SAAB 20, VA S 3566 (P522658)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Samal · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAAB 20, VA S 3566 |
|---|---|
| ID | P522658 |
| Museum no. | VA S 03566 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Samal (mod. Zinčirli) |
| Coordinates | 37.1035, 36.6783 |
English translation
By ORACC project atae/samal · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | Seal of Ṣapūnu, the seller of his daughter. |
| Obverse [2:13] o 33– | Ia-nāri, the daugh[ter] of Ṣapūnu — Ulūlāyu has contracted and acquired (her) from Ṣapūnu for twelve shekels of silver. The money is paid completely. That woman is pur[chas]ed (and) acquired. [Any revocati]on, law[suit], (or) litiga[tion is vo]id. |
| Reverse [1:8] r 1313–r 1919 | Whoever who in [the futu]re, at any time, lodges a complaint (and) seeks (a lawsuit) against Ulūlāyu (or) his sons, shall give the silver tenfold to his city lords. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 1919–r 1919 | Witness: Nabû-nāṣir. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 2020–r 2020 | Witness: Ḫazūqušu. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 2121–r 2121 | Witness: Mīsu. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 2222–r 2222 | Witness: Iada’-dibbī. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 2323–r 2323 | Witness: Ḫattāyu, the mayor. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 2424–r 2424 | Witness: Bēl-ibni. Witness: Zarūti. |
| Reverse [13:16] r 2525– | Month Abu (V), 9th day, eponym year of Kanūnāyu, chief judge. |
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 | {na₄}KIŠIB {m}ṣa-pu-u-ni | |
| 2 | EN MUNUS.DUMU-šu₂ SUM-ni | |
| 3 | {f}ia-na-ri MUNUS.[DUMU]-⸢su⸣ | |
| 4 | ša {m}ṣa-pu-u-ni | |
| 5 | u₂-piš-ma {m}{iti}KIN-a-a | |
| 6 | TA IGI {m}ṣa-pu-u-ni | |
| 7 | ina ŠA₃-bi 12 GIN₂.MEŠ KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 8 | ⸢il-qi⸣ kas-pu ga-mur | |
| 9 | ta-din-ni MUNUS šu-a-tu₂ | |
| 10 | ⸢za⸣-[ar]-pa-ta laq-qi-at | |
| 11 | [tu-a]-⸢ru de⸣-e-[nu] | |
| r | ||
| 12 | DUG₄.[DUG₄ la]-⸢aš₂-šu₂⸣ | |
| 13 | man-nu ša ⸢ina⸣ [ur]-⸢kiš⸣ | |
| 14 | ina ma-te-ma ⸢i-za⸣-qu-pa-ni | |
| 15 | TA {m}{iti}KIN-a-a | |
| 16 | TA DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ ub-ta-u-ni | |
| 17 | kas-pu a-na 10.MEŠ-te | |
| 18 | a-na EN.MEŠ-šu₂ URU SUM | |
| 19 | IGI {m}{d}PA-PAB-ir | |
| 20 | IGI {m}ha-zu-qu₂-šu | |
| 21 | IGI {m}mi-i-su | |
| 22 | IGI {m}ia-da-di-bi | |
| 23 | IGI {m}ha-ta-a-a {lu₂}ha-za-nu | |
| 24 | IGI {m}EN-DU₃ IGI {m}NUMUN-ti | |
| 25 | {iti}NE UD-09-KAM₂ | |
| 26 | lim-me {m}{iti}AB-a-a | |
| t.e. | ||
| 27 | {lu₂}sar-tin-nu | |
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