SAA 06 163. Purchase of an Estate in Šibaniba (686-II-15) (ADD 0453)[via saao/saa06]
Obverse | ||
o 1o 1 | (1) [Seal of A]hu-duri, [owner of the land], house, and people being sold. | |
o 22 | ||
2(+n) stamp seal impressions | ||
o 33 | (3) [An estate of x hectares of la]nd, a house, a threshing floor, [..., irri]gated [land] in Šibaniba; | |
o 44 | [x x É ši]-qi ina URU.ši-ba-ni-ba | |
o 55 | [x x x x] mmil-ki—su*-[ri] | |
o 66 | [x x x x x]-⸢a*⸣ MÍ-šú [o] | |
o 77 | [x x x x m]⸢bal⸣-ṭa-a.a | (7) [B]alṭaya [..., his wife] Ninui[tu, ...]; |
o 88 | ||
o 99 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ mdIM—⸢SU⸣ | (9) Adad-er[iba, his] wi[fe ...]ša-liphur, [...] |
o 1010 | [x x x x x]-šá—lip*-ḫur ⸢MÍ*⸣-[šú] | |
o 1111 | [x x x x x x]-tú | |
rest broken away | ||
Reverse | ||
rr | beginning broken away | |
r 1'1' | (r 1) [Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigat]ion is void. | |
r 2'2' | ||
r 3'3' | (r 3) [Whoever in the future, at any t]ime, breaks the contract, shall pay [x min]as of silver and 4 min[as of gold to Ištar residing in] Nineveh, (and) shall redeem [the field, the people and the ho]use. | |
r 4'4' | ||
r 5'5' | ||
r 6'6' | [IGI mx x x x x] LÚv.mu-kil—⸢KUŠ⸣.[PA-MEŠ] | (r 6) [Witness NN], chariot dr[iver]. |
r 7'7' | (r 7) [Witness ...]-uṣur, scribe. | |
r 8'8' | (r 8) [Witness ...] son of Bel-isse'a. | |
r 9'9' | (r 9) [Witness Šulmu]-beli-lašme, cha[riot driver]. | |
r 10'10' | [IGI md]⸢PA⸣—rém-a-ni LÚv.SIMUG.KUG.GI šá [x x x] | (r 10) [Witness Na]bû-remanni, goldsmith of [...]. |
r 11'11' | (r 11) [Witness] Nabû'a, head porter. | |
r 12'12' | (r 12) [Witness] Usi', cohort commander. | |
r 13'13' | (r 13) [Wit]ness Nabû-eriba, scribe. | |
r 14'14' | (r 14) [Wit]ness Arbailayu, chief weaver. | |
r 15'15' | (r 15) [Wit]ness Nabû-ka''in-aplu, scribe. | |
r 16'16' | (r 16) Month Iyyar (II), 15th day, eponym year of Bel-emuranni, commander-in-chief. | |
r 17'17' | ||
r 18'18' |
Adapted from Theodore Kwasman and Simo Parpola , Legal Transactions of the Royal Court of Nineveh, Part I: Tiglath-Pileser III through Esarhaddon (State Archives of Assyria, 6), 1991. Lemmatised by Melanie Groß, 2010–2011, as part of the FWF-funded research project "Royal Institutional Households in First Millennium BC Mesopotamia" (S 10802-G18) directed by Heather D. Baker at the University of Vienna. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P335394/.