Position in chronology
SAA 14 073. Court Order on Behalf of Gabbu-qat-ili (663-II-26) (ADD 0154)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 14(1) Seal of Edu-šallim, [son of DN]-aplu-uṣur. (2) On the 32nd day of the month of Iyyar, Edu-šallim [shall bring] Apladad-[killanni], son of Re[ṣa], shall gi[ve] him to Gab[b]u-(ina)-qat-ili. (stamp seal impressions on lines 3-5) (6) [I]f he is not brought or handed over, [he shall giv]e [a servant] equal to his own ser[vant]. (8) Month Iyyar (II), 26(th) day, [epon]ym year of Bel-na'id. (10) [Witness Bu]si-ilani, court clerk. (11) Witness Ubraku. (12) Wi[tness] Minu-epuš-ilu. (13) Witness Inurta-eṭiranni. (14) [Witn]ess Nabû-du[r-be]li, [...]. (16) [Witness] Nabû'a.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 14 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
NA₄.KIŠIB mDIL—šal-lim [x x x]—A—PAB / ina UD 32*-KAM ša ITI.GUD / mDIL—šal-lim mdA.10—[kil-la-a-ni] / DUMU mre-[ṣa ú-ba-la] / a-⸢na⸣ mgab*-⸢bu*⸣—ŠU.2—DINGIR / SUM-[an BE]-ma la na-ṣa la* SUM-ni / [ARAD] ša a-ki ⸢ARAD-i⸣-šú / [SUM]-an* ITI.GUD UD ⸢26⸣ o* / [lim]-⸢mu⸣ mEN—I / [IGI mbu]-si—DINGIR-MEŠ LÚ.ša—IGI—de-[na]-a-ni / IGI mub-ra-⸢ki⸣ / ⸢IGI⸣ [m]mu-ni—e-pu-uš—DINGIR / IGI m⸢d*NIN*.URTA*—KAR*⸣-a*-⸢ni*⸣ / IGI mdPA—⸢BÀD—EN* LÚv⸣.[x x] / [IGI] mdPA-u.a
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335105.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335105). 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/P335105/.
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