ADD 0587 (P335509)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0587 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335509 |
| 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 [0:2] 1'1'–2'2' | [... has contracted and bought for x] minas of [silver by the mina] of Carchemish. |
| Obverse [2:5] 3'3'–5'5' | [The money] is pai[d] completely. [That ...] is purchased and acquired. [Any revocation, l]awsuit, or litigation [is void]. |
| Obverse [5:9] 6'6'–9'9' | [Whoe]ver in the futu[re, at any time], lodges a complai[nt], |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [Witness NN, char]iot driver. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [Witness NN, gover]nor of Arbela. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [Witness NN, chief] victualler. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [Witness NN], chief cook of the crown prince. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [Witness NN], mayor of Arbela. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [Witness NN, ...] of the centre of the city of Nineveh. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [ina ŠA₃ x] MA.NA [KUG.UD] | |
| 2' | [ina 01 MA.NA-e] ša {kur}gar-ga-mis | |
| 3' | [il-qi₂ kas-pu] gam-mur ta-⸢din⸣ | |
| 4' | [x šu-a-tu] za-rip laq-qi | |
| 5' | [tu-a-ru] ⸢de⸣-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ | |
| 6' | [la-aš-šu₂ man]-nu ša₂ ina ur-⸢kiš⸣ | |
| 7' | [ina ma-te-ma] i-zaq-qup-an-[ni] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x]-us | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x]—AŠ | |
| 2' | [IGI {1}x x x x x {lu₂}DIB]—{kuš}PA-MEŠ {lu₂}DIB]—{kuš}PA-MEŠ | |
| 3' | [IGI {1}x x x x x {lu₂}EN].⸢NAM⸣ ša₂ arba-il₃ | |
| 4' | [IGI {1}x x x x {lu₂}GAL]—da-ni-bat {lu₂}GAL]—da-ni-bat | |
| 5' | [IGI {1}x x x x x] {lu₂}GAL—MU {lu₂}GAL—MU ša₂ A—MAN A—MAN | |
| 6' | [IGI {1}x x x x {lu₂]}ha-za-nu ša arba-il₃ | |
| 7' | [IGI {1}x x x x x x x] MURUB₄—URU MURUB₄—URU ša NINA | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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