ADD 0500 (P335438)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0500 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335438 |
| 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' | [...... is pur]chased and acquired. Any revocation, [lawsuit, or li]tigation is void. |
| Obverse [1:8] o 2'2'–o 8'8' | Whoever [in the future, at any t]ime, whether those men [or] their [son]s or their grandsons [or] their [brothers] or their labour-duty superior, seeks a [la]wsuit or litigation against Kandalanu [and] his [son]s and his grandsons (and) his brothers ((a lawsuit or litigation)), |
| Obverse [8:13] o 9'9'–o 13'13' | shall place one mina of refined silver (and) one mina of pure gold in the lap of Adad residing in Dur-Illil, shall give one talent of tin to the chief cupbearer, and shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and n[ot succeed]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Witness Šulmu-beli. Witness Sua, from Calah. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Witness Nabû'a, witness Mannu-ki-Nabû, [witness ...], |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | 3 witnesses from Nineveh. Witness Ilu-isse'a. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Witness Muka''in-šarrute-ilu. Witness Milqî. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [Witness] Ahu-illika, servant of the chief [eu]nuch. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [Witness] Urdu-Issar. Witness Ninuayu. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [Witness ...]surri. Witness Bel-ila'i, |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [Witness ...]ni, 2 (witnesses from) Šuru. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [Witness ...]-ṭuru, witness Gabbu-amur, servants. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [Witness ...]-Issar. Witness Akburu. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [Witness ...-i]qbi. Witness Aššur-ahu-uṣur. Witness Ibašši-ilani. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [Witness ...]... Witness Arakai, |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [witness ...]i, 2 (witnesses from) In-mati. Witness Azi-il, |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [witness ...]a, 2 (witnesses from) Hidiniba |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | [Witness NN], witness Sa'ilu, 2 (witnesses from) the village of [...]du |
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) za]-rip TI-qi₂ tu-a-ru o | |
| 2' | [de-e-nu] ⸢DUG₄⸣.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu ša₂ o | |
| 3' | [ina ur-kiš ina ma]-te-e-ma lu-u {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ šu₂-nu-te | |
| 4' | [lu-u DUMU]-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂-nu lu-u DUMU—DUMU-šu-nu DUMU—DUMU-šu-nu | |
| 5' | [lu-u PAB-MEŠ]-šu₂-nu lu-u EN—il-ki-šu₂-nu EN—il-ki-šu₂-nu | |
| 6' | [ša de]-⸢e⸣-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ TA {1}ka-da-la-ni | |
| 7' | [u₃ DUMU]-MEŠ-šu₂ u DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 8' | ⸢de-e⸣-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ ub-ta-ʾu-u-ni | |
| 9' | 01 MA.NA KUG.UD LUH-u₂ 01 MA.NA KUG.GI | |
| 10' | sak-ru ina bur-ki {d}IM a-šib {uru}BAD₃—{d}BE | |
| 11' | i-šak-kan 01 GU₂.UN AN.NA a-na | |
| 12' | {lu₂}GAL—KAŠ.LUL {lu₂}GAL—KAŠ.LUL SUM-an kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ o | |
| 13' | a-na EN-MEŠ-šu₂ GUR-ra ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma ⸢la⸣ [TI] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | IGI {1}DI-mu—EN IGI {1}su-u-a {uru}kal₃-ha-[a.a] | |
| 2 | IGI {1}{d}PA-u-a IGI {1}man-nu—ki-i—{d}PA ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 3 | 03 IGI {lu₂v}ni-nu-u IGI {1}⸢i-lu—KI-ia⸣ | |
| 4 | IGI {1}GIN—MAN-te—DINGIR IGI {1}mil-qi-i | |
| 5 | [IGI] {1}PAB—DU-ka ARAD ša₂ {lu₂}GAL—⸢SAG⸣ {lu₂}GAL—⸢SAG⸣ | |
| 6 | [IGI] {1}ARAD—{d}15 IGI {1}{uru}ni-nu-u-a.<a> | |
| 7 | [IGI {1}x]+⸢x⸣-su-ur-ri IGI {1}{d}EN—DINGIR-a.a | |
| 8 | [x x x x x]-ni 02 {uru}šu-ra-a.a | |
| 9 | [IGI {1}x x]—ṭu-ru IGI {1}⸢DU₃⸣—IGI.LAL ⸢ARAD⸣-MEŠ | |
| 10 | [IGI {1}x x x]—15 IGI {1}a-ga-bu-ru | |
| 11 | [IGI {1}x x]—⸢iq⸣-bi IGI {1}aš-šur—PAB—PAB IGI {1}I₃.GAL₂—DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 12 | [IGI {1}x x]-⸢ga⸣—SIG IGI {1}a-ra-ka-i | |
| 13 | [IGI {1}x x]-i 02 {uru}i-ni—KUR IGI {1}a-zi—DINGIR | |
| 14 | [IGI {1}x x x]-a 02 {uru}hi-di-ni-ba | |
| 15 | [IGI {1}x x x x] IGI {1}sa-i-DINGIR 02 {uru}ŠE—{1}⸢x x⸣-du | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣-u-nu | |
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