ADD 1189 (P335969)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 1189 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335969 |
| Museum no. | BM 099150 |
| 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] 1'1'–1'1' | [Seal of NN, son of ...]-Issar; |
| Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | [Seal of NN, son of ...]-Issar; |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [Seal of ......], |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [owners of the land ...] being sold. |
| Obverse [4:9] 5'5'–9'9' | An estate of 10 hectares of land, a gate, a po[ol, adjoining] the road which leads from Bet-Eriba-ilu [to ..., adjoining the ... o]f the ... house [....] |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1'1'–r 6'6' | Wh[oever in the future, at any] time, lodges [a complaint an breaks the contract, wh]ether the[se] men [or] their [sons, and seeks a lawsuit] or litiga[tion against Re]manni-[Adad], his [so]ns and [grands]ons, [shall re]turn [the mon]ey tenfold to [its owner]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Witness Kanunayu, sa[rtinnu]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Witness [Silim]-Aššur, vizier. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [Witness] Sasî, mayor. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [Witness] Šamaš-šarru-uṣur, chariot driver. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [Witness] Barruqu, ditto. Witness Nabû-eṭir. Witness Sin-remanni. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [Witness S]akkannu, ditto. Witness Nabû-zeru-uṣur. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [Witness I]nnanni, superintendent of Nineveh. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [Witness Nabû-eriba], deputy team-commander. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | [Witness Ahu-amur], horse trainer of the open chariotry. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | [Witness Mannu-ki-Harran], ditto. |
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' | {[na₄}KIŠIB {1}x x x x x x]—15 | |
| 2' | {[na₄}KIŠIB {1}x x x x x x]—15 | |
| 3' | {[na₄}KIŠIB {1}x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 4' | [EN x x x x x x x x x] ⸢SUM⸣-[ni] | |
| 5' | ⸢E₂⸣ 10 ANŠE A.ŠA₃ KA₂ ia-ar-⸢ha⸣ [o] | |
| 6' | [SUHUR] KASKAL.2 ⸢ša TA@v⸣ E₂—{1}SU—DINGIR [o] | |
| 7' | [a-na x x x x] ⸢il⸣-lak-u-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 8' | [x x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ E₂ sa-⸢a⸣-[x (x)] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢man⸣-[nu ša ina ur-kiš ina] ⸢ma⸣-te-ma | |
| 2' | i-[za-qup-an-ni GIL-u-ni] ⸢lu⸣-u LU₂-[MEŠ-e] | |
| 3' | an-⸢nu⸣-[te lu-u DUMU]-MEŠ-šu₂-nu [ša de-e-nu] | |
| 4' | DUG₄.⸢DUG₄⸣ [TA@v {1}⸢rem₂⸣-a-ni—{[d}IM] | |
| 5' | ⸢DUMU⸣-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ [DUMU]-⸢DUMU⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ [DUMU]-⸢DUMU⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ ub-[ta-u-ni] | |
| 6' | ⸢kas⸣-pu a-na 10-MEŠ⸣-te a-na [EN-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 7' | [GUR]-ra IGI {1}{iti}AB-a.a {lu₂}⸢sar⸣-[tin-nu] | |
| 8' | [IGI] {1}si-lim—aš-šur {lu₂}SUKKAL IGI {1}[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 9' | {[lu₂]}mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ {[lu₂]}mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ ša {⸢lu₂⸣}[tur]-⸢tan⸣ | |
| 10' | [IGI {1}sa-si-iʾ {lu₂}ha-za-⸢an⸣-nu | |
| 11' | [IGI {1}{d}ša₂-maš—LUGAL—PAB {lu₂}DIB—KUŠ-<PA>-MEŠ {lu₂}DIB—KUŠ-<PA>-MEŠ | |
| 12' | [IGI] {1}bar-ruq IGI {1}{d}PA—KAR IGI {1}{d}30—rem₂-a-ni | |
| 13' | [IGI {1}⸢sa⸣-ak-kan {lu₂}{<:(DIB—KUŠ-PA-MEŠ)>} {lu₂}{<:(DIB—KUŠ-PA-MEŠ)>} IGI {1}{d}PA—NUMUN—PAB | |
| 14' | [IGI {1}⸢in⸣-na-an-ni {lu₂}ša₂—UGU—NINA{ki} | |
| 15' | [IGI {1}{d}PA—SU] {⸢lu₂⸣}02-u GAL—u-rat GAL—u-rat | |
| 16' | [IGI {1}PAB-u—a-mur] {⸢lu₂⸣}{giš}GIGIR—DU₈-MEŠ {⸢lu₂⸣}{giš}GIGIR—DU₈-MEŠ | |
| 17' | [IGI {1}man-nu—ki—KASKAL] {lu₂}{<:.({giš}GIGIR—DU₈-MEŠ)>} {lu₂}{<:.({giš}GIGIR—DU₈-MEŠ)>} | |
Sources & licences
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