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SAA 06 126. Esarhaddon’s Doctor Buys an Estate (697-VI) (ADD 0381)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [Sea]l of N[a..., se]al of K[i..., ow]ners of the field bein[g sold]. (4) An estate of 10 (hectares of) land in the ci[ty ...] (stamp seal impressions) (5) [adjoining] (the fields of) Dayyanu [...], Ranqira[... and Šul]manu-...-iqbi — (8) Šemahu, the doctor of Esarhaddon, [has co]ntracted and bou[ght it for] 1/2 mina of silver. (11) It is paid [complet]ely. That [field] is purchased [and acquired]. (r 1) Any revocat[ion, lawsuit], or lit[igation is void]. (r 3) [Whoever brea]ks the contract shall pl[ace] 2 mi[nas of silver in the lap] of Adad, [and shall return the money tenfold t]o its…
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/P335325/
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Transliteration
[NA₄].⸢KIŠIB⸣ mna-[x x x x] / ⸢NA₄⸣.KIŠIB m⸢ki⸣-[x x x x] / ⸢EN⸣ A.ŠÀ ta-⸢da⸣-[ni] / ⸢É?⸣ 10 A.ŠÀ URU.[x x x] / [SUḪUR m]⸢da*⸣-a.a-⸢ni⸣ [x x x] / [x x] ⸢SUḪUR*⸣ m*ra-an-⸢qi*⸣-ra-[x] / [SUḪUR mx]-⸢ma*⸣-nu*-ru*—⸢E*⸣ [o] / [ú]-⸢piš⸣-ma m⸢še*⸣-ma-⸢ḫu*⸣ [o] / ⸢LÚv⸣.A*.ZU* m⸢aš-šur*⸣—PAB—SUM-⸢na⸣ / [ina ŠÀ] 1/2 MA.NA KUG.UD il-[qi] / [o* gam]-⸢mur ta⸣-di-ni / [A.ŠÀ] šú-a-⸢tú za*-rip*⸣ [o] / [laq-qi]…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Theodore Kwasman & Simo Parpola (SAA 6, 1991). ORACC text P335325.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335325). 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/P335325/.
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