Position in chronology
SAA 14 257. Purchase of an Estate of 6 Hectares (ADD 0390)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (unused seal space) (2) An estate of 6 hect[ares of land] according to the seah of [...] (4) adjoining the house [...] (5) adjoini[ng ...] (6) adjoining [...] (7) adjoini[ng ...] — (8) [NN] has contracted for 2 [......]. (10) The money [is paid] compl[etely]. Tha[t] field [is purchased and acquired]. Any revocation, [lawsuit, or litigation] is void. (13) [Whoever ...], whether [......, seeks] a laws[uit or litigation] against [......], (17) [shall place] 4 minas [of silver in the lap of DN] resi[ding in ..., and shall return] the money [tenfold] to [its owner]. He shall…
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/P335334/
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Transliteration
[x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x] / É 06 ⸢ANŠE⸣ [A.ŠÀ] / ina GIŠ.BÁN ⸢ša⸣ [x x x] / SUḪUR É? [x x x x] / gab-⸢di⸣ [x x x x x] / SUḪUR [x x x x x] / gab-⸢di⸣ [x x x x x] / ú-piš-[ma mx x x] / ina ŠÀ 02 [x x x x] / kas-pu gam-[mur ta-din] / A.ŠÀ šu-a-[tú za-rip la-qi] / tu-a-ru [de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄] / la-áš-šu [man-nu ša x x x] / lu-u m[x x x x x x x] / TAv m[x x x x x x x] / de-e-[nu DUG₄.DUG₄ ub-ta-u-ni] / 04…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335334.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335334). 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/P335334/.
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