Position in chronology
SAA 06 323. Remanni-Adad Loans Silver, 75 Rams, and a Heifer (664-X-25) (ADD 0115)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 6(1) 10 minas of silver by the (mina) of Carchemish, 75 rams, and one heifer belonging to Remanni-Adad, chariot driver, (4) at the disposal of Arbailayu, deputy (governor) of Barhalza, Nabû-riba-ahhe the scribe, Mašqaru the 'third man,' and Il-dalâ ditto. (8) They have taken it as a loan. It shall increase by a third. (10) One shall give back the sheep and the heifer in Adar (XII). If not, the sheep will give birth. (r 1) [Mon]th Tebet (X), 25th day, eponym year of Šarru-lu-dari. (r 2) [Wit]ness Nergal-šarru-uṣur, 'third man.' (r 3) Witness Uarmeri, ditto. (r 4) Witness Šamaš-šarru-u[ṣur],…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 6 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
10 MA.NA KUG.UD ina ša URU.gar-ga-mis / 75 UDU.NÍTA-MEŠ 01 GUD.ÁB.⸢NIGIN⸣ / ša mrém-a-ni—dIM LÚv.DIB—a-pa-te / ina IGI mURU.arba-ìl-a.a LÚv.02-u KUR.bar-ḫal-zi / ina IGI mdPA—SU—PAB-MEŠ LÚv.A.BA / ina IGI mmaš-qa-ru LÚv.03-si-šú / ina IGI mDINGIR—dàl-a LÚv.:. <(03-si-šú)> / ina pu-u-ḫi i-ta-ṣu / ⸢a-na⸣ 03-si-šú i-ra-bi / UDU-MEŠ GUD.ÁB.NIGIN ina ITI.ŠE SUM-an / šum-ma la SUM-ni UDU-MEŠ ú-lu-du /…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Theodore Kwasman & Simo Parpola (SAA 6, 1991). ORACC text P335066.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335066). 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/P335066/.
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