ADD 0426 (P335369)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0426 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335369 |
| 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' | [...] his [... daug]hter, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...]-ili, his suckling child, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...]ṣi, his daughter (of) 4 spa[ns], |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...]ate, Nabû-kenu-ubbib, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...]kittu, his maid, hi[s] 2 servants, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [an estate of x hect]ares of land (according to the seah of) 8 1/2 'litres', a house, a threshing floor [.....] — |
| Obverse [6:10] o 7'7'– | Lu-balaṭ, [deputy] of Silim-Inurta, governor of [......] has contracted [and bought] them for 1 talent of iron. |
| Bottom [2:5] b.e. 10'10'– | [The money] is paid [compl]etely. The house, field, ga[rden and the people are purchased] and acquired. Any revocation, laws[uit, or litigation is void]. |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | Whoever in the future, at any t[ime, lodges a complaint] and breaks the contract, whether Ṭab-rigim-[..., or his sons or] his [grand]sons or his brothers or [his] nep[hews or ... or] his prefect or the mayor of his city, and seeks a [law]suit or litigation [against Lu]-balaṭ, his sons or the chariot driver [...] |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | [shall place x minas] of pure [go]ld in the lap of Ištar [residing in ... and ... 1 ta]lent of lapis lazuli hewn-off [from the quarry, he shall tie 2] white [horses ......] |
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' | [x x x x x x x x x DUMU].MI₂-su ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x]—DINGIR DUMU-šu₂ GA | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ṣi DUMU.MI₂-su 04 ru-⸢ṭu⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x x x]-⸢a⸣-te {1}AG—GIN—DADAG.GA [o] | |
| 5' | {[mi₂}x x x]-kit-tu₂ GEME₂-šu₂ 02 {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 6' | [E₂ x] ⸢ANŠE⸣ 8(ban₂) 08 1/2 qa A.ŠA₃ E₂ ad-ru | |
| 7' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-en-hu u₂-piš-ma {1}lu—TI.⸢LA⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8' | {[lu₂}x x] ša {1}DI—{d}MAŠ {lu₂}EN.NAM ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x]-bar ina ŠA₃ 01 GU₂.UN ⸢AN.BAR⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [kas-pu gam]-mur ta-din E₂ ⸢A⸣.ŠA₃ {giš}[SAR UN-MEŠ] | |
| 11' | [za-ar-pu] la-qi-u tu-a-ru ⸢de-e⸣-[nu DUG₄.DUG₄] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [la-aš₂-šu₂] man-nu ša ina ur-kiš ina ma-[te-ma] | |
| 2 | [i-za-qu-pa-ni] GIL-u-ni lu-u {1}DUG₃.GA—KA—{d}[x x] | |
| 3 | [lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u DUMU]—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU]—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u DUMU—[PAB-MEŠ-šu₂] DUMU—[PAB-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 4 | [lu-u x x x x lu-u] GAR-nu-šu₂ lu-u {lu₂}ha-za-nu URU-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [ša TA@v {1}lu]—TI DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ {lu₂v}DIB—{kuš}PA-MEŠ {lu₂v}DIB—{kuš}PA-MEŠ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x de]-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ ub-ta-ʾu-u-ni | |
| 7 | [x MA.NA KUG].GI sak-ru ina bur-ki {d}IŠ.TAR | |
| 8 | [a-ši-bat x x x x GAR-an 01 ⸢bi-lat {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ hi-ip KUR-šu₂⸣ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ] BABBAR-MEŠ | |
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