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Kahramanmaraş'ta Bulunmuş Yeni Asurca Tabletler, 23 (P522568)

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

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DesignationKahramanmaraş'ta Bulunmuş Yeni Asurca Tabletler, 23
IDP522568
Museum no.36.24.07
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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1Seal of Gabbu-āmur, deputy.
Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33Seal of Nabû-nammir, scribe from Marqasu,
Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77the owner(s) of the people being sold.
Obverse [4:10] o 55–o 1010Nanāya-bē’ (and) Šamši-ilat-wašṭi, in total two women, their slave women, whom they gave to Lā-qēpu instead of two (women) from among the people of (the woman) Ayate.
Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111Gabbu-āmur (and) Nabû-nammir (say the following): "Their! ... [...]."
Obverse [11:17] o 1212–[...] (and) a half minas of silver according to the [mina] of Carchem[ish ...].
Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33(Guaranteed) against [seizures] for 100 [days], against [cri]me [for all time].
Reverse [3:13] r 44–r 1313Whoever in the fut[ure], at any time, vi[olates] (the contract), shall place ten minas of silver (and) two minas of gold in the lap of Issār, who resides in Nineveh. He shall return the money tenfold to its owners. Should he litigate in his lawsuit, he will not succeed.
Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313Witness: Iqīša-Issār, prefect of bowmen.
Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414Witness: Dulāni, cohort commander.
Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515Witness: Kurmasā, ditto.
Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616Witness: Bānāya (and) Aḫūšunu.
Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717Witness: Nabû-balāssu-iqbi, son of Rēšu.
Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818Witness: Adad-naṣir, builder.
Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919Witness: Zabīnu, builder.
Reverse [19:21] r 2020–Witness: Mannu-īri, chief scout.
Top [0:1] t.e. 21t.e. 21–t.e. 21t.e. 21Witness: Aššur-eṭir, son of Nabû-šallimšinu.
Top [1:2] t.e. 2222–t.e. 2222Witness: Šēlebuya. Witness: Nanāya.
Top [2:4] t.e. 2323–Witness: Sumānu, builder.
Left [0:1] l.e. 24l.e. 24–l.e. 24l.e. 24Witness: [...]-tabni-uṣur. Witness: Ḫarrānāyu, merchant. Witness: Mištiḫu.
Left [1:2] l.e. 2525–l.e. 2525Witness: [...]ḫusame, merchant. Witness: Sanda-ḫuwa, ditto.
Left [2:3] l.e. 2626–l.e. 2626[Month ...], 24th day, eponym year of Ša-Nabû-šūnu. Witness: Nabû-damiq, scribe.

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}gab-bu-a-mur {lu₂}02-i
2{na₄}KIŠIB {m}{d}PA-ZALAG₂-ir A.BA
3TA {uru}mar-qa-si
4EN UN.MEŠ SUM-ni
5{f}{d}na-na-a-a-be₂-e-ʾe
6{f}UTU-DINGIR-⸢at₂⸣-u₂-a-aš₂-ṭi₃
7PAB 02 MI₂.MEŠ ⸢GEME₂⸣-šu₂-nu
8ša a-na {m}la-qe-pi
9ku-um 02 TA UN {f}a-a-te
10i-di-nu-u
11{m}gab-bu-a-mur {m}{d}⸢PA⸣-ZALAG₂-ir
12ma-a kas-pi-ši-x [x-x]
13[x] 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR ina [ma-ne₂-e]
14⸢ša⸣ {kur}gar-ga-⸢miš⸣
15[...] ⸢x-x⸣ [...]
r
1[...] ⸢x-x⸣ [...]
2[ṣib-tu₂] ina 01 me [UD.MEŠ]
3[sa]-⸢ar⸣-tu₂ ina [kal₃ UD.MEŠ]
4man-nu ša ina ur-[kiš]
5ina ma-ti-ma i-⸢bal⸣-[kat₃-ʾu-u-ni]
610 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR 02 MA.NA ⸢KU₃.GI⸣
7ina bur-ki {d}IŠ.TAR a-ši-bat
8NINA{ki} i-šak-kan
9kas-pi ana 10.MEŠ ina EN.MEŠ-šu₂
10u₂-⸢GUR⸣
11ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄
12la i-laq-qe
13IGI {m}⸢BA⸣-15 {lu₂}GAR-nu ša₂-BAN
14IGI {m}du-la-a-ni ⸢GAL-ki⸣-ṣir
15IGI {m}kur-mas-a-a
16IGI {m}ba-ni-ia {m}PAB-šu-nu
17IGI {m}{d}PA-TI-su-E A {m}re-šu₂
18IGI {m}{d}IM-PAB-ir ša₂-ŠIDIM-u
19IGI {m}za-bi-i-nu ša₂-ŠIDIM-u
20IGI {m}man-nu-ir-⸢i⸣ GAL-da-a-a-li
t.e.
21IGI {m}aš-šur-KAR-⸢ir A {m}{d⸣}PA-šal-lim-ši-nu
22IGI {m}še-lu-bu-ia IGI {m}na-⸢na⸣-a-a
23⸢IGI⸣ {m}sum-a-ni {lu₂}TIN
l.e.
24[IGI {m}{d}x]-⸢tab⸣-ni-PAB IGI {m}KASKAL-a-a DAM.GAR₃ IGI {m}mi₃-iš-ti-hu
25[IGI {m}x]-⸢hu⸣-sa-me {lu₂}DAM.GAR₃ IGI {m}sa-an-da-hu-wa
26{[iti}x UD]-24-KAM₂ lim-mu {m}ša₂-{d}PA-šu₂-nu IGI {m}{d}PA-SIG₅-iq
27A.BA

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