Position in chronology
SAA 14 139. Purchase of an Estate in Nur-beti (653-IX-8) (ADD 0387)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 14(1) Seal of N[a...], son of Marduk-balliṭ, owner of the field being sold. (stamp seal impressions) (4) [An estate] of 5 hectares of field [by] the seah of 8 'litres' [in the vill]age of Nur-beti [......] (Break) (r 1) [Witness] Nanî, [...]. (r 2) [Witness] Se'-haza, [...]. (r 3) [Witness] Ahu-lamašši, chief [...]. (r 4) [Witness] Hara-Dadî, son of Pirsû. (r 5) [Witness] Ilti-bašti, merchant. (r 6) [Witness] Adad-yababa, scribe. (r 7) [Witness] Sin-aplu-uṣur, cohort commander. (r 8) Witness Pan-Issar-lamur. (r 9) Witness Nusku-emuranni, son of Babilayu. (r 11) Witness Nabû-na'id, scribe. (r 12) Month Kislev (IX), 8th day, eponym year of Aššur-ila'i, chief [vizi]er. (e. 1) (Aramaic caption:) [Deed of the field of ...]-zeri of the village of [......]
State Archives of Assyria, volume 14 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
⸢NA₄⸣.KIŠIB md⸢na?-x-x-x⸣+[x x x x] / DUMU mdAMAR.UTU—bal-liṭ / EN A.ŠÀ SUM-ni / [É] 05 ANŠE A.ŠÀ.GA / [ina GIŠ].BÁN ša 08 qa / [ina URU].⸢ŠE*⸣—mZÁLAG—⸢É⸣ / [x x x]+⸢x x x x⸣+[x x x] / [IGI] ⸢m⸣na*-ni-i LÚ.[x x x x] / [IGI] mse-e—ḫa-za-a ⸢LÚ⸣.[x x x] / [IGI] mPAB—la-maš-ši LÚv.GAL—⸢x⸣+[x] / [IGI] mḫar—U*.U* DUMU MÍ.pir-su-⸢ú⸣ / [IGI] mil-ti—TÉŠ LÚv.DAM.QAR / [IGI] m10—ia-ba-bi LÚv.A.BA / [IGI]…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335331.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335331). 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/P335331/.
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