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ADD 0429c (P335372)

Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationADD 0429c
IDP335372
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreLegal
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 43.1621

English translation

By ORACC project saao/saa06 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

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Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1[S]ea[l of NN, seal of] Ken-abua, his son,
Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33[in] all 2 m[en from ...], owners of the field under irrigation, [people, and vineya]rd being sold.
Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66[An estate of x hectares of land ...] adjoining the field of Šep-Issar, [......]ranu, [...... adjoining the field] of Gallulu, [......];
Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88[an estate of] 6 hectares [of land adjoining the road which lead]s [to ...]
Obverse [11:13] o 1515–o 1616[adjoining the road which le]ads [to ...], adjoining Kusanu, [......]...;
Obverse [13:14] o 1717–o 1717[an estate of x hectares of land ...] adjoining the garden [of NN, the road which] leads [to the town ...]hili, [...... the field of Bi]suwa the scribe, [...... the field of] Šamaš-remanni, and the field [of ...];
Obverse [14:20] o 1818–o 2323an estate of 22 hectares of land [... in culti]vation, by the seah of 10 'litres,' [...... adjo]ining the estates of Urda-ahhešu, Sukkaya, [and ...];
Obverse [20:23] o 2424–o 2626[a vine]yard adjoining the vineyards of [...], Adad-dan, [......] and Belu-haluṣu;
Obverse [23:24] o 2727–o 2727[......] Nabû-ahu-uṣur, farmer, Ahi-pada, [his son, a total of 2 persons];
Obverse [24:25] o 2828–o 2828Silim-Dadi, his 4 sons [and one daughter, a total of] 6 persons;
Obverse [25:26] o 2929–o 2929Abdunu, farmer, his [...], a total of 2 persons;
Obverse [26:29] o 3030–in all 8 persons, [......, x barn]yards, 1 vineyard, [x hectares of field] in cu[ltivation] —
Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55[Remanni-Adad, chief ch]ariot [driver of Assurbanipal, king of] Assyria, has contracted and bou[ght (said property) from NN and Ken]-abua [for x minas of silver by to the mi]na of [Carchemish].
Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88[The money is pa]id [complet]ely. [Th]at land, vine[yard], [barnyards, and people] are purch[ased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or liti]gation is void.
Reverse [8:13] r 99–r 1313[Whoever in the future, at any time], lodges a complaint [or breaks the contract, whether NN or Ken]-abua, or their sons, [grandsons, brothers or nep]hews, or their prefect [......] or their neighbour, and seeks a lawsuit or [litigation] against Remanni-Adad, [his sons] and grandsons,
Reverse [13:16] r 1414–r 1616shall tie [2 white hors]es to the feet of Aššur, shall bring [4 harbakannu horses to the feet of Sin of Ha]rran, and [shall place x minas of silver and x minas of gold in the l]ap of Ištar [residing in Nineveh].
Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717(Guaranteed against) [seizures of] epilepsy for 100 days [(and against) fraud forever].
Reverse [17:19] r 1818–r 1919[He shall return the money] tenfold to its owners. [He shall con]test [in his lawsuit] and not succeed.
Reverse [19:20] r 2020–r 2020[Witness Nergal-šarru-uṣur], chief ['third] man.'
Reverse [20:21] r 2121–r 2121[Witness Šamaš-šarru-ušur, chariot] driver.
Reverse [21:22] r 2222–r 2222[Witness Šamaš]-šallim, [...].
Reverse [22:23] r 2525–r 2525[Witness NN, ... of] the chief eunuch.
Reverse [23:24] r 2626–r 2626[Wit]ness Ahu-l[âmašši, 'third man'] of ditto.
Reverse [24:25] r 2727–r 2727Witness Marduk-la[..., ditto].
Reverse [25:26] r 2828–r 2828Witness Ammi[ni-...], ditto.
Reverse [26:27] r 2929–r 2929[Wit]ness Bibi[ya ...] ditto.
Reverse [27:28] r 3030–r 3030Witness Hadi[...], ditto.
Reverse [28:29] r 3131–r 3131[Witne]ss Gurd[î, horse trainer of the op]en [chariotry].
Reverse [29:30] r 3232–r 3232[Witness] Na[bû-......] ditto ditto.
Reverse [30:31] r 3333–r 3333[Witness NN, ...] of the prince.
Reverse [31:32] r 3434–r 3434[Witness .......], palace [scri]be.
Reverse [32:33] r 3535–r 3535[Witness ...... horse tra]iner.
Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1(Aramaic caption:) De[ed concerning the hou]se and f[ie]lds of H (and) Ken-abua [...] in the Land of the Chief Cupbearer.

