SAA 06 142. An Egyptian Scribe Buys a House in Nineveh (692-III-16) (ADD 0324)[via saao/saa06]


Obverse
o 1o 1	ṣu-pur ^mLUGAL—lu—dà-ri	(1) Fingernail of Šarru-lu-dari,
o 22	ṣu-pur ^ma-tar—su-ru	(2) fingernail of Atar-suru,
o 33	ṣu-pur MÍ.a-mat—^dsu-uʾ-la	(3) fingernail of Amat-Su'la, wife of Bel-duri, shield-bearing 'third man,'
o 44	MÍ-šú ša ^mEN—BÀD LÚ^v^*.03-šú ša a-rit
o 55	EN É SUM-an	(5) owners of the house being sold.

	4 elliptical stamp seal impressions	(stamp seal impressions)

o 66	É ep-šú a-di GIŠ.ÙR-MEŠ-šú	(6) A built house with its beams, doors and a yard in Nineveh, adjoining the house of Mannu-ki-ahhe, the house of Ilu-issiya, and the street —
o 77	a-di GIŠ.IG-MEŠ-⸢šú⸣ TÙR
o 88	ina URU.ni-nu-u^*-a SUḪUR É ^mman-nu—ki—PAB-MEŠ
o 99	SUḪUR É <^m>DINGIR—KI-ia
o 1010	SUḪUR su-qa-qi ú-piš-ma
o 1111	^mGIŠ.MI—aš-šur LÚ^v.A.BA	(11) Ṣilli-Aššur, Egyptian scribe, has contracted and bought it for one mina of silver (by the mina) of the king from Šarru-lu-dari, Atar-suru and Amat-Su'la, the wife of Bel-duri.
Bottom
b.e. 12b.e. 12	LÚ^v.mu-ṣu-ra-a.a
b.e. 1313	ina ŠÀ 01 MA.NA KUG.UD ša LUGAL
Reverse
r 1r 1	TA^v IGI ^mLUGAL—lu—dà-ri
r 22	TA^v IGI MÍ.a-tar—su-ru
r 33	TA^v IGI MÍ.a-mat—su-uʾ-la MÍ-šú ša ^mEN—BAD^*
r 44	il-qi kas^-pu^ gam-mur ta-⸢din⸣	(r 4) The money is paid completely. That house is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.
r 55	É šú-a-tú za-rip TI
r 66	tu-a-ru de-e-ni u DUG₄.DUG₄
r 77	la-áš-šu^* man-nu ša ina ur-kiš	(r 7) Whoever in the future, at any time, whether these men (or anyone else), seeks a lawsuit and litigation against Ṣilli-Aššur, shall pay 10 minas of silver.
r 88	ina ma-te-ma lu LÚ-MEŠ-e an-nu-ti^*
r 99	ša de-ni u DUG₄.DUG₄
r 1010	TA^v ^mṣil—aš-šur ub-ta-ʾu-u-ni
r 1111	10 MA.NA KUG.UD SUM-an

r 1212	IGI ^mšu-sa-an-qu ḫa-at-na MAN	(r 12) Witness Šusanqu, the king's brother-in-law.
r 1313	IGI ^mḫur-ma-ṣa LÚ^v.03-šú	(r 13) Witness Hur-waṣi, 'third man.'
r 1414	IGI ^mra-su-uʾ LÚ^v.GAL^*—MÁ.DU.DU	(r 14) Witness Rasu', chief boatman.
r 1515	IGI ^m^dPA—BÀD—PAB LÚ^v.mu-ri-ba-nu	(r 15) Witness Nabû-duru-uṣur, (horse) raiser.
Right		(r 15) Witness Nabû-duru-uṣur, (horse) raiser.
r.e. 16r.e. 16	IGI ^mḫur-ma-ṣa LÚ^v.GAL—MÁ.DU.DU	(r 16) Witness Hur-waṣi, chief boatman.
r.e. 1717	IGI ^m^d30—MAN—PAB IGI ^mzi-it-⸢ti^*⸣	(r 17) Witness Sin-šarru-uṣur. Witness Zitt[i].
Edge		(r 17) Witness Sin-šarru-uṣur. Witness Zitt[i].
e. 1e. 1	ITI.SIG₄ UD 16-KAM lim-me ^mza-za-a	(e. 1) Month Sivan (III), 16th day, eponym year of Zazaya, governor of Arpad.
e. 22	LÚ^v^*.GAR.KUR URU.ár-pad-da IGI ^m^dUTU—GIN—PAB	(e. 2) Witness Šamaš-kenu-uṣur.
e. 33	IGI ^mmi-tu-ru IGI ^m^dPA—MU—AŠ^*	(e. 3) Witness Mituru. Witness Nabû-šumu-iddina.

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/P335268/.