ADD 0643 (P335556)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0643 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335556 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa06 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | [An estate of x hectares of land ...... adjoining the road which leads] to Bana[... and the road which] lea[ds] to the Inner City, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... adjoining the vil]lage of Hunnî, |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | [adjoining the e]xit of Adad-naṣ[ir and (the estates of) Ner]gal-ahu-uṣur and Sin-er[eš] |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'– | [......] adjoining ... [...] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 8'b.e. 8'–b.e. 8'b.e. 8' | [......] of Ahu-lâ[maš]ši [...] |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 9'9'–b.e. 9'9' | [......] the king ...[...] ... [...] |
| Bottom [2:5] b.e. 10'10'– | [... threshing flo]ors; an estate of 3 decares [... adjoining] the king's road and adjoining the ro[ad to ...]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [In a]ll 80 hectares of land, 3 houses, 3 thres[hing floors, a garden, a well and a grazing land be]longing to the[se] men — |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | Ahi-ṭalli, governess of the cen[tral city] (harem) of Nin[eveh], has contracted and bou[ght] (said property) for 6 minas of silver for the king's 'life.' |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | The money is paid completely. That land, houses, threshing floors, garden, well and grazing land are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Reverse [8:12] r 99–r 1212 | Whoever in the future, at any time, whether these men or th[eir] sons or grand[sons], seeks a lawsuit or litigation against the governess, [shall return the mon]ey tenfold [to its owners]. |
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' | [E₂ x ANŠE A.ŠA₃ x x x]+⸢x⸣-ri [o] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x SUHUR KASKAL ša] a-na {uru}ba-na-[x] | |
| 3' | [il-la-ku-ni SUHUR KASKAL] ⸢ša⸣ ina ŠA₃-bi—URU il-⸢la⸣-[ku-ni] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x] {⸢uru⸣}ŠE ša {1}hu-ni-[i] | |
| 5' | [SUHUR mu]-⸢ṣu⸣-uʾ ša {1}{d}IM—PAB-[ir] | |
| 6' | [SUHUR {1}{d}U].GUR—PAB—PAB ⸢SUHUR⸣ {1}{⸢d⸣}30—APIN-[eš] | |
| 7' | [x x x x]-MEŠ SUHUR {1}x x]+⸢x⸣-hu [x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8' | [SUHUR x] ša {1}PAB—la-[maš]-ši [x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x] LUGAL ia-a-⸢x⸣+[x x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}[x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x] ⸢ad⸣-ri-MEŠ E₂ 3(ban₂) [x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x SUHUR] KASKAL—MAN KASKAL—MAN SUHUR ⸢KASKAL⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [PAB] 80 A.ŠA₃ 03 E₂-MEŠ 03 ⸢ad⸣-[ri-MEŠ {giš}SAR PU₂ tab-ri-u] | |
| 2 | ⸢ša⸣ LU₂-MEŠ-e an-[nu-te] | |
| 3 | u₂-piš-ma {mi₂}a-hi—ṭar-li {mi₂}GAR-⸢tu₂ ša MURUB₄⸣—[URU] MURUB₄⸣—[URU] | |
| 4 | ša {uru}ni-⸢nu⸣-[a] | |
| 5 | ina ba-la-ṭi ša LUGAL ina ŠA₃-bi 06 MA.NA KUG.UD ⸢il⸣-[qi] | |
| 6 | kas-pu ga-mur ta-din A.ŠA₃-MEŠ E₂-MEŠ ad-ri-MEŠ | |
| 7 | {giš}SAR PU₂ tab-ri-ʾu šu-a-tu₂ za-rip-pu la-qi-ʾu | |
| 8 | tu-a-ru de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 9 | man-nu ša ina ur-kiš-ši ina ma-te-ma lu-u LU₂-MEŠ an-nu-te | |
| 10 | lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ lu-u DUMU—DUMU-[MEŠ-šu₂-nu DUMU—DUMU-[MEŠ-šu₂-nu ša₂] de-[e-nu] DUG₄.DUG₄ | |
| 11 | TA@v {mi₂}GAR-te ub-ta-[ʾu-u]-ni | |
| 12 | [kas]-⸢pu⸣ a-na 10-MEŠ a-⸢na⸣ [EN-MEŠ-šu₂ GUR-ra] | |
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