SAA 06 251. Šadditu, Sister of Esarhaddon, Buys Land (ADD 0804)[via saao/saa06]

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[x x x x x x] ŠÀ ⸢lu*⸣ [x x x x]

(1) [......] in ...[...]

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[x x x x x] ⸢SUḪUR⸣ ÍD ⸢SUḪUR⸣ [x x x x x]

(2) [... adjoin]ing the river, [....... and] the house of Ahu-damqu;

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[x x x x x] É* mPAB—SIG₅ md⸢U.GUR⸣—ú-⸢bal⸣-[liṭ]

(3) Nergal-ubal[liṭ ...] and his wife —

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[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ MÍ-šú ú-piš-ma ⸢MÍ⸣.KUR-i-⸢tú⸣

(4) Šaddit[u, daug]hter [of] Sennacherib, king of Assyria, and sister of Es[arh]addon, king of Assyria, has contracted and bought (said property) for 8 minas of silver by the mina of Carchemish.

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[DUMU].MÍ [md]30—PAB-MEŠ—SU MAN KUR—aš-šur NIN-su

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ša maš-[šur]—⸢PAB⸣—AŠ MAN KUR—aš-šur-ma ina ŠÀ-bi 08 MA.NA ⸢KUG.UD⸣

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ina ma-né-[e] ša URU.gar-ga-mis il-qi

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kas-pu gam-⸢mur⸣ ta-din GIŠ.SAR É A.ŠÀ UN-MEŠ šu-a-[te zar-pu]

(8) The money is paid completely. That garden, house, land and people [are purchased] and acquired. Any revocation, law[su]it, or litigation is voi[d].

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laq-qi-ʾu ⸢tu⸣-a-ru de-[e]-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ la-áš-[šú]

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man-nu šá ina ur-kiš im—ma-[te]-⸢ma⸣ i-za-qu-pa-ni GIL-u-ni

(10) Whoever in the future, at any t[ime], lodges a complaint and breaks the con[tract], whether these gentlemen [or] their [so]ns, grandsons, brother[s] or nephews, or their prefect, and seeks a law[suit or litigation] aga[inst Šadd]itu and her sons and grandsons,

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lu-u LÚ-MEŠ-e ⸢an⸣-nu-ti [lu-u] ⸢DUMU⸣-MEŠ-šú-nu

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lu-u DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šú-nu lu-u ŠEŠ-[MEŠ-šú-nu] ⸢lu⸣-u DUMU—PAB-šú-<nu>

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lu-u šak-nu-šú-nu ša ⸢TAv⸣ [MÍ].⸢KUR-i⸣-ti* ù DUMU-MEŠ-šá

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ù DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šá ⸢de⸣-[e-nu DUG₄.DUG₄ ub]-⸢ta⸣-ʾu-[u-ni]

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10 MA.NA KUG.UD LUḪ-u [x MA.NA KUG.GI sak-ru]

(15) shall place 10 minas of refined silver (and) [x minas of pure gold] in the lap of Ištar re[siding in Nineveh], and shall set up 7 marsh reeds which are [without nodes at the gate of Aššur].

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ina bur-⸢ki⸣ dIŠ.TAR a-[ši-bat URU.NINA.KI GAR-an]

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07* GI AMBAR ša* [la ki-ṣir ina KÁ—daš-šur]

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i-zaq-⸢qap⸣ [02 ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ BABBAR-MEŠ]

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ina GÌR.2 [daš-šur i-rak-kas 04 ANŠE ḫar-ba-kan-ni]

(r 1) [He shall tie two white horses] to the feet of [Aššur, and shall bring four harbakannu horses] to the fe[et of Nergal. He shall contest] in his no[n-law]suit and n[ot] suc[ceed].

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ina KI.[TA dMAŠ.MAŠ ú-še-rab]

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ina ⸢la de⸣-ni-šú [DUG₄.DUG₄-ma]

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⸢la⸣ i-[laq-qi]



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[IGI] msa-si-[i x x x x x]

(r 5) [Witness] Sasî, [...].

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⸢IGI⸣ mSUḪUŠ—⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x]

(r 6) [Witne]ss Ubru-[..., ...].

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⸢IGI⸣ m⸢EN—lu⸣-[x x x x x x x x]

(r 7) [Witne]ss Bel-lu-[balaṭ, ...].

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⸢IGI⸣ mṣil-[x x x x x x x x]

(r 8) [Witne]ss Ṣil-[..., ...].

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⸢IGI⸣ md[x x x x x x x x]

(r 9) [Witne]ss [......]

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⸢IGI⸣ m[x x x x x x x x]

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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/P335653/.