Akkadica Supp. 13, ACP 04 (P522853)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Akkadica Supp. 13, ACP 04 |
|---|---|
| ID | P522853 |
| Museum no. | MRAH O.3695 |
| Collection | Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Ma'allanate (mod. uncertain) |
English translation
By ORACC project atae/mallanate · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | Seal of Kalḫāiu, kāṣiru-administrator of the palace, the owner of the man being sold. |
| Obverse [3:12] o 44– | Regarding Šamaš-ahu-uṣur, his slave: Handî has contracted and acquired (him) from Kalhāiu for 1 1/2 mina of silver (using) the Carchemish weight. The silver is paid completely. That man is purchased (and) acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. Whoever in the future, at any time, whether Adda-qatar, or his children, or his relations, whoever it may be, who seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Handî, his sons, or his descendants, shall deposit 10 minas of pure silver and 1 mina of refined gold in the lap of Ishtar of Nineveh. He shall pay the money tenfold to its owner. Should he litigate in the lawsuit, he will not succeed. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | (There is a guarantee) against an epileptic attack for 100 days and (against) falsehood forever. Whoever objects shall pay 5 minas of silver. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Witness: Bēl-ēmuranni. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Witness: Ṭābi. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Witness: Tagibî. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Witness: Illil-ahu-uṣur. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Witness: Nergal-balliṭ. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Witness: Ab-rāmu. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | Month of Nisannu (I), 28th (day), eponym year of Mannu-kī-Adad. |
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}{uru}kal-ha-a-a | |
| 2 | {lu₂}KA.KEŠ₂ ša₂ E₂.GAL | |
| 3 | EN LU₂ SUM-ni | |
| 4 | {m}{d}UTU-PAB-PAB ARAD-šu₂ | |
| 5 | u₂-ta-piš {m}ha-an-di-i | |
| 6 | ina ŠA₃-bi 01 1/2 MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 7 | ina ša {uru}gar-ga-mis | |
| 8 | TA IGI {m}{uru}kal-ha-a-a il-qi | |
| 9 | kas-pu gam-mur ta-din | |
| 10 | LU₂ za-rip la-qi | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11 | de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | DIB be-en-nu ina 01 me UD-MEŠ | |
| 2 | sa-ar-tu₂ a-na kal UD-MEŠ | |
| 3 | ša ib-bal-kat₃-u-ni | |
| 4 | 05 MA.NA KUG.UD SUM-an | |
| 5 | IGI {m}EN-IGI.LAL-a-ni | |
| 6 | IGI {m}DUG₃-bi-i | |
| 7 | IGI {m}ta-gi-bi-i | |
| 8 | IGI {m}BE-PAB-PAB | |
| 9 | IGI {m}U.GUR-bal-liṭ | |
| 10 | IGI {m}AD-ra-mu | |
| 11 | {iti}BARAG UD-28 | |
| 12 | lim-mu {m}man-nu-ki-10 | |
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