ADD 0453 (P335394)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0453 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335394 |
| 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 | [Seal of A]hu-duri, [owner of the land], house, and people being sold. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | [An estate of x hectares of la]nd, a house, a threshing floor, [..., irri]gated [land] in Šibaniba; |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | [...] Milki-su[ri], his wife [NN, ...]; |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | [B]alṭaya [..., his wife] Ninui[tu, ...]; |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | Adad-er[iba, his] wi[fe ...]ša-liphur, [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigat]ion is void. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 3'3'–r 5'5' | [Whoever in the future, at any t]ime, breaks the contract, shall pay [x min]as of silver and 4 min[as of gold to Ištar residing in] Nineveh, (and) shall redeem [the field, the people and the ho]use. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [Witness NN], chariot dr[iver]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [Witness ...]-uṣur, scribe. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [Witness ...] son of Bel-isse'a. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [Witness Šulmu]-beli-lašme, cha[riot driver]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [Witness Na]bû-remanni, goldsmith of [...]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [Witness] Nabû'a, head porter. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [Witness] Usi', cohort commander. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [Wit]ness Nabû-eriba, scribe. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [Wit]ness Arbailayu, chief weaver. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [Wit]ness Nabû-ka''in-aplu, scribe. |
| Reverse [15:17] r 16'16'–r 17'17' | Month Iyyar (II), 15th day, eponym year of Bel-emuranni, commander-in-chief. |
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}⸢PAB⸣—BAD₃ | |
| 2 | [EN A.ŠA₃] E₂ UN-MEŠ SUM-ni | |
| 3 | [x ANŠE A].ŠA₃ E₂ ad-ru | |
| 4 | [x x E₂ ši]-qi ina {uru}ši-ba-ni-ba | |
| 5 | [x x x x] {1}mil-ki—su-[ri] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x]-⸢a⸣ MI₂-šu₂ [o] | |
| 7 | [x x x x {1}⸢bal⸣-ṭa-a.a | |
| 8 | [x x x {mi₂]}{⸢uru⸣}NINA{ki}⸢i⸣-[tu₂] | |
| 9 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {1}{d}IM—⸢SU⸣ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x]-ša₂—lip-hur ⸢MI₂⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x]-tu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [tu-a-ru de-nu DUG₄].DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 2' | [man-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš ina] ma-ti-ma | |
| 3' | [GIL-u-ni x MA].NA KUG.UD 04 MA.[NA KUG.GI] | |
| 4' | [a-na {d}15 a-ši-bat] {⸢uru⸣}NINA SUM-an | |
| 5' | [A.ŠA₃ UN-MEŠ] ⸢E₂⸣ u₂-še-ṣa | |
| 6' | [IGI {1}x x x x x] {lu₂v}mu-kil—{⸢kuš⸣}[PA-MEŠ] {lu₂v}mu-kil—{⸢kuš⸣}[PA-MEŠ] | |
| 7' | [IGI {1}x x x]—PAB {lu₂v}A.BA | |
| 8' | [IGI {1}x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ A {1}EN—KI-ia | |
| 9' | [IGI {1}DI-mu]—EN—la-aš₂-me {lu₂v}mu-[kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ] {lu₂v}mu-[kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ] | |
| 10' | [IGI {1}{d]}⸢PA⸣—rem₂-a-ni {lu₂v}SIMUG.KUG.GI ša₂ [x x x] | |
| 11' | [IGI {1}{d]}PA-u-a {lu₂v}GAL—I₃.DU₈ {lu₂v}GAL—I₃.DU₈ | |
| 12' | [IGI {1}u₂-si-i {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir | |
| 13' | [IGI {1}{d}PA—SU {lu₂v}A.BA | |
| 14' | [IGI {1}{uru}arba-il₃-a.a {lu₂v}GAL—UŠ.BAR-MEŠ {lu₂v}GAL—UŠ.BAR-MEŠ | |
| 15' | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}{d}PA—GIN—A A.BA | |
| 16' | {⸢iti⸣}GUD UD 15-KAM | |
| 17' | [lim]-me {1}EN—IGI.LAL-a-ni | |
| 18' | {lu₂v}tur-ta-nu | |
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