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)

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1{⸢na₄}KIŠIB⸣ {1}x x x {na₄}KIŠIB] {1}GIN—AD-u-a A-šu₂
2⸢PAB⸣ 02 {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x x x x]-a.a EN A.ŠA₃.GA
3E₂ ši-⸢qi⸣ [UN-MEŠ {giš]}⸢SAR⸣ ta-da-a-ni
4[E₂ x ANŠE A.ŠA₃.GA x x] ⸢SUHUR⸣ A.ŠA₃ ša {1}GIR₃.2—15
5[x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-ra-a-nu
6[x x x x x x x x SUHUR A.ŠA₃] ⸢ša⸣ {1}ga-lul
7[x x x x x x x x x x x x x E₂] 06 ANŠE
8[A.ŠA₃ SUHUR KASKAL ša a-na {uru}x x x DU-u]-⸢ni⸣
12[x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ qi [x x x x]
13[x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ṣi nu u₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x]
14[x x x x x x x x x x x x]-a-nu ⸢x⸣
15[SUHUR KASKAL ša a-na {uru}x x x DU]-u-ni {1}ku-sa-ni
16[x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ak-pu
17[E₂ x ANŠE A.ŠA₃.GA x x x x x] SUHUR {⸢giš⸣}SAR
18[ša {1}x x SUHUR KASKAL ša a-na {uru}x]+⸢x⸣-hi-li DU-u-ni
19[SUHUR x x x SUHUR A.ŠA₃ ša {1}bi]-⸢su⸣-u-a {lu₂v}A.BA
20[SUHUR x x x SUHUR A.ŠA₃ ša {1}{d}UTU—rem₂-a-ni SUHUR A.ŠA₃
21[ša {1}x x x x x x x] ⸢E₂⸣ 22 ANŠE A.ŠA₃.GA
22[x x x x x ina ma-za]-ru-ti ina {giš}BAN₂ ša 10 qa
23[x x x x x x x x x] ⸢SUHUR⸣ E₂ {1}ARAD—PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ {1}TE-a.a
24[x x x x x {giš}SAR] ša {giš}til-lit SUHUR {giš}SAR
25[ša {1}x x x x x] SUHUR ša {1}{d}IM—KALAG-an
26[x x x x x x x] {1}be₂-e-lu—ha-lu-ṣu
27[x x x x x x x] {1}{d}PA—PAB—PAB {lu₂v}ENGAR {1}PAB—pa-da
28[DUMU-šu₂ PAB 02 ZI-MEŠ] {1}si-lim—U.U 04 DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂
2901 DUMU.MI₂-su PAB] 06 ZI {1}ab-du-u-ni {lu₂v}ENGAR
30[x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ PAB 02 ZI PAB-ma 08 ZI-MEŠ
31[x x x x x] ⸢tal⸣-pi-ta-a-te 01 {giš}SAR til-lit
r
1[x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ina⸣ ma-[az-za-ru-ti]
2[u₂-piš-ma {1}rem₂-an-ni—{d}IM {lu₂v]}⸢mu⸣-kil—{[kuš}PA-MEŠ] {lu₂v]}⸢mu⸣-kil—{[kuš}PA-MEŠ]
3[dan-nu ša₂ {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A MAN KUR]—aš-šur [ina ŠA₃-bi]
4[x MA.NA KUG.UD ina 01 MA].⸢NA⸣ ša {uru}[gar-ga-mis]
5[TA@v IGI {1}x x x {1}GIN]—AD-u-a [il-qi]
6[kas-pu ga-mur ta-din]-ni A.ŠA₃.GA {⸢giš⸣}[SAR]
