SAA 06 317. Remanni-Adad Loans Silver against Pledge (666) (ADD 0060)

~700 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P335012

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 6

High confidence

(1) [Seal of] Ṣalam-šarri-iqbi, [..., seal of] Na'di-Inurta, aug[ur]. (3) [The serv]ants of Ṣalam-šar[ri-iqbi and Na'di-Inurta are placed] as a pled[ge in lieu of 1 1/2 mi]nas of silver [at the disposal of Remanni-Adad], (space for stamp seal impressions) (5) chief chariot driver of the ki[ng]. (6) Whoever pays the 1 1/2 minas of silver to Rem[anni-Adad], shall [redeem] his servants. (8) [Wit]ness Šamaš-šarru-uṣur, chariot dr[iver of the prince]. (9) [Wit]ness Šumma-ilani, ditto [ditto]. (10) [Wit]ness Barruqu, ditto [ditto]. (11) [Wit]ness Sakkannu, ditto ditto. (12) Witness…

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

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Transliteration

[NA₄.KIŠIB md]NU—LUGAL—⸢iq⸣-bi ⸢LÚ⸣.[x x] / [NA₄.KIŠIB m]⸢I*⸣—dMAŠ LÚ.da-gíl—a*-[x x] / [LÚ.ARAD-MEŠ]-ni šá mdNU—⸢LUGAL⸣—[iq-bi u mI—dMAŠ] / [ku-um 01 1/2 MA].⸢NA⸣ KUG.UD a-na šá-⸢par⸣-[ti ina IGI mrém-a-ni—dIM] / LÚ.DIB—KUŠ.PA-MEŠ dan-nu šá ⸢LUGAL*⸣ [šak-nu] / ⸢man⸣-nu šá 01 1/2 MA.NA KUG.UD-MEŠ a-na mrém-[a-ni—dIM] / ⸢id⸣-dan-u-ni LÚ.ARAD-MEŠ-šú ⸢ú⸣-[še-ṣa] / ⸢IGI⸣ mdUTU—MAN—PAB…

Scholarly note

Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Theodore Kwasman & Simo Parpola (SAA 6, 1991). ORACC text P335012.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335012). 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/P335012/.

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