ADD 0440 (P335383)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0440 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335383 |
| 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] o 1o 1–o 22 | [Se]al of Lukimama, [seal of] Zeru-lešir, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [owners of the field]s and people being sold. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [An estate of x hectare]s of land |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [adjoining ...l]ubla |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [......a]nniya |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [......] irrigated fields |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [NN], farmer, [...] — |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | [B]ahianu [has contracted and acquired (said property) for x minas of silver] by the (mina) of the ki[ng]. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | [He shall enjoy the fiel]ds and the pe[ople for yea]rs [...]. [On the day that they pa]y [the silver], they shall redeem [the fields and the people]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | Month [...], 23rd [day], eponym year of Zazaya. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [Witness ...]-ahu-uṣur, temple steward. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [Witness Qurd]i-Adad, team commander. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [Witness ...]šî. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [Witness] Ili-pada. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [Witness Na]bû'a, goldsmith. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [Witness S]urarate. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [Witness San]gû-Issar, scribe. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [Witness] Nabû-remanni. |
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 | {[na₄]}⸢KIŠIB⸣ {1}lu-ki-ma-ma | |
| 2 | {[na₄]}⸢KIŠIB⸣ {1}NUMUN—SI.SA₂ | |
| 3 | [EN A.ŠA₃]-⸢MEŠ⸣ UN-MEŠ SUM-nu | |
| 4 | [E₂ x ANŠE] A.ŠA₃.GA-MEŠ | |
| 5 | [SUHUR x x]-lu-ub-la o | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x]-⸢an⸣-ni-ia | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ A.QAR-MEŠ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}ENGAR | |
| 9 | [x x x u₂-piš-ma {1}⸢ba⸣-hi-a-nu | |
| 10 | [ina ŠA₃ x MA.NA KUG.UD] ina ša ⸢MAN⸣ | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x A.ŠA₃]-⸢MEŠ UN⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 2' | [x x x a-na MU.AN].⸢NA⸣-MEŠ | |
| 3' | [KU₂ UD-mu ša KUG.UD SUM-nu]-ni | |
| 4' | [A.ŠA₃-MEŠ UN-MEŠ] u₂-še-ṣu-u | |
| 5' | {[iti}x UD] 23-KAM | |
| 6' | [lim-mu {1}za]-⸢za⸣-a.a | |
| 7' | [IGI {1}{d}x]—PAB—PAB {lu₂v}lah₂-hi-nu | |
| 8' | [IGI {1}qur]-⸢di⸣—{d}IM GAL—u₂-rat GAL—u₂-rat | |
| 9' | [IGI {1}x x]+⸢x⸣-ši-i | |
| 10' | [IGI {1}⸢DINGIR—pa⸣-a-di | |
| 11' | [IGI {1}{d]}⸢PA⸣-u-a SIMUG.KUG.GI | |
| 12' | [IGI {1}⸢su⸣-ra-ra-a-te | |
| 13' | [IGI {1}⸢SANGA⸣—15 {lu₂v}A.BA | |
| 14' | [IGI {1}{d}PA—rem₂-a-ni | |
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