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SAA 14 018. Ninuayu Buys a Slave (ADD 0182)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [S]eal of Isbuṭu, son of Musallamu, gardener of the palace, owner of the man being sold. (seal impressions) (3) Šamaš-ila'i, bought slave, servant [o]f Isbuṭu, gardener of the palace — (5) Ninuayu, eunuch of the king, has contracted and [bou]ght him [for] one mina of silver by (the mina) of Carchemish. (7) The money is paid completely. That [man] is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, [la]wsuit, or litigation is void. (Rest destroyed)
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/P335132/
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Transliteration
⸢NA₄⸣.KIŠIB mis-bu-ṭu A mmu-sa-la-mu / ⸢LÚ⸣.NU.GIŠ.SAR ša É.GAL EN LÚ ta-da-ni / [m]dUTU—DINGIR-a.a LÚ.ŠÁM ARAD-šú / ⸢ša⸣ mis-bu-ṭu LÚ.NU.GIŠ.SAR šá É.GAL / ú-piš-ma mNINA.KI-a.a LÚ.SAG—MAN / [ina ŠÀ] 01 MA.NA KUG.UD ina ša URU.gar-ga-mis / [il]-qi kas-pu gam-mur ta-din / [LÚ] šu-a-tú za-rip laq-qi tu-a-ru / [de]-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-áš-[šú]
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335132.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335132). 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/P335132/.
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