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SAA 06 097. Lady Indibi Loans 17 Minas of Silver (693-V-9) (ADD 0066)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) 17 minas of silver by the mina of the merchant, belonging to Indibî, at the disposal of Arbayu. (4) He shall pay the silver in its original amount in Tishri (VII). If he does not pay, (it shall increase) two shekels per mina per month. (7) A vineyard in the village of Bel-ahhe, adjoining the vineyards of Habasu, Se'-barakku and the chief scribe, (and) Dari-Bel, his wife, 3 sons and 2 daughters, together with his property, (everything, down to the) chaff and twig, and Hulli and his daughter, are placed as a pledge. (r 5) (If) they die or flee, the responsibility is upon their owner. On the…
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/P335018/
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Transliteration
17 MA.NA KUG.UD ina ma-né-e ša LÚv?.⸢DAM?.QAR?⸣ / ša MÍ.in-di-bi-i / ina IGI mar-ba-a.a / ITI.DU₆* KUG.UD ina SAG.DU-šú SUM-an / šum-ma la SUM-ni / 02 GÍN a-na ma-né-e ša ITI-šú / GIŠ.SAR ša GIŠ*.til-lit* [o] zaq-pu / ina URU.ŠE—mEN—PAB-MEŠ SUḪUR GIŠ.SAR šá / mḫa-ba-su SUḪUR mse-eʾ—ba*-rak*-⸢ki*⸣ / SUḪUR GIŠ.SAR LÚ.GAL—A.BA / mdà-ri—EN MÍ-šú 03 DUMU-MEŠ-šú / 02* DUMU.MÍ-MEŠ-šú a-di qi-ni-ti-šú /…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Theodore Kwasman & Simo Parpola (SAA 6, 1991). ORACC text P335018.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335018). 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/P335018/.
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