ADD 0498 (P335436)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0498 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335436 |
| 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' | (Whoever breaks the contract) [whether th]ese [men], or [their sons, or] their [grandson]s, or [their] neph[ews, or] their [re]lative, or [..., or their] cohort commanders, and see[ks a lawsuit or litigation] against the harem manageress, |
| Obverse [4:10] o 5'5'–o 10'10' | [shall eat one mina of plucked wool], shall drink one 'litre' of tanner's paste, [shall tie] 2 [white] hor[ses at the feet of Aššur and bring] 4 harbakannu horses at the [feet of Nergal, shall set up] 2 reeds without nodes [at the gate of Aššur], shall give one talent of tin to the gover[nor of his city, shall ......] one talent lapis lazuli hewn-off from the quarry. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] adversary ...[...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...] of Nineveh |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | Witness Ša[r]-ilani Witness [NN]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | Witness Nargî. Witness K[i...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | Witness Munnabitu. Witness [NN]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Witness La-[qe]pu, [...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [lu-u LU₂-MEŠ an]-nu-te lu-u [DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu] | |
| 2' | [lu-u DUMU—DUMU]-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂-nu DUMU—DUMU]-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂-nu lu-u DUMU—⸢PAB⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂-nu] DUMU—⸢PAB⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂-nu] | |
| 3' | [lu-u] ⸢qur⸣-ub-šu₂-nu lu-u [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [lu-u] {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir-MEŠ-[šu₂-nu {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir-MEŠ-[šu₂-nu ša de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄] | |
| 5' | TA@v {mi₂}ša₂-kin₂-tu₂ ub-ta-⸢ʾu⸣-[u-ni 01 MA.NA {sig₂}ger-du KU₂] | |
| 6' | BAN₂-su kur-ru NAG 02 {⸢anše⸣}[KUR.RA-MEŠ ina GIR₃.2 ša {d}aš-šur i-rak-kas] | |
| 7' | 04 {anše}har-ba-kan-ni ina KI.[TA {d}MAŠ.MAŠ u₂-še-rab] | |
| 8' | 02 GI-MEŠ ša₂ la ki-ṣir [ina KA₂—aš-šur i-zaq-qap] | |
| 9' | bi-lat AN.NA a-na {lu₂}EN.⸢NAM⸣ [URU-šu₂ SUM-an] | |
| 10' | bi-lat ZA.GIN₃ hi-ip {kur}ša₂-du-⸢šu₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}ga-a-ru {mi₂}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x] ša₂ NINA{ki} | |
| r | ||
| 1' | IGI {1}⸢LUGAL—DINGIR-MEŠ⸣ IGI {1}x x x x x] | |
| 2' | IGI {1}ni-ir-gi-i IGI {1}⸢ki⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | IGI {1}mu-na-bi-ti IGI {1}[x x x x x] | |
| 4' | IGI {1}⸢li⸣—[qe]-pu [x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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