ADD 0520 (P335457)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0520 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335457 |
| 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' | [......] by the copper seah of 1 'litre' |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... fi]eld of Aššur-zeru-ibni — |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | Ahu-la-amašši, horse trainer [has contract]ed and [bought from ...-ahhe] for 1 1/2 mina 2 shekels of silver. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 6'6'–o 8'8' | [The money] is paid [compl]etely. [Those ... are purcha]sed and acquired. [Any revocation, la]wsuit, or litigation [is void]. |
| Obverse [8:14] o 9'9'– | Whoever breaks the contract, [whether ...]-ahhe or his sons [or his neph]ews, and seeks [a lawsuit or litiga]tion [against Ahu-la-amaš]ši and his sons, |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | shall pay [x minas of silver (and) x] mina of gold to Aššur, [and shall return the money tenf]old to its owners. He shall contest [in] his lawsuit and [not succe]ed. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness [...]. Witness Aššur-zeru-ibni. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness [.... Witness] Marduk-išmeanni. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [Witness .... Witness ...]nayu. |
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] qa 01 ⸢BAN₂⸣ URUDU o | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x]-⸢ia⸣-u-tu₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x A].ŠA₃ ša {1}aš-šur—NUMUN—DU₃ | |
| 4' | [x x x u₂-piš]-⸢ma⸣ {1}PAB—la-maš-ši {lu₂v}{giš}GIGIR | |
| 5' | [TA@v {1}x x-PAB-MEŠ] ⸢ina⸣ ŠA₃-bi 01 1/2 MA.NA 02 GIN₂ KUG.UD | |
| 6' | [il-qi kas-pu gam]-mur ta-din-ni | |
| 7' | [x-MEŠ šu-a-tu zar]-⸢pu⸣ la-qi-u₂ | |
| 8' | [tu-a-ru de]-⸢e⸣-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ | |
| 9' | [la-aš₂-šu₂] man-nu ša GIL-u-ni | |
| 10' | [lu-u {1}x x]+⸢x⸣—PAB-MEŠ lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 11' | [lu-u DUMU-MEŠ]—⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU-MEŠ]—⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ša TA@v {1}PAB—la-maš]-ši DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 2 | [de-e-nu DUG₄].⸢DUG₄⸣ ub-ta-ʾu-u-[ni] | |
| 3 | [x MA.NA KUG.UD x] MA.NA KUG.GI a-na aš-šur ⸢i-dan⸣ | |
| 4 | [kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ-⸢te⸣ a-na EN-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [GUR-ra ina] de-e-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma | |
| 6 | [la i-la]-qi | |
| 7 | IGI {1}x x x x x IGI {1}aš-šur—NUMUN—DU₃] | |
| 8 | IGI {1}[x x x x x IGI {1}{⸢d⸣}ŠU₂—HAL-a-ni | |
| 9 | [IGI {1}x x x (x) x IGI {1}x]+⸢x⸣-na-a.a | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x x]-a.a | |
Sources & licences
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