ADD 0804 (P335653)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0804 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335653 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [......] in ...[...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... adjoin]ing the river, [....... and] the house of Ahu-damqu; |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Nergal-ubal[liṭ ...] and his wife — |
| Obverse [3:7] o 4'4'–o 7'7' | Šaddit[u, daug]hter [of] Sennacherib, king of Assyria, and sister of Es[arh]addon, king of Assyria, has contracted and bought (said property) for 8 minas of silver by the mina of Carchemish. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | The money is paid completely. That garden, house, land and people [are purchased] and acquired. Any revocation, law[su]it, or litigation is voi[d]. |
| Obverse [9:14] o 10'10'–o 14'14' | Whoever in the future, at any t[ime], lodges a complaint and breaks the con[tract], whether these gentlemen [or] their [so]ns, grandsons, brother[s] or nephews, or their prefect, and seeks a law[suit or litigation] aga[inst Šadd]itu and her sons and grandsons, |
| Obverse [14:20] o 15'15'– | shall place 10 minas of refined silver (and) [x minas of pure gold] in the lap of Ištar re[siding in Nineveh], and shall set up 7 marsh reeds which are [without nodes at the gate of Aššur]. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | [He shall tie two white horses] to the feet of [Aššur, and shall bring four harbakannu horses] to the fe[et of Nergal. He shall contest] in his no[n-law]suit and n[ot] suc[ceed]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [Witness] Sasî, [...]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [Witne]ss Ubru-[..., ...]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [Witne]ss Bel-lu-[balaṭ, ...]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [Witne]ss Ṣil-[..., ...]. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | [Witne]ss [......] |
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' | [x x x x x x] ŠA₃ ⸢lu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] ⸢SUHUR⸣ ID₂ ⸢SUHUR⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x] E₂ {1}PAB—SIG₅ {1}{d}⸢U.GUR⸣—u₂-⸢bal⸣-[liṭ] | |
| 4' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ MI₂-šu₂ u₂-piš-ma {⸢mi₂⸣}KUR-i-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 5' | [DUMU].MI₂ {1}{d]}30—PAB-MEŠ—SU MAN KUR—aš-šur NIN-su | |
| 6' | ša {1}aš-[šur]—⸢PAB⸣—AŠ MAN KUR—aš-šur-ma ina ŠA₃-bi 08 MA.NA ⸢KUG.UD⸣ | |
| 7' | ina ma-ne₂-[e] ša {uru}gar-ga-mis il-qi | |
| 8' | kas-pu gam-⸢mur⸣ ta-din {giš}SAR E₂ A.ŠA₃ UN-MEŠ šu-a-[te zar-pu] | |
| 9' | laq-qi-ʾu ⸢tu⸣-a-ru de-[e]-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-[šu₂] | |
| 10' | man-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš im—ma-[te]-⸢ma⸣ i-za-qu-pa-ni GIL-u-ni | |
| 11' | lu-u LU₂-MEŠ-e ⸢an⸣-nu-ti [lu-u] ⸢DUMU⸣-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 12' | lu-u DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu lu-u ŠEŠ-[MEŠ-šu₂-nu] ⸢lu⸣-u DUMU—PAB-šu₂-<nu> DUMU—PAB-šu₂-<nu> | |
| 13' | lu-u šak-nu-šu₂-nu ša ⸢TA@v⸣ {[mi₂]}⸢KUR-i⸣-ti u₃ DUMU-MEŠ-ša₂ | |
| 14' | u₃ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-ša₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-ša₂ ⸢de⸣-[e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ ub]-⸢ta⸣-ʾu-[u-ni] | |
| 15' | 10 MA.NA KUG.UD LUH-u [x MA.NA KUG.GI sak-ru] | |
| 16' | ina bur-⸢ki⸣ {d}IŠ.TAR a-[ši-bat {uru}NINA{ki} GAR-an] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17' | 07 GI AMBAR ša [la ki-ṣir ina KA₂—{d}aš-šur] | |
| 18' | i-zaq-⸢qap⸣ 02 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ BABBAR-MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina GIR₃.2 {[d}aš-šur i-rak-kas 04 ANŠE har-ba-kan-ni] | |
| 2 | ina KI.[TA {d}MAŠ.MAŠ u₂-še-rab] | |
| 3 | ina ⸢la de⸣-ni-šu₂ [DUG₄.DUG₄-ma] | |
| 4 | ⸢la⸣ i-[laq-qi] | |
| 5 | [IGI] {1}sa-si-[i x x x x x] | |
| 6 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}SUHUŠ—⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}⸢EN—lu⸣-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}ṣil-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}{d}[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}[x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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