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Neo-Assyrian

SAA 14

SAA 14 445. Silver Loan (*621-I-21) (TIM 11 25)

(1) 10 shekels of silver (r 1) He shall pay [......]. (r 2) [I]f he does not pay, he shall pay in the centre of Nineveh. (r 4) Month Nisan (I), 21st day, eponym year of Bel-iqbi. (r 6) Witness Šarru-isse'a. (r 7) Witness Puṭiše.

Law

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 446. Court Order Concerning a Silver Loan (*612-VII) (TIM 11 22)

(1) Se[al] of Aṣi', son of [T]amurṭiše, (3) 10[+x shekel]s of silver (seal impressions) (4) 10 days (5) ... (6) A'e[... ....] (7) ...[...] (8) ...[...] (r 1) shall gi[ve ...] (r 2) A'[e..., Aṣ]i', (r 3) ...[... If] they do not do the work, the silver will increase .... (r 5) they will do [...] (r 6) [...] Month Tishri (VII), eponym year of Šamaš-šarru-ibni, (r 7) Witness [...], [...]. (e. 1) Witness Haqu-niše. (e. 2) ditto Ši-eše. (e. 3) He has paid off a document for 7 shekels of silver.

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 447. (no title) (TIM 11 20)

(1) Seal of [NN], [son of] Inur[ta-...], [......] (seal impression) (4) [......] (5) On the 1st day o[f month ...] (r 1) ...[...] (r 2) If no[t ...] (r 3) not ...[...] (r 4) he shall bear the liability [for ......] (r 6) [M]onth Nisan (I), [...th day, epo]nym year of Šamaš-[......]. (r 8) [Witne]ss Ma[r-...]. (e. 1) Witness Aššur-ba[lliṭ ...]. (e. 2) Witness Ahu-[...]. (e. 3) Witness [...].

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 448. Court Order Concerning Copper Vessels (TIM 11 21)

(1) [......] (2) [...] copper vessels (3) [...]... (seal impression) (4) [...] Urdu-Nabû (5) [...] ... (6) [...] with Urdu-[...], (7) he carried [...] (r 1) [...] they have come to an arrangement (r 2) [...] silver (r 3) [...] Urdu-Nabû (r 4) they gave [...] (r 5) [Peace is be]tween them. (r 6) [... M]onth Tebet (X), 26(th) day, [eponym year of ...], chief [...]. (r 8) [......] (r 9) [......] (r 10) [......]

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 449. Fragmentary Court Order (TIM 11 23)

(1) If [on the 1st] da[y], (2) Bal[...] (3) Kanun[ayu], (4) do not g[o] (seal impressions) (5) of [...] (6) 20 [...] (7) t[o ...] (r 1) [NN], [...] (r 2) to Bal[...]. (r 3) Month Elul (VI), 14[th] day. (r 4) Witness Ba[l...]. (r 5) [Witness] Gu[r...]. (r 6) [Wi]tness [NN]. (r 7) [Witness NN]. (e. 1) Witness Ša[maš-šall]im-ahhe. (e. 2) Witness Puṭi-ešu. (e. 3) Witness Nargî.

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 450. Court Decision Concerning Adoption (TIM 11 24)

(1) The lawsu[it which] Nur-šarru-[uṣur] argued with [... t]inti on account of [his s]on. (4) Nabû-mar-šarri-uṣur has taken Aptir[a...], his son, [as] an (adopted) son fo[r ...]. (Break) (r 1) Witness Ala[...]ru, Ahu-e[di]. (r 2) Witness Pan-[Issar-l]amur, Bel-šalme [...]. (r 3) Witness Ša-l[a-il]i-mannu, Puṭu-Eš[i]. (r 4) Witness [...]-ili, scribe.

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 451. (no title) (TIM 11 26)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) ...[...] (r 2) in the Review Palace [...] (r 3) he shall pay double the silver. (r 4) king's work [...] (r 5) Month Iyyar (II), [...] (Rest destroyed)

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 452. (no title) (TIM 11 28)

(1) Seal of Mannu-ki-Adad, [son of] Urdu-Mu[lli]ssi, (Break) (r 1) [Witness NN. Witness] Inurta-abi-uṣur. (r 2) [Witness NN. Witne]ss Dan-Adad. (r 3) [Witness ...]ru, son of Ilumma-lidgul. (r 4) [Witness NN, so]n of Nabû-uṣur. (r 5) [...]... (r 6) [...] ......

