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SAAB 17 040 04 & 044 05

  • CDLI P481165
  • Collection no.: ZTT 04 & ZTT 05
  • Excavation no.: ZT 12048, ZT 12049
  • Primary publication(s): SAAB 17 040 04 & 044 05

Provenance

  • Provenience: Ziyaret Tepe (Tušhan)
  • Archive: 001 - Lower Town, Building II, Rooms 9–10

Object Details

  • Object type: tablet, envelope
  • Material: clay
  • Script: Neo-Assyrian

Text Details

  • Language: Akkadian (Neo-Assyrian)
  • Genre: Legal Transaction
  • Subgenre: debt note (grain)

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Dated: yes
  • Date: I-10 (Nisannu 10th)

SAAB 17 040 04 & 044 05 [debt note (grain)][via atae/tuszhan]

Obverse
o 1o 1

6 ANŠE ŠE.UM.MEŠ

(1) 6 homers of grain by the 9 “litre” seah standard of Nineveh, belonging to Ahūʾa-erība, at the disposal of Hašdāya. [He shall] pay [it at threshing time], in Nineveh [in its principal ammount].

o 22

ina GIŠ.BÁN ša 9 qa a-ki ša NINA.KI

o 33

šá mPAB-u-a-SU

o 44

ina IGI mḫaš-da-a-a

o 55

[ina ad-ri] ina NINA.KI

Bottom
b.e. 6b.e. 6

[ina SAG.DU-šá id]-dan

Reverse
r 7r 7

[ITI.x UD].10.KAM

(r 7) [Month ...], 10th [day], [eponym year of Nabû]-tappûtī-alik.

r 88

[lim-mu mdPA]-TAB--DU!

r 99

[IGI m]sa-si-i

(r 9) [Witness]: Sāsî.

r 1010

IGI mDINGIR-KAR-ir

(r 10) Witness: Ilu-ēṭir.

r 1111

IGI mdUTU-iq-bi

(r 11) Witness: Šamaš-iqbi.

Top
t.e. 12t.e. 12

IGI mMU-GIŠ *.da-gíl-MUŠEN

(t.e. 12) Witness: Šumu-lēšir, Šubrian augur.

t.e. 1313

šub?-ri?-ia?-a-a

Left
l.e. 14l.e. 14

IGI [m]lu-qu

(l.e. 14) Witness: Lūqu, scribe.

l.e. 1515

*.A.BA

Envelope
env o 1env o 1

[NA₄.KIŠIB mḫaš-da-a-a mx-x-x]

(env o 1) [Seal of Hašdaya, son of PN].

(impression of seal 1)
env o 22

6 [ANŠE ŠE.UM.MEŠ ina GIŠ.BÁN ša 9 qa]

(env o 2) 6 [homers of grain by the 9 “litre” seah standard] of [Nineveh, belonging to Ahūʾa-erība], at [the disposal of Hašdaya. He will pay at threshing time] in [Nineveh in its principal amount].

env o 33

a-ki [ša NINA.KI šá mPAB-u-a-SU]

(blank)
env o 44

ina [IGI mḫaš-da-a ina ad-ri]

env o 55

ina [NINA.KI ina SAG.DU-šá id-dan]

env o 66

[ITI.x UD-10-KAM]

(env o 6) [Month ..., 10th day, eponym year of Nabû-tappûtī]-alik.

env r 7env r 7

[lim-mu mdPA-TAB-]-DU

env r 88

[IGI msa-si]-i

(env r 8) [Witness]: Sāsî.

env r 99

[IGI mDINGIR]-KAR-ir

(env r 9) [Witness: Ilu]-ēṭir.

env r 1010

[IGI mdUTU]-iq-bi

(env r 10) [Witness: Šumu-lēšir], [(Šubrian)] augur.

env r 1111

[IGI mMU-GIŠ *].da-gíl-MUŠEN

(missing)


Adapted from Simo Parpola, “Cuneiform texts from Ziyaret Tepe (Tušḫan), 2002–2003,” State Archives of Assyria Bulletin 17 (2008), 1–113, by Willis Monroe, Jamie Novotny, and Poppy Tushingham (2020–21). Lemmatised by Willis Monroe. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/atae/P481165/.