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SAA 14 040. Kakkullanu Buys His Neighbour’s House in Nineveh (*625-III-17) (ADD 0325)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) Seal of Šarru-lu-dari, son of Ahû'a-eriba, horse trainer of the chief eunuch of the crown prince, owner of the house being sold. (stamp seal impressions) (4) A [bui]lt house with its beams, 6 doors and well within, in all a house and a barn in its entirety in Nineveh adjoining Sin-šarru-uṣur, adjoining Kakkullanu, adjoining Kanunayu and adjoining Ṭusî — (10) Kakkullanu has contracted and bought for 2 minas of silver. (12) The money is paid completely. That house purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. (15) Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a…
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/P335269/
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Transliteration
NA₄.KIŠIB mMAN—lu—dà-ri A mPAB-u-a—SU / LÚ.GIGIR ša LÚ.GAL—SAG šá A—MAN / EN É SUM-ni / É [ep]-šú a-du GIŠ.ÙR-MEŠ-šú / 06 GIŠ.IG-MEŠ PÚ ina ŠÀ-bi / PAB É tal-pi-tú a-na gi-mir-te-šá / ina URU.NINA SUḪUR md30—MAN—PAB / SUḪUR mkak-kul-la-ni / SUḪUR mITI.AB-a.a SUḪUR mṭu-si-i / ú-piš-ma mkak-kul-la-ni / ina ŠÀ 02 MA.NA KUG.UD / il-qi kas-pu gam-mur ta-din / É šu-a-tú za-rip la-qi / tú-a-ru de-e-nu…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335269.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335269). 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/P335269/.
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