Position in chronology
SAA 14 041. Kakkullanu Leases 20 Hectares of Field in Qurubi (*625-X-3) (ADD 0623)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 14(1) Seal of Šamaš-balliṭanni, seal of Urdu-Issar, in all 2 sons of Abu-eriba, from Qurubi, owner(s) of the field, house, threshing floor, orchard, grazing land and well being sold for a number of years. (stamp seal impressions) (7) an estate of 2 hectares field adjoining Urdu, adjoining Lu-balaṭ, (8) an estate of 9 decares of field adjoining Husaya, ditto Nabû-balassu-iqbi, (10) an estate of 8 decares of fie[ld adjoining] Lu-balaṭ, adjoi[ning ......] (Break) (r 1) adjoining N[ergal-..., an estate of] 1 hectare 5 decares of field adj[oining ...], adjoining Lu-balaṭ, [...] (r 4) ... adjoining…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 14 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
NA₄.KIŠIB mdUTU—bal-liṭ-an-ni / NA₄.KIŠIB mARAD—d15 / PAB 02 DUMU-MEŠ mAD—SU / TAv ŠÀ URU.qu-ur-ú-bi / EN A.ŠÀ É ad-ru GIŠ.SAR / tab-ri-ú PÚ a-na MU.AN.NA-MEŠ SUM-a-ni / É 02 ANŠE A.ŠÀ gab-di mur-di / gab-di mlu-u—TI.LA É 9(bán) A.ŠÀ / gab-di mḫu-sa-a.a : mdPA—TI-su—E / É 8(bán) A.⸢ŠÀ⸣ [gab-di m]lu-u—TI.LA / gab-[di x x x x x x x x x x] / gab-di md⸢MAŠ?⸣.[MAŠ-x x É] / 01 ANŠE 5(bán) A.ŠÀ…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335539.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335539). 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/P335539/.
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