ADD 0801 (P335652)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0801 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335652 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | Seal of [Bel]-aplu-iddina, chief s[ing]er of Til-Barsip, owner of the people being sold. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [Gabbê, tailor; his wife] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 1212–o 1212 | [Remanni-Adad has contracted and] bought them for [3 minas of silver (by the mina) of Carch]emish. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 1313–o 1515 | [The money is paid completely. Those] people [are purchas]ed and acquir[ed. Any revocation, lawsuit], or litigation [is void. |
| Obverse [8:16] o 1616– | Whoever in the fut]ure, at any ti[me, lodges a complaint] and breaks the contract, whether Bel-aplu-iddina or his sons, grandsons, [brothers or nep]hews, [o]r [..., o]r [any relative of his], |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | and [se]eks a lawsuit or litigation [against Remanni-Adad, his sons and grandsons, shall return the money tenfold to] its [own]ers. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 77–r 77 | [Witness Silim-Aššur, gr]and vizier. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 88–r 88 | [Witness Zarutî, chariot] driver of the pri[nce]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 99–r 99 | [Witness Zarutî , cohort comman]der of the prince. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 1010–r 1010 | [Witness Šamaš]-šarru-uṣur, chariot driver. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 1111–r 1111 | [Witness Sakkan]nu, chariot dri[ver]. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1212–r 1313 | [Witness Na]bû-eriba, deputy of the team-com[mander]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1414–r 1414 | Witness Aššur-ila'i, son of Šarru-ibni. |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1515–r 1616 | Witness Nergal-šarru-uṣur, (son) of the city emissary of Til-Barsip. |
| Reverse [14:17] r 1717– | Month Tammuz (IV), 20th day, eponym year of Kanunayu of the N[ew] Palace. |
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}EN]—⸢A—AŠ⸣ | |
| 2 | {lu₂v}GAL—⸢za⸣-[ma]-ri {lu₂v}GAL—⸢za⸣-[ma]-ri ša₂ {uru}tar-bu-si-⸢ba⸣ | |
| 3 | EN {lu₂v}UN-⸢MEŠ⸣ ta-da-a-ni | |
| 4 | {1}[gab-e {lu₂v}ka-ṣir MI₂-šu₂] | |
| 12 | ⸢ina ŠA₃⸣ 03 MA.NA KUG.UD ša₂ {uru}gar]-⸢ga⸣-mis | |
| 13 | il-⸢qi⸣ [kas-pu gam-mur ta-ad-din] | |
| 14 | {lu₂v}⸢UN⸣-[MEŠ šu-a-tu₂ za-ar₂]-⸢pu⸣ | |
| 15 | la-qi-[u₂ tu-a-ru de-e-nu] | |
| 16 | DUG₄.DUG₄ [la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu ša₂ ina ur]-⸢kiš⸣ | |
| 17 | ⸢ina⸣ ma-⸢te⸣-[ma i-za-qu-pa-a-ni] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 18 | i-GIL-u-ni lu-u {1}⸢EN⸣—A—AŠ | |
| 19 | ⸢lu⸣-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 20 | ⸢lu⸣-u [PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢DUMU⸣—PAB-MEŠ-e-šu₂ ⸢DUMU⸣—PAB-MEŠ-e-šu₂ | |
| 21 | ⸢lu⸣-u [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [lu]-u [mam₂-ma-nu-šu₂ ša TA@v {1}rem₂-a-ni—{d}IM] | |
| 2 | [lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ]-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ]-šu₂ | |
| 3 | [de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ ub-ta-ʾu]-u-ni | |
| 4 | [kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ-te a-na EN]-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 7 | [IGI {1}si-lim—{d}aš-šur {lu₂v}SUKKAL dan]-nu | |
| 8 | [IGI {1}NUMUN-u-ti-i {lu₂v}mu-kil]—{⸢kuš⸣}PA-MEŠ {lu₂v}mu-kil]—{⸢kuš⸣}PA-MEŠ ša₂ DUMU—[MAN] DUMU—[MAN] | |
| 9 | [IGI {1}NUMUN-u-ti-i {lu₂v}GAL—ki]-⸢ṣir⸣ {lu₂v}GAL—ki]-⸢ṣir⸣ ša₂ <DUMU>—MAN <DUMU>—MAN | |
| 10 | [IGI {1}{d}ša₂-maš]—MAN—⸢PAB⸣ {lu₂v}mu-kil—PA-⸢MEŠ⸣ {lu₂v}mu-kil—PA-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 11 | [IGI {1}sa]-⸢kan⸣-nu {lu₂v}mu-⸢kil⸣—[PA-MEŠ] {lu₂v}mu-⸢kil⸣—[PA-MEŠ] | |
| 12 | [IGI {1}{d]}⸢PA⸣—SU {lu₂v}02-[u] | |
| 13 | ⸢ša⸣ {lu₂v}⸢GAL⸣—u₂-⸢rat⸣ {lu₂v}⸢GAL⸣—u₂-⸢rat⸣ | |
| 14 | IGI {1}aš-šur—DINGIR-a.a DUMU {1}MAN—DU₃ | |
| 15 | IGI {1}{d}U.GUR—MAN—PAB | |
| 16 | ⸢ša⸣ {lu₂v}MAH URU [ša₂] {⸢uru⸣}tar-bu-si-ba | |
| 17 | {iti}ŠU UD 20-⸢KAM₂⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 18 | lim-mu {1}{iti}AB-a.⸢a⸣ | |
| 19 | ⸢ša⸣ E₂—⸢GIBIL⸣ E₂—⸢GIBIL⸣ | |
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