Position in chronology
SAA 06 022. Muaddi Buys 12 Hectares of Land (729-X) (ADD 1176+)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 6(1) Fingernail of Barruqu, owner of the land. (fingernail impressions) (2) An estate of 13 hectares of land in the city of Allî of the domain of the commander-in-chief, adjoining the woman Aššur-[...], Minu-a[hṭi-ana-ili], and the fields of [...]-ilu and Dagan-šimti, manager of the g[arde]n, field, road and the plows — (9) M[ua]ddî has contracted and bought (said property) [for] 30 mi[nas] of copper. (11) [The mon]ey [is p]aid co[mpletely]. The land is purchased and acquired. [Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is] void. (12) Whoever in the future [...] (Break) (r 1) Witn[ess ......]. (r…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 6 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
ṣu-⸢pur⸣ mbar-⸢ru*⸣-qu EN A.ŠÀ o* / É ⸢13*⸣ ANŠE A.ŠÀ ina ⸢URU⸣.al-li-i / ša É LÚv.tur-⸢ta⸣-[ni] / gab-di MÍ.AN.ŠÁR*—[x x x x] / gab-di mmi-nu—⸢aḫ⸣-[ṭí—ana—DINGIR] / gab-di A.ŠÀ ša m[x x x]—DINGIR* / gab-di A.ŠÀ ša mda-gan—NAM LÚv.GAL—⸢GIŠ*.SAR*⸣ / A.ŠÀ KASKAL GIŠ.APIN-MEŠ-te / ú-⸢piš⸣-ma m⸢mu?-ad*⸣-di-i / [ina] ŠÀ-bi 30* MA.[NA] URUDU-MEŠ il-qi / [kas]-⸢pu ga⸣-[mur ta]-din A.ŠÀ za-rip la-qi /…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Theodore Kwasman & Simo Parpola (SAA 6, 1991). ORACC text P335957.
Attribution
Image: BM 099118 + BM 099121 + BM 099198 + BM 099204 + BM 099208 + BM 099355 + BM 099358 + BM 099362 (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335957). source
Translation excerpted from Kwasman, T. & Parpola, S. 1991. Legal Transactions of the Royal Court of Nineveh, Part I: Tiglath-Pileser III through Esarhaddon. SAA 6. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa06/P335957/.
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