Position in chronology
SAA 14 029. Kiṣir-Aššur Buys a Woman (*636-XI-3) (ADD 0207)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 14(1) Seal of Bel-ahhešu, son of Šamaš-abu'a, horse trainer of the personal guard, owner of the woman being sold. (seal impression) (4) Arbail-šarrat, maid of Bel-ahhešu — (6) Kiṣir-Aššur, cohort commander of the bodyguard of the crown prince, has contracted and bought her for 1 1/2 minas of silver from Bel-ahhešu. (9) That woman is contracted, purchased and acquired. The money is paid completely. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. (13) At any time, be it Bel-ahhešu or his sons or his grandsons, who seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Kiṣir-Aššur and his sons, (18) he shall…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 14 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
NA₄.KIŠIB mEN—PAB-MEŠ-šu / DUMU mdUTU—AD-u-a LÚv.GIGIR—GÌR.2 / EN MÍ SUM-ni / MÍ.arba-ìl—šár-rat GÉME-šú / ša mEN—PAB-MEŠ-šú up-piš-ma / mki-ṣir—aš-šur LÚv.GAL—ki-ṣir qur-ZAG / ša A—MAN ina ŠÀ-bi 01 1/2 MA.NA KUG.UD / TAv IGI mEN—PAB-MEŠ-šú il-qi / MÍ šu-a-tú up-pu-šat / zar-pat laq-qi-at kas-pu / gam-mur ta-a*-din tu-a-ru / DUG₄.DUG₄ la-áš-šú / ina ma-te-me lu-u mEN—PAB-MEŠ-šú / lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šú…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335154.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335154). 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/P335154/.
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