Position in chronology
SAA 14 280. (no title) (ADD 0532)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 14(1) [Seal of] Issarani, [...], (2) seal of Šamaš-ahu-iddina, [...], (3) seal of Mannu-lu-š[alim, ...], (4) seal of Bel-[...], (5) seal of [NN], [...], (6) seal of [NN], [...], (Break) (r 1) [Witness] Šamaš-il[a'i, ...]. (r 2) Witness Nabû-reh[tu-uṣur, ...]. (r 3) Witness Issar-na'id, [...]. (r 4) Witness Abda', [...]. (r 5) Witness Mutakkil-[...], [...]. (r 6) Witness Balas[î, ...]. (r 7) Witness Aššur-reši-[išši, ...]. (r 8) Witness Mu[..., ...]. (Rest destroyed)
State Archives of Assyria, volume 14 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[NA₄.KIŠIB m]d15-a-ni? [x x x x] / NA₄.KIŠIB mdUTU—PAB—AŠ LÚ.[x x] / NA₄.KIŠIB mman-nu—lu—⸢DI⸣-[mu x x x] / NA₄.KIŠIB mdEN?—[x x x] / NA₄.KIŠIB m⸢URU⸣.[x x x x x] / NA₄.KIŠIB m[x x x x x x x] / [IGI] mdUTU—DINGIR-[a.a x x x] / IGI mdPA—re-eḫ-[tú—PAB x x x] / IGI md15—I [x x x x x] / IGI mab-da-aʾ [x x x x x] / IGI mmu-tak-kil-[x x x x] / IGI mba-la-⸢si⸣-[i x x x x] / IGI maš-šur—SAG—[i-ši x x x] / IGI mmu-⸢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 P335466.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335466). 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/P335466/.
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