Position in chronology
SAA 06 142. An Egyptian Scribe Buys a House in Nineveh (692-III-16) (ADD 0324)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) Fingernail of Šarru-lu-dari, (2) fingernail of Atar-suru, (3) fingernail of Amat-Su'la, wife of Bel-duri, shield-bearing 'third man,' (5) owners of the house being sold. (stamp seal impressions) (6) A built house with its beams, doors and a yard in Nineveh, adjoining the house of Mannu-ki-ahhe, the house of Ilu-issiya, and the street — (11) Ṣilli-Aššur, Egyptian scribe, has contracted and bought it for one mina of silver (by the mina) of the king from Šarru-lu-dari, Atar-suru and Amat-Su'la, the wife of Bel-duri. (r 4) The money is paid completely. That house is purchased and acquired.…
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/P335268/
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Transliteration
ṣu-pur mLUGAL—lu—dà-ri / ṣu-pur ma-tar—su-ru / ṣu-pur MÍ.a-mat—dsu-uʾ-la / MÍ-šú ša mEN—BÀD LÚv*.03-šú ša a-rit / EN É SUM-an / É ep-šú a-di GIŠ.ÙR-MEŠ-šú / a-di GIŠ.IG-MEŠ-⸢šú⸣ TÙR / ina URU.ni-nu-u*-a SUḪUR É mman-nu—ki—PAB-MEŠ / SUḪUR É <m>DINGIR—KI-ia / SUḪUR su-qa-qi ú-piš-ma / mGIŠ.MI—aš-šur LÚv.A.BA / LÚv.mu-ṣu-ra-a.a / ina ŠÀ 01 MA.NA KUG.UD ša LUGAL / TAv IGI mLUGAL—lu—dà-ri / TAv IGI…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Theodore Kwasman & Simo Parpola (SAA 6, 1991). ORACC text P335268.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335268). 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/P335268/.
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