ADD 1152 (P335934)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 1152 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335934 |
| Museum no. | BM 098984 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | Instead of their seals they impressed their fingernails. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | Fingernail of Šamaš-yada', fingernail of Danunî, owners of the land being sold. |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88 | An estate of 30 hectares of land, a house in its entirety, [a wa]di, a well, a house, a courtyard, orchards, [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [......] Nabû-nammir |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | Witness [......]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | Witness Yahuṭu. Witness Abi-sun[...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | Witness Mannu-ki-metina. Witness Ahu-iddina. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Witness Šimanu. Witness Habil-ken. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Witness Lu-ahi. A total of 9 witnesses. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Witness Issaran-mesi. Witness Adad-kašir. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Witness Šep-Ea. Witness Iddî. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Witness Iqisu. Witness Šamaš-šumu-iddina, his brother. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Witness Hari-ahhe. Witness Kidinni-Marduk. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'– | Witness Humamati, scribe, keeper of the tablet. |
| Right [0:3] r.e. 11r.e. 11– | Month of Adar (XII), 8th day, eponym year of Nabû-kenu-uṣur. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [Witness .... Witness] Aduru. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [Witness .... Witness N]abuza', merchant. |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | They have received [... for] their fin[gernails]. |
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 | ku-um {na₄}KIŠIB-šu₂-nu ṣu-⸢pur-šu₂⸣-nu | |
| 2 | iš-kun | |
| 3 | ṣu-pur {1}{d}ša₂-maš—ia-da-aʾ | |
| 4 | ṣu-pur {1}da-nu-ni-⸢i⸣ o | |
| 5 | EN A.ŠA₃ ta-dan-a-ni | |
| 6 | E₂ 30 ANŠE A.ŠA₃ E₂ a-na gi-mir-ti-šu₂ | |
| 7 | ⸢na-hal PU₂ E₂ TUR₃⸣ {giš}SAR-MEŠ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x x x {1}{⸢d⸣}PA—ZALAG₂-ir | |
| r | ||
| 1' | IGI {1}{d}⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x x x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | IGI {1}ia-hu-u-⸢ṭu⸣ IGI {1}AD—UR₂-⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 3' | IGI {1}man-nu—ki—me-ti-i-na IGI {1}PAB—⸢AŠ⸣ | |
| 4' | IGI {1}ši-ma-a-nu IGI {1}ha-bil₂—GIN | |
| 5' | IGI {1}lu-u—A₂-i PAB 09 {lu₂v}IGI-MEŠ-e | |
| 6' | IGI {1}AN.GAL—me-si IGI {1}{d}IM—ka-šir | |
| 7' | IGI {1}GIR₃.2-a.a IGI {1}i-di-i | |
| 8' | IGI {1}i-qi-su IGI {1}{d}UTU—MU—AŠ ŠEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 9' | IGI {1}ha-a-ri—PAB-MEŠ IGI {1}ki-di-ni—mar-duk | |
| 10' | IGI {1}hu—ma-ma-a-ti {lu₂v}A.BA | |
| r.e. | ||
| 11 | ṣa-bit ṭup-pi ina {iti}ŠE UD 08-KAM₂ | |
| 12 | lim-me {1}{d}PA—GIN—PAB | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [IGI {1}x x x IGI] {1}a-du-u₂-ri | |
| 2 | [IGI {1}x x x IGI {1}⸢na⸣-bu-za-aʾ {lu₂v}DAM.QAR | |
| 3 | [x x x x x ša ṣu]-⸢pur⸣-šu-nu i-tah-ru | |
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