Position in chronology
SAA 14 401. Purchase of Land and People
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 14(Beginning destroyed) (1) and bought [it for x minas of silver by (the mina) o]f the king [from th]ese [men]. (3) [The money] is paid completely. The house, orchard, [field and the people are purchased and ac]quired. Any revocation, [lawsuit, or litigation is vo]id. (5) Whoever breaks the contract (6) [......] (Break) (r 1) [.......] (r 2) [......] (r 3) [......] (r 4) [......] Ṭirî (r 5) [......] (r 6) [...... the vi]llage of the queen (r 7) [......] (Rest destroyed)
State Archives of Assyria, volume 14 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[ina ŠÀ x MA.NA KUG.UD ina] ⸢ša⸣ MAN / [TA IGI LÚ-MEŠ-e an]-nu-ti il-qi / [kas-pu gam-mur] ⸢ta⸣-din É GIŠ.SAR / [A.ŠÀ UN-MEŠ zar-pu] ⸢la⸣-qi-u tu-a-ru / [de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-áš]-šú man-nu šá i-GIL-u-ni / [x x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x] / [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ / [x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢du⸣ / [x x x x x x x x x]-i ⸢x⸣ / [x x x x x x x x m]ṭi-ri-i / [x x x x x x x x]-an / [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢URU⸣.ŠE—MÍ.É.GAL / [x x x x x x x x x]-šú
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P336745.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336745). 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/P336745/.
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