Position in chronology
SAA 14 048. Kakkullanu Buys a Woman (ADD 0211)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [Sea]l of Aššur-matu-taqqin, seal of Banû-amur, [in all 2] men, son(s) of Puṭa-nuše, [own]er of the woman being sold. (stamp seal impressions) (5) Issar-remenni, m[aid o]f these men — (7) Kakkullanu, cohort commander of the crown prince, has contracted and bought her for half mina of silver. (10) The money is paid completely. That woman is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. (14) Whoever in the future, at any ti[me], lodges a complaint and breaks the contract, whether these men or their sons or their brothers or any relative of theirs, and seeks a…
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/P335158/
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Transliteration
[NA₄].⸢KIŠIB⸣ maš-šur—KUR—LAL / [NA₄].KIŠIB mDÙ—a-mur / [PAB 02] LÚ-MEŠ-e A mpu-ṭa—⸢nu*-še*⸣ / ⸢EN⸣ MÍ SUM-ni / MÍ.15—re-me-ni ⸢GÉME⸣-šú-nu / ⸢ša⸣ LÚ-MEŠ-e an-nu-te / ú-piš-ma mkak-kul-la-nu / LÚ.GAL—ki-ṣir šá A—MAN / ina ŠÀ 1/2 MA.NA KUG.UD / il-qi kas-pu gam-mur ta-din / MÍ šu-a-tú za-ar-pat / la-qi-at tú-a-ru de-nu / DUG₄.DUG₄ la-áš-šú / man-nu šá ina ur-kiš ina ma-te-[ma] / i-za-qu-pa-ni…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335158.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335158). 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/P335158/.
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