Position in chronology
SAA 14 464. Šulmu-šarri Buys One Decare of Grazing Land (713) (ADD 1195)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) Inste[ad of their seals they impressed their fingernail]. (2) [Fingernail of NN], fingernail of [NN], in all 2 [men, owners of the field being sold]. (fingernail impressions) (5) An estate of 1 decare of grazing land [......] belonging to Išmu[...] — (7) Šu[lmu-šarri, ...] has contracted and bought it for 1/2 mina of silver [...]. (9) The money [is paid] co[mpletely]. That threshing floor is pur[chased] and acquired. Any revoca[tion, lawsuit], or litigation is void. (12) Whoever in the future, at any time, whether these men or their sons, seeks a lawsuit against Šu[l]mu-šarri and his…
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/P335975/
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Transliteration
ku-⸢um⸣ [NA₄.KIŠIB-šú-nu ṣu-pur-šú-nu] / iš-⸢kun⸣-[nu ṣu-pur mx x x x] / ṣu-pur [mx x x x x] / PAB 02 ⸢LÚ⸣-[MEŠ-e EN A.ŠÀ SUM] / É BÁN tab-ri-⸢e⸣ [x x x x x] / ša miš*-mu*-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] / ú-piš-ma o* m⸢DI⸣-[mu—MAN x x x] / ina ŠÀ 1/2 MA.NA KUG.[UD x x x] / il-qi kas-pu ⸢ga⸣-[mur ta-din] / ad-ru* šu-a-tú za-[ri-ip] / la-qi-ta tu-a-[ru de-e-nu] / ša DUG₄.DUG₄ la-šú ma-nu / ša ina ur-kiš ina…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Raija Mattila (SAA 14, 2002). ORACC text P335975.
Attribution
Image: BM 099158 (British Museum, London, UK) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335975). 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/P335975/.
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