Iraq 25, BT 125 (P522841)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Imgur-Enlil · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Iraq 25, BT 125 |
|---|---|
| ID | P522841 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Imgur-Enlil (mod. Balawat) |
| Coordinates | 36.2294, 43.4033 |
English translation
By ORACC project atae/imgurenlil · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | Instead of their seals, they impressed their fingernails. Fingernail of Aššur-ēṭiranni. Fingernail of Šarru-ēmuranni. Total: two men, the owners of the woman being sold. |
| Obverse [5:27] o 66– | Mullissu-ummī, their female slave – Mamu-iqbi has contracted and acquired (her) for one mina of silver. The money is paid completely. The woman is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint – be it these men, be it their sons, be it their grandsons, be it their ilku-duty superior, be it the prefect of their city, be it any relative of theirs – and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Mamu-iqbi and his brothers and his sons, he shall give five minas of silver and one mina of gold to Ištar who resides in Nineveh and return the money tenfold to its owners. He will litigate in his non-lawsuit, but he will not succeed. |
| Reverse [8:20] r 99– | Witness: Nārānu, Ninevite. Witness: Rībāti, Ninevite. Witness: Nabû-ahu-uṣur, ditto. Witness: BAL-šum-rība. Witess: Bābilāya. Witness: Ṭāb-šār-Nabû. Witness: Ezbu. Witness: Marduk-ibni. Witness: Nergal-šarru-uṣur. Witness: Witness: Kalbu. Month Addaru (XII), eponym year of Zazāya. Witness: Nabû-šumu-lešir, scribe, holder of the tablet. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ku-um {na₄}KIŠIB-šu₂-nu ṣu-pur-šu₂-nu | |
| 2 | iš-kun-nu | |
| 3 | ṣu-pur {m}aš-šur-KAR-ir-a-ni | |
| 4 | ṣu-pur {m}LUGAL-IGI.LAL-a-ni | |
| 5 | PAB 02 LU₂.MEŠ EN MI₂ SUM-na | |
| 6 | {f}NIN.LIL₂-um-mi₃ GEME₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 7 | u₂-piš-ma {m}{d}MA.MU₂-iq-bi | |
| 8 | ina ŠA₃-bi 01 MA.NA KUG.UD il-qi | |
| 9 | kas-pu gam-mur ta-din MI₂ šu₂-tu₂ | |
| 10 | za-ar-pa-at la-qi-at | |
| 11 | tu-a-ru de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ | |
| 12 | la-aš₂-šu man-nu ša ur-kiš | |
| 13 | ina mat-<e>-ma i-za-qu-pa-a-ni | |
| 14 | lu-u LU₂.MEŠ an-nu-te lu-u | |
| 15 | [DUMU].⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂-nu ⸢lu⸣-u DUMU-DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu DUMU-DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 16 | ⸢lu⸣-u EN ⸢il⸣-ki-šu₂-nu | |
| 17 | ⸢lu⸣-u {lu₂}GAR-nu ⸢URU⸣-šu-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 18 | ⸢lu-u mam₂⸣-ma-⸢nu⸣-šu₂-[nu] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | TA {m}{d}MA.MU₂-iq-bi | |
| 2 | u₂ PAB.MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 3 | de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ ub-ta-u-ni | |
| 4 | 05 MA.NA KUG.UD 01 MA.NA KUG.GI | |
| 5 | a-na {d}IŠ.TAR a-ši-bat | |
| 6 | {uru}NINA SUM-an kas-pu a-na 10.MEŠ | |
| 7 | a-na EN.MEŠ-šu₂ u₂-ta-ra | |
| 8 | ina la de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄ la₃ ⸢TI⸣ | |
| 9 | IGI {m}na-ra-nu DUMU-{uru}NINA | |
| 10 | IGI {m}ri-ba-te DUMU-{uru}NINA | |
| 11 | IGI {m}{d}PA-PAB-PAB | |
| 12 | IGI {m}BAL-šum-ri-ba | |
| 13 | IGI {m}KA₂.DINGIR-a-a | |
| 14 | IGI {m}DUG₃.GA-IM-{d}PA | |
| 15 | IGI {m}ez-bu IGI {m}{d}MES-DU₃ | |
| 16 | IGI {m}U.GUR-MAN-PAB IGI {m}⸢kal⸣-bu | |
| 17 | {iti}ŠE lim-mu {m}za-za-ia | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | IGI {m}{d}PA-MU-GIŠ | |
| 2 | {lu₂}A.BA ṣa-bit | |
| 3 | e-gir₂-te | |
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