ADD 0501 (P335439)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0501 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335439 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa06 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [Nabû-šumu-iškun] has purchased and b[ought them for] 13 mina[s of silver.] |
| Obverse [1:5] o 2'2'–o 5'5' | [The money] is paid [compl]etely. [Those people are pu]rchased and acq[uired. Any revocation, law]su[it, or litigation is void] |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | [whoever] se[eks (a lawsuit or litigation) against] Nabû-šumu-iškun (or) against [his] so[ns shall pl]ace [x mi]nas of silver (and) 5 minas of go[ld] in the lap of Adad residing in [...]. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 5'5'–r 7'7' | [He shall re]turn the money tenfold to [its owner]. He shall con[test] in his lawsuit [and n]ot succeed. The jud[ge shall not heed] his [ca]se. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [Witness Aha]bû [...] |
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' | [ina ŠA₃] 13 MA.⸢NA⸣ [KUG.UD] | |
| 2' | ⸢i-zi⸣-rip ⸢is⸣-[si-qi kas-pu] | |
| 3' | [gam]-⸢mur⸣ ta-din [x x x x] | |
| 4' | [za]-⸢ar₂⸣-pu laq-[qi-u tu-a-ru] | |
| 5' | [de]-⸢e⸣-[nu DUG₄.DUG₄] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [TA@v {1}{d}PA—MU—GAR-un TA@v ⸢DUMU⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 2' | [TA@v] DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ ub-ta-[u-ni] | |
| 3' | [x] ⸢MA⸣.NA KUG.UD 05 MA.NA ⸢KUG⸣.[GI] | |
| 4' | ⸢i⸣-na bur-ki {d}IM a-šib {uru}[x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢GAR⸣-an kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ-te a-⸢na⸣ [EN-šu₂] | |
| 6' | ⸢GUR⸣-ra ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.⸢DUG₄⸣-[ma] | |
| 7' | ⸢la⸣ TI de-en-šu₂ ⸢DI⸣.[KUD la i-ša₂-mu] | |
| 8' | [IGI {1}PAB]-⸢bu-u⸣ [x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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