Position in chronology
SAA 06 196. Purchase of Slaves (681-VIII-14) (ADD 0279)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) Seal of Bel-Harran-k[uṣur]ani, owner of the people being sold. (two stamp seal impressions) (3) [At]ar-šumki, his servant, [......] — (5) [...]ni [has contracted] and bought them [from Be]l-Harran-[ku]ṣurani [fo]r 30 [minas of silver, by the mina of Carchemi]sh. (Break) (r 1) He shall contest [in his law]suit and not succeed. (r 2) [Witness] Kandalanu. (r 3) Witness Radimu. (r 4) Witness Haruṣâ. (r 5) Witness Bel-Harran-duri, singer. (r 6) Witness Il-gabbê. (r 7) Witness Nabû-ahu-uṣur. (r 8) Month Marchesvan (VIII), 14th day, [epon]ym year of Nabû-ahu-ereš, governor of Sam'al. (Aramaic caption: Deed of Atar-š[umki].)
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/P335226/
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Transliteration
NA₄.KIŠIB mEN—KASKAL—⸢ku⸣-[ṣur]-⸢a*⸣-ni* / EN UN-MEŠ SUM-⸢ni⸣ / [ma]-⸢tar*—šúm*-ki*⸣ ARAD-šú / [x x x x x x x x] / [ú-piš-ma mx x x x]-⸢ni⸣ / [TAv IGI m]⸢EN—KASKAL⸣—[ku]-ṣur-a-ni / [ina ŠÀ] ⸢x⸣ 30* [GÍN KUG.UD] / [ina ša URU.gar-ga]-⸢mis*⸣ TI-[qí] / [ina*] de-ni-šú DUG₄.DUG₄-ma là ⸢TI⸣ / IGI mkan-dàl-a-nu / IGI mra-di-mu / IGI mḫa-ru-ṣa-a / IGI mEN—KASKAL—BÀD LÚv*.NAR / IGI mDINGIR—gab-e / IGI mdPA—PAB—PAB / ITI.APIN UD 14-KÁM / lim-mu mdPA—PAB—KAM-eš / LÚv*.GAR.KUR URU.sam-al-li
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Theodore Kwasman & Simo Parpola (SAA 6, 1991). ORACC text P335226.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335226). 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/P335226/.
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