SAA 06 039. Šumma-ilani Buys Numerous Slaves from Bel-Harran-isse'a (694-I) (ADD 0239)[via saao/saa06]
Obverse | ||
oo | beginning broken away | |
o 1'1' | (1) a total [of x persons belonging to Bel-Harran-isse'a] — | |
o 2'2' | (2) [Šumma-ilani] has cont[racted and] bou[ght them from Bel-Harran-isse'a] for 18 minas of [silver by the mina] of Carchemish. | |
o 3'3' | ||
o 4'4' | ||
o 5'5' | (5) The money is pa[id] completely. [Those people] are purchased and acquired. Any rev[ocation, lawsuit], or litigation is void. | |
o 6'6' | ||
o 7'7' | (7) Whoever in the f[uture], at any time, lodges a complai[nt, whether Bel-Harran-isse'a] or his sons, grand[sons], brothers or relatives, and se[eks a lawsuit] or litigation against Šumma-ilani, [his] so[ns] and grandsons, shall pay 20 minas of silver, and shall return the money [tenfold] to its owners. He shall contest in [his] laws[uit] and not succeed. | |
o 8'8' | ||
o 9'9' | ||
o 10'10' | ||
o 11'11' | ||
o 12'12' | ||
o 13'13' | ||
o 14'14' | ||
o 15'15' | ||
o 16'16' | (16) [Witne]ss Sama', (horse) raiser of the crown prince. | |
o 17'17' | (17) [Witne]ss Nabû-hussanni, chariot driver. | |
o 18'18' | (18) [Witness NN], scribe. | |
o 19'19' | (19) [Witness NN, s]cribe. | |
o 20'20' | (20) [Witness NN], scribe. | |
o 21'21' | (21) [Witness NN, sc]ribe. | |
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | IGI m[x x x x x] | (r 1) Witness [NN, ...] |
r 22 | (r 2) Witness A[tinni, scrib]e. | |
r 33 | (r 3) Witness M[ar-..., sc]ribe. | |
r 44 | IGI m[x x x x x x] | (r 4) Witness [NN, ...]. |
r 55 | (r 5) Witness [Bel-ahhešu, chariot driver] of the cohort [commander]. | |
r 66 | ||
r 77 | (r 7) Witness Bel-le'i, servant of [...]. | |
r 88 | (r 8) Witness Zazî, [chariot driver] of the [cupbearer]. | |
r 99 | ||
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r 1010 | (r 10) Month Nisan (I), epo[nym year of Ilu-isse'a, governor of] D[amascus]. | |
r 1111 |
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/P335186/.