SAA 14 128. Mar-šarri-ila’i Buys Slaves (ADD 0313)[via saao/saa14]


Obverse
oo	beginning broken away	(Beginning destroyed)
o 1'1'	^mba-bi-[x x x x x]	(1) Babi[..., ...] of 4 spa[n] —
o 2'2'	04 ru-ú-[ṭu ú-piš-ma]	(1) Babi[..., ...] of 4 spa[n] —
o 3'3'	^mDUMU—⸢MAN⸣—DINGIR-[a.a x x x]	(3) Mar-šarri-ila['i, ...] of Is[...], has contracted and [bought] him for one mina of [silver] from [these] men.
o 4'4'	ša ^mis^*-[x x x x x x]
o 5'5'	ina ŠÀ-bi 01 MA.NA [KUG.UD]
o 6'6'	TA^v IGI LÚ-MEŠ-[e x x x x]
o 7'7'	kas-pu gam-mur [ta-din]	(7) The money is [paid] completely. That man is [purchased and acquired]. Any revocation, law[suit, or litigation is void].
o 8'8'	LÚ šu-a-tú [za-rip TI]
o 9'9'	tu-a-ru de-[e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-áš-šú]
o 10'10'	man-nu [x x x x x x x]	(10) Whoever [......]
	rest broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning broken away
r 1'1'	lu-[u x x x x x x x x]	(r 1) wheth[er ...]
r 2'2'	lu-u [x x x x x x x x]	(r 2) whether [...]
r 3'3'	ša TA^v [^mx x x x x]	(r 3) [and seeks a lawsuit or litigation] against [NN], [his] sons [and his grandsons], against [his] brother[s],
r 4'4'	DUMU-MEŠ-[šú DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šú]
r 5'5'	TA^v ŠEŠ-[MEŠ-šú x x x x x]
r 6'6'	10 MA.⸢NA⸣ [x x x x x x]	(r 6) [shall pay] 10 minas of [...].

r 7'7'	IGI ^m[x x x x x]	(r 7) Witness [NN].
r 8'8'	[IGI] ^m[x x x x]	(r 8) [Witness NN].
	rest broken away	(Rest destroyed)

Adapted from Raija Mattila, Legal Transactions of the Royal Court of Nineveh, Part II: Assurbanipal Through Sin-šarru-iškun (State Archives of Assyria, 14), 2002. 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/P335258/.