Position in chronology
SAA 06 046. Note of 1,200 Litres of Oil Owed to Šumma-ilani (681-V-21) (ADD 0127)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 6(1) Seal of Aššur-bel-uṣur, the major-domo of Carchemish. (2) Six homers (c. 1,200 'litres') of refined oil by the copper seah of 10 'litres,' belonging to Šumma-ilani, at his disposal. (5) He shall give the oil in the month of Shebat (XI). If he does not, it shall increase by an equal amount. (7) Month Ab (V), 21st day, eponym year of Nabû-ahu-ereš of Sam'al. (r 1) Witness Bel-šarru-ibni, 'third man' of the palace. (r 2) Witness Bel-ahu-uṣur, cohort commander. (r 3) Witness Ahu-nuri, ditto. (r 4) Witness Zer-ketti-lešir. (r 5) Witness Kubabu-sapi.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 6 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
NA₄.KIŠIB maš-šur—EN—PAB LÚ.GAL—É / ša URU.gar-ga-mis 06 ANŠE Ì-MEŠ ḫal-ṣu / ina GIŠ.BÁN šá 10 qa 01 qa URUDU-MEŠ šá / mšum-ma—DINGIR-MEŠ-ni ina IGI-šú / ina ITI.ZÍZ Ì-MEŠ SUM-an šum-ma la SUM-ni / a-na mit-ḫar i-rab-bi / ITI.NE UD 21-KÁM lim-me mdPA—PAB-MEŠ—APIN-eš / ša URU.sa-ma-al-la / IGI mdEN—MAN—DÙ LÚ.03-šú É.GAL / IGI mdEN—PAB—PAB LÚ.GAL—ki-ṣir / o* IGI mPAB—ZÁLAG LÚ.: / IGI mNUMUN—ZI—GIŠ / IGI mdkù*-KÁ—sa-pi
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Theodore Kwasman & Simo Parpola (SAA 6, 1991). ORACC text P335078.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335078). 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/P335078/.
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