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SAAB 09, 078 (P528301)
Legal, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAAB 09, 078 |
|---|---|
| ID | P528301 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08592 |
| 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}{d}[IM-mil-ku-KAM-eš] | Seal of Adad-milku-ereš |
| 2 | A {m}aš-šur-I {[lu₂}TUG₂.UD] | from the Assur-na’id family |
| 3 | EN UN.MEŠ ta-⸢da-ni⸣ | owner of the people being sold. |
| 4 | {mi₂}ši-ti-KAL-at {m}{d}aš-šur-UŠ₂-TI.LA DUMU-ša₂ | Vīti-taqqinat, son of Esarhaddon, |
| 5 | PAB 02 ZI-⸢MEŠ⸣ ARAD.MEŠ-ni | in all 2 female workers, servants of the king. |
| 6 | ša {m}{d}⸢IM⸣-mil-ku-KAM-eš | From Šamaš-šar-ēmilkum-eresh. |
| 7 | A {m}aš-šur-I {lu₂}TUG₂.UD | son of Assur-na’id, the šangû-priest |
| 8 | u₂-⸢piš⸣-ma {m}SU-aš-⸢šur⸣ | has contracted and Erība-ašur-e23 |
| 9 | ina ŠA₃-[bi x] 1/2 MA 04 GIN₂ KU₃.UD ⸢TA⸣ [IGI] | in exchange for x 1/2 mina 4 shekels of silver from the ēštu-house |
| 10 | {m}{d}[IM]-⸢mil⸣-ku-KAM-eš il-[qi] | Adad-eliku-ereš took (it). |
| 11 | [kas-pu gam]-mur ta-din UN-⸢MEŠ⸣ | The money is paid completely. The people are purchased and acquired. |
| 12 | ⸢šu⸣-[a-tu₂] ⸢up⸣-[pu]-šu₂ za-rip-pu | “If he slips through the cracks of his nose, |
| 13 | [la]-⸢qi-u₂⸣ tu-a-ru de-nu | Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation |
| 14 | [DUG₄].DUG₄ la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu ša ina ur-kiš | There is no (further) lawsuit (or) litigation. Whoever in the future |
| 15 | [ina ma]-te-me lu-u {m}{d}IM-mil-ku-KAM-eš | At any time, whether Adad-milku-ereš |
| 16 | [lu-u] DUMU.ME-e-šu₂ lu-u DUMU-DUMU-⸢ME-e⸣-šu₂ | or his sons, or his grandsons |
| 17 | [x x x x] x [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [ina de-ni]-šu₂ ⸢DUG₄⸣.DUG₄-šu₂ la [TI] | He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| 2' | {[d}aš-šur {d}UTU] EN u {d}PA lu-u ⸢EN⸣-[de-ni-šu₂] | May Assur, Šamaš, lord and Nabû be his legal adversaries. |
| 3' | [šib-tu₂ be-nu] ina 01-me ⸢UD⸣.ME sa-ar-tu₂ | (Guaranteed against) seizures of epilepsy for 100 days (and against) fraud forever. |
| 4' | [ana] kal ⸢MU⸣.ME še-hu ina bir-te ITI.ME | (Guaranteed against) seizures of epilepsy for all time, (against) fraud between months. |
| 5' | IGI {m}[x x]+x-a {lu₂}NINDA | Witness a, baker. |
| 6' | IGI {m}[x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | Witness . |
| 7' | IGI {m}[x x x x x] | Witness ....... |
| 8' | IGI {m}x+[x x] ⸢x x⸣ | Witness . |
| 9' | IGI {m}⸢tar-di⸣-tu₂-x+[x] | Witness: Etardi-etu. |
| 10' | IGI {m}[x]-qa-bur IGI {m}nu-ri-[x x] | Witness ...-qabur. Witness Nuri. |
| 11' | ⸢IGI⸣ {[m}aš]-⸢šur⸣-ZU A {m}TUKUL-tu₂-aš-⸢šur⸣ | Witness: Ašši-Ezida, son of Tukultī-Assyria |
| 12' | ⸢IGI⸣ {[m]}⸢rem₂⸣-ana-{d}15 {lu₂}NINDA | Witness: Rēmû-ana-Ištar, baker |
| 13' | [IGI {m]}bi-su-u-a.a | Witness Bisu'ayu. |
| 14' | ⸢IGI {m⸣}ṭu-si-i | Witness: Abusî. |
| 15' | IGI {m}{iti}AB-a.a | Witness Kanunayu. |
| 16' | IGI {m}kak-ku-su | Witness Kakkussu. |
| 17' | IGI {m}{d}PA-MU-GIN | Witness Nabû-šumu-ukin. |
| 18' | IGI {m}qur-di-aš-šur IGI {m}{d}15-NUMUN-AŠ | Witness Qurdi-Assur. Witness Issar-zeru-iddina. |
| 19' | IGI {m}aš-šur-SAG-iš-ši | Witness Assur-rēša-iši. |
| t.e. | ||
| 20' | {iti}ŠU ⸢UD⸣-[x-KAM₂] | Month of Du’uzu |
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