ADD 1252 (P336013)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 1252 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336013 |
| Museum no. | BM 098850 |
| 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/saa14 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [Share of the paternal estate] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [that Zeru-uk]in |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [div]ided |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [and g]ave [to Ah]u-iddina, his brother. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | A share of the paternal estate, with an exit, 13 cubits its length, 8 span (its) width in the city centre of Nineveh |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010– | adjoining Ešrayu, |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 11b.e. 11–b.e. 11b.e. 11 | adjoining Basnî, |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 1212–b.e. 1212 | adjoining Zeru-ukin, |
| Bottom [2:4] b.e. 1313– | [adjoi]ning the temple of Kura, |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | Zeru-ukin divided and gave to Ahu-iddina. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | They divided (everything down to the) chaff and twig. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Peace is between them. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | Whoever contravenes, may Aššur, Šamaš, Bel and Nabû call him to account. |
| Reverse [9:12] r 1010–r 1212 | Month Iyyar (II), 27th [day], eponym year of Sin-šarru-uṣur, [gover]nor of Nineveh |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [Witness Inu]rta-nadin-ahi. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [Witness ...]qi'. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [Witness NN]. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [Witness NN]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [Witness NN]. Witness Basnî. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [Witness ...]ru. Witness Ahu-la-amašši. |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | [Witness ...]ku. Witness Šulmu-šarri. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [HA.LA E₂—AD] E₂—AD] | |
| 2 | [ša₂ {1}NUMUN]—⸢GIN⸣ | |
| 3 | [ib-ta-qu]-u-ni | |
| 4 | [a-na {1}⸢PAB⸣—SUM-na PAB-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [i]-⸢di⸣-nu-u-ni | |
| 6 | HA.LA E₂—AD E₂—AD mu-ṣu-u₂ is-sa-hi-iš | |
| 7 | 13 ina 01-te KUŠ₃ <ar>-ku-šu | |
| 8 | 08 ru-ṭu DAGAL | |
| 9 | ina MURUB₄—URU MURUB₄—URU ša NINA{ki} | |
| 10 | gab-di {1}UD-20-KAM-a.a | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11 | gab-di {1}ba-as-ni-i | |
| 12 | gab-di {1}NUMUN—GIN | |
| 13 | [gab]-di E₂—{d}KUR.A | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {1}NUMUN—GIN | |
| 2 | a-na {1}PAB—SUM-na | |
| 3 | ib-ta-qa it-ti-din | |
| 4 | lu-u ha-a-mu lu-u hu-ṣa-bu | |
| 5 | ib-ta-qu | |
| 6 | DI-mu ina ⸢bir-tu₂⸣-[šu₂]-nu | |
| 7 | man-nu ša₂ i-bal-⸢kat₃⸣-u-ni | |
| 8 | aš-šur {d}UTU EN u₃ {d}PA | |
| 9 | [lu] EN—de-e-ni-šu₂ EN—de-e-ni-šu₂ | |
| 10 | {iti}GUD [UD] 27-KAM₂ | |
| 11 | lim-mu {1}{d}30—MAN—PAB | |
| 12 | {[lu₂}EN].⸢NAM NINA⸣{ki} | |
| 13 | [IGI {1}{d]}⸢MAŠ⸣—AŠ—PAB | |
| 14 | [IGI {1}x]-qi-iʾ | |
| 15 | [IGI {1}x-x]-⸢x⸣-u | |
| 16 | [IGI {1}x-x]-⸢x⸣-a | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [IGI {1}x-x]-⸢x⸣-a IGI {1}ba-as-ni-i | |
| 2 | [IGI {1}x-x]-ru IGI {1}PAB—la-maš-ši | |
| 3 | [IGI {1}x-x]-⸢x⸣-ku IGI {1}DI-mu—MAN | |
Sources & licences
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- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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