SAA 14 161. Nihti-Eša-rau Buys a Woman as a Wife for His Son (*623-VI-1) (ADD 0307)[via saao/saa14]
Obverse | ||
o 1o 1 | (1) Seal of Nabû-reh[tu-uṣur], son of Amu-rṭeš[e], the Hasaean, employee of Ur[du-Issar], from Fuller Town. | |
o 22 | ||
o 33 | ||
o 44 | ||
o 55 | (5) Seal of Kanunayu, his son. | |
o 66 | (6) Seal of Silim-Adad, ditto, owner(s) of their daughter being sold. | |
o 77 | ||
two stamp seal impressions | ||
o 88 | (8) Mullissu-haṣina, daughter of Nabû-rehtu-uṣur — | |
o 99 | ||
o 1010 | (10) Nihtiešarau has contracted and bought her for 18 shekels of silver to Ṣihâ her son as a wife. | |
o 1111 | ||
o 1212 | ||
o 1313 | ||
o 1414 | (14) She is the wife of Ṣihâ. | |
o 1515 | (15) The [m]oney is paid completely. | |
Bottom | ||
b.e. 16b.e. 16 | (16) [Who]ever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint and breaks the contract, whether Nabû-rehtu-uṣur or his sons (or) his grandsons or his brothers (or) his nephews or his prefect or any relative of his, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Nihtiešarau, her sons (and) her grandsons, | |
b.e. 1717 | ||
b.e. 1818 | ||
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | ||
r 22 | ||
r 33 | ||
r 44 | ||
r 55 | ||
r 66 | ||
r 77 | (r 7) shall give 10 minas of silver. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. | |
r 88 | ||
r 99 | (r 9) Sahpimau, perfume maker, | |
r 1010 | (r 10) Bel-šumu-iddina, son of Ilu-ukallinanni, | |
r 1111 | (r 11) Ubru-mullissi, son of Atî, fuller, | |
r 1212 | (r 12) in all 3 sureties of the woman against a fine, stolen property, and debts, He who is present is the surety. | |
r 1313 | ||
r 1414 | ||
r 1515 | (r 15) Witness Amu-rṭeše. | |
r 1616 | (r 16) Witness Banitu. Witness Urdu-Nanaya. | |
r 1717 | (r 17) Witness Puṭu-Meheše. | |
r 1818 | IGI mḫa-áš-ba?-⸢as?⸣-nu-⸢x⸣+[x] | (r 18) Witness Hašbasnu[...]. |
r 1919 | (r 19) Witness Bel-šarru-uṣur. | |
r 2020 | (r 20) Witness Ass[î]. | |
Right | ||
r.e. 21r.e. 21 | IGI mḫal-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | (r 21) Witness [NN]. |
r.e. 2222 | IGI mab-⸢di⸣-[x x x] | (r 22) Witness Abdi-[...]. |
r.e. 2323 | IGI mab-⸢di?⸣-[x x x] | (r 23) Witness Abdi-[...]. |
r.e. 2424 | (r 24) Witness Ulul[ayu]. | |
Edge | ||
e. 1e. 1 | ITI.KIN UD 01-KÁM lim-mu maš-šur—KUR—LAL | (e. 1) Month Elul (VI), 1st day, eponym year of Aššur-matu-taqqin. |
e. 22 | (e. 2) Witness Nur-Šamaš. Witness Puṭu-paiti. | |
e. 33 | (e. 3) Witness Ate'. Witness Nabû-nadin-ahhe, scri[be]. |
Adapted from Raija Mattila, Legal Transactions of the Royal Court of Nineveh, Part II: Assurbanipal Through Sin-šarru-iškun (State Archives of Assyria, 14), 2002. 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/P335252/.