ADD 0447 (P335388)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0447 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335388 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | Seal of Martu', village manager of the queen; seal of Mardî; a total of two men, servants of the governor of Barhalza, owners of the people being sold. |
| Obverse [4:10] o 55–o 1010 | Remut-ilani, his mother and his 3 brothers, a total of 5 persons; Šamaš-balassu and his son; Sasî, his two sons and his wife; Nabû'a, his 3 brothers and his sister, a total of 5 persons; Zabinu, gardener, his wife, and a fruit orchard; in all 17 persons and an orchard in the city of Nabur, servants of Martu' and Mardî — |
| Obverse [10:14] o 1111–o 1414 | [Ahi-ṭa]lli, gov[erness] of Nineveh, has contracted and [bought them] fr[om these men for x minas of silver by the mina of] Carche[mish]. |
| Obverse [14:19] o 1515– | [The money is paid compl]etely. [Those people and the orcha]rd [are purchased and acquired]. Any revocation, laws[uit or litigation is void]. |
| Reverse [1:7] r 22–r 77 | [Whoever in the future, at any time], lodges a complaint, breaks the contra]ct, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against the governess, shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Nabû-šumu-iddina, scribe. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Lahirayu. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Zar-Issar, chief weaver. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Nabutî, weaver. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witness Marduk-iddina, chariot fighter. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Witness Šarru-emuranni. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Witness Nabû-naṣir. Witness Mazzugu. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Witness Banî, scribe. |
| Reverse [15:17] r 1616–r 1717 | Month Iyyar (II), 1st day, year 23 of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, eponym year of Mannu-ki-Adad-milki [o]f Ṣupat. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB {1}mar-tu₂-uʾ {lu₂}GAL—URU-MEŠ {lu₂}GAL—URU-MEŠ ša MI₂—<KUR> MI₂—<KUR> | |
| 2 | {na₄}KIŠIB {1}mar-di-i | |
| 3 | PAB 02 LU₂-MEŠ ARAD-MEŠ ša₂ {lu₂}EN.NAM | |
| 4 | ša {kur}bar-hal-za EN UN-MEŠ SUM-ni | |
| 5 | {1}rem₂-ut—DINGIR-MEŠ AMA-šu₂ 03 PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ PAB 05 ZI | |
| 6 | {1}{d}UTU—TI DUMU-šu₂ {1}sa-si-i 02 DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 7 | MI₂-šu₂ {1}{d}PA-u-a 03 PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ NIN-šu₂ PAB 05 ZI | |
| 8 | {1}za-bi-nu {lu₂}NU.GIŠ.SAR MI₂-šu₂ {giš}SAR | |
| 9 | ša₂ za-mar PAB 17 ZI-MEŠ {giš}SAR ina {uru}na-bu-ur | |
| 10 | {lu₂}ARAD-MEŠ ša₂ {1}[mar]-⸢tu₂⸣-uʾ ša₂ {1}mar-di-i | |
| 11 | u₂-piš-⸢ma⸣ {[mi₂}PAB]—⸢ṭal⸣-li | |
| 12 | {mi₂}ša₂-[kin₂-tu₂] ša₂ {uru}NINA{ki} | |
| 13 | ⸢TA@v⸣ [IGI LU₂-MEŠ an]-nu-tu | |
| 14 | [ina ŠA₃ x MA.NA KUG.UD ša₂] {⸢uru⸣}gar-ga-⸢mis⸣ | |
| 15 | [il-qi₂ kas-pu] ⸢gam⸣-mur o | |
| 16 | [ta-din UN-MEŠ {giš]}⸢SAR⸣-MEŠ o | |
| 17 | [za-rip la]-⸢qi₂⸣ tu-a-ru di-i-[nu] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu ša₂ ur-kiš] | |
| 2 | [ina ma-te-e]-ma [i-za-qup-an-ni] | |
| 3 | [i-GIL-u]-⸢ni⸣ di-i-⸢nu⸣ o | |
| 4 | ⸢DUG₄.DUG₄ TA@v⸣ {mi₂}ša₂-kin₂-te | |
| 5 | ub-ta-ʾu-u-ni kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ | |
| 6 | a-na EN-MEŠ-šu₂ GUR ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma | |
| 7 | la i-laq-qi₂ | |
| 8 | IGI {1}{d}PA—MU—AŠ {lu₂}A.BA | |
| 9 | IGI {1}la-hi-ra-a.a | |
| 10 | IGI {1}NUMUN—15 {lu₂}GAL—UŠ.BAR-ME {lu₂}GAL—UŠ.BAR-ME | |
| 11 | IGI {1}na-⸢bu-ti-i⸣ {lu₂}UŠ.BAR | |
| 12 | IGI {1}{d}ŠU₂—AŠ {lu₂}A—SIG {lu₂}A—SIG | |
| 13 | IGI {1}MAN—IGI.LAL-an-ni | |
| 14 | IGI {1}{d}PA—PAB-ir IGI {1}ma-zu-gu | |
| 15 | IGI {1}ba-ni-i {lu₂}A.BA | |
| 16 | {iti}GUD UD 01-KAM₂\t MU 23 {1}{d}30—PAB-MEŠ—SU | |
| 17 | MAN KUR—aš-šur{ki} lim-me {1}man-nu—ki—10—MAN | |
| 18 | ⸢ša₂⸣ {uru}ṣu-pi-te | |
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