ADD 0485 (P335424)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0485 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335424 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1'1'–o 4'4' | [...... or] his labour-duty [superior], seeks [a lawsuit or litiga]tion against Bel-duri, [his sons (and)] his [gran]dsons, |
| Obverse [4:12] o 5'5'– | shall place 5 [minas of silver (and) x mi]nas of gold before [Ištar resid]ing in Arbela, [shall tie] white horses at the fe[et of Aššur], shall bring four harbakannu horses to the feet of Nergal, and shall return the money tenfold [to] its [owner. He shall contest] in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [Witness NN], commander of (mounted) scouts. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [Witness NN, (... of the)] palace herald. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [Witness NN], son of Gimillu. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [Witness NN], deputy priest. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [Witness NN], royal bodyguard. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [Witness ...]ayu, [...]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [Witness NN], .... |
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' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣-MEŠ | |
| 2' | [x x x lu-u EN]—il-ki-šu₂ EN]—il-ki-šu₂ | |
| 3' | [ša de-nu DUG₄].⸢DUG₄⸣ TA@v {1}d.EN—BAD₃ | |
| 4' | [DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂] ⸢DUMU⸣—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢DUMU⸣—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ ub-ta-ʾu-u-ni | |
| 5' | 05 [MA.NA KUG.UD x] ⸢MA⸣.NA KUG.GI a-⸢na⸣ | |
| 6' | {⸢d⸣}15 a-ši]-bat {uru}arba-il₃ ⸢GAR-an⸣ [o] | |
| 7' | {anše}KUR-MEŠ BABBAR-MEŠ ina ⸢GIR₃⸣.2 aš-šur i-rak-kas] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 04 {anše}KUR-MEŠ har-ba-kan-ni ina GIR₃.2 {d}MAŠ.MAŠ | |
| 2 | ⸢u₂⸣-še-rab kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ-te | |
| 3 | [a-na EN]-šu₂ GUR-ra ina de-ni-šu₂ | |
| 4 | [DUG₄.DUG₄]-⸢ma⸣ la i-laq-qi₂ | |
| 5 | [IGI {1}x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂}GAL—kal-lap {lu₂}GAL—kal-lap | |
| 6 | [IGI {1}x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂}600—KUR {lu₂}600—KUR | |
| 7 | [IGI {1}x x x x x] ⸢A⸣ {1}gi-mil-lu | |
| 8 | [IGI {1}x x x x x]-⸢x⸣ {lu₂}SANGA 02-u | |
| 9 | [IGI {1}x x x x] ⸢x⸣ {lu₂}qur-ZAG | |
| 10 | [IGI {1}x x x x]-⸢a⸣.a {lu₂}⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 11 | [IGI {1}x x x x x] {⸢lu₂}x x x x⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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