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SAAB 05, 053 (P528276)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAAB 05, 053 |
|---|---|
| ID | P528276 |
| Museum no. | VAT 15501 |
| 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 | ||
| 4' | {[m}SU]-⸢PAB⸣.MEŠ [x x x] | Riba-ahhe |
| 5' | 0 A {m}bal-[x x x x] | son of Bal- |
| 6' | ⸢il⸣-qi kas₂-pu [gam-mur ta-din] | The money is paid completely. |
| 7' | ⸢LU₂⸣ za-rip ⸢la⸣-[qi] | ēlu-plant, purchased and acquired. |
| 8' | ⸢tu-a-ru de⸣-[e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂] | Any revocation, lawsuit or litigation is void. |
| 9' | ⸢man⸣-nu ša₂ ina ur-kiš [ina ma-te-ma] | Whoever in the future, at any time |
| 10' | ⸢lu⸣-u {m}EN-DINGIR-E-[u-ni] | Bel-ilī-iqbi-uni |
| 11' | lu-u {m}SU-⸢PAB⸣.[MEŠ] | or Eriba-ahhe |
| b.e. | ||
| 12' | ⸢lu⸣-u DUMU-šu₂-nu lu-u ⸢DUMU⸣-[DUMU-šu₂-nu] | their sons or their grandsons |
| 13' | ⸢lu⸣-u DUMU-(ŠEŠ)-šu₂ lu-u ša₂-ak-⸢nu⸣-[šu₂-nu] | “May his son be their šakku-priest |
| 14' | lu-u ša₂ qin-ni-šu₂ lu-u qur-⸢ub⸣-[šu₂-nu] | or his hand, or his chest |
| 15' | ša de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ | Any lawsuit or litigation is void. |
| r | ||
| 1 | TA {m}IM-DINGIR u₃ ⸢DUMU⸣-[šu₂] | from Šar-ilu and his son |
| 2 | u₃ DUMU-DUMU-šu₂ ub-ta-u-[ni] | and his grandson brought |
| 3 | ub-ta-u-ni ma-a ⸢LU₂⸣ | “The ēšû-priest |
| 4 | a-paṭ-ṭar kas-pu a-na 10.MEŠ-[te] | The money is paid completely. |
| 5 | a-na EN-šu₂ ((šu)) GUR | to its owner |
| 6 | ina de-ni-šu₂ DUG₄.DUG₄-ma | shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| 7 | la i-laq-qi | he shall not take. |
| 8 | aš-šur {d}UTU EN {d}PA lu EN-⸢de⸣-[ni-šu₂] | I ask you, Šamaš, lord of Nabû, may it be his en-priestess |
| 9 | ṣib-tu₂ be-nu 01-me UD-me sa-⸢ar⸣-[tu₂] | (Guaranteed against) seizures of epilepsy for 100 days (and against) fraud forever. |
| 10 | ina ka-la MU.AN.NA-[MEŠ] | for all years |
| 11 | [IGI {m]}{d}UTU-MAN-PAB A {m}ku-⸢ur⸣-[x x] | Witness: Šamaš-šarru-uṣur, son of Ku-eur-. |
| 12 | [IGI {m}qur]-⸢di⸣-15 [x x] | Witness Qurdi-Eštar, . |
| 13 | [IGI {m}x x]-ša₂-ba [x x x] | Witness ...šaba, . |
| 14 | [IGI {m}x x]-ṭu [x x x] | Witness ...-ṭbu, . |
| 15 | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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