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~655 BCE·

Neo-Assyrian

SAA 14

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

(1) Seal of Paranu[...], gardener from the town of [...], owner of the man being sold. (stamp seal impressions) (4) [NN], his servant, (Break) (r 2) [Witness ..ṣ]u, eunuch [...]. (r 3) Witness Ubru-Issar, [...]. (r 4) Witness [...]ayu, [...]. (r 5) Witness Nabû-ahu-[...]. (r 6) Witness Ahu-[...]. (r 7) Witness Na[...]. (r 8) Month Shebat (XI), [xth d]ay, eponym year of [...].

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~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

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

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [... ...]hi, [...] (3) [... ...]-Aššur, [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

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

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...]... (2) [...]-mar-šarri-uṣur, (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

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~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

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

(1) [Instead of] his seal [he impressed his] fi[ngernail]. (2) [Fingernail of] Ilu-ah[u-uṣur] (3) [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

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

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [Witness NN], co[hort commander]. (Rest destroyed)

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~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

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

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [Witness NN], co[hort commander]. (Rest destroyed)

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~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 375. Lease of Land (ADD 1253)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] (2) [NN, ...] — (r 1) [NN] has contracted [and bo]ught an estate of 4 hectares of field in culti[vation for x] years for [......] (r 4) whoever [...] the silver (r 5) [...] field [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 14

SAA 14 392. Purchase of Land (ADD 1279)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] of [...] (2) [...]... [...] (blank(?) space of two lines) (3) [...]... [...] (4) [...]..., in all 7 'litres' [...] (5) [...] adjoining Il-abu-[...]... [...]... — (6) [...] has contracted (Rest destroyed)

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~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 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)

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~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)

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~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…

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~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 ...]…

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~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)…

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~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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