Position in chronology
SAA 06 127. Atuehu, 'Third Man,' Buys a Slave (697-X-7) (ADD 0179)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) Instead of his seal he impressed [his] fingernail. (2) Fingernail of Hakkubu, owner of the man being sold. (fingernail impressions) (4) Šamaš-eriba, servant of Hakkubu — (5) Atuehu, 'third man,' has contracted and bought him from Hakkubu for 30 shekels of silver. (8) The money is paid completely. That man is purchased and acquired. [Any revoc]ation, lawsuit, or litigation [is void]. (11) [Who]ever in the future [lodges a complaint and breaks the contr]act (Break) (r 2) [Witness NN], merchant. (r 3) Witness Abagû, Aramean palace scribe. (r 5) Witness Abdu-Aguni, deputy 'third man.' (r 7) Eponym year of Nabû-duru-uṣur; month Tebet (X), 7th day. (r 9) Scribe: Bel-iddina. (r 10) One mina of copper for his fingernail. (r 11) Witness Atta'ani.
Source: 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/P335129/
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Transliteration
ku-um NA₄.KIŠIB-šú ṣu-⸢pur⸣-[šú] / iš-kun : ṣu-pur / mḫa-ak-ku-bu EN LÚv SUM-an / mdUTU—SU LÚv.ARAD-šú ša mḫa-ak-ku-bu / ú-piš-ma ma-tu-e-ḫu / LÚv.03.U₅ TAv IGI mḫa-ak-ku-bu / ina ŠÀ 30 GÍN KUG.UD-MEŠ il-qi / kas-pu ga-mur ta-ad-din / LÚv šu-a-ti za-rip laq-qi / [tu-a]-⸢ru⸣ de-e-ni da-ba-bu / [la-áš-šú man]-nu ša ina ur-kiš / [i-za-qu-pa-ni GIL-u]-ni / [x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ / [IGI mx x x…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Theodore Kwasman & Simo Parpola (SAA 6, 1991). ORACC text P335129.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335129). 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/P335129/.
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