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ACP 20

CDLI P522869
Collection no.: MRAH O.3662 + Kayseri 71/155.2
Primary publication(s): ACP 20

Provenance

Provenience: unknown (Ma'allanate)
Archive: 099 - Miscellaneous

Object Details

Object type: tablet
Material: clay
Script: Neo-Assyrian
Sealed/Marked: yes
Seal/Mark Type: stamp seal
Number of Sealings:
Seal Owner(s): Qarhāya

Text Details

Language: Akkadian (Neo-Assyrian)
Genre: Legal Transaction
Subgenre: sales document (field)
Seller: Qarhāya
Buyer: Harrānāya
Creditor:

Date

Period: Neo-Assyrian
Reign: Ashurbanipal (668–ca. 631 BC)
Dated: yes, but date partially preserved
Date: 657-[...]-22 ([...] 22th, eponymy of Lâbâši, c[hief] of tr[ade])

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ACP 20 [sales document (field)][via atae/mallanate]


Obverse
o 1o 1	[NA₄.KIŠIB] ^mqar-ḫa-a DUMU ^m10-ra^!-⸢ḫi⸣-[me]	(o 1) [Seal] of Qarḫāia, son of Adad-raḫīmu, from the town of Asiḫū, owner of the land being sold.
o 22	[TA ŠÀ] ⸢URU⸣ a-si-ḫi
o 33	[EN A].ŠÀ ta-da-a-ni
o 44	⸢É 20 ANŠE⸣ A.ŠÀ ina GIŠ.BÁN 9 qa	(o 4) (Concerning) an estate of 20 hectares of land by the seah of 9 silas, adjacent to the road from the town of Maʾallānāte to ..., adjacent to [...] of the land belonging to Nūrānu, adjacent to the road that goes from the town of Maʾallānāte to the town of Asiḫū, belonging to Qarḫāia.
o 55	⸢SUḪUR⸣ [KASKAL ša URU ma]-⸢al⸣-la-na-a-te a-di lìb-bi
o 66	⸢SUḪUR⸣ [x x (x)] ⸢A⸣.ŠÀ šá ^mZÁLAG-a-ni
o 77	SUḪUR KASKAL ⸢ša⸣ [TA URU ma]-ʾa-la-na^!-te ša a-na^!
o 88	URU ⸢a⸣-si-ḫi ⸢il⸣-lak-u-ni
o 99	ša ^mqar-ḫa-a ú-piš-⸢ma⸣ ^mURU-KASKAL-a-⸢a⸣	(o 9) Ḫarrānāia, son of Ḫandî, concluded (a contract of sale) (and) acquired it for 1.5 minas of silver according to the mina of Carchemish.
o 1010	A ^mḫa-an-di-i ina lìb-⸢bi⸣ 01 1/2 ⸢MA.NA KÙ.UD⸣
o 1111	ša URU.gar-ga-mis il-[qi]
o 1212	kas-pu gam-mur ta-din A.ŠÀ šu-a-⸢tú⸣	(o 12) The silver is paid in full. That land is purchased (and) acquired. Any revocation, litigation or la[wsuit] is void.
o 1313	za-rip laq-qi tu-a-ru de-e-nu ⸢DUG₄⸣.[DUG₄]
o 1414	la-áš-šu man-nu ša ina ur-kiš ina ma-⸢te⸣-[ma]	(o 14) Whoever in the future objects, whether Qarḫāia [or his sons] or his brothers or his prefect o[r the mayor of his city] or one of his relatives or anybod[y who comes forward] (and) brings a litigation or a lawsuit against Ḫarrānāia or his sons,
o 1515	i-za-qu-pa-a-ni lu-u ^mqar-ḫa-a [lu DUMU-MEŠ-šú]
o 1616	lu ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šú LÚ.GAR-nu-šú ⸢lu⸣-[u LÚ.ḫa-za-nu URU-šú]
o 1717	lu-u mam-ma-nu-šu lu-u zaq-⸢pu⸣ [ša e-la-ni]
o 1818	⸢TA⸣ ^mURU-KASKAL-a-a ù DUMU.⸢MEŠ⸣-[šú]
o 1919	de-e-nu DUG₄.⸢DUG₄⸣ [ub-ta-u-ni]
Reverse
rr	beginning broken away
r 11	[x MA.NA KÙ.UD LUḪ-u]	(r 1) He will set [x minas of purified silver (and) 1 mina of refined gold in the l]a[p] of Adad [of the city of Guzāna.] He will pay silv[er tenfold to its owner. Should he litigate] in the la[wsuit, he will not succeed.]
r 22	[1 MA.NA KÙ.GI sak-ru]
r 33	[ina] ⸢bur-ki⸣ ^dIM [a-šib URU gu-za-ni]
r 44	⸢i-šá-kan⸣ kas-⸢pu⸣ [a-na 10-MEŠ-te a-na EN-šú]
r 55	ú-GUR-ra ina <<là>> ⸢de⸣-[ni-šú DUG₄.DUG₄-ma là TI]

