ADD 0627 (P335542)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0627 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335542 |
| 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] o 1o 1–o 22 | Seal of Atar-ili, team commander, owner of the village being sold. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | The village of Bahaya in its entirety including its fields and 1 farmer with his people in the district of Lahiru — |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | Milki-nuri, [eunuch of] the queen, [has contracted and bought it from A]tar-ili [for x minas of silver (by the mina) of] Carchemish. |
| Obverse [9:12] o 1010–o 1212 | [The money] is paid [comple]tely. [That village is purchased and] acquired. [Any revocation, lawsuit] or litigation [is void]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [Witness NN, ...]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [Witness NN], chief tai[lor]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [Witness ...]-uṣur, treasurer. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [Witness ...]-Allatu, cohort commander. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Wit[ness] Durî, 'third man.' |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Witness Ilumma-le'i, cohort commander. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Witness Šulmu-šarri, royal bodyguard. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Witness Adda-ladin, royal bodyguard. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Witness Ubru-Harran, 'third man.' |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Witness Nabû-šarru-uṣur, 'third man.' |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | Witness Iglanu, village manager. |
| Reverse [11:14] r 12'12'– | Month Adar (XII), 19th day, eponym year of Kanunayu. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Corn or straw taxes shall not be exacted [from that village]. |
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}a-tar—DINGIR {lu₂v}GAL—u₂-rat {lu₂v}GAL—u₂-rat | |
| 2 | EN URU ta-da-ni | |
| 3 | {uru}ŠE—{1}ba-ha-a.a a-na gi-mir-ti-šu₂ | |
| 4 | a-di A.ŠA₃-MEŠ-šu₂ 01 {lu₂v}ENGAR a-di UN-MEŠ-šu₂ ina ŠA₃ | |
| 5 | ⸢na⸣-gi-e {kur}la-hi-ra | |
| 6 | [u₂-piš-ma] {1}mil-ki—ZALAG₂ | |
| 7 | {[lu₂v}SAG ša] MI₂—E₂.GAL MI₂—E₂.GAL | |
| 8 | [TA@v IGI {1}a]-tar—DINGIR | |
| 9 | [ina ŠA₃ x MA KUG.UD ša₂] {⸢uru⸣}gar-ga-mis | |
| 10 | [il-qi kas-pu gam]-⸢mur⸣ ta-din | |
| 11 | {[uru}ŠE šu₂-a-tu₂ za-rip] laq-qi | |
| 12 | [tu-a-ru de-e-nu] DUG₄.⸢DUG₄⸣ o | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [IGI {1}x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [IGI {1}x x x x {lu₂v]}GAL—KA.⸢KEŠ₂⸣ {lu₂v]}GAL—KA.⸢KEŠ₂⸣ | |
| 3' | [IGI {1}x x x x]—PAB {lu₂v}IGI.DUB | |
| 4' | [IGI {1}x x x]—{d}al-la-tum {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir | |
| 5' | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}⸢BAD₃⸣-i {lu₂v}3.U₅ | |
| 6' | IGI {1}DINGIR-ma—ZU {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir | |
| 7' | IGI {1}DI-mu—MAN {lu₂v}qur-ZAG | |
| 8' | IGI {1}10—la-din {lu₂v}qur-ZAG | |
| 9' | IGI {1}SUHUŠ—KASKAL {lu₂v}3.U₅ | |
| 10' | IGI {1}{d}PA—MAN—PAB {lu₂v}3.U₅ | |
| 11' | IGI {1}ig-la-nu {lu₂v}GAL—URU-MEŠ {lu₂v}GAL—URU-MEŠ | |
| 12' | {iti}ŠE UD 19-KAM₂ | |
| 13' | ⸢lim-me⸣ {1}{iti}AB-a.a | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [ša {uru}ŠE šu₂-a-tu₂] {še}nu-sa-hi-šu₂ | |
| 2 | [la i-na-su-hu] {še}IN.NU-šu₂ la iš-šab-ba-aš₂ | |
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