ADD 0519 (P335456)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0519 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335456 |
| 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' | [......], 5 do[ors], |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] Libluṭ, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......]aya, |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | [......], adjoining a street [...] — |
| Obverse [6:9] o 7'7'–o 9'9' | [NN, con]cubine of the king, has [con]tracted and [bought it from Na]bû-šallim for [x minas of sil]ver by the (mina) of Carchemish. |
| Obverse [9:12] o 10'10'–o 12'12' | [The mon]ey is paid completely. [Th]at [...] is purchased and acquired. [Any revocation], lawsuit or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [12:18] o 13'13'– | [Whoever in the futu]re, at any time, [lodges a compl]aint, whether [Nabû-šallim or] his sons (or) grands[ons, and] seeks a [laws]uit or litigation [against ...], |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | shall pla[ce] 10 minas [of silver (and) x minas of go]ld in the lap of Ištar [residing in] Nineveh, [and shall return the money ten]fold to its owners. [He shall contest in] his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [Witness Ha]nṭu. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [Witness ...]-ereš. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [Witness ...]utu. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [Witness Mam]î. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [Witness Nuh]šaya. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [Witness Arz]ezu. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [Witness ...]-taqqin. |
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⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x] 05 {giš}⸢IG⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 3' | [(x) x x x x x x x] {1}lib-luṭ | |
| 4' | [(x) x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-a.a | |
| 5' | [(x) x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-di SUHUR ⸢su⸣-qa-qi | |
| 6' | [(x) x x x x x] ⸢tu⸣-piš-ma | |
| 7' | {[mi₂}x x x {mi₂}ERIM]—⸢E₂⸣.GAL {mi₂}ERIM]—⸢E₂⸣.GAL ša U.U | |
| 8' | [TA@v IGI {1}{d]}⸢PA⸣—šal-lim ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 9' | [x MA.NA KUG].⸢UD⸣ ša {uru}gar-ga-mis | |
| 10' | [tal-qi kas]-pu gam-mur ta-din | |
| 11' | [x x x x šu₂]-⸢a⸣-te za-rip la-qi | |
| 12' | [tu-a-ru] de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 13' | [man-nu ša ur-ki]-⸢iš⸣ ina ma-te-ma | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14' | [i-za-qu-pa]-an-ni lu-u | |
| 15' | {1}{d}PA—šal-lim lu-u] DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-[šu₂] DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-[šu₂] | |
| 16' | [ša de-e]-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [TA@v {mi₂}x x x ub-ta]-ʾu-u-ni 10 MA.NA [KUG.UD] | |
| 2 | [x MA.NA KUG].⸢GI⸣ ina bur-ki {d}IŠ.TAR | |
| 3 | [a-ši-bat {uru]}ni-na-a i-šak-[kan] | |
| 4 | [kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ-te a-na EN-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [GUR-ra ina] de-ni-šu₂ | |
| 6 | [DUG₄.DUG₄]-ma la i-la-qi | |
| 7 | [IGI {1}ha]-⸢an⸣-ṭu | |
| 8 | [IGI {1}x x]—⸢APIN⸣-eš | |
| 9 | [IGI {1}x x]-⸢u₂⸣-tu₂ | |
| 10 | [IGI {1}ma-mi₃]-⸢i⸣ | |
| 11 | [IGI {1}HE₂].⸢NUN⸣-a.a | |
| 12 | [IGI {1}ar]-⸢ze⸣-zu | |
| 13 | [IGI {1}x x x]-⸢LAL⸣ | |
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