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SAAB 05, 051 (P528274)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAAB 05, 051 |
|---|---|
| ID | P528274 |
| Museum no. | VAT 15500 |
| 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}sin-qi₂-15 [DUMU {m}x x] | Seal of Sinqi-Issar, son of |
| 2 | {⸢lu₂}x x⸣-bi-li EN ⸢x x⸣ | “Lord of ..., lord of |
| 3 | {m}⸢qi₂-bit⸣-aš-šur DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {m}sin-qi₂-15 | Eqibit-Easur, son of Sinqi-Issar; |
| 4 | 04 ⸢ru⸣-ṭu la-an-šu | 4 ēru-eṭu-vessels, his length; |
| 5 | {m}mu-šal-lim-aš-šur a-na DUMU-u-ti i-ši | Mušallim-Assur has taken it as a son. |
| 6 | 15 GIN₂ KU₃.UD {m}mu-šal-lim-[aš-šur] | 15 shekels of silver: Mušallim-Assur |
| 7 | na-mur-tu₂ a-na {m}sin-qi₂-15 [u₂-sa]-⸢lim⸣ | He presented the audience gift to Sinqi-Issar. |
| 8 | 07 ⸢DUMU.UŠ⸣.MEŠ-šu₂ ša₂ {[m]}⸢mu-šal⸣-[lim-aš-šur] | 7 female slaves belonging to Mušallim-Assur |
| 9 | ⸢li-bi-ši-u⸣ {m}⸢qi₂⸣-[bit-aš-šur DUMU.UŠ-šu₂] GAL-u | Elibbi-šî, son of Eqībit-Assur, |
| 10 | de-e-nu DUG₄.⸢DUG₄⸣ [tu-a-ru la-aš₂-šu₂] | Any revocation, lawsuit or litigation is void. |
| 11 | [kas]-pu gam-mur [ta-din x x x] | The money is paid completely. |
| 12 | ⸢man-nu ša₂ ib-bal⸣-[kat-u-ni (x x)] | Whoever violates (this agreement) |
| 13 | {⸢d⸣}[MAŠ] {d}aš-šur u {d}[UTU lu EN-de-ni-šu₂] | May Ea, Ninurta, Assur and Šamaš be his prosecutors. |
| 14 | [a-de-e ša₂] ⸢MAN⸣ ina ŠU.2-šu₂ [lu-ba-ʾi-u] | May the treaty of Šarru-ešarra be brought into his hands. |
| 15 | [x x x]-ba-[x x x x] | ...... |
| 16 | [šum]-⸢ma⸣ {m}mu-šal-lim-⸢aš⸣-[šur x x x] | If Mušallim-Eašur |
| 17 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ {m}qi₂-bit-[aš-šur] ina [x x x] | on top of Qibit-Assur in ... |
| b.e. | ||
| 18 | i-ta-bal-⸢kat⸣ 0 | he will carry off. |
| 19 | 0 i-qa-bi ma-a la ⸢DUMU⸣.[UŠ] | he says: “I am not a descendant of a slave |
| 20 | dan-nu šu-u₂ 0 | That strong one |
| 21 | 01 MA.NA KU₃.UD 01 MA.NA KU₃.GI | [1 mina of silver, 1 min]a of gold, |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina bur-ki {d}NIN.LIL₂ GAR-an | You place in the lap of Mullissu. |
| 2 | 02 ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ BABBAR.MEŠ ina KI.TA {[d}aš-šur] | 2 white horses under Assur |
| 3 | i-ra-kas 04 {anše}har-(ba)-kan-ni.MEŠ | 4 harbakannu-vessels |
| 4 | ina GIR₃.2 {d}MAŠ.MAŠ u₂-še-rab | At the feet of Nergal he brought in |
| 5 | DUMU.UŠ-šu₂ GAL-u ina IGI {d}ha-am-ri ša₂ {d}IM [GIBIL₂] | his grandson in the presence of Ḫamru of Adad rebuilt. |
| 6 | kas-pu a-na 10.MEŠ-te a-na EN-šu₂ GUR | The money is paid tenfold to its owner. |
| 7 | ina la de-ni-šu₂ i-da-bu-ub-ma | He shall contest in his non-lawsuit and |
| 8 | la i-laq-qi | he shall not take. |
| 9 | IGI {m}aš-šur-SU A {m}ARAD-{d}PA | Witness Assur-eriba, son of Urdu-Nabû. |
| 10 | IGI {m}HE₂.NUN-a.a ENGAR ša₂ E₂-KI.MAH | Witness Nuhšaya, farmer of the Emaḫ. |
| 11 | IGI {m}aš-šur-I A {m}ARAD-{d}PA | Witness Assur-na'id, son of Urdu-Nabû. |
| 12 | IGI {m}aš-šur-tak-lak A {m}ARAD-{d}PA | Witness Assurbanipal, son of Urdu-Nabû. |
| 13 | IGI {m}aš-šur-bal-liṭ A {m}aš-šur-kil-la-a-ni | Witness Assur-balliṭ, son of Asur-killanni. |
| 14 | IGI {m}tu₂-ti-i ENGAR ša₂ DUMU-MAN | Witness: Tutî, farmer of the crown prince |
| 15 | IGI {m}aš-šur-AŠ-PAB A {m}ka-te-si | Witness Assur-nadin-ahi, son of Katesi. |
| 16 | {iti}ŠE UD-08-KAM | 8th day of Du'uzu. |
| 17 | lim-mu {m}sa {lu₂}GAL-MU | eponym year of Sa, chief cook. |
| 18 | IGI {m}aš-šur-rem₂-a-ni A.BA | Witness Assur-remanni, scribe. |
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