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SAA 14 083. Ṭab-šar-Aššur Lends Silver (654-II-28) (ADD 1198)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 14(1) [x shekel]s of silv[er belonging to] Ṭab-šar-Aššur by the mina standard, at the disposal of Yadidâ. (5) He shall pay the silver [in] its [or]iginal amount in Tammuz (IV). [I]f he does not pay, it will increase [b]y 1/2 shekel. (r 1) [Mont]h Iyyar (II), 28[th day], [epo]nym year of Aššur-na[ṣi]r. (r 3) Witness Nergal-šar-ah[he]šu. (r 4) Witness Aššur-ibni-ahhe. (r 5) [Witn]ess Nabû-[...]. (r.e. 6) [Witn]ess Aššur-[...]. (r.e. 7) [Witness ...]is-Še[r]. (e. 1) [Witness ...-nad]in-šumi, [scribe].
State Archives of Assyria, volume 14 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[x GÍN]-⸢MEŠ*⸣ KUG.⸢UD⸣ / [ša m]DÙG—IM—aš-šur / ⸢ša*⸣ ina 01 ma-né-e / ina IGI mia-di-da-a / ⸢ina ITI⸣.ŠU KUG.UD / [ina] ⸢SAG⸣.DU-i-šú ⸢SUM-an⸣ / [BE]-ma la i-di-⸢in⸣ / [a]-⸢na⸣ 1/2 GÍN-šú GAL-bi / ⸢ITI⸣.GUD [UD] 28*-[KAM] / [lim]-mu maš-šur—⸢PAB*-ir*⸣ / IGI mU.GUR—⸢MAN—PAB⸣-[MEŠ]-šú / IGI maš-šur—ib-⸢ni—PAB-MEŠ⸣ / ⸢IGI⸣ mdPA—[x x x x] / ⸢IGI⸣ maš-šur—⸢x⸣ [x x x x] / [IGI] m[x]+⸢x⸣-is—d⸢šér*⸣ / [IGI mdx]—⸢SUM*⸣—MU* [LÚv.A.BA*]
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335978.
Attribution
Image: BM 099163 (British Museum, London, UK) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335978). 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/P335978/.
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