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Kahramanmaraş'ta Bulunmuş Yeni Asurca Tabletler, 27 (P522572)

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

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DesignationKahramanmaraş'ta Bulunmuş Yeni Asurca Tabletler, 27
IDP522572
Museum no.2007/88
CollectionKahramanmaraş Museum, 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55Seal of Zābāyu, the owner of the people being sold.
Obverse [2:7] o 33–o 77Nabû-šēzib has contracted and acquired Nabû-dūru-uṣur, Nabû-aḫu-iddina, his wife, his mother (and) his daughter, in total five people, for two and a half minas of silver. The money is paid completely.
Obverse [7:26] o 88–Those people are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit or litigation is void. (Guaranteed) against seizures for 100 days, against crime for all time. Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint, whether Zābāyu, or his sons, or his grandsons, seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Nabû-šezib or his sons, shall place ten minas of refined silver (and) five minas of pure gold in the lap of Issār, who resides in Marqasu. He shall return the money tenfold to its owners. Should he litigate in his lawsuit, he will not succeed.
Reverse [4:5] r 2424–r 2424Witness: Mardî.
Reverse [5:6] r 2525–r 2525Witness: Šamaš-ra’im-ketti.
Reverse [6:7] r 2626–r 2626Witness: Sinî.
Reverse [7:8] r 2727–r 2727Witness: Aplāya, scribe.
Reverse [8:9] r 2828–r 2828Witness: Ahâya.
Reverse [9:10] r 2929–r 2929Witness: Marduk-šarrāni.
Reverse [10:11] r 3030–r 3030Witness: Bēl-būnā’ī from Babylon.
Reverse [11:12] r 3131–r 3131Witness: Ša-Nabû-damiq.
Reverse [12:13] r 3232–r 3232Witness: Sinqi-Issār.
Reverse [13:14] r 3333–r 3333Witness: Raduwa.
Reverse [14:15] r 3434–r 3434Witness: Barḫi-ilāni.
Reverse [15:16] r 3535–r 3535Witness: Dannu-Nergal.
Reverse [16:17] r 3636–r 3636Witness: Tarḫu(n)za-uarri.
Reverse [17:18] r 3737–r 3737Witness: Qibit-Issar, chariot fighter.
Reverse [18:21] r 3838–Witness: Nabû-rēmanni, keeper of the contract.
Top [1:3] t.e. 4040–Witness: Ṣalmu. Witness: Lā-qēpu.
Left [0:1] l.e. 41l.e. 41–l.e. 41l.e. 41Month Ayyāru (II), 15th day, eponym year of Nabû-šarru-uṣur, governor of Marqasu.
Left [1:2] l.e. 4242–l.e. 4242Witness: Ḫadiānu. Witness: Pir’-danānu.
Left [2:3] l.e. 4343–l.e. 4343Witness: Nabu-dūru-kuṣur.

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)
o
1{na₄}KIŠIB {m}za-ba-a-a
2EN UN.MEŠ SUM-an
3{m}{d}PA-BAD₃-PAB {m}{d}PA-PAB-AŠ
4MI₂-šu₂ AMA-šu₂ DUMU.MI₂-su
5PAB 05 ZI.MEŠ u₂-piš-ma {m}{d}PA-še-zib
6ina ŠA₃-bi 02 1/2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR
7il-qe kas-pu gam-mur ta-din
8UN.MEŠ šu-a-tu-nu za-ar₂-pu
9la-qi-u tu-a-ru de-ni DUG₄.DUG₄
10la-šu₂ ṣib-ti be-e-ni a-na 01 me UD-me
11sa-ar₂-tu a-na kal UD.MEŠ
12man-nu ša ina ur-kiš ma-ti-me₂
13i-za-qu-pa-an-ni lu-u {m}za-ba-a-a
14lu-u DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u DUMU DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂
15ša de-ni DUG₄.DUG₄ TA
16{m}{d}PA-še-zib u DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂
b.e.
17ub-ta-u-ni
1810 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR LUH-u
1905 MA.NA KU₃.GI sak-ru
r
20ina bur-ki {d}IŠ.TAR a-ši-bat {uru}BAN-a
21i-šak-kan kas-pu a-na 10.MEŠ
22a-na EN.MEŠ-šu₂ u₂-ta-ra
23ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄ la TI
24IGI {m}mar-di-i
25IGI {m}{d}UTU-AG₂-ZI
26IGI {m}si-ni-i
27IGI {m}a-ia {lu₂}A.BA
28IGI {m}a-ha-ia
29IGI {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-LUGAL-a-ni
30IGI {m}EN-DU₃-a {uru}KA₂.DINGIR
31IGI {m}ša₂-{d}PA-SIG₅-iq {lu₂}x
32IGI {m}si-qi-{d}15
33IGI {m}ra-du₂-u-a
34IGI {m}bar-hi-DINGIR.MEŠ
35IGI {m}KALAG-{d}U.GUR
36IGI {m}tar-hu-zu-a-ri
37IGI {m}qi₂-bit-{d}15 {lu₂}DUMU.SIG
38IGI {m}{d}PA-rem₂-a-ni {lu₂}A.BA
t.e.
39ṣa-bit IM
40IGI {m}ṣal-mu IGI {m}la-qe-pu
l.e.
41{iti}GU₄ UD-15-KAM₂ lim-mu {m}{d}PA-MAN-PAB {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR {uru}mar-BAN
42IGI {m}ha-di₃-a-ni IGI {m}pir-da-na-ni
43IGI {m}{d}PA-BAD₃-ku₈-PAB

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