ADD 1241 (P336004)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 1241 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336004 |
| Museum no. | BM 098538 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | Seal of Sangû-Issar, son of Handa-riṣi, owner of the man being sold. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | Balta-idri, servant of Sangû-Issar — |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | Nabû'a has contracted and [bought him fr]om Sangû-Issar [for] one mina of silver [by the min]a of Carchemish. |
| Obverse [9:13] o 1010– | [The money is paid comple]tely. [That man is purchased and acquired. Any lawsuit or litigation is vo]id. |
| Reverse [1:6] r 22–r 66 | Who[ever in the fu]ture, at any time, lodges a complaint and breaks the contract, shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Nabû-tartiba-ahhe. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Marduk-šal[limšu]nu. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Ukkayu. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Ṭab-Se'. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Kinaya. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witness Dadî, [so]n of Bel-remanni. |
| Reverse [12:17] r 1313– | Witness Nabû-tabni-uṣur, son of Gula-eṭir, scribe. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Month [...], 6th day, eponym year of Silim-Aššur, deputy vizier. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {na₄}KIŠIB {1}SANGA—{d}15 | |
| 2 | DUMU {1}ha-an-da—ri-ṣi | |
| 3 | EN LU₂ SUM-a-ni | |
| 4 | {1}ba-al-ta—id-ri {lu₂v}ARAD-šu₂ | |
| 5 | ša {1}SANGA—{d}15 | |
| 6 | u₂-piš-ma {1}{d}AG-u₂-a | |
| 7 | ⸢TA@v IGI⸣ {1}SANGA—{d}15 | |
| 8 | [ina ŠA₃] 01 MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 9 | [ina ma-ne₂]-⸢e⸣ ša₂ gar-ga-mis | |
| 10 | [il-qi kas-pu ga]-⸢mur⸣ | |
| 11 | [ta-din LU₂ šu₂-a-tu₂ za-rip la-qi] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la]-aš₂-šu | |
| 2 | ⸢man⸣-[nu ša₂ ina ur]-kiš u ma-te-e-ma | |
| 3 | i-zaq-qu-pa-an-ni | |
| 4 | GIL-u-ni kas-pu ana 10-MEŠ-te | |
| 5 | ana EN-MEŠ-šu₂ GUR ina la de-ni-šu₂ | |
| 6 | DUG₄.DUG₄-ma la i-laq-qi | |
| 7 | IGI {1}{d}PA—⸢SU⸣—PAB-MEŠ | |
| 8 | IGI {1}{d}ŠU₂—šal-[lim-šu₂]-nu | |
| 9 | IGI {1}uk-⸢ka⸣-a.a | |
| 10 | IGI {1}ṭa-ab—si-i | |
| 11 | IGI {1}ki-na-a.a | |
| 12 | IGI {1}U.U-i ⸢DUMU⸣ {1}EN—rem₂-a-ni | |
| 13 | IGI {1}{d}⸢PA⸣—tab-ni—PAB | |
| r.e. | ||
| 14 | DUMU {1}{d}ME—KAR | |
| 15 | {lu₂v}A.BA | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {[iti}x]+⸢x⸣ UD 06-KAM₂ lim-mu {1}si-lim—aš-šur | |
| 2 | {lu₂v}SUKKAL 02-i | |
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