ADD 0625 (P335541)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0625 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335541 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | Seal of Nergal-ila'i, governor of Lahiru, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | seal of Sin-šarru-uṣur, deputy of ditto, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | ditto of Murasû, 'third man' of ditto. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | ditto of Zabinu, chariot driver of ditto. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | a total of 4 men, owners of the town being sold. |
| Obverse [6:12] o 77–o 1212 | The village of Bahaya in its entirety, an estate of 500 (hectares of) land with its sown fields, adjoining the village of Tapha-ari[...], and the land of the village of Ṣilli-Bel the herdsman, the land of the towns of Paqutu and Dur-Šarrukkayu, and the land of the villages of Ahiqar and Ṣilli-Bel — |
| Obverse [12:17] o 1313–o 1717 | Atar-il, eunuch of the crown prince of Babylon, has contracted [and acquired] it from these gentlemen [for] 14 minas of silver by the [mi]na of the king. |
| Obverse [17:19] o 1818– | He shall have the usufruct of it [for a y]ear. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [One year of] seeding, [one yea]r of fallowing. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | [After the second] year one shall place the silver upon [the cor]n heaps, and one shall redeem one's land. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | Corn or straw taxes shall not be exacted from that land. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Sin-belu-uṣur, cohort commander of the palace. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Witness Rapi', 'third man' of the palace. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Bel-na'id, treasurer of the crown prince. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witness Mannu-ki-Libbali, scribe. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Witness Marduk-šarrani, oil master. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Witness Ginnaya, an Elamite. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Witness Nabû-šumu-iškun, scribe. |
| Reverse [15:18] r 1616–r 1818 | Month Iyyar (II), 1st day, eponym year of Šulmu-beli-lašme, governor of Der. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Adjoining the field of the vill[age of ...]. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | Without [......]. |
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}U.GUR—DINGIR-a.a {lu₂v}EN.NAM | |
| 2 | ša {kur}la-hi-ri | |
| 3 | {na₄}KIŠIB {1}{d}30—MAN—PAB {lu₂v}2-u₂ | |
| 4 | {1}mu-ra-su-u₂ {lu₂v}3-šu₂ | |
| 5 | {1}za-bi-nu {lu₂v}mu-kil—PA-MEŠ {lu₂v}mu-kil—PA-MEŠ | |
| 6 | PAB 04 LU₂-MEŠ-e EN URU ta-da-a-ni | |
| 7 | {uru}ŠE—{1}ba-ha-a.a a-di gi-mir-ti-šu₂ | |
| 8 | E₂ 05 me A.ŠA₃ a-di {še}NUMUN-šu₂ ar-ši | |
| 9 | SUHUR {uru}ŠE—{1}tap-ha—a-ri-<$x$> | |
| 10 | SUHUR A.ŠA₃ ša {uru}ŠE—{1}ṣil—EN {lu₂v}SIPA sa-kul-lat | |
| 11 | SUHUR A.ŠA₃ ša {uru}pa-qu-tu₂ ša {uru}⸢BAD₃⸣—MAN—GIN-a.a | |
| 12 | SUHUR A.ŠA₃ ša {uru}ŠE—{1}PAB—ia-qar u {uru}ŠE—{1}ṣil—EN | |
| 13 | u₂-piš-ma {1}a-tar—DINGIR {lu₂v}SAG | |
| 14 | ša DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL {uru}KA₂.DINGIR | |
| 15 | TA@v pa-an LU₂-MEŠ-e an-nu-ti | |
| 16 | [a]-⸢na⸣ ŠA₃-bi 14 MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 17 | [ina] 01 [MA.NA]-e ša LUGAL | |
| 18 | [il-qi₂ ina MU].⸢AN⸣.NA KU₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 01 MU.AN.NA] {še}NUMUN | |
| 2 | 01 MU.AN].⸢NA⸣ kar-ap-hi | |
| 3 | [EGIR 02 MU.AN.NA KUG.UD ina UGU | |
| 4 | [ta]-⸢ra⸣-me i-ša₂-kan A.ŠA₃-šu₂ | |
| 5 | u₂-še-ṣa A.ŠA₃ šu₂-a-tu₂ {še}nu-sa-hi-šu₂ | |
| 6 | la i-na-su-hu {še}IN.NU-šu₂ | |
| 7 | la i-ša₂-ba-aš₂ | |
| 8 | IGI {1}30—EN—PAB {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir ša KUR | |
| 9 | IGI {1}ra-pi-iʾ {lu₂v}3-šu₂ | |
| 10 | ša E₂.GAL | |
| 11 | IGI {1}EN—I {lu₂v}IGI.DUB ša DUMU—⸢MAN⸣ DUMU—⸢MAN⸣ | |
| 12 | IGI {1}man-nu—ki—ŠA₃—URU {lu₂v}A.BA | |
| 13 | IGI {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—MAN-a-ni {lu₂v}GAL—I₃-ME {lu₂v}GAL—I₃-ME | |
| 14 | IGI {1}gi-na-a.a {kur}NIM.MA-a.a | |
| 15 | IGI {1}{d}PA—MU—GAR {lu₂v}A.BA | |
| 16 | {iti}GUD UD 01-KAM₂ | |
| 17 | lim-mu {1}DI-mu—EN—la-aš₂-me | |
| 18 | GAR.KUR GAR.KUR de-ri | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | SUHUR A.ŠA₃ ša {uru}⸢ŠE⸣—[x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ša la [x x x x x] | |
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