ADD 0428 (P335371)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0428 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335371 |
| 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 [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Šumma-Ad[ad, ......]; |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Gabbu-amur, farmer, [......]; |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Nabû-nadin-ahhe, 1 boy of 4 span[s ...]; |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | [NN], 1 woman, 1 boy of 3 spans; an estate of 60 hectares of land, 31 persons and a vineyard — |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | Issar-duri, scribe of the queen mother, has contracted and bought (said property) for 1 1/2 minas less than one talent of silver from Paruṭṭu. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | The silver is paid completely. That land, garden, and [peo]ple are purchased and acquired. Any revocation or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [11:20] o 1212– | Whoever in the future or at any time lodges a complaint, [whe]ther Paruṭṭu or his sons, grandsons, brothers or nephews, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation [again]st Issar-duri and his sons, shall place [x tale]nts of silver and 10 minas of gold in the lap of Ištar [of] Nineveh, and shall return the silver tenfold [to] its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [Witness NN], 'third man' of the queen mother. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [Witness NN], cohort commander of ditto. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [Witness NN], scribe of ditto. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [Witness NN], royal bodyguard. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [Witness NN], ša šēpi guard. |
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 x x x] | |
| 2 | {1}šum-ma—{d}⸢IM⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | {1}gab-bu—a-mur {[lu₂]}⸢ENGAR⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | {1}{d}PA—AŠ—PAB-⸢MEŠ⸣ 01 DUMU 04 ⸢LAL⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5 | 01 MI₂ 01 DUMU 03 LAL E₂ 60 ANŠE A.ŠA₃.GA | |
| 6 | 31 ZI-MEŠ {giš}SAR ša til-lit up-⸢piš⸣-ma | |
| 7 | {1}{d}15—BAD₃ {lu₂}A.BA ša {mi₂}AMA—LUGAL {mi₂}AMA—LUGAL | |
| 8 | ina ŠA₃ 01 1/2 MA.NA LA₂ ina 01 GU₂.UN KUG.UD ⸢TA@v⸣ IGI | |
| 9 | {1}pa-ru-ṭi ⸢il⸣-qi₂ KUG.⸢UD⸣ gam-mur ta-⸢din⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢A.ŠA₃⸣ {giš}SAR ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ ⸢šu⸣-a-tu₂ zar₄-pu | |
| 11 | laq-qi₂-ʾu tu-a-ru DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 12 | man-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš u₃ mat-⸢e⸣-ma | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [lu]-u {1}⸢pa⸣-ru-ṭu lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ | |
| 2 | [lu]-⸢u⸣ ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ i-zaq-qup-an-ni | |
| 3 | ⸢TA@v⸣ {1}{d}15—BAD₃ ⸢DUMU⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ de-e-nu | |
| 4 | DUG₄.DUG₄ ub-ta-ʾu-u-ni | |
| 5 | [x GU₂].⸢UN⸣ KUG.UD 10 MA.NA KUG.GI ina bur-ki {d}15 | |
| 6 | [a-ši-bat {uru]}NINA GAR-an KUG.UD ina 10-A.TA.AN | |
| 7 | [a-na] EN-MEŠ-šu₂ GUR ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-⸢ma⸣ la₃ TI | |
| 8 | IGI {1}[x x x x x] {lu₂}03.U₅ AMA—MAN AMA—MAN | |
| 9 | [IGI {1}x x x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}GAL—ki-ṣir {⸢lu₂⸣}GAL—ki-ṣir | |
| 10 | [IGI {1}x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂}A.BA | |
| 11 | [IGI {1}x x x x x {lu₂]}⸢qur⸣-bu-ti | |
| 12 | [IGI {1}x x x x x x] ⸢GIR₃⸣.2 | |
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