ADD 1169 (P335951)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 1169 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335951 |
| Museum no. | BM 099107 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | Seal of Zeru-ukin, owner of the field being sold. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | An estate of 4 hectares of land [... belon]ging to Zeru-ukin, in Samanu, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [adjoini]ng the road of [...], |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [adjoini]ng the field of [NN], |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [adjoini]ng [...], |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] silver [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...] Is[...] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | [...] Ya[...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] Ṭab-ṣil-[...] is placed [as a pledge]. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | He shall enjoy it for three [crop] year[s] and 3 fa[llow] years, in all 6 years. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] upon [...]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | He shall enjoy the usufruct of the field for three crop years. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Witness Nabû-naṣir. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Witness Bel-šarru-uṣur. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Witness Palû'a. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Witness Beli-išmea[nni]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | Witness Handiqu[...]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | Witness Sin-na'id. |
| Reverse [12:14] r 13'13'– | Witness Issar-[...]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Month Tishri (VII), 7th day, eponym [year of NN]. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | Witness Na[bû-šal]lim, scri[be]. |
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 | {na₄}KIŠIB {1}NUMUN—GIN | |
| 2 | EN A.ŠA₃ SUM-an-ni | |
| 3 | ⸢E₂⸣ 04 ANŠE A.ŠA₃.GA | |
| 4 | [x] ⸢ša⸣ {1}NUMUN—GIN | |
| 5 | ina {uru}sa-ma-nu [o] | |
| 6 | ⸢SUHUR⸣ KASKAL ša {uru}[x x] | |
| 7 | ⸢SUHUR⸣ A.ŠA₃ ša {1}[x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢SUHUR⸣ {uru}e-[x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x] KUG.UD [x]-aš o | |
| 10 | [x x] {uru}is-[x x] | |
| 11 | [x x] {uru}ia-[x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 12 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x {1}DUG₃.GA—ṣil—[x x x] | |
| 2' | ša₂-ki-ni 03 MU.[AN.NA-MEŠ x] | |
| 3' | 03 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ ⸢kar⸣-[ap-hi] | |
| 4' | PAB 06 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ ⸢KU₂⸣ | |
| 5' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ ina UGU ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 6' | a-⸢na⸣ 03 me-re-e-še KU₂ | |
| 7' | IGI {1}{d}PA—PAB-ir | |
| 8' | IGI {1}EN—MAN—PAB | |
| 9' | IGI {1}BAL-u-a | |
| 10' | IGI {1}be-li₂—HAL-a-[ni] | |
| 11' | IGI {1}ha-an-di-qu-[x] | |
| 12' | IGI {1}{d}30—I | |
| 13' | IGI {1}{d}15—[x]+⸢x-na-x-x⸣ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {iti}DUL UD 07-KAM | |
| 2 | IGI {1}{d}PA—⸢SIG₅ x⸣-[x x x x x] | |
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