SAA 14 222. (no title) (ADD 0092)

~655 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P335043

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 14

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(1) On the 1st day of month [...] (2) Šarru-lu-dari [...] (3) Šulmitu with [...] (4) 10 shekels of silver [...] (5) in Nineveh (stamp seal impressions) (Break) (r 1) Witness [NN, ...]. (r 2) Witness Ab[..., ...]. (r 3) Witness Gabbu-ilani. (r 4) Witness Arbailayu, [...]. (r 5) Witness Qurdi-Adad, [...]. (r 6) Witness Kuluka[n-...]. (e. 1) [Witness Nabû-z]er-ketti-lešir, mayor.

State Archives of Assyria, volume 14 — scholar edition (ORACC).

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Transliteration

ina UD 01-KÁM ša ITI.[x] / mLUGAL—lu—dà-ri [x x x] / MÍ.DI*-mu-i-tú a-di [x x x] / 10 GÍN-MEŠ KUG.UD [x x x] / ina ŠÀ-bi URU.⸢ni*⸣-[nu-a] / IGI m[x x x x x x] / IGI mab-[x x x x] / IGI mgab-bu—DINGIR-MEŠ-ni / IGI mURU.arba-ìl-a.a ⸢LÚ⸣.[x x] / IGI mqur-di—dIM LÚ.[x x] / IGI mku-lu-ka-⸢an*⸣-[x x x] / [IGI mdPA]—⸢NUMUN⸣—GIN—GIŠ / ⸢LÚ⸣.ḫa-za-nu

Scholarly note

Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335043.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335043). 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/P335043/.

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