ADD 0464 (P335404)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0464 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335404 |
| 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' | An estate of [...... adjo]ining the ditch — |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [Sin-na'id has contracted and bought] for 6 mi[nas of silver]. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | The money is p[aid] completely. The people are purchased [and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or] litigation is void. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 6'6'–o 9'9' | Whoever [in the future], lodges a complaint and breaks the contract whether [NN] or his sons or his grandsons, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation [against] Sin-na'id, his sons (and) his grandsons, |
| Obverse [9:16] o 10'10'– | shall place [x minas of refined silver] (and) one mina of pure gold [in the lap of Ištar re]siding in Nineveh, shall tie [two white horse]s at the feet Aššur, shall bring [four harbakannu horses] at the feet Nergal, and shall return [the money] tenfold to its owners. He shall contest [in] his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Witness Bagagi. Witness Babilayu. Witness Urdu. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Witness Aššur-bessunu. In all 4 servants of the palace superintendent. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Witness Lu-ki-Mama. Witness Dadî-iqbi. Witness Halmusu. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | In all 3 servants of the chief confectioner. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Ilu-balassu-iqbi. Witness Kinanni-Issar. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | In all 2 servants of the chief treasurer. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Ṣil-Adad, servant of chief of granaries. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Agru, cupbearer, citizen of Nineveh. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [Witness] Aššur-ahhe-uṣur. Witness Libbalayu. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [Witness] Urdu-Issar, servant of [...]. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [Witness Š]umma-i[lani]. |
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' | E₂ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [gab]-di hi-ri-⸢ti⸣ [u₂-piš-ma {1}30—I] | |
| 3' | ina ŠA₃-bi 06 MA.[NA KUG.UD il-qi] | |
| 4' | kas-pu gam-mur ⸢ta⸣-[ad-din] | |
| 5' | UN-MEŠ zar₄-pu ⸢TI⸣-[u₂ tu₂-a-ru de-nu] | |
| 6' | DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu [ša ina ur-kiš] | |
| 7' | i-za-qu-za-pa-ni GIL-u-ni lu-u {1}⸢DINGIR⸣-[x x x] | |
| 8' | ⸢lu⸣-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u <DUMU>—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ <DUMU>—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ | |
| 9' | [TA@v] {1}30—I DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ ub-ta-ʾu-u-ni | |
| 10' | [x MA.NA KUG.UD LUH-u] 01 MA.NA KUG.GI sak-ru | |
| 11' | [ina bur-ki {d}15 a]-ši-bat {uru}NINA GAR-an | |
| 12' | 02 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ BABBAR]-MEŠ ina GIR₃.2 aš-šur i-ra-kas | |
| 13' | 04 {anše}har-ba-kan-ni ina] GIR₃.2 {d}MAŠ.MAŠ u₂-še-rab | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [kas-pu ana] 10-MEŠ-te a-na EN-MEŠ-šu₂ GUR-ra | |
| 2 | [ina] de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄ la₃ TI | |
| 3 | IGI {1}ba-ga-gi IGI {1}KA₂.DINGIR-a.a IGI {1}ur-du | |
| 4 | IGI {1}aš-šur—be₂-sun PAB 04 ARAD-MEŠ {lu₂}ša₂—IGI—E₂.GAL | |
| 5 | IGI {1}lu—ki—ma-ma IGI {1}U.U—iq-bi IGI {1}hal-mu-su | |
| 6 | PAB 03 {lu₂}ARAD-MEŠ-ni ša {lu₂}GAL—SUM.NINDA {lu₂}GAL—SUM.NINDA | |
| 7 | IGI {1}DINGIR—TI.LA-su—iq-bi IGI {1}GIN-a-ni—15 | |
| 8 | PAB 02 ARAD-MEŠ-ni {lu₂}IGI.UM GAL-e | |
| 9 | IGI {1}ṣil—10 {lu₂}ARAD ša {lu₂}GAL—kar-ma-[ni] {lu₂}GAL—kar-ma-[ni] | |
| 10 | IGI {1}ag-ru {lu₂}KAŠ.LUL DUMU—{uru}NINA DUMU—{uru}NINA | |
| 11 | [IGI] {1}aš-šur—PAB-MEŠ—PAB IGI {1}{uru}ŠA₃—URU-a.a | |
| 12 | [IGI] {1}ARAD—15 {lu₂}ARAD ša₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [IGI {1}⸢šum⸣-ma—⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ] | |
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