SAA 06 041. Šumma-ilani Buys 7 Slaves from Bel-Harran-isse’a (693-I) (ADD 0240)[via saao/saa06]
Obverse | ||
o 1o 1 | (1) Instead of [his] se[al he impressed his fingernail]. | |
o 22 | (2) Fingernail of Bel-[Harran-isse'a, owner of the people] being so[ld]. | |
o 33 | ||
2(+x) fingernail impressions | ||
o 44 | mDINGIR—na-tan [x x x x x] | (4) Il-natan [......], Aduni-ṭu[ri ......], his 3 sons, [......], a total of 7 persons, [servants of Bel-Harran-isse'a] — |
o 55 | ma-du-ni—ṭu-[ri x x x x x] | |
o 66 | 03 DUMU-MEŠ-šú [x x x x x] | |
o 77 | ||
o 88 | (8) [Šumma-ilani], chariot driver, has contracted and bought them from Bel-[Harran-isse'a for x minas of silver] by the mina of [Carchemish] . | |
o 99 | ||
o 1010 | ||
o 1111 | ||
o 1212 | (12) The mo[ney] is paid [completely. The people are purchased] and acquired. Any revocation, [lawsuit, or litigation is void]. | |
o 1313 | ||
o 1414 | ||
Bottom | ||
b.e. 15b.e. 15 | ||
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | (r 1) [Whoev]er [lodges a complaint shall pay x min]as of [silver. He shall return] the mo[ney] tenfold to its owner. He shall contest in his law[suit and not succeed]. | |
r 22 | ||
r 33 | ||
r 44 | ||
r 55 | (r 5) Witness Sama', (horse) raiser of Nergal-šumu-[...]. | |
r 66 | ša mdU.GUR—MU*—[x] | |
r 77 | (r 7) Witness Zazî, char[iot driver] of the cupbearer. | |
r 88 | ||
r 99 | IGI mdUTU—še-zib LÚv.⸢03⸣.[U₅ x x x x] | (r 9) Witness Šamaš-šezib, 'third [man' of ...]. |
r 1010 | (r 10) Witness Bel-ahhešu, [chariot driver] of the cohort [commander]. | |
r 1111 | ||
r 1212 | IGI mman-nu—ki-[x x x] | (r 12) Witness Mannu-ki-[...]. |
r 1313 | (r 13) Witness Paqaha, [village manager]. | |
r 1414 | IGI m[x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | (r 14) Witness [NN]. |
r 1515 | IGI m[x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x] | (r 15) Witness [NN]. |
r 1616 | (r 16) Month Nisan (I), [...th day], eponym year of Iddin-[ahhe], governor of [Dur-Šarruken]. | |
r 1717 | ||
r 1818 | ||
Right | ||
r.e. 19r.e. 19 | (r 19) Witness Ṭab-šar-Nabû, scribe, keeper of the tablet. | |
r.e. 2020 |
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/P335187/.