Position in chronology
SAA 14 069. Nergal-šarru-uṣur Lends Five Minas of Silver (667-II-26) (ADD 0139)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 14(1) 5 minas of silver by (the mina) of Carchemish belonging to Nergal-šarru-uṣur, at the disposal of Nabû-šumu-iddina, son of Nabû-ra'im-ketti, scribe of the governor of Dur-Šarruken. (5) The silver shall increase 5 shekels per month. (6) Month Iyyar (II), 26th day, eponym year of Gabbaru. (r 1) Witness Nabû-aplu-iddina. (r 2) Witness Nabû-šezib, chariot driver. (r 3) Witness Ahi-ram, ditto. (r 4) Witness Aššur-da''in-šarri, ditto. (r 5) Witness Disî, scribe. (r 6) Witness Šamaš-na'id, royal bodyguard. (r 7) Witness Sin-šarru-ibni, cook. (e. 1) Witness Marduk-zeru-ibni, scribe.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 14 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
05* MA.NA KUG.UD ina ša gar-ga-mis / ša mU.GUR—LUGAL—PAB / ina IGI mdPA—MU—AŠ A mdPA—ÁG—ZI / LÚv.A.BA ša EN.NAM ša* URU.BÀD—MAN—GI.NA / 05 GÍN-MEŠ KUG.UD ša ITI GAL-bi / ITI.GUD UD 26-KAM / lim-mu mgab-ba-ru / IGI mdAG—A—AŠ / IGI mdAG—še-zib mu-kil—a-pa-MEŠ / IGI ma-ḫi—ra-mu :. / IGI maš-šur—KALAG-in—LUGAL* :. / IGI mdi-si-i A.BA / IGI mdUTU—I qur-ZAG / IGI m30—MAN*—DÙ LÚv.MU / IGI mdŠÚ—NUMUN—DÙ / A.BA
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335090.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335090). 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/P335090/.
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