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SAAB 05, 039 (P528262)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAAB 05, 039 |
|---|---|
| ID | P528262 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09380 |
| 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}30-I {lu₂}ha-za-nu | Seal of Sîn-na'di, mayor |
| 2 | EN MI₂ ta-da-ni | owner of the woman being sold. |
| 3 | {mi₂}DU₃-at-{e₂}⸢sag-gil₂⸣ GEME₂ | DU₃-at-esaggil-e23, the female kid |
| 4 | ⸢ša⸣ {m}{d}30-I | “Ištar-na’di, |
| 5 | [u₂-piš]-⸢ma⸣ {m}mu-SIG₅-aš-šur | “Property of Mudammiq-Assur |
| 6 | [ina ŠA₃ x MA].⸢NA⸣ 05 GIN₂ KU₃.UD | in exchange for x minas of eše3 5 shekels of silver |
| 7 | ina ⸢MA⸣.[NA-e] ⸢ša⸣ {kur}gar-gam-mis | in the Nār-ēreš canal, the canal of Carchemish |
| 8 | ⸢il⸣-[qi kas]-⸢pu⸣ gam-[mur] | The money is paid completely. |
| 9 | ta-⸢din⸣ [MI₂ šu₂-a-tu₂ zar-pat] | Ta’edinae, that woman is split |
| 10 | la-qi-⸢at⸣ [tu₂-a-ru de-e-nu] | Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. |
| 11 | DUG₄.DUG₄ [la-aš₂-šu₂] | litigation is void |
| r | ||
| 1 | man-nu ša ip-⸢par₂⸣-[rik-u-ni] | Whoever breaks the contract |
| 2 | aš-šur {d}UTU lu EN [de-ni-šu₂] | May I, Šamaš, be lord of his lawsuit |
| 3 | še-e-hu bir-ti ⸢ITI⸣-[MEŠ] | Received by the intercalary months. |
| 4 | sa-ar-tu₂ DU₃ MU.AN.NA-[MEŠ] | sartu-offerings for years |
| 5 | IGI {m}aš-šur-mu-SIG DUMU {m}su-sa-⸢a⸣.[a] | Witness Assur-mudammiq, son of Susa-ea. |
| 6 | IGI {m}U.GUR-SUM-na I₃.DU₈ | Witness Nergal-iddina, gate-guard. |
| 7 | IGI {m}E-aš-šur {lu₂}GAL-{uru}hu-⸢un⸣-dir-a.[a] | Witness Ea-šur, chief of the Huediraeans. |
| 8 | ⸢IGI⸣ {m}{d}PA-BAD₃ {lu₂}:-še-lap-pa-a.a | Witness: Nabû-dūrī, ditto. |
| 9 | [IGI {m]}mu-šal₂-lim-aš-šur | Witness Mušallim-Assur. |
| 10 | [IGI {m]}bi-ir-na-a | Witness Birnâ. |
| 11 | [IGI {m]}⸢tar⸣-di-tu₂-⸢aš-šur⸣ [x] | Witness: Etar-ditu-eašsvur, . |
| 12 | [IGI {m]}sa-kip-[aš-šur x] | Witness Sakip-Assur, . |
| 13 | [IGI {m]}su-u-[su x] | Witness Susu, . |
| 14 | [IGI {m}aš]-šur-SAG-[iš] | Witness Assur-rēša-iš. |
| 15 | [IGI {m}šum]-⸢mu⸣-I₃.[GAL₂-DINGIR] | Witness: Šum-emu-ēṭer-ili. |
| 16 | {[iti}x UD]-10+[x-KAM₂] | The 10+xth day of the month |
| 17 | ⸢lim-mu {m}aš-šur-gar⸣-[u-a-ni-ri] | eminent one, Assur-garu'a-neri |
| t.e. | ||
| 18 | IGI {m}aš-šur-ba-ni | Witness Assurbāni. |
| 19 | IGI {m}ki-ṣir-aš-šur | Witness Kiṣir-ašarēd. |
| 20 | IGI {m}šum-mu-u-še-zib | Witness Šummu-ušezib. |
Sources & licences
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