Position in chronology
SAA 14 187. Baniti Buys Donkeys (ZA 73 01)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 14(1) Seal of Mannu-[ki-..., ...] of Birtu. (2) [2 male donkeys] belonging to Banitî, [at the disposal of Mannu-ki-...]. (4) The donkeys go [...]. (5) He shall pay according to the ma[rket price] (space for seal impressions) (6) of 2 1/2 minas 3 [shekels of silver]. (7) If he does n[ot pay], (8) [...] 2 donkeys, (9) [he shall pay] tenfold in the cent[re of ...]. (r 1) Month Tishri (VII), 5t[h] day, [eponym year of ...]. (r 2) Witness Gabb[aru] (r 3) [Witness N]a[...]. (r 4) [Witness] Arba[ilayu]. (r 5) Witness [NN]. (r 6) Witness Ahu-[...]. (r 7) Witness [...]a[b...] (e. 1) [Wi]tness Abnanu. (e. 2) [Witn]ess Ila-eriba. (e. 3) [Witness] Yatammâ.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 14 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
NA₄.KIŠIB mman-nu—[ki-x (x) (LÚ.x x)] / ša URU.ḪAL.ṢU [02 ANŠE.NÍTA-MEŠ] / ša mdDÙ-ti-i? [(x) ina IGI mman-nu—ki-x x] / ANŠE.NÍTA-MEŠ ša [x x x] / il-lu-ku a-ki ⸢ma⸣-[ḫi-ri (ša URU.x)] / ⸢ša⸣ 02 1/2 MA.NA 03 [GÍN KUG.UD] / ⸢SUM⸣-an šum-ma ⸢la⸣ [SUM-ni] / 02 ⸢ANŠE⸣.NÍTA-MEŠ ⸢EN?⸣ [x x x] / [a]-⸢na⸣ 10-MEŠ ina qab-[li URU.x SUM-an] / ITI.DU₆ UD 05-⸢KÁM⸣ [lim-mu mx x x] / IGI mgab-⸢ba⸣-[x x x] /…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P337166.
Attribution
Image: Adapted from Raija Mattila, Legal Transactions of the Royal Court of Nineveh, Part II: Assurbanipal Through Sin-šarru-iškun (State Archives of Assyria, 14), 2002. Lemmatised by Melanie Groß, 2010–2011, as part of the FWF-funded research project "Royal Institutional Households in First Millennium BC Mesopotamia" (S 10802-G18) directed by Heather D. Baker at the University of Vienna. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P337166/..
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/P337166/.
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