SAAB 20, VA S 3566a (P522659)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Samal · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAAB 20, VA S 3566a |
|---|---|
| ID | P522659 |
| Museum no. | VA S 03566a |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [Seal of ..., son of ..., the sell]er [of the female s]lave. |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44–o 1010 | Nikkal-sūrī, his female slave — Sîn-bēlu-uṣur has contracted and acquired (her) [fo]r one mina of silver. The money [is paid] completely. That female slave is [purchased] (and) acquired. Any revocation, [lawsuit, (or) liti]gation is vo[id]. |
| Obverse [10:21] o 1111– | [Whoever in the futu]re, [at any time, lodges a] complaint [...] (and) breaks the contract, may [at least two divine names] be his legal adversaries. [Should he litigate in his lawsuit,] he will not succeed. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [Witness: ..., the ṣārip duḫ]šî-craftsman of Nusku. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [Witness: ...]’a, tanner. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [Witness: ...]. Witn[ess:] ...-aḫu-[ē]ṭir. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [Witness: ... Witness:] Aḫu-iddina. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [Witness: ...]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [Witness: ...-ēṭ]iranni, scribe. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 11'11'–r 12'12' | [Month ...], 23rd day, [eponym year of Ašš]ur-bāni. |
| Reverse [12:14] r 13'13'– | [Witness: A]ššur-aḫu-iddina. |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 14't.e. 14'–t.e. 14't.e. 14' | [Witness: ...]-Aššur. |
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}x-x-x-x]-x | |
| 2 | [DUMU {m}x-x-x-x]-x-x | |
| 3 | [EN] ⸢GEME₂ SUM⸣ | |
| 4 | {[f}{d]}NIN.GAL-su-ri ⸢GEME₂⸣-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [u₂]-piš-ma {m}{d}30-EN-PAB | |
| 6 | [ina] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi 01 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 7 | ⸢il-qi⸣ kas-pi ⸢ga-mur⸣ | |
| 8 | [ta-din] GEME₂ ⸢šu⸣-a-ti | |
| 9 | [zar-pat] la-⸢qi-at tu-a-ru⸣ | |
| 10 | [de-e-nu] ⸢DUG₄.DUG₄⸣ la-[aš₂-šu₂] | |
| 11 | [man-nu ša ina] ⸢ur-kiš⸣ [ina ma-te-ma] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12 | [i-za-qu]-⸢pa⸣-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x]-u-[ni] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢GIL⸣-<u-ni> | |
| 3' | [x x x x] EN ⸢de-ni⸣-<šu₂> | |
| 4' | [ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄].⸢DUG₄-ma⸣ NU TI | |
| 5' | [IGI {m}x-x {lu₂}ṣa-rip-tuh]-ši-i ša₂ {d}PA.TUG₂ | |
| 6' | [IGI {m}x-x-x-x]-⸢x⸣-ʾa {lu₂}⸢AŠGAB⸣ | |
| 7' | [IGI {m}x-x-x-x] ⸢IGI⸣ {m}⸢x⸣-PAB-⸢KAR⸣ | |
| 8' | [IGI {m}x-x-x IGI] {m}⸢PAB⸣-AŠ | |
| 9' | [IGI {m}x-x-x-x]-⸢x⸣-(x) | |
| 10' | [IGI {m}x-x-KAR]-⸢ir⸣-a-ni {lu₂}A.BA | |
| 11' | {[iti}x] ⸢UD⸣-23-KAM | |
| 12' | [lim-mu {m}aš]-⸢šur⸣-ba-ni | |
| 13' | [IGI {m]}⸢aš⸣-šur-PAB-AŠ | |
| t.e. | ||
| 14' | [IGI {m}x-x]-aš-šur | |
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