SAA 14, 063 (P336739)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 14, 063 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336739 |
| Museum no. | BM 073164 + BM— |
| 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 1'1'–o 1'1' | 1 ...[...], |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | 1 ...[...], |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | a barnyard to [its] enti[rety] in the village of Ṭab-pa[...]. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | An estate of 20 hectares of land [...], threshing floor, orchard [...] — |
| Obverse [6:10] o 7'7'–o 10'10' | Ah-abû, [...] has contracted and [bought f]or one mina 15 shekels of [silver by] the mina of Car[chemish fr]om Ubru-Nabû. |
| Obverse [10:13] o 11'11'– | [The mone]y is paid completely. [...... are purchased and] acquired. [Any revocation, lawsuit, or liti]gation is voi[d]. |
| Reverse [2:7] r 33–r 77 | [Whoever in the future, at any time whether Ubru-Nabû], or his sons, or [his grand]s[ons], or his brothers, or [his] ne[phews], seeks a lawsuit or litigation against [Ah-abû], his sons, his grandsons (and) [his] bro[thers], |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | shall place 10 minas of [refined] s[ilver] (and) one mina of pure gold in the l[ap of Ninurta] residing in Calah. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [He shall return the money] tenfold t[o its owner]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | He shall contest in his lawsuit [and not succeed]. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Witness Šamaš-isse'a, [...]. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | Witness Nergal-ubal[liṭ, ...]. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Witness ...[...], [...]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [Month ...], 14th day, eponym year of Šamaš-kašid-ayabi. |
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' | 01 E₂ qu-um-bu-tu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | 01 URU 01 UD KU ⸢LI x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | E₂ ri-pi-tu₂ a-na gi-⸢mir⸣-[ti-ša₂] | |
| 4' | ina {uru}ŠE {1}DUG₃.GA—pa-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 5' | E₂ 20 ANŠE A.ŠA₃-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6' | ad-ri {giš}SAR ⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 7' | u₂-piš-ma {1}PAB-bu-[u x x] | |
| 8' | [ina] ŠA₃-bi 01 MA.NA 15 GIN₂ [KUG.UD] | |
| 9' | [ina] 01 MA.NA-e ša {uru}gar-[ga-mis] | |
| 10' | ⸢TA@v⸣ pa-an {1}SUHUŠ—{d}PA [il-qi] | |
| 11' | [kas]-⸢pu⸣ ga-⸢mur ta-din⸣ [x x] | |
| 12' | [x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x] laq-⸢qi⸣ [de-e-nu tu-a-ru] | |
| 2 | [DUG₄].DUG₄ la-aš₂-[šu₂ x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ x x x ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 4 | lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u ⸢DUMU⸣—[DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂] ⸢DUMU⸣—[DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 5 | lu-u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u ⸢DUMU⸣—[ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂] ⸢DUMU⸣—[ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 6 | ša de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ TA@v [x x x] | |
| 7 | DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 8 | ub-ta-ʾu-u-ni 10 MA.NA ⸢KUG⸣.[UD x x] | |
| 9 | 01 MA.NA KUG.GI sak-ri ina ⸢bur⸣-[ki {d}MAŠ] | |
| 10 | a-šib {uru}kal-hi GAR-an [kas-pu] | |
| 11 | a-di 10-TA.AM₃ a-⸢na⸣ [EN-šu₂ x x] | |
| 12 | ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.⸢DUG₄⸣-[ma x x x] | |
| 13 | IGI {1}{d}UTU—KI-ia {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x x] | |
| 14 | IGI {1}{d}U.GUR—u₂-⸢bal⸣-[liṭ x x x] | |
| 15 | [IGI] {1}⸢x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {[iti}x] UD 14-KAM₂ ⸢lim⸣-mu {1}{d}ša₂-maš—KUR—a.a-bi [o] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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