NALK App. I (P336247)
Legal Transaction, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | NALK App. I |
|---|---|
| ID | P336247 |
| Museum no. | BM 139950 + 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | Seal of Lu-šakin son of Sariuni from the city of Bit-abi-ilaya, owner of the land being sold for a number of years. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | 1 hectare and 1 decare (adjoining) the Qumbatu road, adjoining Qašidaya, ditto the Qumbatu road, |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | 1 hectare and 4 decares adjoining the road of Hašana, and adjoining a wadi, |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | in all 2 hectares 5 decares of field by the seah of 9 ('litres') in Bit-abi-ila'i — |
| Obverse [10:15] o 1111– | Kakkullanu, cohort commander, contracted and [bought] for 16 [shekels of silver] for a number of yea[rs]. |
| Bottom [2:5] b.e. 1515– | He shall have the usufruct of the land for 3 crop-years and 3 fal[low-years], a total of 6 years. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | When he places the silver upon the corn-heaps, he shall redeem his field. The land is exempt. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | Month Ab (V), 18th day, eponym year of Aššur-matu-taqqin. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witness Addî. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness (blank). |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Gir-Aya. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Tarhunakil. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Urdu-Mullissu. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness Eribtaha. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Witness Ululayu. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Witness Nabû-nadin-apli, scribe. |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414– | (Aramaic note:) Deed of Lu-šakin, land. |
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}lu—ša₂-kin₂ A {1}sa-ri-u-ni | |
| 2 | TA@v E₂—{uru}AD—DINGIR-a.a | |
| 3 | EN A.ŠA₃ a-na MU.AN.NA-MEŠ SUM-ni | |
| 4 | 01 ANŠE 1(ban₂) KASKAL {uru}qu-um-ba-te | |
| 5 | gab-di {1}qa-rit-a.a | |
| 6 | KASKAL {uru}qu-um-ba-te | |
| 7 | 01 ANŠE 4(ban₂) gab-di KASKAL | |
| 8 | ša {uru}ha-ša₂-a-na gab-di na-hal | |
| 9 | PAB 02 ANŠE 5(ban₂) A.ŠA₃ ina {giš}BAN₂ 09 <qa> | |
| 10 | ina {uru}E₂—AD—DINGIR-a.a | |
| 11 | u₂-piš-ma {1}kak-kul-la-nu | |
| 12 | {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13 | ina ŠA₃ 16 [GIN₂-MEŠ KUG.UD] | |
| 14 | ina MU.AN.[NA-MEŠ il-qi] | |
| 15 | 03 me-re-še 03 ka-[rap-hi] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | PAB 06 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ A.ŠA₃ ⸢KU₂⸣ | |
| 2 | KUG.UD ina UGU {še}SU₇ GAR-an | |
| 3 | A.ŠA₃ u-še-ṣa A.ŠA₃ za-ku-te | |
| 4 | {iti}NE UD 18-KAM₂ | |
| 5 | lim-mu {1}aš-šur—KUR—LAL | |
| 6 | IGI {1}i-di-i | |
| 7 | IGI {1}o | |
| 8 | IGI {1}gir₂—a.a | |
| 9 | IGI {1}tar-hu-un-a-kil | |
| 10 | IGI {1}ARAD—{d}NIN.LIL₂ | |
| 11 | IGI {1}e-rib-ta-ha | |
| 12 | IGI {1}{iti}AB-a.a | |
| 13 | IGI {1}{d}PA—SUM—A | |
| 14 | A.BA | |
| r.e. | ||
| 15 | dnt lsgn ḥql | |
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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