Position in chronology
SAA 14 474. Ahu-la-amašši Buys Land (ADD 0520)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] by the copper seah of 1 'litre' (2) [...]... (blank space of one line) (3) [... fi]eld of Aššur-zeru-ibni — (4) Ahu-la-amašši, horse trainer [has contract]ed and [bought from ...-ahhe] for 1 1/2 mina 2 shekels of silver. (6) [The money] is paid [compl]etely. [Those ... are purcha]sed and acquired. [Any revocation, la]wsuit, or litigation [is void]. (9) Whoever breaks the contract, [whether ...]-ahhe or his sons [or his neph]ews, and seeks [a lawsuit or litiga]tion [against Ahu-la-amaš]ši and his sons, (r 3) shall pay [x minas of silver (and) x] mina of gold…
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/P335457/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[x x x x x x x x] qa* 01 ⸢BÁN*⸣ URUDU o* / [x x x x x x x]-⸢ia⸣-u-tú / [x x x x x x A].ŠÀ ša maš-šur—NUMUN—DÙ / [x x x ú-piš]-⸢ma⸣ mPAB—la-maš-ši LÚv.GIŠ.GIGIR / [TAv mx x-PAB-MEŠ] ⸢ina⸣ ŠÀ-bi 01 1/2 MA.NA 02 GÍN KUG.UD / [il-qi* kas-pu gam]-mur ta-din-ni / [x-MEŠ šu-a-tu zar]-⸢pu*⸣ la-qi-ú / [tu-a-ru de]-⸢e⸣-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ / [la-áš-šú] man-nu ša GIL-u-ni / [lu-u mx x]+⸢x⸣—PAB-MEŠ lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šú…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335457.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) ? — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335457). 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/P335457/.
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