ADD 0812 (P335657)
Administrative, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0812 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335657 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa11 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] 1'1'–2'2' | [x] talents (of iron) [purchased] from Atam[ar-... ...], for 5 minas of silver, inside the city [of ....]. |
| Obverse [2:5] 3'3'–5'5' | 4 talents purchased from an ironsmith of the city of Assur — he says: "I don't know his name" — for 1 mina of silver, inside the city of Harran. |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | Total: 75 talents of iron [purc]hased for 18 minas [of silver]. |
| Obverse [6:9] 7'7'–9'9' | 301 dyed skins purchased from [NN ...] of the city of Assur for 10 2/3 minas of sil[ver, in]side the city of Calah. He (the seller) exported them through the city-gate himself. |
| Obverse [9:11] 10'10'–11'11' | 3 dyed skins purchased within the city-gate of the city of Harran, for 6 1/2 shekels of silver. |
| Obverse [11:12] 12'12'–12'12' | Total: 304 dyed skins. |
| Obverse [12:15] 13'13'–15'15' | 84 cured skins purchased for 2 minas 53 shekels of silver from Kummuh — I don't know the names of the merchants. |
| Bottom [0:4] b.e. 16'b.e. 16'–b.e. 19'19' | 8 boxes of ... purchased for 2 minas 10 [shekels of silver] inside the city of Harran — he says "I don't know the merchants." |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | 1 talent 6 minas blocks of genuine [...]-stone purchased for 1 mina 10 shekels [of silver from] Balassu, citizen of Babylon inside the city of Harran — he says: "He was passing through." |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | 2 linen-garments purchased for 1 mina 23 shekels from a certain Aramaean, in the city of Harran — he says: "I don't know him." |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | I purchased 5 linen togas for 1/2 mina silver from a Kummuhaean, in the city of Harran — he says: "I don't know him." |
| Reverse [10:13] r 1111–r 1313 | 4 5/6 minas of [black] wool (and) 1/3 mina of red wool were purchased for 1 mina [......]. |
| Reverse [13:17] r 1414– | [Total: ... minas ...] shekels of silver [......] to the city of Harran [......] were purchased. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Munnabitu, son of Bel-mušallim, son of Ukka[yu]. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | Nabû-uṣalli, Nabû-qati-ṣabat, Babili-lumur, total 3 [...]-men. |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | Kiribtu, son of Nimeqi.... |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [x] GU₂.UN ina ŠU.2 {1}⸢IGI.LAL⸣—[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [ina] ŠA₃ 05 MA.NA KUG.UD ina qa-ab-si {uru}[x x la-qi] | |
| 3' | 04 GU₂.UN ina ŠU.2 {lu₂}SIMUG—AN.BAR {lu₂}SIMUG—AN.BAR {uru}ŠA₃—URU-a.a | |
| 4' | ma-a MU-šu₂ la u₂-da ina ŠA₃ 01 MA.NA ⸢KUG.UD⸣ | |
| 5' | ina qa-ab-si {uru}KASKAL la-qi | |
| 6' | PAB 75 GU₂.UN AN.BAR ina ŠA₃ 18 MA⸣.NA [KUG.UD la]-qi | |
| 7' | 03-me-01 {kuš}DUH.ŠI.A ina ŠU.2 {1}[x x] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 8' | {uru}ŠA₃—URU-a.a ina ŠA₃ 10 2:3 MA.NA ⸢KUG⸣.[UD ina] ⸢qa⸣-ab-si | |
| 9' | {uru}kal-hi la-qi-u₂ šu-u KA₂.GAL u₂-⸢se⸣-ṣi | |
| 10' | 03 {kuš}DUH.ŠI.A ina ŠA₃ KA₂.GAL ša {uru}KASKAL | |
| 11' | ina ŠA₃ 06 1:2 GIN₂ KUG.UD la-qi-u₂ | |
| 12' | PAB 03-me-04 {kuš}DUH.ŠI.A-MEŠ | |
| 13' | 84 {kuš}ṣal-li ina ŠA₃ 02 MA.NA 53 GIN₂ KUG.UD | |
| 14' | TA@v {kur}ku-mu-uh-hu la-qi-u₂ | |
| 15' | šu-ma-nu ša {lu₂v}DAM.QAR-MEŠ la u₂-⸢da⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16' | 08 qu-up-pa-ti ša DI-⸢x <x> | |
| 17' | ina ŠA₃ 02 MA.NA 10 [GIN₂ KUG.UD] | |
| 18' | ina qa-ab-si {uru}KASKAL la-qi-[a] | |
| 19' | ma-a {lu₂v}DAM.QAR-MEŠ la u₂-⸢da⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 01 GU₂.UN 06 MA.NA DAG₃.GAZ {na₄}[x x] | |
| 2 | la ba-si-li ina ŠA₃ 01 MA.NA 10 GIN₂ [KUG.UD ina ŠU.2 | |
| 3 | {1}ba-la-si DUMU—KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} DUMU—KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} ina qa-⸢ab-si⸣ | |
| 4 | {uru}KASKAL la-qi ma-a e-ti-qu ⸢šu₂-u⸣ | |
| 5 | 02 {tug₂}GADA-MEŠ ina ŠA₃ 01 MA.NA 23 GIN₂-MEŠ | |
| 6 | ina ŠU.2 {lu₂v}ar-ma-a.a šu-u ina {uru}KASKAL la-qi | |
| 7 | ma-a la u₂-da-a-šu₂ | |
| 8 | 05 {tug₂}ša-din GADA ina ŠA₃ 1:2 MA.NA KUG.UD ina ŠU.2 | |
| 9 | {[uru]}ku-mu-ha-a.a šu-u ina {uru}KASKAL a-si-qi | |
| 10 | ⸢ma-a la u₂-da-šu₂⸣ | |
| 11 | 04 5:6 MA.NA SIG₂.[x] 03-su SIG₂.SA₅ SIG₂.SA₅ | |
| 12 | ina ŠA₃ 01 MA.NA [x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x x] la-qi | |
| 14 | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] ⸢GIN₂⸣ KUG.UD | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ a-na {uru}⸢KASKAL⸣ | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x x x x la]-qi-u₂ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {1}mu-un-na-bit-ti DUMU-šu₂ ša {1}EN—mu-šal-lim DUMU {1}uk-ka-[a.a] | |
| 2 | {1}{d}PA—u₂-ṣal-li {1}{d}PA—ŠU.2—ṣa-bat {1}DIN.TIR—lu-mur PAB 03 {⸢lu₂v⸣}[x x] | |
| 3 | {1}ki-rib-tu₂ DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {1}ni-me-⸢qi-x⸣ | |
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