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SAA 12 040. Fragment of Aššur-etel-ilani Grant (NARGD 21+)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (r 2) [These people shall not be called up for labour and c]orvée service or for the le[vy of the land; they are free from] quay, cr[ossing and gate due]s [on la]nd or w[ater]; (r 5) [in] all [the temple]s [......]; [they are free from] "boat and cr[ossbar"]; [the tax on] his [oxe]n, [sheep and goats shall not be collected]; (r 8) [at the conclusion a business vent]ure he shall not [have to turn over anythin]g of his ear[nings]. (r 9) [A fut]ure [prince among the king]s, [my] sons, [whom A]ššur and Ištar nominate [t]o rule the land and the people: respect [(the oath) by Aššur, Enl]il, Adad, Be[r and the Ass]yrian [Ištar] an[d do not alter the wording of thi]s [tablet. The great gods] will hea[r you]r [prayer]. (Rest destroyed)
Source: Kataja, L. & Whiting, R. 1995. Grants, Decrees and Gifts of the Neo-Assyrian Period. SAA 12. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa12/P336266/
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Transliteration
[x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] / [ina il-ki] ⸢tup⸣-šik-ki di-⸢ku⸣-[ut KUR x x x x] / [x x x mi-ik]-⸢si⸣ ka-a-ri né-[bi-ri x x x x] / [x x x x] ⸢KUR?⸣-e ⸢ÍD⸣.[ḫi-ri-ti x x x x] / [x x x x É.KUR]-⸢MEŠ⸣ DÙ-ši-na [x x x x x] / [x x x x x GIŠ].MÁ GIŠ.ḫu-[ú-qu x x x x] / [x x x ṣi-bit] ⸢GUD⸣-MEŠ-šú ù [U₈.UDU-ḪI.A-šú] / [x x x x] ⸢ḫar⸣-ra-ni sa-⸢ḫur?⸣-[tu-šú mim]-⸢ma la ú⸣-[saḫ-ḫar?] / [NUN-ú]…
Scholarly note
Royal grant, decree or gift inscription of the Neo-Assyrian period, edited by Laura Kataja & Robert Whiting (SAA 12, 1995). ORACC text P336266.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336266). source
Translation excerpted from Kataja, L. & Whiting, R. 1995. Grants, Decrees and Gifts of the Neo-Assyrian Period. SAA 12. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa12/P336266/.
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