ADD 0577 (P335502)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0577 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335502 |
| 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 [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [NN] has co[ntracted and] bought her for [...]. |
| Obverse [3:8] o 4'4'– | The mone[y] is paid [completely]. [This wom]an is purchased and acquired]. Any lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Bottom [0:6] b.e. 8'b.e. 8'– | Whoever brea[ks] the contract, shall give 5 minas of silver, and shall return [the money] tenfold [to] their [ow]ner. He shall contest [in] his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Witness Ṣidqâ, |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Witness Nabû-šumu-iddina, |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [Witness ...]-šarru-[...] |
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' | ⸢MI₂⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | u₂-[piš-ma {1}x x x] | |
| 3' | ina ŠA₃-bi [x x x x] | |
| 4' | il-qi kas-⸢pu⸣ [gam-mur] | |
| 5' | ta-di-ni ⸢MI₂⸣ [šu-a-tu za-rip TI] | |
| 6' | de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ [o] | |
| 7' | la-aš₂-šu₂ [o] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8' | man-nu ša GIL-u-[ni] | |
| 9' | 05 MA.NA KUG.UD SUM-an | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [kas-pu a]-⸢na⸣ 10-MEŠ-te | |
| 2 | [a-na] ⸢EN⸣-šu₂-nu u-GUR | |
| 3 | [ina] de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma la₃ TI | |
| 4 | IGI {1}ṣi-id-qa-a.a | |
| 5 | IGI {1}{d}PA—MU—AŠ | |
| 6 | [IGI {1}x x]—MAN—[x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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