Position in chronology
SAA 06 193. Purchase of Slaves (681-II-12) (ADD 0277)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) Seal of Nabû-eriba, [...], servant of the gover[nor], owner of the people being so[ld]. (stamp seal impressions) (3) [NN], his wife, a total of 2; (4) [NN], his wife, a total of 2; (5) [NN], his 2 sons [...]; (6) [NN], her son, a total of [2]; (7) [......] the city of [...] (Break) (r 1) [......] shall re[turn the money tenfold to] its [owne]rs. (r 3) [Witness] Nergal-ibni, 'third [man].' (r 4) [Witness] Mannu-ki-ahhe, [...]. (r 5) [Witness] Ṭabî, cons[cript]. (r 6) [Witness] Bel-ahu-iddina, trainer of re[serve] horses. (r 8) Witness Urda-Gula, deputy of the chief physician. (r 10)…
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/P335224/
Why it matters
Transliteration
NA₄.KIŠIB m⸢dAG*⸣—SU ⸢LÚ*⸣.[x x x] / ⸢ARAD*⸣ LÚ*.⸢EN*⸣.[NAM] EN UN-MEŠ ⸢SUM*⸣-[ni] / [mx x x]—NUMUN MÍ-šú PAB ⸢02⸣ [o] / [mx x x x] MÍ-šú PAB ⸢02⸣ [o] / [mx x x x] ⸢02⸣ DUMU-MEŠ-šú ⸢x⸣+[x x x] / [MÍ.x x x x] DUMU-šá PAB* [02] / [x x x x x] ⸢URU⸣.ḫi?-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] / [x x x x x] ni [x x x x x*] / [x x x x EN]-⸢MEŠ*⸣-šú ú-[ta-ra*] / [IGI m]⸢U*.GUR*⸣—DÙ LÚ*.03*-[šú] / [IGI m]man-nu—ki—PAB-MEŠ…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Theodore Kwasman & Simo Parpola (SAA 6, 1991). ORACC text P335224.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335224). 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/P335224/.
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