ADD 0481 (P335420)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0481 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335420 |
| 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' | Any revocation, [lawsuit or litigation is void]. |
| Obverse [1:5] o 2'2'–o 5'5' | Whoever in the future, at any time, [breaks the contract] whether Šamaš-alik-pani, whether Ubru-[...], and seeks a laws[uit or liti]gation against Šamaš-zeru-iqiša, [...], his sons (and) his grandsons, |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | shall [eat] one mina of [plucked wool], shall [drink] a full agannu vessel of the tanner's paste, |
| Obverse [7:11] o 8'8'– | [they shall scatter for him] 3 [seah of cr]ess as far as the city gate and he shall pick it up [with the t]ip of his tongue until he fills up a 'litre', |
| Bottom [2:7] b.e. 11'11'– | he shall tie [four] harbakannu horses to the feet of Nergal and shall [return the mon]ey tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and [not succeed]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Witness Bel-dan, courtier of the Succession Palace. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | Witness [...]-nadin-apli, exorcist [appoi]nted at the disposal of Aššur-šumu-ibni. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witness Belu-naṣir, haruspex o[f] the crown [prince]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Haṭṭušu-aldi, royal body[guard]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Barruqu, master builder of the house of the crown [prince]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [Witness] Ea-šarru-ibni, bishop [...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...]-Nabû, tre[asurer ...] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [Month ...], 10th [day], epony[m year of Bel-iqbi, gove]rnor of Bit-z[amani]. |
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' | tu-a-⸢ru⸣ [de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂] | |
| 2' | man-nu ša ina ur-kiš ina ma-te-[ma GIL-u-ni] | |
| 3' | lu-u {1}{d}UTU—DU—IGI lu-u {1}SUHUŠ—[x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢ša⸣ TA@v {1}{d}UTU—NUMUN—BA-ša₂ {lu₂v}⸢ša₂⸣-[x x x] | |
| 5' | DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ de-e-[nu] | |
| 6' | ⸢DUG₄⸣.DUG₄ ub-ta-ʾu-u-ni 01 MA.⸢NA⸣ [ger-du] | |
| 7' | [KU₂ am]—⸢mar⸣ {dug}a-ga-ni kur-ru [NAG] | |
| 8' | 3(ban₂) ZA₃].HI.LI{sar} a-di KA₂.⸢GAL⸣ [i-za-ru-ni-šu₂] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9' | [ina] ⸢KA⸣ EME-šu₂ i-laq-qut a-[di] | |
| 10' | {⸢giš⸣}BAN₂-šu₂ u₂-mal-lu-u-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 11' | 04 {⸢anše⸣}har-ba-kan-ni ina GIR₃.2 | |
| 12' | {[d]}ŠEŠ.GAL i-rak-kas | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [kas]-pu a-na 10-MEŠ-te a-na EN-MEŠ-šu₂ [GUR] | |
| 2 | i-na de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma [la₃ TI] | |
| 3 | IGI {1}EN—KALAG-an {lu₂}A—E₂.GAL {lu₂}A—E₂.GAL | |
| 4 | ša E₂—UŠ-MEŠ-te E₂—UŠ-MEŠ-te IGI {1}[x]—⸢SUM—A⸣ | |
| 5 | {lu₂}ME.ME ša ina IGI {1}aš-šur—MU—⸢DU₃⸣ [pa-qid]-⸢du⸣-ni | |
| 6 | IGI {1}EN—PAB-ir {lu₂}HAL ⸢ša⸣ [A]—MAN [A]—MAN | |
| 7 | IGI {1}{giš}PA-šu—al-di-i {lu₂v}qur-[bu-ti] | |
| 8 | IGI {1}bar-ruq {lu₂}TIN ša ⸢E₂ A⸣—[MAN] A⸣—[MAN] | |
| 9 | [IGI {1}{d]}a.a—MAN—DU₃ o {lu₂v}ŠA₃.TAM ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x—{d]}AG {lu₂v}⸢IGI⸣.[DUB x x] | |
| 2 | {[iti}x UD] 10-KAM₂ lim-[mu {1}EN—iq-bi] | |
| 3 | {[lu₂}GAR].KUR {[lu₂}GAR].KUR E₂—⸢za⸣-[ma-ni] | |
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