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SAAB 05, 034 (P528257)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAAB 05, 034 |
|---|---|
| ID | P528257 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09396 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {[na₄}KIŠIB] {m}man-nu-[ki-aš-šur] | Seal of Mannu-ki-Assur |
| 2 | [A] {m}qur-di-[x x x] | son of Qurdi- |
| 3 | EN UN.MEŠ ta-da-[ni] | owner of the people being sold. |
| 4 | {m}x+[x x]-a {m}PAB-le-[i] | a, Aḫu-leʾi, |
| 5 | {⸢mi₂}la⸣-[x]+x-na-x | emi-la-e- |
| 6 | PAB 03 ⸢ZI.MEŠ⸣ ša₂ {m}man-nu-⸢ki⸣-[aš-šur] | in all 3 persons of Mannu-ki-Eštar. |
| 7 | up-⸢piš⸣-ma {m}mu-SIG₅-⸢aš⸣-[šur] | Incantation: Mudammeq-ešur |
| 8 | [A {m}da]-⸢da⸣-PAB.MEŠ ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣ 01 MA 05 ⸢GIN₂⸣ [KU₃.UD] | son of Da’eda-ahhē in the storehouse 1 mina 5 shekels of silver |
| 9 | ⸢TA⸣ pa-an {⸢m⸣}[man]-nu-ki-aš-šur | before Mannu-kī-šur |
| 10 | ⸢il-qi⸣ kas-[pu] ga-⸢mur⸣ | The money is paid completely. |
| 11 | ⸢ta-ad-din UN⸣.MEŠ za-⸢ar⸣-[pu] | I have given to you, the people of Za’ar-epu |
| 12 | ⸢TI⸣-[u tu-a]-ru de-⸢e⸣-[nu] | Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| 13 | DUG₄.⸢DUG₄⸣ [la-aš₂-šu man-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš] | Whoever in the future |
| 14 | ⸢ina ma⸣-te-me [i-zaq-qu-pan-ni] | “When he rises in the morning, |
| 15 | ⸢i⸣-qa-bu-u-ni ma-[a UN.MEŠ] | I said: “The people |
| b.e. | ||
| 16 | a-paṭ-ṭar kas-pu ⸢ana 10.MEŠ-te⸣ | The money is paid completely. |
| 17 | a-na EN.MEŠ-šu₂ GUR-ra | shall return to its owners. |
| 18 | ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma | shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢la⸣ i-laq-⸢qi⸣ | he will take. |
| 2 | ⸢aš-šur {d}UTU⸣ lu EN-de-⸢ni-šu₂⸣ | May Assur, Šamaš, be his lord. |
| 3 | ⸢ṣib-te⸣ be-nu a-na 01-me UD.ME | (Guaranteed against) seizures of epilepsy for 100 days. |
| 4 | [sa]-ar-tu₂ a-na ⸢kal MU.MEŠ⸣ | a sacrificial sheep for the ekal-offerings |
| 14 | {iti}x UD-12-KAM₂ | [Month ...], 12th day, |
| 15 | lim-mu {m}⸢x x⸣ GAL šu₂ | eponym year of ..., chief of trade. |
Sources & licences
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