Position in chronology
SAA 14 032. Kiṣir-Aššur Lends Straw (*618-I-15) (ADD 0151)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 14(1) Seal of Rapâ, son of Abdi-Limi, singer from Šiddiasika. (3) 10 shekels of silver belonging to Kiṣir-Aššur, cohort commander, at his disposal at the threshing floor for straw. (stamp seal impressions) (5) 60 bales at the disposal of Rapâ, (6) 20 ditto at the disposal of Ahubu, (7) 20 ditto at the disposal of Šašmayu, (8) in all 100 bales. (r 1) They shall pay the straw worth 10 shekels of silver in Šiddiasika. (r 2) If they do not pay, it shall increase by the same amount. (r 3) Rapâ is the guarantor of the straw. (r 4) Month Nisan (I), 15th day, eponym year of Nabû-sakip. (r 5) Witness…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 14 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
NA₄.KIŠIB mra-pa-a DUMU mab-di—li-me / LÚ.NAR TAv URU.šid-di-a-si-ka / 10 GÍN KUG.UD ša mki-ṣir—aš-šur GAL—ki-ṣir / ina IGI-šú ina ad-ri ŠE.IN.NU-MEŠ / 60 ma-qa-ru-tú ina IGI mra-pa-a / 20 :. ina IGI mPAB-ú-bi / 20 :. ina IGI mšá-áš-ma-a.⸢a⸣ / PAB 01 me ma-qar-rat-MEŠ šá ŠE.IN.[NU]-⸢MEŠ⸣ / ša 10 GÍN KUG.UD ina URU.ši-di-a-si-ka / SUM-nu BE-ma la SUM-nu ina mit-ḫar GAL / mra-pa-a EN—ŠU.2-MEŠ šá…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335102.
Attribution
Image: Adapted from Raija Mattila, Legal Transactions of the Royal Court of Nineveh, Part II: Assurbanipal Through Sin-šarru-iškun (State Archives of Assyria, 14), 2002. Lemmatised by Melanie Groß, 2010–2011, as part of the FWF-funded research project "Royal Institutional Households in First Millennium BC Mesopotamia" (S 10802-G18) directed by Heather D. Baker at the University of Vienna. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P335102/..
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/P335102/.
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