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SAA 12 094. The Ninurta Temple Purchases a Devotee (ADD 0642)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) Seal of Na'id-Issar, seal of Aššur-matka-da''in, sons of Issar-šumu-iddina, weaver of the queen, owner of the man being sold. (stamp seal impressions) (5) Šumma-Nabû, weaver of multicoloured trim, their servant — (6) Iddin-Ea, priest of Ninurta, has contracted, purchased and bought him for Ninurta residing in Calah for 1/2 mina of silver from Na'id-Issar, (and) from Aššur-matka-da''in. (11) Any revocation, lawsuit or litigation is void. (12) Whoever in the future, at any [time], lodges a complaint or [breaks the contract, wh]ether [these] men [or ......], (Break) (r 1) [...] any litigants…
Source: Kataja, L. & Whiting, R. 1995. Grants, Decrees and Gifts of the Neo-Assyrian Period. SAA 12. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa12/P335555/
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Transliteration
NA₄.KIŠIB mI—d15 / NA₄.KIŠIB maš-šur—KUR-ka—KAL-in / DUMU-MEŠ md15—MU—SUM-na LÚ.UŠ.BAR ša MÍ—É.GAL / EN LÚ ta-da-a-ni / mšum-ma—dPA LÚ.UŠ.BAR—bir-me ARAD-šú-nu / ú-piš-ma mi-din-a.a LÚ.SANGA šá dMAŠ / a-na dMAŠ a-šib URU.kàl-ḫi / ina ŠÀ 01 1::2 MA.NA KUG.UD TAv IGI mI—15 / TAv IGI maš-šur—KUR-ka—KAL-in / iz-zi-rip is-si-iq-qí / GUR-ra de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-[áš-šú] / man-nu ša ina ur-kiš u…
Scholarly note
Royal grant, decree or gift inscription of the Neo-Assyrian period, edited by Laura Kataja & Robert Whiting (SAA 12, 1995). ORACC text P335555.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335555). source
Translation excerpted from Kataja, L. & Whiting, R. 1995. Grants, Decrees and Gifts of the Neo-Assyrian Period. SAA 12. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa12/P335555/.
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