SAA 14 154. Abdunu Buys a Girl (*627-VIII-14) (ADD 0311)[via saao/saa14]
Obverse | ||
o 1o 1 | (1) Seal of Nabû-belu-uṣur, servant of Šamaš-šarrani, owner of the woman being sold. | |
o 22 | ||
o 33 | ||
three stamp seal impressions | ||
o 44 | (4) Ahat-abiša, maid of Nabû-belu-uṣur, of 4 spans — | |
o 55 | ||
o 66 | 04 ru-u-ṭu | |
o 77 | (7) Abd[u]nu, son of Kukullayu, has contracted and [bought] f[o]r 2 1/2 shekels of silver. | |
o 88 | ||
o 99 | (9) The money is p[ai]d completely. That woman is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. | |
o 1010 | ||
o 1111 | ||
o 1212 | (12) Whoever in the future, at any [tim]e, lodges a complaint and breaks the contract, whether Nabû-belu-uṣur or his sons or his grandsons, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Abdunu, his sons and his grandsons, | |
o 1313 | ||
o 1414 | ||
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | ||
r 22 | ||
r 33 | ||
r 44 | ||
r 55 | (r 5) shall place 10 minas of refined silver (and) 5 minas of pure gold in the l[a]p of Ištar residing in Nineveh, and shall return the mo[ney] tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. | |
r 66 | ||
r 77 | ||
r 88 | ||
r 99 | ||
r 1010 | (r 10) Witness Nargî. | |
r 1111 | (r 11) Witness Takilati. | |
r 1212 | (r 12) Witness Aššur-nadin-ahi. | |
r 1313 | (r 13) Witness Pamû. | |
r 1414 | (r 14) Witness Ilu-kettu-iram. | |
r 1515 | (r 15) Witness Il-abu-riba. | |
r 1616 | (r 16) Witness Riba-ahhe. | |
r 1717 | (r 17) Witness Muqallil-kabti. | |
r 1818 | (r 18) Witness Sukki-Aya. Witness Remut-ilani. | |
Top | ||
t.e. 19t.e. 19 | (r 19) Witness Sin-na'id. Witness Ululayu. | |
t.e. 2020 | (r 20) Witness Kiṣir-Issar. Witness Balaṭu-ereš. | |
t.e. 2121 | (r 21) Witness Luqu. | |
t.e. 2222 | (r 22) Witness Marduk-eriba, son of Urdu. | |
Left | ||
Column i | ||
l.e. i 1l.e. i 1 | (l.e. i 1) Witness Urdu-Issar, son of Hariruri. | |
l.e. i 22 | (l.e. i 2) Witness Sinqi, son of Kenî. Witness [NN]. | |
l.e. i 33 | (l.e. i 3) Witness Dilil-Issar, son of Buadi-Iau. | |
Column ii | ||
l.e. ii 1l.e. ii 1 | IGI m⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣-a.a-u | (l.e. ii 1) Witness [...]ayu |
l.e. ii 22 | ⸢ITI⸣.[x] UD 14-KAM | (l.e. ii 2) Month [...], 14th day, ep[onym year] of Marduk-šarru-uṣur. |
l.e. ii 33 | ||
Right | ||
r.e. 1r.e. 1 | (r.e. 1) Witness Urdu-Allaya. |
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/P335256/.