ADD 1157 (P335939)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 1157 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335939 |
| Museum no. | BM 099015 |
| 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' | [Ah]i-le'iti, his servant — |
| Obverse [1:6] o 2'2'–o 6'6' | Mannu-ki-Arbail has contracted, purchased, and acquired him fr[om] Zarî for 1 1/2 minas of silver by the mina of Carchemish. |
| Obverse [6:10] o 7'7'–o 10'10' | The money is paid completely. That man is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, [or li]tigation is void. |
| Obverse [10:13] o 11'11'– | (Guaranteed against) epilepsy for 100 days (and against) [fr]aud forever. |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | Whoever in the future, at any time, whether Zarî or his sons, grandsons or brothers, or his labour-duty superior, seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Mannu-ki-Arbail, his sons and grandsons, |
| Reverse [6:12] r 77–r 1212 | shall place a talent of silver and one mina of gold in the lap of Ištar residing in Arbela, and shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. The divine judge shall not heed his case. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Witness [NN]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Witness: the king's statue. |
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' | {1}⸢PAB⸣—li-ti ⸢ARAD⸣-šu₂ | |
| 2' | u₂-⸢piš⸣-ma {1}man-nu—⸢ki⸣—{uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 3' | ⸢TA@v⸣ [IGI] {1}NUMUN-i | |
| 4' | a-na 01 1/2 MA.NA KUG.UD-MEŠ | |
| 5' | a-na 01 ma-ne₂-e ša {kur}gar-ga-⸢mis⸣ | |
| 6' | i-zi-rip i-si-qi | |
| 7' | kas-pu gam-mur ta-din-ni | |
| 8' | ⸢LU₂⸣ šu-a-tum za-ar-pi | |
| 9' | laq-qi tu-a-ru de-nu | |
| 10' | ⸢DUG₄⸣.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 11' | [ṣib]-⸢tu₂⸣ EN-e-nu a-na 01 me UD-me | |
| 12' | [sa]-⸢ar⸣-tu₂ ina kal MU.AN.NA-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | man-nu ša ina ur-kiš ina ma-ti-mu | |
| 2 | lu-u {1}NUMUN-i lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 3 | lu-u DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 4 | lu-u EN—il-ki-šu₂ EN—il-ki-šu₂ ša de-nu | |
| 5 | DUG₄.DUG₄ TA@v {1}man-⸢nu⸣—ki—{⸢uru⸣}arba-il₃ | |
| 6 | u₃ DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ u₃ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 7 | ub-ta-ʾu-u-ni GU₂.UN MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 8 | 01 MA.NA KUG.GI ina bur-ki {d}IŠ.TAR | |
| 9 | a-ši-bat {uru}arba-⸢il₃⸣ i-šak-kan kas-⸢pu⸣ | |
| 10 | a-na 10-MEŠ-te ina EN-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢GUR⸣-ra | |
| 11 | a-na de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma la i-laq-qi | |
| 12 | de-in-šu₂ {d}DI.⸢KUD⸣ la i-ša₂-mu | |
| 13 | ⸢IGI⸣ {1}[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | IGI {d}NU—⸢LUGAL⸣ {d}NU—⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x] | |
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