ADD 1257 (P336018)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 1257 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336018 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [A vac]ant [lot] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... Cit]y of the Treasurer, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [x cubits l]ong, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [x cubits] its [wi]dth. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [A house, x] doors, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [adjoining] the house of Mardî, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [adjoining] Liphuru, |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [... has contracted and bought from these me]n. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | [The mon]ey [is pa]id [completely. This ... is purchased and acq]uired. [Any (revocation), lawsuit, or litigation is vo]id. |
| Reverse [4:9] r 5'5'–r 9'9' | [Whoever comes forwa]rd, [whether ...] or his sons (or) [his grandsons] (or) his nephews, [and ...... against ...]me-iau, |
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' | [kaq-qi-ri pu]-ṣe-e | |
| 2' | [x x x] {⸢uru}{lu₂⸣}IGI.DUB | |
| 3' | [x ina 01 KUŠ₃] ⸢GID₂⸣.DA-MEŠ | |
| 4' | [x ina 01 KUŠ₃] ⸢DAGAL⸣-šu₂ | |
| 5' | [E₂ x] {giš}IG-MEŠ | |
| 6' | [SUHUR] ⸢E₂⸣ {1}mar-di-i | |
| 7' | [SUHUR {1}lip₂-hur | |
| 8' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x TA@v IGI LU₂-MEŠ]-e | |
| 2' | [an-nu-te il-qi kas]-pu | |
| 3' | [gam-mur ta-din x za-rip la]-⸢qi₂⸣ | |
| 4' | [de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la]-⸢aš₂⸣-šu₂ | |
| 5' | [man-nu ša₂ e-la]-⸢an⸣-ni | |
| 6' | [lu-u {1}x x x] ⸢u₃⸣ DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 7' | [DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂] [DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂] DUMU—ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 8' | [ša TA@v {1}x]-me—ia-a-u | |
| 9' | [x x x]+⸢x x⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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