ADD 0805 (P335654)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0805 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335654 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | [shall burn his first born son at] the sacred precint of [Adad, (and) shall] re[turn the money] tenfold to its owners. He shall contest [in] his [la]wsuit and not suc[ceed]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Witness Abdâ, eunuch, te[mple] supervisor. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Witness Ahu-eriba, pala[ce] manager. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Witness Marduk-šallim-ahhe, tem[ple] scribe. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Witness Nabû-šezibanni, overseer of the royal crypts. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Witness Nabû-gamil, eunuch of the mausoleum. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Witness Šulmu-šarri, eunuch, ditto. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | Witness Šulmu-šarri, rab sikkāti. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [Wi]tness Mutakkil-Aššur, brewer. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | Witness Urdu-Nanaya, priest of Šamaš. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [Witn]ess Aššur-isse'a, eunuch of [...]. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [Witn]ess Kunaya, eu[nuch of ...]. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | [Witness] Ea-šarru-ibni, [...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x]+⸢x-MEŠ x⸣+[x x x x DUMU.UŠ-šu₂] | |
| 2' | [GAL-u a-na] {⸢d}ha⸣-am-ri {d}[IM GIBIL₂] | |
| 3' | [kas-pu] ⸢a-na⸣ 10-MEŠ ana EN-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢GUR⸣ | |
| 4' | [ina] ⸢de⸣-ni-šu DUG₄.DUG₄-ma la ⸢TI⸣ | |
| 5' | IGI {1}ab-da-a {lu₂}SAG ša₂—IGI—E₂—⸢DINGIR⸣ | |
| 6' | IGI {1}PAB—SU {lu₂}GAL—E₂.⸢GAL⸣ {lu₂}GAL—E₂.⸢GAL⸣ | |
| 7' | IGI {1}{d}ŠU₂—šal-lim—PAB-MEŠ {lu₂}A.BA—E₂—⸢DINGIR⸣ {lu₂}A.BA—E₂—⸢DINGIR⸣ {lu₂}A.BA—E₂—⸢DINGIR⸣ | |
| 8' | IGI {1}{d}PA—še-zib-⸢a⸣-ni {lu₂}ša₂—UGU—EN—LUGAL | |
| 9' | IGI {1}{d}⸢PA⸣—ga-⸢mil⸣ {lu₂}SAG ša₂ E₂—KI.⸢MAH⸣ E₂—KI.⸢MAH⸣ | |
| 10' | IGI {1}DI-mu—LUGAL {lu₂}SAG KI.MIN | |
| 11' | IGI {1}DI-mu—LUGAL {lu₂}GAL—{giš}⸢GAG⸣-MEŠ {lu₂}GAL—{giš}⸢GAG⸣-MEŠ | |
| 12' | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}mu-tak-kil—aš-šur {lu₂}LUNGA₂ | |
| 13' | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}ARAD—{d}⸢na⸣-na-a {lu₂}SANGA ša₂ {d}⸢UTU⸣ | |
| 14' | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}aš-šur—KI-ia {lu₂}SAG ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 15' | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}ku-⸢na⸣-a.a {lu₂}⸢SAG⸣ [ša₂ x x x] | |
| 16' | [IGI] {1}{d}E₂.⸢A⸣—MAN—⸢DU₃⸣ {[lu₂}x x x x] | |
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