Position in chronology
SAA 06 331. Remanni-Adad Buys Vineyards in Singara (660-V-3) (ADD 0362)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 6(1) Seal of Adad-naṣir, sc[ribe], son of Nabû-naṣir, scribe of the house [of Aššur-le'i], owner of the vineyard being sold. (cylinder seal impression) (4) A vineyard in Singara, in the house [of Ištar], 2,600 vin[es within it]; (6) an estate in [its] entirety adjoining the gardens of [NN] and the garden of [NN] (Break) (r 1) Wit[ness ...]. (r 2) Wi[tness ...] ... [...]. (r 3) Witness [Da]ri-šarru, [horse trainer of the open chariotry]. (r 4) Witness Šamaš-šallim, [chariot driver]. (r 5) Witness Ilu-mušezib, [horse trainer of the open chariotry]. (r 6) Witness Marduk-zeru-ibni, [scribe]. (r 7) Month Ab (V), 3rd day, eponym year of Gir-Ṣap[unu].
State Archives of Assyria, volume 6 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
NA₄.KIŠIB m10—PAB-ir LÚ.⸢A⸣.[BA] / A mdPA—PAB-ir LÚ.A.BA ša É [mAN.ŠÁR—ZU] / EN GIŠ.SAR ta-da-a-⸢ni⸣ / GIŠ.⸢SAR*⸣ ina KUR.si-in-ga-⸢ra⸣ ina* ⸢É⸣—[d15] / 02 lim 06* me <$x$> GIŠ.til-⸢lit⸣ [ina ŠÀ-bi] / É a-na gi-mir-⸢ti⸣-[šú] / ⸢SUḪUR⸣ GIŠ.SAR-MEŠ šá m[x x x x] / [SUḪUR] GIŠ.SAR ša* m[x x x x x] / ⸢IGI⸣ [mx x x x x x] / IGI m[x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x] / IGI [mdà]-ri—MAN LÚ.[GIŠ.GIGIR—DU₈] / IGI…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Theodore Kwasman & Simo Parpola (SAA 6, 1991). ORACC text P335306.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) ? — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335306). 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/P335306/.
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