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SAA 14 171. Mannu-ki-mat-Assur Seizes His Debtor (*613-III-1) (ADD 0102)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) Seal of Nabû-šallim-ahhe, son of Pan-Nabû-ṭemi. (3) Mannu-ki-mat-Aššur seized Nabû-šallim-ahhe in the centre of Nineveh — (5) in the presence of Nabû-ballussu-iqbi, (6) ditto Kiṣir-Aššur, (7) in the presence of Nabû-nadin-ahhe — (stamp seal impression on lines 5-7) (8) on account of surety for the slave woman of whom he had said: "I most certainly will bring the surety" (but whom) he had not brought. (r 2) Now Mannu-ki-mat-Aššur did not allow Nabû-šallim-ahhe a deduction of a shekel or half a shekel of silver but released him. (r 5) As soon as he has harvested his harvest, he will seek a…
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/P335054/
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Transliteration
NA₄.KIŠIB md⸢PA—šal-lim⸣—PAB-MEŠ / A mIGI*—dPA—ṭè-mì / m⸢man-nu⸣—ki—KUR—aš-šur / ina ⸢qab⸣-si ⸢ni⸣-nu-u-a a*-na* IGI mdPA—šal-lim—PAB-MEŠ / IGI mdPA—TI-su—E / : mki-ṣir—aš-šur / IGI mdPA—SUM—PAB-MEŠ / i-ṣa-bat ina UGU LÚ.⸢ur⸣-ki-i / ša GÉME* ⸢ša*⸣ iq*-⸢bu*-u*-ni*⸣ / ma-a LÚv*.ur-ki-i i-ba-áš-ši / ú-bal-la la ⸢ú*-bil*⸣ / ú-ma-a mman-nu—ki—KUR—aš-šur / 01 1/2 GÍN KUG.UD a-na mdPA—šal-lim—PAB-MEŠ /…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335054.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335054). 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/P335054/.
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