SAA 06 174. Purchase of a Slave (685-XII-20) (ADD 1170+)[via saao/saa06]
Obverse | ||
o 1o 1 | (1) Seal of Mutaqqin-ilu, owner of the man. | |
cylinder seal impression | ||
o 22 | (2) Ša-Ištar-dubbu, his servant — | |
o 33 | ú-tap-piš mSUḪUŠ—[x x x] | (3) Ubru-[...] has contracted, purchased, and bought him from Mutaqqin-ilu for 20 shekels of silver. |
o 44 | TAv IGI mmu-LAL—DINGIR [o] | |
o 55 | ||
o 66 | ||
o 77 | (7) The money is paid completely. That man is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. | |
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | ||
r 22 | ||
r 33 | (r 3) (Guaranteed against) seizures for 100 days (and against) fraud forever. | |
r 44 | (r 4) Whoever transgresses [shall return] the money tenfold to its owners. He shall litigate in his lawsuit and not suc[ceed]. | |
r 55 | ||
r 66 | ||
r 77 | ||
r 88 | [IGI mx]-bi-si-i o* | (r 8) [Witness ...]bisî. |
r 99 | (r 9) [Witness] Nuhšaya, cohort commander of the chi[ef eu]nuch. | |
r 1010 | (r 10) [Witness] Sin-abu-uṣur, porter. | |
r 1111 | (r 11) Witness Kulu'-Issar. | |
r 1212 | (r 12) Witness Tardiya. | |
r 1313 | (r 13) Witness Issar-šumu-lešir. | |
r 1414 | (r 14) [Witness] Nabû-uballiṭ. | |
Right | ||
r.e. 15r.e. 15 | (r 15) Wi[tness] Nabû-eriba, scribe. | |
r.e. 1616 | (r 16) In the 21st year of Sennacherib, king of Assyria. | |
r.e. 1717 | ||
Edge | ||
e. 1e. 1 | ITI.ŠE* UD 20*-KÁM* ⸢lim⸣-[mu maš-šur]—⸢KALAG*⸣-ni*-a-ni | (e. 1) Month Adar (XII), 20th day, ep[onym year of Aššur-da''i]nanni, [governor of Que]. |
e. 22 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x] x [x x x] x | |
e. 33 | ⸢03*⸣ MA.NA [URUDU-MEŠ šá ṣu]-⸢pur⸣-šú | (e. 3) 3 minas [of copper for] his [finger]nail. |
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/P335952/.