Position in chronology
SAA 14 072. Nabu-duri Lends 30 Homers of Barley (665-VIII-17) (ADD 0128)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 14(1) 30 homers of barley by the seah of 10 'litres' belonging to Nabû-duri, at the disposal of Kannunayu, (stamp seal impressions with an Aramaic caption: {belonging to| Nabû-duri) (5) horse trainer, son of Abu-ul-idi from Maganiṣi, under the control of Unzarhi-Issar, cohort commander. (9) He shall pay the barley in the month of Marchesvan (VIII) in Maganiṣi. If he does not pay, he shall pay the barley with an equal amount in Nineveh. (r 4) Month Marchesvan (VIII), 17th day, eponym year of Mannu-ki-šarri, king's eunuch. (r 6) Witness Balassu, major-domo. (r 7) Witness Urdu-Mullissi, 'third…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 14 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
30 ANŠE ŠE.PAD-MEŠ / ina GIŠ.BÁN šá 10 qa / ša mdPA—BÀD / ina IGI mITI.AB-a.a / zy ʾl nbdry / LÚ.GIŠ.GIGIR DUMU mAD—ul—ZU / TAv URU.ma-ga-ni-ṣi / ša ŠU.2 mun-za-ar-ḫi—15 / LÚ.GAL—ki-ṣir / ina ITI.APIN ŠE.BAR / ina URU.ma-ga-ni-ṣi / SUM-an BE-ma NU SUM-ni / ŠE.BAR ina mit-ḫar ina ni-nu-u / SUM-an ITI.APIN UD 17-KÁM / lim-mu mman-nu—ki—MAN SAG—MAN / IGI mba-la-si GAL—É / IGI mARAD—dNIN.LÍL 03-šú / IGI mdPA—SUM—PAB-MEŠ / IGI mšá—dPA—šu-u / IGI mdPA—PAB—AŠ / IGI mPAB—BÀD / IGI mak-bar / m?q$rn / ʾr / y)
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335079.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335079). 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/P335079/.
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