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 453. (no title) (TIM 11 30a)

(Beginning destroyed) (seal space) (1) [...] Nabû-aplu-[...], his servant (Break) (r 1) Witness [...]ri. (Rest destroyed)

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 454. (no title) (TIM 11 30c)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) ... [......] (4) [It will increase] by a fourth. (5) Month Sivan (III) [......] (Rest destroyed)

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 455. (no title) (TIM 11 30d)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] in 1 homer [...] (3) [...] intercalary Ad[ar (XIIa) ...] (Rest destroyed)

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 456. (no title) (TIM 11 30e)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] contravenes [...] (r 1) [...] Aššur and Šamaš [shall be his prosecutors]. (Rest destroyed)

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 457. Bel-Harran-duri, Chariot Driver of the C[rown Prince], Buys Land (TIM 11 31)

(1) [Instead of his seal he impressed his fingernail]. (fingernail impressions) (2) [Fingernail] of Zer-sama', [owner of the field], garden, threshing floor and house being sold. (4) [An estate of x hect]ares of field in cultivation [by the seah] of 7 'litres' by the [...] 'litre'. (6) [A bui]lt [house] with [its] beams, and [with] it[s d]oors, [...] (8) [...] threshing floor, vegetable garden, (9) [...] Satib[a...] — (10) Bel-Harran-duri, chariot driver of the c[rown prince], [has co]ntracted and bou[ght it f]rom Zer-sama'[... f]or 3 and half mina of silver. (14) The money is paid…

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 458. Barruqu Lends Grain (TIM 11 35)

(1) 5 homers one seah 5 'l[itres' ...] according to the seah of [x 'litre(s)'] belonging to Barr[uqu], (4) at the disposal of Nabû-šallimšunu, (5) at the disposal of Ereš-Issar, (6) They shall pay at the threshing floor in its original amount. (7) If they do not pay, it shall accrue interest. Month Nisan (I), (Rest destroyed)

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 459. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (*635) (TIM 11 32)

(1) [Seal of Is]sar-šarru-ibni, chief bow-maker [...], son of Issar-tariba, [owner of the ... being s]old. (stamp seal impressions) (Break) (r 2) No-one [shall litigate with] any[one] (r 3) Whoever in the future, [at any tim]e, contra[venes], Aššur and Šamaš shall be his prosecutors. The treaty of the king shall call him to account. (r 6) Witness Kaqqadanu. Witness Qulî. (r 7) Witness Mussezib. Witness Urdu-ahhešu. (r 8) Witness Nergal-eṭir. Witness Zar'utî. (r 9) Witness Remana-Aššur. Witness Gula-šumu-ibni. (r 10) Witness Mušallim-Marduk. (r 11) Witness Ahû'a-eriba. (e. 1) [Month ..., xth da…

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 460. Land Lease (TIM 11 33)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) An estate of 5 hectares 7 decares of [...] ditto Ṣidqaya, the Sido[nian ...] Nineveh, ditto the river. (3) An estate of 2 hectares [...] adjoining the river, adjoining the road of the town of Ad[ad-...], adjoining the maintenance field of the king's house [...], adjoining the sacred precint, adjoining Ṣidqaya, (7) An estate of 2 hectares "thin" (land) adjoining [...] (8) adjoining the road to Adad-[... ...] (9) Su-bal from [...] (10) adjoining Ṣidq[aya, ...] (11) well, adjoining [...] (12) of Tur[...] (13) Issar-ša[......] (14) adjoining the side road of [...] (15)…

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 461. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (TIM 11 34)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) his [..., ...] (r 2) [whether] the governor of his city, o[r ... or] the scribe of his city, o[r ...] (r 4) [se]eks [a law]suit or litigation against [NN, with] his [son]s, with [his grand]sons, [...], (r 6) [he shall give] 20 [minas of refined silver and x minas of] pure gold [...], he shall give [x] white [hor]ses t[o ......]. (r 9) He shall retu[rn] the mone[y tenfold to] its [owner]s. (r 10) [He shall con]test [in his 'no-lawsuit'] and not [succeed]. (Rest destroyed)

~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 ...]…

~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)…

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 476. A Court Decision on Behalf of Silim-Aššur

(1) The case which Sil[im-Aššur] argued with Sunî [......]. They approached the [...]. (4) Silim-[Aššur]. (unused seal space) (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

~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)

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