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Page 157 / 157

~655 BCE·

Neo-Assyrian

SAA 14

SAA 14 264. Purchase of Slaves (ADD 0450)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [NN has contracted and] bought them for 5 minas of silver [by (the mina) of Car]chemish. (3) [The money is p]aid [completely]. (Those) people are purchased and [acquired]. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation [is void]. (5) [Wh]oever in the future, breaks the contract, whether [...]ri or his sons or his grandsons [or his brothers or his ne]phews (Break) (r 1) [Witness NN], head porter. (r 2) [Witness NN], exorcist. (r 3) [Witness NN], chief exorcist of house the crown prince. (r 4) [Witness NN], porter of Nabû. (r 5) [Witness NN], porter of the palace. (r 6) [Witnes…

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SAA 14 264. Purchase of Slaves (ADD 0450)

SAA 14 278. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (ADD 0527)

SAA 14 281. Fragment of a Witness List (ADD 0536)

SAA 14 288. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (ADD 0550)

SAA 14 289. (no title) (ADD 0551)

SAA 14 292. Fragment of a Witness List (ADD 0557)

SAA 14 297. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (ADD 0565)

SAA 14 298. (no title) (ADD 0566)

SAA 14 319. Fragment of a Witness List (ADD 0608)

SAA 14 321. Purchase of Land (ADD 0615)

SAA 14 324. Document Concerning Delivery of Wood (ADD 0694)

SAA 14 329. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (ADD 0728)

SAA 14 330. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (ADD 0729)

SAA 14 343. (no title) (ADD 1151)

SAA 14 347. Purchase of a Man (ADD 1172)

SAA 14 350. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (ADD 1182)

SAA 14 351. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (ADD 1184+)

SAA 14 352. Purchase of Land (ADD 1202+)

SAA 14 354. Purchase of Land (ADD 1204)

SAA 14 355. Purchase of Land and People (ADD 1205)

SAA 14 356. Purchase of Land (ADD 1206+)

SAA 14 360. (no title) (ADD 1210)

SAA 14 361. Fragment of a Witness List (ADD 1211)

SAA 14 362. Purchase of a Slave (ADD 1219)

SAA 14 363. (no title) (ADD 1220)

SAA 14 364. Purchase of a Slave (ADD 1221+)

SAA 14 365. (no title) (ADD 1223)

SAA 14 366. (no title) (ADD 1224)

SAA 14 367. (no title) (ADD 1225)

SAA 14 370. (no title) (ADD 1238)

SAA 14 371. (no title) (ADD 1239)

SAA 14 375. Lease of Land (ADD 1253)

SAA 14 392. Purchase of Land (ADD 1279)

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)