SAA 06 143. Debt-note for iškaru Silver (692-VI-29) (ADD 0033)

~700 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P334985

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 6

High confidence

(1) One mina of silver (by the mina) of the king, iškāru money of the queen mother belonging to Nabû-taklak, at the disposal of Nergal-ila'i. (5) He shall pay its capital sum in Tishri (VII). If he does not pay, the silver shall increase by 1/2 mina. (r 1) Month Elul (VI), 29th day, eponym year of Zazaya. (r 3) Witness Ea-lešir. (r 4) Witness Mitimu. (r 5) Witness Siri. (r.e. 6) Witness Nabû-eṭir, scribe. (e. 1) Witness Ša-la-mašê. (e. 2) [Wit]ness Kaparu.

State Archives of Assyria, volume 6 — scholar edition (ORACC).

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Transliteration

01 MA.NA KUG.UD ina ša MAN / iš-QAR ša MÍ.AMA—MAN / ša mdPA—tàk-lak / ina IGI mdU.GUR—DINGIR-a.a / ina ITI.DUL ina SAG.DU-šú / SUM-an šum-ma la i-din / KUG.UD ina 1/2 MA.NA-⸢e*⸣ / GAL-bi / ITI.KIN UD ⸢29*⸣-KÁM / lim-me mza-za-a.a / IGI md⸢a.a⸣—SI.⸢SÁ⸣ / IGI mmi*-ti?-mu / IGI msi-i-ri / IGI mdPA—KAR-ir / LÚv.A.BA / IGI mšá—la—maš* / ⸢IGI⸣ mka-pa-ru

Scholarly note

Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Theodore Kwasman & Simo Parpola (SAA 6, 1991). ORACC text P334985.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P334985). 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/P334985/.

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