ADD 1156 (P335938)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 1156 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335938 |
| Museum no. | BM 099014 |
| 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 | Fingernail of Se'-da[lâ], fingernail of Sin-na'id, [his] brother, owners of the land being sold. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | An estate of 2 hectares belonging to Se'-dalâ and Sin-na'id in the town of Mezê |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | the eunuch has contracted and bought it for 5 shekels of silver. |
| Obverse [6:10] o 77–o 1010 | The money is paid completely. The land is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| Obverse [10:19] o 1111– | Any prefect who breaks the contract shall pay 10 minas of refined silver (and) one mina of pure gold, and shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Witness Se'-mati'. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Witness Zabudu. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witness Qulî. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Ubru-Sin of Ṣirina. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Adad-immi son of Nur-Se'. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Month Tebet (X), 6th day, eponym year of Bel-Harran-belu-uṣur. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Nabû-šumu-uṣur, keeper of the tablet. |
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 | ṣu-pur {1}se—da-⸢la⸣-[a] | |
| 2 | ṣu-pur {1}30—I PAB-[šu₂] | |
| 3 | EN A.ŠA₃ ta-da-ni | |
| 4 | E₂ 02 ANŠE ša {1}se—dal₃-a ša {1}30—I | |
| 5 | ina {uru}{1}me-ze-e up-piš-ma o | |
| 6 | {lu₂v}SAG ina ŠA₃ 05 GIN₂ KUG.UD TI | |
| 7 | kas-pu ga-mur ta-din | |
| 8 | A.ŠA₃ za-rip TI | |
| 9 | tu-a-ru de-e-nu | |
| 10 | de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-šu₂ | |
| 11 | man-nu GAR-nu ša₂ GIL-u-ni | |
| 12 | 10 MA.NA KUG.UD LUH-u | |
| 13 | 01 MA.NA KUG.GI sak-⸢ru⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | SUM-an | |
| r | ||
| 1 | kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ-⸢te⸣ | |
| 2 | a-na EN-MEŠ-šu₂ GUR-ra | |
| 3 | ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄ la TI | |
| 4 | IGI {1}se—ma-ti-iʾ | |
| 5 | IGI {1}za-bu-du | |
| 6 | IGI {1}qu-li-i | |
| 7 | IGI {1}SUHUŠ—30 ša {uru}ṣi-ri-na | |
| 8 | IGI {1}10—im-me DUMU {1}ZALAG₂—se-e | |
| 9 | ina {iti}AB UD 06-KAM | |
| 10 | lim-me {1}EN—KASKAL—U—PAB | |
| 11 | IGI {1}{d}PA—MU—PAB | |
| 12 | ṣa-bit DUB.IM | |
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