r 66	IGI ^msam-si-id-ri LÚ^*.⸢GAL^?⸣ [...]	(r 6) Witness: Samsi-idrī, ... [...].
r 77	IGI ^maš-šur-MAN-PAB LÚ^*.⸢GAL⸣ [x šá] ⸢É^?⸣.[GAL^?]	(r 7) Witness: Aššur-šarru-uṣur ... [... of] the palace(?).
r 88	IGI ^mLUGAL-⸢IGI⸣.LÁ-a-ni LÚ^*.⸢GAL^?⸣ [x] ⸢ša É.GAL⸣	(r 8) Witness: Šarru-ēmurāni ... of the palace.
r 99	IGI ^mAD-DINGIR-a-a LÚ^*.ZIB	(r 9) Witness: Abī-ilāia, ditto.
r 1010	IGI ^m^dšá-maš-APIN-eš LÚ^*.x É.⸢GAL⸣ ša^! DUMU MAN	(r 10) Witness: Šamaš-ereš, ... of the palace of the crown prince.
r 1111	⸢IGI⸣ ^m^dIM-A-AŠ ⸢LÚ⸣.GIŠ.GIGIR ša DUMU MAN	(r 11) Witness: Adad-aplu-iddina, charioteer of the crown prince.
r 1212	IGI ^mSU-^dIM ⸢LÚ⸣.x [(x)] APIN^? X LÚ.ZIB	(r 12) Witness: Erība-Adad, ..., ditto.
r 1313	[IGI] ^mra-ḫi-ma-nu LÚ^*.SIPA ⸢ša LÚ.muḫ⸣-ḫi É.⸢GAL⸣	(r 13) Witness: Raḫimānu, shepherd of the palace attendant.
r 1414	[IGI] ^m10-KI-ia ⸢LÚ^*⸣.[x x x] x IGI^? x [x x]	(r 14) Witness: Adad-issia, ....
r 1515	[IGI ^m]⸢qur^?⸣-di-10 LÚ^*.GAL x id^? du^? [x x x]	(r 15) Witness: Qurdî-Adad, ....
r 1616	[ITI x UD]-22-KAM lim-mu ^mla-ba-ši ⸢LÚ^*.GAL⸣ kar-[ri]	(r 16) [Month ...,] twenty-second [day], eponym year of Lâbâši, chief of the qua[ys].
r 1717	[IGI ^m...]-i LÚ^*.A.BA ša DUMU MAN IGI ^mda-di-ZÁLAG ša x	(r 17) [Witness: ...,] scribe of the crown prince. Witness: Dādi-nūrī, ... [...] ... Witness: Šenusaḫi. Witness: ... from the city of Asiḫū.
r 1818	[...] ⸢x x x⸣ IGI ⸢še^?-nu⸣-sa-ḫi IGI ⸢x x⸣ URU ⸢a^!?-si⸣-ḫu

Adapted from D. Homès-Fredericq and P. Garelli, Ma'allānāte, Archives d'un centre provincial de l'empire assyrien (Akkadica Supplementum 13), 2017, by Mary Frazer, Jamie Novotny, and Poppy Tushingham (2021) for the Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), which is funded by LMU Munich and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Historisches Seminar - Abteilung Alte Geschichte of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The text was lemmatized and translated into English by Mary Frazer. The online edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/atae/P522869/.