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Kahramanmaraş'ta Bulunmuş Yeni Asurca Tabletler, 15 (P522560)

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

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DesignationKahramanmaraş'ta Bulunmuş Yeni Asurca Tabletler, 15
IDP522560
Museum no.36.6.07
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)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33Seal of [Iddin-Nergal], the owner of the peo[ple being sold].
Obverse [2:11] o 33–o 1111Lā-qēpu has contracted, purchased, and acquired Adad-rēmanni, Šadirtu, Ṣil-Adad, a weaned child, and (the woman) Gurāyawa, his wife, a total of five people, slaves, from Iddin-Nergal for two minas of silver. The money is paid completely. Those people are purchased (and acquired). Any revocation, lawsuit or litigation is void.
Obverse [11:27] o 1212–Whoever in the future, at any time, whether Iddin-Nergal, or his sons, or his grandsons, or his brothers, or his brothers' sons (his nephews), or his governor, or his commander, or the mayor of his city, or his relatives, or the men responsible for his ilku-duties, seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Lā-qēpu, his sons, his grandsons, his brother's sons (nephews), shall deposit twenty minas of refined silver (and) one mina of pure gold in the lap of Nergal, who resides in Marqasu. He shall return the money tenfold to its owners.
Reverse [7:8] r 2626–r 2626Should he litigate in his lawsuit, he will not succeed.
Reverse [8:9] r 2727–r 2727Witness: Palil-šallim, governor.
Reverse [9:10] r 2828–r 2828Witness: Inūrta-ilā'i, deputy governor.
Reverse [10:11] r 2929–r 2929Witness: Bēl-Ḫarrān-issē, chief steward.
Reverse [11:12] r 3030–r 3030Witness: Dašânu, chariot driver.
Reverse [12:13] r 3131–r 3131Witness: Ēṣidāyu, third man (on the chariot).
Reverse [13:14] r 3232–r 3232Witness: Ḫadiānu. Witness: Aššūr-abu-uṣur
Reverse [14:15] r 3333–r 3333Witness: Ḫambi. Witness: Iglû.
Reverse [15:16] r 3434–r 3434Witness: Ilu. Witness: Nabû-da[...].
Reverse [16:17] r 3535–r 3535Witness: Yambû. Witness: [...].
Reverse [17:18] r 3636–r 3636Witness: Mār-bani.
Reverse [18:19] r 3737–r 3737Witness: Ahu-lēšir.
Reverse [19:21] r 3838–Witness: U[...].
Top [0:1] t.e. 39t.e. 39–t.e. 39t.e. 39[Month ..., ...th day].
Top [1:3] t.e. 4040–Ep[onym year of Nabû-bēlu-uṣur], governor of Dūr-šarrukēn. Witness: Ḫaya-kānu.
Left [0:3] l.e. 41l.e. 41–Witness: Ahu-ilā'i. Witness: Rēmūtu.

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
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1{na₄}⸢KIŠIB⸣ {[m}AŠ-U.GUR]
2EN ⸢UN⸣.[MEŠ SUM-ni]
3{m}{d}IM-rem₂-a-ni {m}{d}UTU-KI-ia {lu₂}ša₂-⸢dir⸣-tu
4{m}ṣil-{d}IM pir-su {f}gu-ra-ia₂-u-a
5MI₂-šu₂ PAB 5 ZI.MEŠ {lu₂}ARAD.MEŠ
6ša {m}AŠ-U.GUR u₂-piš-ma {m}la-qe-pu
7TA IGI {m}AŠ-U.GUR ina ŠA₃-bi 2 MA.NA
8KU₃.BABBAR i-zi-rip i-si-qi kas-pu
9gam-mur ta-din-ni UN.MEŠ šu-a-te
10za-ar-pu la-qi-u₂ tu-a-ru
11de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂
12man-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš ina ma-te-ma
13lu-u {m}AŠ-U.GUR lu-u DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u
14DUMU DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u ŠEŠ.MEŠ-šu₂
15lu-u DUMU.MEŠ ŠEŠ.MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u {lu₂}NAM-su
16lu-u {lu₂}GAR-nu-šu₂ lu-u {lu₂}ha-za-nu URU-šu₂
b.e.
17lu-u mam₂-ma-nu-šu₂ lu-u {lu₂}ERIM.MEŠ
18EN-il-ki-i-šu₂
r
19ša₂ TA {m}la-qe-pi TA DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂
20DUMU DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ ŠEŠ.MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU.MEŠ
21ŠEŠ.MEŠ-šu₂ de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄
22ub-ta-ʾu-u₂-ni 20 MA.NA
23KU₃.BABBAR LUH 01 MA.NA KU₃.GI sak-ru
24ina bur-ki {d}U.GUR a-šib {uru}mar-BAN GAR-an
25kas-pu ina 10.MEŠ ina EN.MEŠ-šu₂ GUR-ra
26ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma NU TI-qe
27IGI {m}{d}IGI.DU-šal-lim {lu₂}EN.NAM
28IGI {m}{d}MAŠ-DINGIR-a-a {lu₂}02-i
29IGI {m}EN-KASKAL-KI-ia {lu₂}GAL-E₂
30IGI {m}da-ša₂-nu {lu₂}mu-kil-PA.MEŠ
31IGI {m}e-ṣi-da-a {lu₂}03.U₅-si
32IGI {m}ha-di-ia-nu IGI {m}aš-šur-AD-PAB
33IGI {m}ha-am-bi-i IGI {m}ig-lu-⸢x⸣
34IGI {m}i-lu IGI {m}AG-da-⸢x⸣
35IGI {m}ia-am-bu IGI {m}[...]
36IGI {m}mar-ba-⸢ni⸣
37IGI {m}PAB-SI.[SA₂ ...]
38IGI {m}⸢u₂⸣-[...]
t.e.
39{⸢iti⸣}[x UD-x-KAM₂]
40⸢lim⸣-[mu {m}{d}PA-EN-PAB]
l.e.
41GAR.KUR GAR.KUR {uru}BAD₃-LUGAL-uk-ka IGI {m}ha-ia-ka₃-nu
42IGI {m}PAB-DINGIR-a-a {m}re-mu-te

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