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Page 1394 / 1473

~655 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 14

SAA 14 395. Purchase of a Vacant Lot and a Threshing Floor

(1) [Seal of NN, son of] Zabd[i-ili], (2) [seal of NN], [...], (3) [seal of ...]..., (4) [seal of] Aya, son of Na[bû-...], (5) [sea]l of Sin-ahu-uṣur, (6) [owners of the va]cant [lot] (and) threshing floor being sold. (stamp seal impressions) (rest too broken for translation)

Law·Economy

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 423. Purchase of Land

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [adjoining the road lea]ding [to ..., adjoining ..., adjoining] Šamaš-šezib, (4) (Break) (7) [...] has bought. (r 1) [The money is paid completely]. That [fie]ld is [purchased and acquired. Any revocation, law]suit, or litigation [is void]. (r 3) [Whoever in the future, at] any time, (Rest destroyed)

Law·Economy

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 437. Mukin-ahhe Redeems His Nephew (669-VII-21) (TIM 11 18$)

(1) Seal of Nabû-iqbi, (2) seal of Nurtî. (seal impressions) (3) [One min]a of silver by the mi[na of] the king [Kin-a]hhe has [given] to Nabû-iqbi and [t]o Nurtî, and has redeemed Nabû-rehtu-uṣur, [the so]n of his brother, and cleared him (from claim). (8) No-one shall litigate with him. [Wh]oever breaks the contract, shall [gi]ve 10 minas of silver. (r 2) Month Tishri (VII), 21st day, [e]ponym year of Šamaš-kašid-ayabi. (r 4) [Wi]tness Hašanu. (r 5) Witness Labaṭî. (r 6) [Wi]tness Daddî. (r 7) [Witne]ss Ṭab-Daddî, Dur-Adad. (r 8) [Witne]ss Dugul-a(na)-ili. (r 9) [Wi]tness Ululayu. (r 10) [Wi…

Law·Economy

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 468. Urdu-Inurta Buys 11 Hectares of Land in Huli (ADD 1185)

(1) [Instead of] his seal he impressed his fingernail. (2) [Fi]ngernail of Inurta-na'di, owner of the field being sold. (stamp seal impressions) (3) An estate of 2 hectares of land adjoining the field of [...] adjoining the road that le[ads] to Enati. (5) An estate of 1 hectare 6 decares of field adjoining Man[nu-ki-Adad], adjoining the field of Ṭab-bel. (6) An estate of 1 [hectare of field] adjoining Ter-dala, adjoining [NN], adjoining the steppe road. (8) An estate of 1 he[ctare of field] adjoining [...]..., adjoining [...]. (10) An estate of 5 decares of field in the wadi o[f ...]…

Law·Economy

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 475. Urdu Buys People (ADD 0259)

(1) Fingernail of Bel-iqbi, (2) Fingernail of Zeru-ibni, (3) Fingernail of Bel-abu-uṣur, (4) owner(s) of the people being sold. (space for fingernail impressions) (5) [...]-Marduk, his wife, (6) his [x sons], his 2 daughters, (7) [in all x per]sons, servants [of] these [men] — (9) Urdu [has contrac]ted and bought them [from] these men [for 1]80 (shekels of) copper. (12) [The money] is paid completely. The [people] are purchased and acquired. Any [revocat]ion, lawsuit, or litigation is void. (15) [Whoever in] the future lodges a complaint and seeks [a law]suit against Urdu and his sons, (18)…

Law·Economy

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 478. Fragment of a Witness List (ADD 1201)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 3) Witness [NN]. (r 4) Witness Ahu-la-amaš[ši]. (r 5) Witness Agu[...]. (r 6) Witness Nergal-ša[rru-uṣur]. (r 7) [Witness] Nabû-[...]. (Rest destroyed)

Law·Economy

~650 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet XI (the Flood)

The single most important literary discovery of the 19th century. It rewired the understanding of the Bible's literary context and proved that the Mesopotamian flood tradition is older. It is the oldest surviving epic poetry in human history.

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~627 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5

Aššur-etel-ilāni 01

Aššur-etel-ilāni's dedication of baked bricks for Ezida at Kalḫu — framed as a life-preservation rite — attests royal temple-building ideology persisting into the final turbulent years of the Assyrian Empire.

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~627 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5

Aššur-etel-ilāni 02

Addresses Marduk as 'Enlil of the gods' and supreme arbiter of both Igīgū and Anunnakū — attesting the late Assyrian theological strategy of absorbing Babylonian divine supremacy into royal piety.

SAA 14 395. Purchase of a Vacant Lot and a Threshing Floor

SAA 14 423. Purchase of Land

SAA 14 437. Mukin-ahhe Redeems His Nephew (669-VII-21) (TIM 11 18$)

SAA 14 468. Urdu-Inurta Buys 11 Hectares of Land in Huli (ADD 1185)

SAA 14 475. Urdu Buys People (ADD 0259)

SAA 14 478. Fragment of a Witness List (ADD 1201)

Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet XI (the Flood)

Aššur-etel-ilāni 01

Aššur-etel-ilāni 02

Aššur-etel-ilāni 03

Aššur-etel-ilāni 04

Aššur-etel-ilāni 05

Aššur-etel-ilāni 06

Sîn-šarru-iškun 01

Sîn-šarru-iškun 02

Sîn-šarru-iškun 03

Sîn-šarru-iškun 04

Sîn-šarru-iškun 05

Sîn-šarru-iškun 07

Sîn-šarru-iškun 13

Sîn-šarru-iškun 19

Sîn-šarru-iškun 06

Sîn-šarru-iškun 08

Sîn-šarru-iškun 09

Sîn-šarru-iškun 10

Sîn-šarru-iškun 11

Sîn-šarru-iškun 12

Sîn-šarru-iškun 14

Sîn-šarru-iškun 15

Sîn-šarru-iškun 16

Sîn-šarru-iškun 17

Sîn-šarru-iškun 18

Sîn-šarru-iškun 20

Sîn-šarru-iškun 2001

Sîn-šarru-iškun 21

AuOr 37, 043-044 01

AuOr 37, 044-045 02

AuOr 37, 045-046 03

AuOr 37, 047 04

AuOr 37, 047-049 05

BM 091441

CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 023 & 002701.05, ex. 010

CDLI Literary 002701.05, ex. 011

CDLJ 2007/1 §3.49

CDLJ 2007/1 §3.50

CDLJ 2007/1 §3.54

CUSAS 15, 043

DUROM 2009.9

Fs Lambert 210-211 53 A3

Genava 17, 031, no. 23