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SAA 14 023. Bel-duri Lends Barley and an Ox (658-VI-18) (ADD 0152)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) 32 homers and 5 seahs of barley and one wagon-ox belonging to the crown prince, under the control of Bel-duri, governor of the crown prince, at the disposal of Nargî of the town Balaṭu. (6) In lieu of the barley and in lieu of the ox, he shall serve Bel-duri. (8) Whenever someone brings the barley and the oxen, he shall redeem the man. (r 1) Witness Aššur-šarru-uṣur, royal bodyguard from Balaṭu. (r 3) Witness Aššur-le'i. Witness Aššur-re'ûšunu from Balaṭu. (r 4) Witness Urdu-Issar. (r 5) Witness Bel-abu-uṣur. Witness Ki-Mama, from Naṣibina. (r 6) Witness Bel-Harran-abu-uṣur, from Balaṭu. (r 7) Witness Ilu-remanni, limestone man. (r 8) Month Elul (VI), 18th day, eponym year of Ša-Nabû-šû.
Source: Mattila, R. 2002. Legal Transactions of the Royal Court of Nineveh, Part II: Assurbanipal through Sin-šarru-iškun. SAA 14. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa14/P335103/
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Transliteration
32 ANŠE 5(bán) ŠE.PAD-MEŠ / 01 GUD.NÍTA ša GIŠ.ta-lak-te / ša DUMU—MAN ša ŠU.2 mEN—BÀD / LÚv.EN.NAM ša DUMU—MAN / ina IGI mnar-gi-i ša URU.ba*-la*-MEŠ / ku-um ŠE.PAD-MEŠ ku-um GUD.NÍTA / a-na mEN—BÀD i-pa-làḫ-šú / ša man ša ŠE.BAR GUD-MEŠ / ú-še-rab-a-ni / LÚ ú-še-ṣa / IGI maš-šur—MAN—PAB LÚv.qur!-ZAG / URU.ba-laṭ-a.a / IGI maš-šur—ZU IGI maš-šur—SIPA-šú-nu / URU.ba-laṭ-a.a IGI mARAD—15 / IGI…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335103.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) ? — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335103). source
Translation excerpted from Mattila, R. 2002. Legal Transactions of the Royal Court of Nineveh, Part II: Assurbanipal through Sin-šarru-iškun. SAA 14. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa14/P335103/.
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