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Kahramanmaraş'ta Bulunmuş Yeni Asurca Tabletler, 01 (P522546)

Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Marqasu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationKahramanmaraş'ta Bulunmuş Yeni Asurca Tabletler, 01
IDP522546
Museum no.36.1.07
CollectionAnadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreLegal
Find spotMarqasu (mod. Kahramanmaraş)
Coordinates37.5870, 36.9253

English translation

By ORACC project atae/marqasu · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

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Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44Instead of his seal, he impressed his fingernail.
Obverse [1:6] o 22–o 66Fingernail of Tardītu-Aššūr, the owner of the people being sold. Urdu-Nanāya has contracted and acquired Raʾuzu, Rēmanni-Adad, and (the woman) Meniaḫur, his (that is, Tardītu-Aššūr’s) slaves, for two minas of silver.
Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99The money is paid completely. Those people are purchased (and) acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.
Obverse [9:26] o 1010–Whoever in the future, at any time, whether (his) brothers, (or his) brother's sons (that is, his nephews), (or his) son, (or his) grandsons, seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Urdu-Nanāya, (or) against his sons, shall eat one mina of plucked wool and shall drink a full agannu-vessel of tanner’s paste. He shall tie four horses to the feet of Nergal, who resides in Marqasu, and desposit one mina of gold in the lap of Laṣ. He shall pay the money tenfold to its owner. Should he litigate in his lawsuit, he will not succeed.
Reverse [4:5] r 2424–r 2424Witness: Bēl-aḫu-iddina.
Reverse [5:6] r 2525–r 2525Witness: Kapar, scribe.
Reverse [6:7] r 2626–r 2626Witness: Tabni-Issār, chariot driver.
Reverse [7:8] r 2727–r 2727Witness: Yāna-aya, fuller.
Reverse [8:9] r 2828–r 2828Witness: Šamaš-taklāk, city overseer.
Reverse [9:10] r 2929–r 2929Witness: Nabû-sasia, mayor.
Reverse [10:11] r 3030–r 3030Witness: Zāzāya. Witness: Ṣillu, master builder.
Reverse [11:12] r 3131–r 3131Witness: Nanāya-ili, sheikh.
Reverse [12:13] r 3232–r 3232Witness: Adda-Kabar. Witness: Abu-ul-īdi.
Reverse [13:15] r 3333–r 3434Witness: Esaggil, scribe (and) holder of the tablet.
Reverse [15:17] r 3535–r 3636Month Kislīmu (IX), 9th day, eponym year of Ḫanāna, governor of Til-Barsip.

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)

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1ku-um {na₄}KIŠIB ṣu-pur-šu₂ GAR-nu
2ṣu-pur {m}tar-di-ti-aš-šur EN UN.MEŠ
3ta-da-nu {m}ra-u₂-zu {m}re-man-ni-{d}IM
4{f}me-ni-a-hur ⸢ARAD⸣.MEŠ-šu₂ {m}ARAD-{d}na-na-a
5u₂-piš-ma ina ŠA₃-bi
602 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR il-qe
7kas-pu ga-mur ta-din
8UN.MEŠ šu-a-ti za-ar₂-pu
9la-qi-u₂ ⸢tu⸣-a-ru de-ni
10da-ba-ba la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu
11ša ina ur-kiš ma-te₁₀-e-ma
12lu-u₂ PAB.MEŠ DUMU PAB.MEŠ DUMU.MEŠ
13DUMU DUMU.MEŠ ša de-ni da-ba-ba
14TA {m}ARAD-{d}na-na-a TA DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ ub-ta-u-ni
1501 MA.NA ger-di KU₂ mar a-ga-nu kur-ru
16NAG 04 ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ
17ina GIR₃.2 {d}U.GUR a-šib {uru}mar-BAN
b.e.
18i-rak-kas 01 MA.NA KU₃.⸢GI⸣
19ina bur-ki {d}la-aṣ
r
20i-šak-kan KU₃.BABBAR 10-a-ta
21a-na EN-šu₂ u₂-šal-lam
22ina de-ni-šu₂ i-da-bu-ub-ma
23la i-la-qe
24IGI {m}EN-PAB-AŠ
25IGI {m}ka-par {lu₂}A.BA
26IGI {m}tab-ni-15 {lu₂}mu-kil-PA.MEŠ
27IGI {m}ia₂-na-a-a {lu₂}TUG₂.UD
28IGI {m}{d}UTU-tak-lak {lu₂}ša-UGU-URU
29IGI {m}{d}PA-sa-si-a {lu₂}ha-za-nu
30IGI {m}za-za-a-a IGI {m}ṣi-lu {lu₂}GAL-TIN-nu
31IGI {m}na-na-a-DINGIR {lu₂}na-sik
32IGI {m}10-ka-bar₆ IGI {m}AD-ul-ZU
33IGI {m}E₂.SAG.GIL₂ {lu₂}A.BA
34ṣa-bit e-gir₂-ti {iti}GAN
35UD-09-KAM₂ lim-mu {m}ha-na-nu
36{lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR {uru}tar-bu-si-i

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