Position in chronology
SAA 14 147. Purchase of a Woman (*646) (ADD 1183)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) Seal of Kiṣir-Nabû, son of Gabbu-i[na-q]at-ili, [fr]om the town of Qar[...], owner of the maid [being sold]. (cylinder seal impression) (Break) (r 5) [Month ...], 14th day, eponym year of Aššur-šar-ahhe. (r 7) [Witness] Marduk-ahu-iddina, scribe. (r 8) Witness Balaṭ-iqbi. (r 9) Witness Pan-Marduk.
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/P335963/
Why it matters
Transliteration
NA₄.KIŠIB mki-ṣir—dPA / A mgab-bu—⸢ina?—ŠU?⸣.[2]—DINGIR / ⸢TAv*⸣ ŠÀ URU.qar-[x x]+⸢x⸣-a.a / EN GÉME [ta-da-ni] / [x x x x x x x]-⸢na ši? šu?⸣ / [(x x x) ITI.x] UD 14-KÁM / [(x x)] lim-me maš-šur—MAN—PAB-MEŠ / [IGI m]dŠÚ—PAB—AŠ A.BA / IGI mba-laṭ?—E / IGI mIGI—dŠÚ
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335963.
Attribution
Image: BM 099135 (British Museum, London, UK) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335963). 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/P335963/.
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