Position in chronology
SAA 06 316. Duplicate of the Previous Contract (666-XII-1) (ADD 0421)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [Seal] of Nušhu-sallihan[ni, hor]se trainer of the open chariotry, owner of the land and people being sold. (stamp seal impressions) (3) [An estate of 60 hectares] of land by the seah of 10 'litres,' [a barnyard] in its entirety, [and a plot of 2 decares, a thres]hing floor, in Til-Nahiri; (6) [Qarhâ, farmer], En[i-il, a weaned boy, Absâ] his brother, and P[apâ, their mother; (8) in all 5 person]s, an estate of 60 [hectares of land, and a barn]yard [in its entirety] — (10) [Remanni-Adad ... has contracted a]nd (Break) (r 1) He shall [contest in] his [lawsuit and not succeed]. (r 2)…
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/P335364/
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Transliteration
[NA₄.KIŠIB] mdnu-uš-ḫu—sa-lìḫ*-an-[ni] / [LÚ].⸢GIŠ⸣.GIGIR—DU₈-MEŠ EN A.ŠÀ UN-MEŠ ⸢SUM-ni⸣ / [É 60 ANŠE] A.ŠÀ ina GIŠ.BÁN ša 10 qa-MEŠ / [É tal-pi-tú] a-na gi-mir-ti-šú / [É 2(bán) ad]-⸢ru⸣ ina URU.DUL—na-ḫi-⸢ri⸣ / [mqar-ḫa-a LÚ.ENGAR m]⸢e*-ni*⸣—[DINGIR DUMU pir-su] / [mab-šá-a] ⸢ŠEŠ-šú MÍ.pa⸣-[pa-a AMA-šú-nu] / [PAB 05 ZI]-⸢MEŠ⸣ É 60 [ANŠE A.ŠÀ] / [É] ⸢tal*-pi⸣-tu [a-na gi-mir-ti-šú] /…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Theodore Kwasman & Simo Parpola (SAA 6, 1991). ORACC text P335364.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335364). 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/P335364/.
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