ADD 0435 (P335378)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | ADD 0435 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335378 |
| 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' | (Owner of the ...) being sold. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | An estate of 40 he[ctares .......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | a w[ell ......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | adjoini[ng ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | ditto the road [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | ditto the po[nd ......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | of the village of [...]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | An estate of 10 hecta[res ......] |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'– | adjoining the side road o[f ...], |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 10'b.e. 10'–b.e. 10'b.e. 10' | ditto well [...], |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 11'11'–b.e. 11'11' | ditto Sal[...], |
| Bottom [2:3] b.e. 12'12'–b.e. 12'12' | ditto Adda-pada, [...]. |
| Bottom [3:6] b.e. 13'13'– | In all 40 hectares of field and 2 house[s ...], one garden [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Ratulu, [NN], |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | woman Bitâ, his wife [...], |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | woman Yaqirâ [...] — |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | [NN, (... of)] the chief eu[nuch], has contracted [and bought] from Ša[ngû-..., ...]. |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | The money [is paid] complete[ly]. Those fields, houses and [...] are purchased and acq[uired. Any revocation], lawsuit, or litigation is vo[id]. |
| Reverse [10:13] r 1111–r 1313 | [(Whoever) in the future], at any time, whether [NN] or [his] so[ns ...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [Witness ...-ša]rri. Witness Kanunayu. Witness Zer-šangusu. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [Witness NN]. Witness Laqisi, archer of the village. |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | [Month ..., xth day, epon]ym year of Sa'ilu, chief cook. |
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' | SUM-[ni] | |
| 2' | E₂ 40 ⸢ANŠE⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | 01-en ⸢bu⸣-[ru x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢SUHUR⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | KASKAL.2 [x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ia-[ar-hi x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ša {uru}ŠE [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | E₂ 10 ⸢ANŠE⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | gab-di AMA ⸢ša₂⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 10' | bu-ru [x x x x x] | |
| 11' | {1}sa-al-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 12' | {1}10—pa-da-a [x x x x] | |
| 13' | PAB 40 ANŠE A.ŠA₃ 02 ⸢E₂⸣-[MEŠ x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 01-en {giš}SAR [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | {1}ra-tu-lu {1}[x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | {mi₂}bi-ta-a MI₂-šu₂ [x x x] | |
| 4 | {mi₂}ia-qi₂-ra-⸢a⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | u₂-piš-ma {1}[x x x x x] | |
| 6 | {lu₂v}GAL—⸢SAG⸣ {lu₂v}GAL—⸢SAG⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | TA@v {1}⸢SANGA⸣—[x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | kas-pu gam-⸢mur⸣ [ta-din] | |
| 9 | A.ŠA₃-MEŠ E₂-⸢MEŠ x x⸣+[x x] | |
| 10 | šu₂-a-tu₂ zar-pu la-[qi-u tu-a-ru] | |
| 11 | de-nu ⸢DUG₄⸣.DUG₄ la-[aš₂-šu ina ur-kiš] | |
| 12 | ina ma-te-ma lu-u {1}x x x x x] | |
| 13 | lu ⸢DUMU⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂ x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [IGI {1}x x]—⸢LUGAL⸣ IGI {1}{iti}AB-a.a IGI {1}NUMUN—SANGA-su | |
| 2 | [IGI {1}x x x x x] IGI {1}la-qi-si {lu₂v}GIŠ.BAN.TAG.GA {uru}ŠE—ka-par | |
| 3 | {[iti}x UD x-KAM₂ lim]-mu {1}sa-i-lu {lu₂v}GAL—MU {lu₂v}GAL—MU | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.