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SAA 14 223. Ul[ulayu] Buys 9 Hectares 3 Decares of Field and Grazing Land (ADD 0397)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [Instead of their seals they impressed t]heir [fingernails]. (2) [Fingerna]il of Ma[...]. (3) [Fing]ernail of Aššur-ahu-[...]. (4) [Fing]ernail of Ha[n...]. (5) [In all] 3 men, owners of the [field being sold]. (fingernail impressions) (6) An estate of 9 hectares 3 decares of field and a l[arge] grazing land (7) adjoining the field of Nabû-duru-uṣ[ur], (8) adjoining the field of Naga'a, (9) adjoining the field of Gambula[yu], (10) adjoining the field of Kabi[a...] (11) adjoining the field of Urdu-[...] — (12) Uku[...], son of Yakir[u], has contracted [(and bought)] it [fr]om Mari'-[...,…
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/P335341/
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Transliteration
[ku-um NA₄.KIŠIB-šú-nu ṣu-pur]-⸢šú⸣-nu [x x x] / [ṣu]-⸢pur⸣ mma*-⸢x⸣+[x x x] / [ṣu]-pur maš-šur—PAB-[x x x] / [ṣu]-pur mḫa-a-⸢an*⸣-[x x] / [PAB] 03 LÚ-MEŠ-e ⸢EN⸣ [A.ŠÀ SUM-ni] / É 09 ANŠE 3(bán)* A.ŠÀ tab-⸢ru GAL*⸣-[u] / SUḪUR A.ŠÀ ša mdPA—BÀD—⸢PAB⸣ / SUḪUR A.ŠÀ ša mna*-ga-⸢a*⸣ [o] / SUḪUR A.ŠÀ ša mgam*-bu-la-⸢a*⸣.[a] / SUḪUR A.ŠÀ ša mkab-⸢ia?⸣ [x] / SUḪUR A.ŠÀ ša mARAD—d[x] / ú-piš-ma…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335341.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335341). 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/P335341/.
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