ADD 0503 (P335441)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0503 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335441 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [Those ... are purchased and acquired. Any revocation], lawsuit, or litigation is v[oid]. |
| Obverse [2:8] o 3'3'–o 8'8' | Whoever in the future, at any ti[me], lodges a complaint or se[eks] a law[suit] or litigation, whether Deti-Bel-allaka or his son, grandson, brothers, or nephews, |
| Obverse [8:20] o 9'9'– | whoever seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Remanni-Adad, his son and grandson, shall place [x] minas of refined silver and 5 minas of pure gold in the lap of Ninurta residing in Calah, and shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. The king shall be his prosecutor. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witness Kiṣir-Aššur, cha[riot driver]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Šamaš-šarru-uṣur, [ditto of the crown prince]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Nabû-zeru-iddina, [ditto of the crown prince]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Nabû-šarru-uṣur, [cohort commander of ditto]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ ⸢la⸣-[aš₂-šu₂] | |
| 3' | man-nu ša ur-kiš a-na ma-⸢te⸣-[ma] | |
| 4' | i-za-qu-⸢pa⸣-a-ni de-[e-nu] | |
| 5' | DUG₄.DUG₄ ub-ta-u₂-[ni] | |
| 6' | lu-u {1}de-ti—EN—DU-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 7' | lu-u DUMU-<šu₂> lu-u DUMU—DUMU-⸢šu₂⸣ DUMU—DUMU-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 8' | lu-u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u ⸢DUMU⸣—ŠEŠ-[MEŠ-šu₂] ⸢DUMU⸣—ŠEŠ-[MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 9' | ša TA@v {1}rem₂-a-ni—{d}IM | |
| 10' | DUMU-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-šu₂ de-e-nu | |
| 11' | DUG₄.DUG₄ ub-ta-u₂-ni | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12' | [x] MA.NA KUG.UD ⸢LUH-u₂⸣ 05 MA.NA | |
| 13' | ⸢KUG⸣.GI sa-⸢ak-ru⸣ ina bur-ki | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[d]}MAŠ a-ši-⸢bi⸣ {uru}⸢kal₃⸣-hi | |
| 2 | i-ša₂-ka-an kas-pi ina 10-MEŠ | |
| 3 | ina EN-MEŠ-⸢e⸣-šu₂ u₂-ta-ra | |
| 4 | a-na de-e-ni-šu₂ i-da-bu-bu | |
| 5 | la i-la-qi ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN—de-e-nu-⸢i-šu₂⸣ EN—de-e-nu-⸢i-šu₂⸣ | |
| 6 | IGI {1}ki-ṣir—aš-šur {lu₂v}mu-⸢kil⸣—{[kuš}PA-MEŠ] {lu₂v}mu-⸢kil⸣—{[kuš}PA-MEŠ] | |
| 7 | IGI {1}{d}ša₂-maš—MAN—PAB {[lu₂v}{<:.(mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ)>} {[lu₂v}{<:.(mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ)>} DUMU—MAN] DUMU—MAN] | |
| 8 | IGI {1}{d}PA—⸢NUMUN⸣—AŠ {[lu₂v}{<:.(mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ)>} {[lu₂v}{<:.(mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ)>} DUMU—MAN] DUMU—MAN] | |
| 9 | IGI {1}{d}PA—MAN—PAB {[lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir {[lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir | |
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