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SAA 06 092. Ahi-ṭalli, Harem Governess of Nineveh, Buys People (ADD 0570)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (2) Ahi-ṭalli, [governess of] Nineveh, [has contracted and bought them [from ...]ni [for ......]. (6) [Whoever in the future], at any time, whether ...] or (his) sons [or grandsons, or the ....] of his city, (10) [seeks] a lawsuit [or litigation against Ahi-ṭalli] (Break) (r 1) He shall return the money [tenfold] to its owners, and shall place [x minas of silver and x mi]nas of gold [in the lap of the god ... residing in ...]halina. (r 5) He shall tie [x white horses to the feet of] Ištar, [and shall br]ing [x harba]kannu horses to the feet of [.... He shall litigate in…
Source: Kwasman, T. & Parpola, S. 1991. Legal Transactions of the Royal Court of Nineveh, Part I: Tiglath-Pileser III through Esarhaddon. SAA 6. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa06/P335496/
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Transliteration
[x x x x x x x x]-⸢ku?⸣-ni / [x x x x tu-piš-ma] ⸢MÍ*⸣.PAB*—ṭar-li / [MÍ.šá-kín-tú ša] ⸢URU*.NINA⸣ o* / [TA IGI mx x x]+⸢x⸣-ni / [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šú* / [TI man-nu ša ur-kiš] ina ma!-ti-ma / [lu-u mx x x-ni] lu-u DUMU-MEŠ / [DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šú lu-u x]+⸢x⸣ URU-MEŠ-šú / [x x x x x x x]-šú / [x x x x x x] ⸢ša*⸣ DI.KUD / [x x x x x x x x] kas-pu / [a-na 10-MEŠ-te a]-na EN-MEŠ-šú GUR-ra / [x MA.NA…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Theodore Kwasman & Simo Parpola (SAA 6, 1991). ORACC text P335496.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335496). source
Translation excerpted from Kwasman, T. & Parpola, S. 1991. Legal Transactions of the Royal Court of Nineveh, Part I: Tiglath-Pileser III through Esarhaddon. SAA 6. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa06/P335496/.
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