ADD 0623 (P335539)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0623 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335539 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | Seal of Šamaš-balliṭanni, seal of Urdu-Issar, in all 2 sons of Abu-eriba, from Qurubi, owner(s) of the field, house, threshing floor, orchard, grazing land and well being sold for a number of years. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | an estate of 2 hectares field adjoining Urdu, adjoining Lu-balaṭ, |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | an estate of 9 decares of field adjoining Husaya, ditto Nabû-balassu-iqbi, |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | an estate of 8 decares of fie[ld adjoining] Lu-balaṭ, adjoi[ning ......] |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | adjoining N[ergal-..., an estate of] 1 hectare 5 decares of field adj[oining ...], adjoining Lu-balaṭ, [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | ... adjoining Nergal-šu[mu-iddina], |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | 5 decares of field, a ... at the feet of the tell adjoining Šumma-Adad, |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | 9 decares in the rear of the tell adjoining Šamaš-eriba, |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | 3 hectares of ... |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | in all 20 hectares field by the seah of 9 'litres', a house, threshing floor, garden, grazing land and a well in Qurubi — |
| Reverse [9:12] r 10'10'–r 12'12' | Kakkullanu, cohort commander, has contracted it and he shall have the usufruct of the field for a number of years, for 3 crop years and 3 fallow years, in all 6 years, in lieu of one mina of silver. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | (If) he places silver upon the corn-heap, he shall redeem his land. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | (He shall pay) 1/10 of the corn tax (and) 1/4 of the straw tax. |
| Reverse [14:16] r 15'15'–r 16'16' | Month Tebet (X), 3rd day, eponym year of Sin-šarru-uṣur, palace scribe. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | Witness Balasî, cohort commander of the crown prince. |
| Reverse [17:19] r 18'18'– | Witness Aššur-killanni, ditto. ditto. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 19r.e. 19–r.e. 19r.e. 19 | Witness Zizî, deputy ditto. ditto. |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 2020–r.e. 2020 | Witness Šamaš-eriba, witness Šumma-Adad, |
| Right [2:3] r.e. 2121–r.e. 2121 | witness Urdu, witness Lu-balaṭ, |
| Right [3:6] r.e. 2222– | witness Nergal-šumu-iddina, in all 5 citizens of his city. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Witness Addî, merchant. Witness Hiriṣayu. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | Witness Šumayu, scribe. |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | (Aramaic caption:) Deed concerning land. |
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 | {na₄}KIŠIB {1}{d}UTU—bal-liṭ-an-ni | |
| 2 | {na₄}KIŠIB {1}ARAD—{d}15 | |
| 3 | PAB 02 DUMU-MEŠ {1}AD—SU | |
| 4 | TA@v ŠA₃ {uru}qu-ur-u₂-bi | |
| 5 | EN A.ŠA₃ E₂ ad-ru {giš}SAR | |
| 6 | tab-ri-u₂ PU₂ a-na MU.AN.NA-MEŠ SUM-a-ni | |
| 7 | E₂ 02 ANŠE A.ŠA₃ gab-di {1}ur-di | |
| 8 | gab-di {1}lu-u—TI.LA E₂ 9(ban₂) A.ŠA₃ | |
| 9 | gab-di {1}hu-sa-a.a {1}{d}PA—TI-su—E | |
| 10 | E₂ 8(ban₂) A.⸢ŠA₃⸣ [gab-di {1}lu-u—TI.LA | |
| 11 | gab-[di x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | gab-di {1}{d}⸢MAŠ⸣.[MAŠ-x x E₂] | |
| 2' | 01 ANŠE 5(ban₂) A.ŠA₃ ⸢gab⸣-[di {1}x x x x] | |
| 3' | gab-di {1}lu-u—TI.LA [x x x x] | |
| 4' | ša il-qi-ʾu gab-di {1}U.GUR—⸢MU⸣—[AŠ] | |
| 5' | 5(ban₂) A.ŠA₃ {e₂}it-hi-ṣi {e₂}it-hi-ṣi ina GIR₃.2 DUL | |
| 6' | gab-di {1}BE-ma—{d}IM 9(ban₂) ina ku-tal DUL | |
| 7' | gab-di {1}{d}UTU—SU 03 ANŠE ka-ba-ku | |
| 8' | PAB 20 ANŠE A.ŠA₃ ina {giš}BAN₂ ša 09 qa E₂ | |
| 9' | ad-ru {giš}SAR tab-ri-u₂ PU₂ ina {uru}qur-u₂-bi | |
| 10' | u₂-piš-ma {1}kak-kul-la-nu {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir | |
| 11' | ina ku-um 01 MA.NA KUG.UD a-na MU.AN.NA-MEŠ KU₂ | |
| 12' | 03 me-ri-še 03 ka-rap-hi 06 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ | |
| 13' | A.ŠA₃ KU₂ KUG.UD ina UGU {še}SU₇ i-šak-kan | |
| 14' | A.ŠA₃ u₂-še-ṣa 10-tu {še}nu-sa-hi | |
| 15' | 04-tu še-ib-še {iti}AB UD 03-KAM₂ | |
| 16' | lim-mu {1}{d}30—MAN—PAB {lu₂v}A.BA—KUR {lu₂v}A.BA—KUR | |
| 17' | IGI {1}ba-la-si-i {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir A—MAN A—MAN | |
| 18' | IGI {1}aš-šur—kil-la-an-ni {lu₂v}{<:(GAL—ki-ṣir)>} {lu₂v}{<:(GAL—ki-ṣir)>} {<:(A—MAN)>} {<:(A—MAN)>} | |
| r.e. | ||
| 19 | IGI {1}zi-zi-i {lu₂v}2-u₂ {<:(GAL—ki-ṣir)>} {<:(GAL—ki-ṣir)>} {<:(A—MAN)>} {<:(A—MAN)>} | |
| 20 | IGI {1}{d}UTU—SU IGI {1}BE-ma—10 | |
| 21 | IGI {1}ur-du IGI {1}lu-u—TI.LA | |
| 22 | IGI {1}U.GUR—MU—AŠ PAB 05 | |
| 23 | DUMU-MEŠ URU-šu₂ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | IGI {1}i-di-i {lu₂v}DAM.QAR IGI {1}hi-ri-ṣa-a.[a] | |
| 2 | IGI {1}MU-a.a {lu₂v}A.BA | |
| 3 | dnt ḥqlʾ | |
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