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SAAB 09, 071 (P528294)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAAB 09, 071 |
|---|---|
| ID | P528294 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09330 |
| 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}aš-šur]-⸢ZU⸣ {na₄}KIŠIB {m}mu-SIG₅-aš-šur | Seal of Assur-le’i, seal of Mudammeq-Assur |
| 2 | {[na₄]}KIŠIB {⸢m}{d}UTU⸣-re-u₂-a | Seal of Šamaš-ērēa |
| 3 | PAB 03 ⸢DUMU⸣.MEŠ ⸢ša₂⸣ {[m}šum]-⸢mu⸣-aš-šur {lu₂}KA.⸢KEŠ₂⸣ ša₂ aš-šur | in all 3 ēšu-priests, e3-priestess, Šam-êm-aṣşur, the gatekeeper of Ašrāku. |
| 4 | [x x]-⸢pat⸣.MEŠ a-nu-ut E₂ | ...-epaṭšu, the furnishings of the house |
| 5 | [x]+x.MEŠ sa-a URUDU.MEŠ {dug}kal-lu | ... of copper jars |
| 6 | {⸢dug⸣}sih-ha-ru ša ina IGI AD-šu₂-nu | The siḫaru-vessel which is in front of their father |
| 7 | ina TI.LA-šu u₂-ram-mu-u-ni | (If) he dies in his life |
| 8 | ur-ki AD-šu₂-nu a-na HA.LA is-sak-nu | After that, their father has set up a share. |
| 9 | {m}tab-URU-a.a 20 ANŠE {še}PAD-⸢MEŠ⸣ | Tabalayu 20 homers of barley-fed, |
| 10 | 1/2 MA.NA 02 GIN₂ KU₃.UD ša e-gir₂-a-te | Half a mina and two shekels of silver from the documents. |
| 11 | ⸢PAB⸣ an-ni-tu₂ HA.LA ša {m}mu-SIG₅-aš-šur | This (is) the share of Mudammeq-Assur. |
| 12 | {⸢mi₂}{d}ur-kit-LUGAL-PAB 20 ANŠE {še}PAD.MEŠ⸣ | I, Urkittu-šarru-uṣur, 20 donkey stallions |
| 13 | 1/2 MA.NA 02 GIN₂ KU₃.UD ša e-gir₂-a-ti | Half a mina and two shekels of silver from the documents. |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | [PAB an-ni]-tu₂ HA.LA ša {m}aš-šur-ZU | All this is the share of Assur-le’i. |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x {m}tab]-URU-a.a | ... Tabalayu |
| 2 | [x x x {mi₂}{d}ur]-kit-LUGAL-PAB | Urkittu-šarru-uṣur |
| 3 | [x x] ⸢ša⸣ {m}aš-šur-ZU | ... Assur-lēʾi |
| 4 | [x x {m]}{⸢d}UTU⸣-SIPA-u₂-a | ... Šamaš-rē’ia |
| 5 | [x x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ IL₂ | ... carried |
| 6 | 20 ANŠE {še}PAD.MEŠ⸣ 1/2 MA 02 GIN₂ KU₃.UD | 20 homers of emmer, 1/2 mina 2 shekels of silver |
| 7 | PAB an-ni-tu₂ HA.LA ša {m}{d}UTU-SIPA-u-a | All this is the share of Šamaš-rē’ūa. |
| 8 | [HA].⸢LA⸣ par-sa-at TA IGI a-he-iš uṭ-ṭu-ru | “(If) it is surrounded by a halo, it is split apart from each other— |
| 9 | [mam₂-mu TA] ⸢mam₂⸣-mu la i-dab₂-bu-ub | no one shall litigate against the other. |
| 10 | [man-nu ša ina ur]-⸢kiš⸣ ina ⸢ma-te-ma BAL-u⸣-ni | Whoever in the future, at any time, breaks the contract |
