SAA 06 039. Šumma-ilani Buys Numerous Slaves from Bel-Harran-isse'a (694-I) (ADD 0239)[via saao/saa06]


Obverse
oo	beginning broken away	(Beginning destroyed)
o 1'1'	PAB [x ZI-MEŠ ARAD-MEŠ šá ^mEN—KASKAL—KI-ia]	(1) a total [of x persons belonging to Bel-Harran-isse'a] —
o 2'2'	ú-⸢piš⸣-[ma ^mBE-ma—DINGIR-MEŠ]	(2) [Šumma-ilani] has cont[racted and] bou[ght them from Bel-Harran-isse'a] for 18 minas of [silver by the mina] of Carchemish.
o 3'3'	ina ŠÀ 18 MA.⸢NA⸣ [KUG.UD ina 01 MA.NA]
o 4'4'	ša URU.gar-ga-⸢mis⸣ [TA^v IGI ^mEN—KASKAL—KI-ia]
o 5'5'	TI-[qí] kas-pu gam-mur ta-ad-[din UN-MEŠ šu-a-te]	(5) The money is pa[id] completely. [Those people] are purchased and acquired. Any rev[ocation, lawsuit], or litigation is void.
o 6'6'	zar-pu laq-⸢qí⸣-u tu-[a-ru de-e-nu]
o 7'7'	DUG₄.DUG₄ la-áš-šú ⸢man-nu⸣ šá ina ⸢ur⸣-[kiš]	(7) Whoever in the f[uture], at any time, lodges a complai[nt, whether Bel-Harran-isse'a] or his sons, grand[sons], brothers or relatives, and se[eks a lawsuit] or litigation against Šumma-ilani, [his] so[ns] and grandsons, shall pay 20 minas of silver, and shall return the money [tenfold] to its owners. He shall contest in [his] laws[uit] and not succeed.
o 8'8'	ina ma-te-ma i-zaq-qup-an-⸢ni⸣ [lu-u ^mEN—KASKAL—KI-ia]
o 9'9'	lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šú lu-u DUMU—⸢DUMU⸣-[MEŠ-šú]
o 10'10'	lu-u PAB-MEŠ-šú lu-u mám-ma-nu-šú [ša de-e-nu]
o 11'11'	DUG₄.DUG₄ TA^v ^mBE-ma—DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢DUMU⸣-[MEŠ-šú]
o 12'12'	DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šú ub-ta-ʾu-[u-ni]
o 13'13'	⸢20⸣ MA.NA KUG.UD SUM-an kas-pu a-[na 10-MEŠ-te]
o 14'14'	a-na EN-MEŠ-šú GUR-ra ina de-e-⸢ni⸣-[šú]
o 15'15'	⸢DUG₄⸣.DUG₄-ma la i-laq-⸢qí⸣

o 16'16'	⸢IGI⸣ ^msa-ma-aʾ LÚ.mu-ra-ba-nu šá A—MAN	(16) [Witne]ss Sama', (horse) raiser of the crown prince.
o 17'17'	⸢IGI⸣ ^m⸢^dPA—ḫu-us⸣-sa-an-ni LÚ.mu-DIB^*—PA-MEŠ	(17) [Witne]ss Nabû-hussanni, chariot driver.
o 18'18'	⸢IGI⸣ ^m[x x x x] LÚ.A.BA	(18) [Witness NN], scribe.
o 19'19'	[IGI ^mx x x x] ⸢LÚ⸣.A.BA	(19) [Witness NN, s]cribe.
o 20'20'	[IGI ^mx x x x] LÚ.A.BA	(20) [Witness NN], scribe.
o 21'21'	[IGI ^mx x x x LÚ.A].BA	(21) [Witness NN, sc]ribe.
Reverse		(21) [Witness NN, sc]ribe.
r 1r 1	IGI ^m[x x x x x]	(r 1) Witness [NN, ...]
r 22	IGI ^ma-[ti-in-ni LÚ.A].⸢BA⸣	(r 2) Witness A[tinni, scrib]e.
r 33	IGI ^m⸢DUMU^*⸣—[x x LÚ.A].BA	(r 3) Witness M[ar-..., sc]ribe.
r 44	IGI ^m[x x x x x x]	(r 4) Witness [NN, ...].
r 55	IGI ^m[EN—PAB-MEŠ-šú] ⸢LÚ⸣.[mu-DIB—PA-MEŠ]	(r 5) Witness [Bel-ahhešu, chariot driver] of the cohort [commander].
r 66	ša ⸢LÚ.GAL⸣—KA.⸢KÉŠ⸣
r 77	IGI ^mEN—ZU LÚ.ARAD [x x x x]	(r 7) Witness Bel-le'i, servant of [...].
r 88	IGI ^mza-a-zi-i LÚ.[mu-DIB—PA-MEŠ]	(r 8) Witness Zazî, [chariot driver] of the [cupbearer].
r 99	ša LÚ.[KAŠ.LUL]	(r 8) Witness Zazî, [chariot driver] of the [cupbearer].
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r 1010	ITI.BARAG lim-[mu ^mDINGIR—KI-ia LÚ.GAR.KUR]	(r 10) Month Nisan (I), epo[nym year of Ilu-isse'a, governor of] D[amascus].
r 1111	KUR.⸢dim^*⸣-[maš-qa]

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/P335186/.