SAA 06 326. Remanni-Adad Buys a Town near Nerab (ADD 0471)[via saao/saa06]
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| o 1'1' | URU.mu-si-⸢na—A⸣—[AŠ a-na gi-mir-ti-šú x x x] | (1) The town of Musina-[aplu-iddina in its entirety ...], with its fields [and people]; |
| o 2'2' | (2) [an estate of x hectares of land] by the copper seah of 9 'litres,' ex[empt land with no straw] and corn taxes, adjoining the bor[der of the town ...], adjoining the border of the town of Ṭab-ṣil-[...], and adjoining the city Nerab of the governor of [Arpad]; | |
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| o 4'4' | la ŠE.nu-sa-ḫi SUḪUR ta-⸢ḫu⸣-[me šá URU.x x x x] | |
| o 5'5' | ⸢SUḪUR⸣ ta-ḫu-me šá URU.DÙG.GA—⸢GIŠ.MI*⸣—[x x x x x] | |
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| o 7'7' | 01 GIŠ.SAR šá GIŠ.til-lit 01 lim 05 me GIŠ.til-[lit ina ŠÀ] | (7) one vineyard with 1,500 vines [in it] and one vegetable garden; |
| o 8'8' | 01 GIŠ.SAR Ú.SAR mDI-mu—EN LÚ.⸢ENGAR⸣ [o*] | (8) Šulmu-Bel, far[mer], Ya-ahhe, his adolescent son, his wife Uar[i...], a total of 3; |
| o 9'9' | mia—PAB-MEŠ DUMU-šú ṣu-ḫur-tú MÍ.ú-a-⸢ri⸣-[x x] | |
| o 10'10' | (10) Kamasu, farmer, Hurubisa[...], his adolescent son, his wife Lu-balṭat, a total of 3 persons; | |
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| o 12'12' | (12) in all 6 pers[on]s (and) the town of Musina-aplu-iddina in its entirety in the district of Arpad next to the city Nerab of the governor of Arpad — | |
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| o 15'15' | (15) Remanni-Adad, c[hief] chariot driver of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, has contracted [and] bought (said property) for 17 1/2 min[as of silver] by the mina of Carchemish from Mannu-ki-Ninua, Sin-šumu-[...] and Ikkaru. | |
| o 16'16' | šá maš-šur—DÙ—A MAN KUR—aš-šur.KI ina ŠÀ 17 1/2 MA.⸢NA⸣ [KUG.UD] | |
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| o 18'18' | mman-nu—ki-i—URU.NINA TAv IGI md30—MU—[x] | |
| o 19'19' | (19) The money is paid compl[etely]. That town, field, vineyard, [vegetable] garden and people are purchased and acquired. Any revoca[tion], lawsuit, or litigation is void. | |
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| o 22'22' | (22) Whoever in the future, and at any time, lodges a compl[aint], whether Mannu-ki-Ninua, S[in-šumu-...] or Ikkaru, or [their] sons, [gran]dsons, brothers [or nephews], or [their] prefect, mayor, governor, relative, or neighbour, | |
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| b.e. 24'b.e. 24' | lu-u mman-nu—ki—URU.NINA lu-u md⸢30⸣—[MU—x] | |
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| r 33 | (r 3) whoever comes forw[ard] and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Remanni-Adad, chief chariot driver of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, and his sons and grandsons, | |
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| r 77 | (r 7) shall tie two white horses to the feet of Aššur, shall bring four harbakannu horses to the feet of Nergal, shall place two talents of refined silver and one talent of pure gold in the lap of Iš[tar residing in Nine]veh, and [shall ret]urn the money tenfo[ld to its owners]. | |
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| r 1212 | (r 12) He shall con[test] in his lawsuit [and not succee]d. Th[e judge shall not heed] his case. | |
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| r 1414 | (r 14) Witness Nergal-šarru-u[ṣur, 'third man']. | |
| r 1515 | IGI mú-ar-⸢bi-is⸣ [LÚ.:.] | (r 15) Witness Uarbis, [ditto]. |
| r 1616 | (r 16) Witness Šamaš-šarru-uṣur, [chariot driver]. | |
| r 1717 | (r 17) Witness Zarutî, [cohort commander]. | |
| r 1818 | (r 18) Witness Aššur-ila'i, [cohort commander]. | |
| r 1919 | (r 19) [Witness] Barruqu, [chariot driver]. | |
| r 2020 | (r 20) Witness Ahu-lâ[mašši, 'third man']. | |
| r 2121 | (r 21) Witness Za[baba-eriba, 'third man']. | |
| r 2222 | IGI maš-šur—[x x x x x x x] | (r 22) Witness Aššur-[......]. |
| r 2323 | IGI m⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | (r 23) Witness [.......]. |
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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/P335410/.