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SAA 14 013. Manageress of Assur Buys a Slave (650) (ADD 0206)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) Seal of Belet-uṣalla, owner of the man being sol[d]. (stamp seal impressions) (3) [...-er]eš, servant [of Belet]-uṣalla — (5) [the harem m]anageress [of ... of the cit]y of Assur [has contracted and bought him for x shek]els of silver. (8) [The mone]y [is paid] completely. That [man is purchased and acquired]. Any revocation, [lawsuit, or litig]ation is void. (12) [Whoever in the f]uture, at any time, [whether Belet-u]ṣalla or his sons [or his grandsons] or (his) brothers [or any relat]ive of his [lodges a compl]aint or breaks the contract, and [se]eks [a lawsuit or litigation against the…
Source: Mattila, R. 2002. Legal Transactions of the Royal Court of Nineveh, Part II: Assurbanipal through Sin-šarru-iškun. SAA 14. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa14/P335153/
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Transliteration
NA₄.KIŠIB mdGAŠAN—ú-ṣa-la / EN LÚ SUM-an*-[ni] / [mx x x]—⸢APIN⸣-eš ARAD-šú / [ša mdGAŠAN]—⸢ú*⸣-ṣal!-la / [tu-piš-ma MÍ.GAR].KUR*-tu / [ša x x x] ⸢URU*⸣.aš-šur / [ina ŠÀ x GÍN]-⸢MEŠ*⸣ KUG.UD / [il-qi kas]-⸢pu⸣ gam-mur / [ta-din LÚ] šu-a-te / [za-rip la-qi] tu-a-ru / [de-e-nu DUG₄].DUG₄ la-áš-šú / [man-nu ša ina] ⸢ur⸣-kiš ina ma-te-ma / [i-za-qu-pa-a]-ni i-GIL-u-ni / [lu-u mdGAŠAN—ú]-ṣa-la lu-u…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335153.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335153). source
Translation excerpted from Mattila, R. 2002. Legal Transactions of the Royal Court of Nineveh, Part II: Assurbanipal through Sin-šarru-iškun. SAA 14. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa14/P335153/.
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