Position in chronology
SAA 14 120. Inner Tablet of the Preceding Text (ADD 0038)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 14(1) 10 shekels of silver, capital, first fruits of Ištar of Nineveh, belonging to Bel-lu-balaṭ, at the disposal of Mannu-ki-Arbail. (6) He has taken it as a loan. (7) It shall increase by a fourth. (r 1) He shall pay on the 3rd of Shebat (XI). (r 2) Month Shebat (XI), 3rd day, eponym year of Adad-remanni. (r 4) Witness Hatpimunu. (r 5) Witness Ra'û. (r 6) Witness Urdu-Nabû, architect. (r.e. 7) Witness Mušezib-Aššur, ditto. (r.e. 8) Witness Nabû-šallimšunu, [ditto]. (e. 1) Zeru-ken, Nergal-šarru-uṣur, Hannî.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 14 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
10 GÍN-MEŠ KUG.UD / SAG.DU SAG-MEŠ / ša d15 šá NINA.KI / ša mEN—lu—ba-laṭ / ina IGI mman-nu—ki-i—arba-ìl / ina pu-u-ḫi it-ti-ši / KUG.UD a-na 04-ti-šú / i-rab-bi / ina UD 03-KÁM šá ITI.ZÍZ / SUM-an ITI.ZÍZ UD 03-KÁM / lim-mu m10—rém-a-ni / IGI mḫa-at-pi-mu-nu / IGI mra-ʾu-u / IGI mARAD—dPA še-lap-pa-a.a / IGI mmu-še-zib—aš-šur : / IGI mdPA—DI-šú-nu [:] / mNUMUN—GIN / mU.GUR—MAN—PAB / mḫa-an-ni-i
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P334990.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P334990). 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/P334990/.
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