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SAA 06 229. Silim-Aššur Buys Three Servants (675) (ADD 1158)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [Seal] of Šumma-ib[ašši-ket]tu, [owner of the serva]nts being sold. (stamp seal impressions) (3) Dandusi, his daughter, and La-qepu, his son, a total of 3 persons, servants of Šumma-ibašši-kettu — (7) Silim-Aššur has contracted and bought them for 30 shekels of silver. (9) The money is paid completely. Those [people] are purchased and [acquired]. Any revocation, [lawsuit, or litigation is voi]d. (r 1) He shall place [x mi]nas of si[lver and x minas of] go[ld in the l]ap of Ištar residing in Nineveh, and shall return the money elevenfold [to] its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and…
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/P335940/
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Transliteration
[NA₄.KIŠIB] mšum-ma—i-⸢ba⸣-[ši]—⸢ZI*⸣ / [EN] ⸢ARAD⸣-MEŠ SUM-in / mda-an-du-si DUMU.MÍ-šú / mla—qe-pu DUMU-šú / PAB 03 ZI-MEŠ ARAD-MEŠ-šú / ša mšum-ma—i-ba-ši—ZI* / ú-piš-ma msi-lim—aš-šur / ina ŠÀ 30 GÍN-MEŠ KUG.UD TI / kas-pu gam-mur ta-din / [UN-MEŠ] šu-a-tú za-ar-pu / [la-qi-u] tu-a-ru / [de-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-áš]-⸢šú*⸣ / [x MA].⸢NA* KUG*⸣.[UD x MA.NA] ⸢KUG*⸣.[GI] / [ina] ⸢bur⸣-ki dIŠ.TAR…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Theodore Kwasman & Simo Parpola (SAA 6, 1991). ORACC text P335940.
Attribution
Image: BM 099017 (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335940). 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/P335940/.
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