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SAA 14 104. Court Decision on Behalf of Nabu-šarru-uṣur (*639-VI-12) (ADD 0160)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) Lawsuit of Nabû-šarru-uṣur, scribe, with Ahu-la-amašši, son of Dilil-Issar from Šabirešu, farmer, care of Ahu-uqur, son of Akkullanu, plough manager of the chief cupbearer, on account of the fine for the ox which Ahu-la-amašši stole from the estate of Nabû-šarru-uṣur. (8) They approached Nabû-zeru-kitti-lešir, deputy mayor of Nineveh. (10) Ahu-la-amašši was fined one ox for the ox he stole. Instead of his fine he was arrrested. (12) On the day that he brings the ox he can go. (14) Month Elul (VI), 12th day, eponym year of Mušallim-Aššur. (15) Witness Mannu-ki-Ninua, son of Atamar-Issar,…
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/P335111/
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Transliteration
de-e-nu ša mdPA—MAN—PAB LÚ.A.BA / TA ŠÀ mPAB—la-maš-ši DUMU mdi-lil—d15 / TA ŠÀ-bi URU.šá-bi-re-e-šú / LÚ.ENGAR ša ŠU.2 mPAB—ú-qur DUMU mak-kul-la-nu / LÚ.GAL—ḫar-bi ša LÚ.GAL—KAŠ.LUL / ina UGU sa-ar-te ša GUD.NÍTA ša mPAB—la-maš-ši / TA É mdPA—MAN—PAB iš-ri-qu-ú-ni / ina IGI mdPA—NUMUN—GIN—GIŠ LÚ.ḫa-za-nu / LÚ.02-ú ša NINA.KI iq-ṭar-bu / 01-en GUD.NÍTA sa-ar-tú ša GUD.NÍTA ša iš-riq-u-ni /…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335111.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335111). 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/P335111/.
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