7[E₂ ši-qi UN-MEŠ šu₂]-a-tu₂ za-ar₂-⸢pu⸣ [o]
8[laq-qi-u tu-a-ru de-nu] ⸢DUG₄⸣.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂
9[man-nu ša ina ur-kiš ina ma-te-me] ⸢i⸣-za-qu-pa-a-ni
10[GIL-u-ni lu {1}x x lu {1}GIN]—⸢AD⸣-u-a DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu
11[DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu [DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂-nu DUMU]—⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-šu₂-nu DUMU]—⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-šu₂-nu {lu₂v}GAR-nu-šu₂-[nu]
12[x x x x x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}qur-bu-šu₂-nu
13[TA@v {1}rem₂-a-ni—{d}IM DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂] DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ de-e-nu
14[DUG₄.DUG₄ ub-ta-u-ni 02 {anše}KUR.RA] ⸢BABBAR⸣ ina GIR₃.2 aš-šur i-rak-kas
1504 {anše}har-ba-kan-ni ina GIR₃.2 {d}30 ša₂ {uru]}⸢KASKAL⸣ u₂-še-rab
16[x MA.NA KUG.UD x MA.NA KUG.GI ina] ⸢bur⸣-ki {d}IŠ.TAR
17[a-ši-bat {uru}x x i-šak-kan x x] ⸢x⸣ be₂-ni a-na 01 me UD-MEŠ
18[sa-ar-tu₂ a-na kal₃ UD-MEŠ kas-pu] ana 10-MEŠ-te ⸢ana⸣ EN-MEŠ-šu₂
19[GUR ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma] ⸢la⸣ i-⸢laq⸣-qi
20[IGI {1}{d}U.GUR—MAN—PAB {lu₂v}03-šu₂ dan-nu
21[IGI {1}{d}ša₂-maš—MAN—PAB {lu₂v]}DIB—{kuš}PA-MEŠ {lu₂v]}DIB—{kuš}PA-MEŠ
22[IGI {1}{d}UTU]—⸢šal⸣-lim {lu₂v}[x x x]
25[IGI] {1}[x x x x x ša {lu₂v]}GAL—⸢SAG⸣ {lu₂v]}GAL—⸢SAG⸣
26⸢IGI⸣ {1}PAB—⸢la⸣-[maš-ši {lu₂v}03-šu₂] {lu₂v}{<:(GAL—SAG)>} {lu₂v}{<:(GAL—SAG)>}
27IGI {1}{d}ŠU₂—la-[x x x x {lu₂v}{<:(03-šu₂)>} {lu₂v}GAL—SAG] {lu₂v}GAL—SAG] o
28IGI {1}am-me-⸢ni⸣—[x x x x] {lu₂v}{<:(03-šu₂)>} {lu₂v}GAL—SAG {lu₂v}GAL—SAG
29⸢IGI⸣ {1}bi-bi-[x x x x x] {lu₂v}{<:(03-šu₂)>} {lu₂v}GAL—SAG {lu₂v}GAL—SAG
30IGI {1}ha-di-[x x x x x x] {lu₂v}{<:(03-šu₂)>} {lu₂v}GAL—SAG {lu₂v}GAL—SAG
31⸢IGI⸣ {1}gur₂-⸢di⸣-[i {lu₂}{giš}GIGIR—DU₈]-⸢MEŠ⸣-te {lu₂}{giš}GIGIR—DU₈]-⸢MEŠ⸣-te
32[IGI] {1}{d}⸢PA⸣—[x x x x x x]-IM
33[IGI {1}{d}[x x x x x x x x] ša A—MAN A—MAN
34[IGI {1}x x x x x x x {lu₂v}A].⸢BA⸣—KUR {lu₂v}A].⸢BA⸣—KUR
35[IGI {1}x x x x x x x {lu₂v}{giš]}⸢GIGIR⸣
e.
1⸢dnt byt⸣ w ⸢ḥqly⸣ ḥ knb zy
2⸢n⸣[ḥ ḥ ḥ]⸢d⸣ b mt rbšqn

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