| 11 | {[d}aš-šur {d}UTU] EN {d}PA {d}GAŠAN | Ashur, Šamaš, Lord Nabû, Lady |
| 12 | {⸢d⸣}[x x x] ⸢lu EN⸣-de-ni-šu | “Eštar, lord of his lawsuit, |
| 13 | a-de-e ša LUGAL ina ŠU-šu₂ lu-ba-i-u | May the treaty of the king be binding on him. |
| 14 | {mi₂}{d}ur-kit-a-na-de-ni-ia a-na AMA-šu₂-nu | Urkittu-ana-deniya to their mother |
| 15 | it-tan-nu | they have given. |
| 16 | {mi₂}še-ru-u-a-ta-di-nat-ru-uq-pi | Šerū’a-taddinat-ruqpi, |
| 17 | {m}{d}UTU-SIPA-u₂-a ina UGU HA.LA-šu₂ IL₂ | Šamaš-rē’ûa has taken it as his share. |
| 18 | {m}⸢x-ša₂ {m⸣}DINGIR-a-ka-i ki 03 MA KU₃.UD | E22-ša and Ila'i for 3 minas of silver |
| 19 | [x x x x] šu-nu is-sak-nu | ... he placed |
| 20 | [IGI {m}x x x x {lu₂]}A.BA E₂-DINGIR | Witness , scribe of the temple. |
| 21 | [IGI {m}x x x x]+x 03-u | Witness ..., 'third man.' |
| t.e. | ||
| 22 | [IGI {m}x x x x]-di | Witness ...di. |
| 23 | [IGI {m}x x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}lah₂-hi-nu | [Witness NN, e]lû-lahhinu. |
| 24 | [IGI {m}x x x {lu₂]}⸢GAL⸣-pil₂-ka-ni | Witness NN, chief ecstatic. |
| 25 | [IGI {m}x x]-mu-x {lu₂}SANGA {d}a-num | Witness: ...mu, priest of Anu |
| 26 | [IGI {m}x x]-na-a {lu₂}SANGA {d}30 | [Witness ...]nâ, priest of Sin. |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [IGI {m}x x x]-an-in-an-⸢ni⸣ [IGI {m}x x]-še-zib-a-ni | [Witness ...]-aninanni-e3. Witness ...-šezibanni. |
| 2 | [IGI {m}x (x)]-tab-ni-PAB GAL-10 [IGI {m}aš]-šur-LAL-a-ni | Witness ...-tabni-uṣur, commander-of-ten. Witness Ašur-taqqinanni. |
| 3 | [IGI {m]}I-DINGIR [IGI {m]}⸢iq⸣-bi-aš-šur | Witness: Na’di-ilu. Witness: Iqībi-Ašsvur. |
| 4 | [IGI {m]}mu-še-zib-aš-šur [IGI {m]}aš-šur-AŠ | Witness Mušezib-Assur. Witness Assur-iddina. |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 5 | {iti}KIN.DIRIG UD-09-[KAM₂] | On the 9th of Ululu |
| 6 | lim-mu {m}EN-KUR-u-[a] | eponym year of Bel-šadû'a. |
| 7 | IGI {m}aš-šur-bi-[sun] | Witness Assur-bisunu. |
| 8 | IGI {m}ia-qi-⸢ru⸣ | Witness Iaqi-eru. |
| r.e. i | ||
| 1 | 15 [GIN₂ {m]}mu-SIG-aš-šur i-ti-⸢din⸣ | 15 shekels: Mudammiq-Assur, Iti-edin; |
| 2 | 1/2 MA⸣ HA.LA {m}aš-šur-ZU i-ti-din | Half a mina of the share of Assur-lē’i gave. |
| 3 | PAB 01 MA.NA KU₃.UD | Total: 1 mina of silver. |
| r.e. ii | ||
| 1 | pu-ut {m}DINGIR-a-ka-i | in the charge of Ilākayu, |
| 2 | pu-ut {m}ṣil-aš-šur | against Gilgamesh |
| 3 | {m}{d}UTU-SIPA-u-a IL₂ | Šamaš-rē’û'a, porter; |
| 4 | IGI {m}ARAD-aš-šur | Witness Urdu-Assur. |
| 5 | {lu₂}⸢UŠ⸣.BAR | the ērib-priest |
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