Position in chronology
SAA 14 169. Tuqunu-ereš Lends 8 1/3 Minas of Silver (*619-II-20) (ADD 0050)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 14(1) Envelope of 8 1/3 minas of silver, first fruits of Ištar of Arbela, belonging to Tuqunu-ereš, smith, at the disposal of Girittu, chariot maker. (4) He has taken it as a loan. He shall pay in Marchesvan (VIII). (5) If he does not pay in Marchesvan (VIII), the silver shall increase by 50 percent. (6) Witness La-teggi-ana-Issar, 'third man' from the Inner City. (7) Witness Dadusu, merchant from Kilizi. (8) Witness Nabû-isse'a, porter of the New Palace. (9) Witness Ahi-larim, porter of the temple of Ninurta. (10) Witness Nabû-kudurru-uṣur, porter of the commander-in-chief. (11) Witness…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 14 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
ki-ṣir-ti 08 MA.NA 03-su KUG.UD SAG-MEŠ / ša d15 ša URU.arba-ìl šá mLAL—APIN-eš LÚv.SIMUG / ina IGI mgír-te LÚv.NAGAR—GIŠ.mu-gír-ri / ina pu-ú-ḫi it-ti-ši ina ITI.APIN id-dan / šum-ma ina ITI.APIN la id-din KUG.UD a-na 05 GÍN-šú i-rab-bi / IGI mla—te-ga—ana—d15 LÚv.03.U₅ URU.ŠÀ—URU-a.a / IGI mda-du-su LÚv.DAM.QAR URU.kàl-zi-a.a / IGI mdPA—KI-ia LÚv.Ì.DU₈ ša É.GAL—GIBIL / IGI mPAB—la-rim LÚv.Ì.DU₈…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335002.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335002). 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/P335002/.
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