SAA 14

Ch. 1 (Milki-nuri, Eunuch of the Queen) [7]

Ch. 2 (Royal Women) [7]

Ch. 3 (Ninuayu, King’s Eunuch) [8]

Ch. 4 (Officials of the Crown Prince) [11]

Ch. 5 (Kakkullanu, Cohort Commander of the Crown Prince) [25]

Ch. 6 (Varia) [70]

Ch. 7 (Unassigned) [25]

Ch. 8 (Varia) [20]

Ch. 9 (Harem Manageresses) [4]

Ch. 10 (Varia) [53]

Ch. 11 (Unassigned) [193]

Ch. 12 (Private Archives) [2]

Ch. 13 (Private Archives) [31]

Ch. 14 (Private Archives) [5]

Ch. 15 (Varia) [18]

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SAA 14 063

CDLI P336739
Collection no.: BM 073164 + BM—
Accession no.: 1882-09-18, 13175

Details

Provenience: Kuyunjik (Nineveh) (Pleiades ID: 874621)
Archive: 099 - Miscellaneous
Language: Akkadian
Genre: Legal Transaction
Object type: tablet
Material: clay
Script: Neo-Assyrian

Date

Period: Neo-Assyrian
Reign: Esarhaddon (680–669 BC)
Dated: yes, but date partially preserved
Date: 669-[...]-14 ([Month ...], 14th day, eponym year of Šamaš-kašid-ayabi)

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SAA 14 063. Ah-abu Buys an Estate of 20 Hectares in Ṭab-pa[…] (669)[via saao/saa14]


Obverse
oo	beginning destroyed	(Beginning destroyed)
	square stamp seal impression	(stamp seal impression)

o 1'1'	01 É qu-um-bu-tú ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]	(1) 1 ...[...],
o 2'2'	01 URU 01 UD KU ⸢LI x⸣+[x x x x]	(2) 1 ...[...],
o 3'3'	É ri-pi-tú a-na gi-⸢mir⸣-[ti-šá]	(3) a barnyard to [its] enti[rety] in the village of Ṭab-pa[...].
o 4'4'	ina URU.ŠE ^mDÙG.GA—pa-⸢x⸣+[x x]
o 5'5'	É 20 ANŠE A.ŠÀ-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x]	(5) An estate of 20 hectares of land [...], threshing floor, orchard [...] —
o 6'6'	ad-ri GIŠ.SAR ⸢x x⸣+[x x x]
o 7'7'	ú-piš-ma ^mPAB-bu-[u x x]	(7) Ah-abû, [...] has contracted and [bought f]or one mina 15 shekels of [silver by] the mina of Car[chemish fr]om Ubru-Nabû.
o 8'8'	[ina] ŠÀ-bi 01 MA.NA 15 GÍN [KUG.UD]
o 9'9'	[ina] 01 MA.NA-e ša URU.gar-[ga-mis]
o 10'10'	⸢TA^v⸣ pa-an ^mSUḪUŠ—^dPA [il-qi]
o 11'11'	[kas]-⸢pu⸣ ga-⸢mur ta-din⸣ [x x]	(11) [The mone]y is paid completely. [...... are purchased and] acquired. [Any revocation, lawsuit, or liti]gation is voi[d].
o 12'12'	[x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x]
Bottom
b.e.b.e.	uninscribed
Reverse
r 1r 1	[x x] laq-⸢qi⸣ [de-e-nu tu-a-ru]
r 22	[DUG₄].DUG₄ la-áš-[šú x x x x x]
r 33	[x x]+⸢x⸣ x x x ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]	(r 3) [Whoever in the future, at any time whether Ubru-Nabû], or his sons, or [his grand]s[ons], or his brothers, or [his] ne[phews], seeks a lawsuit or litigation against [Ah-abû], his sons, his grandsons (and) [his] bro[thers],
r 44	lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šú lu-u ⸢DUMU⸣—[DUMU-MEŠ-šú]
r 55	lu-u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šú lu-u ⸢DUMU⸣—[ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šú]
r 66	ša de-e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ TA^v [x x x]
r 77	DUMU-MEŠ-šú DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šú ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[MEŠ-šú]
r 88	ub-ta-ʾu-u-ni 10 MA.NA ⸢KUG⸣.[UD x x]	(r 8) shall place 10 minas of [refined] s[ilver] (and) one mina of pure gold in the l[ap of Ninurta] residing in Calah.
r 99	01 MA.NA KUG.GI sak-ri ina ⸢bur⸣-[ki ^dMAŠ]
r 1010	a-šib URU.kal-ḫi GAR-an [kas-pu]
r 1111	a-di 10-TA.ÀM a-⸢na⸣ [EN-šú x x]	(r 11) [He shall return the money] tenfold t[o its owner].
r 1212	ina de-ni-šú DUG₄.⸢DUG₄⸣-[ma x x x]	(r 12) He shall contest in his lawsuit [and not succeed].

r 1313	IGI ^m^dUTU—KI-ia ⸢LÚ⸣.[x x x]	(r 13) Witness Šamaš-isse'a, [...].
r 1414	IGI ^m^dU.GUR—ú-⸢bal⸣-[liṭ x x x]	(r 14) Witness Nergal-ubal[liṭ, ...].
r 1515	[IGI] ^m⸢x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]	(r 15) Witness ...[...], [...].
	rest destroyed	(Break)
Edge
e. 1e. 1	[ITI.x] UD 14-KÁM ⸢lim⸣-mu ^m^dšá-maš—KUR—a.a-bi [o]	(e. 1) [Month ...], 14th day, eponym year of Šamaš-kašid-ayabi.

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/P336739/.