Position in chronology
SAA 14 132. Purchase of One Hectare of Land (666-VII-30) (ADD 1274)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 14(1) Instead of [his seal he impressed his fingernail. Fingernail of NN], owner [of the estate being sol]d. (fingernail impressions) (3) An estate of 1 hectare of land (in) Sama[...] (4) adjoining the seed field of the town Na[...] (5) adjoining [the ...] in [...] (6) ...... — (7) [......] has contracted for [...]... (Break) (r 1) Witness [NN]. (r 2) Witness [NN]. (r 3) Witness [NN]. (r 4) Witness [NN]. (r 5) Witness [NN]. (r 6) [......] (r 7) Witness [NN]. (r 8) Month Tishri (VII), 30th day, eponym year of [Kanunayu, governor of] the New Palace.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 14 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
ku-um [NA₄.KIŠIB-šú ṣu-pur-šú iš-kun ṣu-pur mx x x] / ⸢EN*⸣ [É ta-da]-a*-[ni] / É 01 ANŠE A.ŠÀ URU.sa-ma-[x x x] / SUḪUR A.ŠÀ NUMUN URU.na-⸢x⸣-[x] / SUḪUR* ⸢x x i⸣ ina ŠÀ [x x x] / [x]+⸢x⸣ šu x [x]+⸢x LÚ⸣ [x x] / ú-piš-[ma x]+⸢x⸣+[x] 02 [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x] / ina ŠÀ [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x] u ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢ŠÀ⸣ / m[x x x] di [x x x x x] / [x x x x] a [x x]-nu / [IGI mx x x x x x] / [IGI mx x x x x x] / ⸢IGI m⸣[x x x x…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P336031.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336031). 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/P336031/.
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