Position in chronology
SAA 14 259. Fragmentary Land Purchase (ADD 0402)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [seeks] a lawsuit or litig[ation against NN], his sons (or) [his grandsons] (r 3) [he shall return] the money tenfol[d to its owners]. (r 4) He shall cont[est] in his 'no-lawsuit' [and not succeed]. (r 5) Witness Rihanu, [...]. (r 6) Witness Issaran-mušalli[m]. (r 7) Witness Nabû-bel-[...]. (r 8) Witness Ba[...]. (r 9) Witness [...]. (Break) (e. 1) [The corn-taxes] of that field [shall not be exacted], ...[...].
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/P335345/
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Transliteration
⸢DUMU-MEŠ-šú⸣ [DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šú] / de-e-nu DUG₄.[DUG₄ ub-ta-u-ni] / kas-pu a-na 10-MEŠ-⸢te⸣ [a-na EN-MEŠ-šú GUR-ra] / ina la de-ni-šú DUG₄.⸢DUG₄⸣-[ma la i-laq-qi] / IGI mri-ḫa-nu [x x x] / IGI mAN.GAL—mu-šal-⸢lim⸣ / IGI mdPA—EN-[x x x] / IGI mba-[x x x] / IGI m[x x x x] / [x x x x*] ša A.ŠÀ šú-a-tú [ŠE.nu-sa-ḫi-šá] / [la i-na-su-ḫu] ⸢x x x⸣+[x x?]
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335345.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) ? — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335345). 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/P335345/.
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