₂v}mu-kil⸣—PA-MEŠ {⸢lu₂v}mu-kil⸣—PA-MEŠ | |
| 14 | [IGI {1}x]—⸢mu⸣-za-⸢x⸣+[x IGI] {1}ra-⸢pa-ia⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 15 | [x x x] ⸢qa⸣ qa [x x x x x] | |
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