Position in chronology
SAA 14 123. Court Decision on Behalf of Remanni-[... ] (*630) (ADD 0165)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 14(1) Lawsuit which Remanni-[... argued] with Malgadi on account of the people [of ...], (and) in which Pašî imposed judgment. (stamp seal impressions) (5) People instead of [his] people [he shall give]. (Break) (r 1) He shall pay [x] minas of silver. (r 2) Month [...], 17th day, eponym year of Ṣalmu-šarri-iqbi. (r 3) Witness Remanni-ilu, [...]. (r 4) Witness Marduk-ereš, royal body[guard]. (r 5) Witness Urdu-Issar, Huba[bean]. (r 6) Witness Nergal-šal[lim]. (r 7) Witness Yahu[ṭu]. (r 8) Witness Nabû-zeru-iddina. Witness [NN]. (r 9) Witness Silim-Adad, [...]. (r 10) Witness Šulmu-ahhe,…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 14 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
de-e-nu ša mrém-⸢an⸣-[ni—x x x] / TAv mmal-ga-⸢di?⸣ [x x x] / ša mpa-ši-i de-⸢e*⸣-[nu] / e-me-du ina UGU-ḫi ⸢UN⸣-[MEŠ x x] / UN-MEŠ ku-um UN-[MEŠ-šú x x x] / [x x x x x] ⸢ti*⸣ [x x x x] / ⸢MA⸣.NA KUG.UD i-dan ITI.[x] / UD 17-KÁM lim-me mNU—MAN—⸢E⸣ [o] / IGI mrém-a-ni—DINGIR LÚv.⸢x⸣+[x x x] / IGI mdŠÚ—APIN-eš LÚv.qur-⸢ZAG⸣ / IGI mARAD—15 URU.ḫu-ba-[ba-a.a] / IGI mdU.GUR—šal-[lim] / IGI mia-ḫu-[ṭi]…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335116.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335116). 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/P335116/.
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