CTN 6, 003 (P336733)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 6, 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336733 |
| Museum no. | IM 067588 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd) |
| Coordinates | 36.1022, 43.3385 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa12 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [Seal of ...]ayu, [owner of the people being g]iven. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | Urad-Issar and Nabû-hamatu[a], in all 2 sons of La-ṣahittu, his sister — |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | He has fed them and kept them alive, wea[ned them] and brought them up. He made [them] free from claims and g[ave them] to Nabû of Cal[ah], his lord. |
| Obverse [9:12] o 1010–o 1212 | Whoever claims to have autho[rity] over them or tries to take them from the control of Nabû by force — |
| Obverse [12:18] o 1313– | May Nabû, scribe of the universe, make his name and his seed disappear from the land, [curse] him with a horrible curse that [cannot be undone] and [command] that [his] life not (last) a day (longer). |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | May Tašmetum, [great] daughter-in-law, vi[lify] him before Nabû, her spouse, may [she decree] an unpleasant fate for him and [grant] him neither peace of mind nor [body]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witness Iddin-Ea, priest of Ninurta. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness Nabû-šumu-uṣur, priest of Nabû. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness Nabû-šarru-uṣur, overseer of the household. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness Nabû'a, merch[ant ...]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness Tabalayu, ditto. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Witness [...]a, chanter [...]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [Witness NN], chief musician of Nabû. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [Witness Urdu, co]ok of the temple of Nabû. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [Witness ...]-..., household cook of the temple of Nabû. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [Witness Nabû-ahu-iddina], firewood supplier of ditto. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [Witness Abu]-ila'i, son of a cupbearer of ditto. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | [Witness NN], gate-guard. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | [Witness NN], chief ... of ditto. |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | [Witness NN, sc]ribe of ditto. |
| Reverse [19:20] r 2020–r 2020 | [Month ..., xth day, eponym year of Am]yanu, |
| Reverse [20:21] r 2121–r 2121 | [governor of Q]ue. |
| Reverse [21:22] r 2222–r 2222 | [Witness NN, ..., keeper of the con]tract. |
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}x x x]-a-a | |
| 2 | [EN UN.MEŠ ta]-da-a-ni | |
| 3 | {1}IR₃-{d}15 {1}{d}AG-ha-mat-⸢u₂⸣-[a] | |
| 4 | PAB 2 DUMU.MEŠ {f}la-ṣa-hi-it-ti NIN-šu₂ 0 | |
| 5 | NINDA.MEŠ us-sa-kil ub-tal-li-⸢su⸣-[nu 0 | |
| 6 | TA UGU zi-i-zi in-ta-⸢tah⸣-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 7 | ur-tab-bi-šu₂-nu u₂-zak-ki-[šu₂-nu 0 | |
| 8 | a-na {d}AG ša qe₂-reb {uru}kal-[hi] | |
| 9 | EN-šu₂ id-⸢din⸣ | |
| 10 | man-nu ša₂ ina muh-hi-šu₂-nu i-šal-li-[ṭu-(u)-ni] | |
| 11 | u₃ lu-u ina da-na-a-ni | |
| 12 | TA šap-la {d}AG u₂-še-ṣa-šu₂-[nu] | |
| 13 | {d}AG DUB.SAR gim-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 14 | MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ TA KUR lu-hal-[liq] | |
| 15 | ar-rat ma-ru-uš-ti ⸢ša⸣ [la BUR₂] | |
| 16 | li-[ru-ur-šu₂] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | UD-mu 1-en la ba-laṭ-[su liq-bi] | |
| r | ||
| 18 | {d}taš-me-tum kal-la-⸢tu⸣ [x x (x x)] | |
| 19 | ina IGI {d}AG ha-ʾi-i-[ri-ša₂] | |
| 20 | a-mat-su lu-u tu-[lam-min₃] | |
| 21 | šim-tu la ṭa-ab-tu₂ lu-[u ta-šim-šu₂] | |
| 22 | la ṭu-ub lib₃-bi la ṭu-ub [UZU lu-u taq-bi] | |
| 23 | IGI {1}i-din-ia {lu₂}SANGA [ša {d}MAŠ] | |
| 24 | IGI {1}{d}PA-MU-PAB {lu₂}⸢SANGA⸣ [ša {d}PA] | |
| 25 | IGI {1}{d}PA-MAN-PAB {lu₂}ša₂-⸢UGU⸣-[E₂] | |
| 26 | IGI {1}{d}PA-u-a {lu₂}DAM.⸢GAR₃⸣ [(...)] | |
| 27 | IGI {1}⸢ta⸣-bal-a-a {lu₂}: [(...)] | |
| 28 | IGI {1}[x x (x)]-a {lu₂}GALA [(...)] | |
| 29 | [IGI {1}x x (x x)]-a {lu₂}NAR.GAL ša {d}PA | |
| 30 | [IGI {1}x x (x x) {lu₂]}⸢MU⸣ E₂-DINGIR E₂-DINGIR ša {d}PA | |
| 31 | [IGI {1}x x (x)]-tu-PAB {⸢lu₂}MU⸣-E₂ {⸢lu₂}MU⸣-E₂ E₂-DINGIR E₂-DINGIR ša {d}PA | |
| 32 | [IGI {1}{d}PA]-⸢PAB⸣-AŠ {lu₂}ša₂-{giš}gaṣ-ṣa-te-šu₂ | |
| 33 | [IGI {1}{d}x]-DINGIR-a-a {lu₂}DUMU-KAŠ.LUL {lu₂}DUMU-KAŠ.LUL | |
| 34 | [IGI {1}x x x (x x) x]+x {lu₂}I₃.DU₈ | |
| 35 | [IGI {1}x x x (x x) x]+x {lu₂}GAL-še-⸢x-(x)-a-te | |
| 36 | [IGI {1}x x x (x x) {lu₂}A].BA | |
| 37 | {[iti}X UD x.KAM₂ lim-me {1}a-u₂]-ia-a-nu | |
| 38 | {[lu₂}EN.NAM {kur}qu]-u₂-e | |
| 39 | [IGI PN {lu₂}A.BA ṣa-bit dan]-⸢ni⸣-te | |
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