SAA 14 029. Kiṣir-Aššur Buys a Woman (*636-XI-3) (ADD 0207)[via saao/saa14]


Obverse
o 1o 1	NA₄.KIŠIB ^mEN—PAB-MEŠ-šu	(1) Seal of Bel-ahhešu, son of Šamaš-abu'a, horse trainer of the personal guard, owner of the woman being sold.
o 22	DUMU ^m^dUTU—AD-u-a LÚ^v.GIGIR—GÌR.2
o 33	EN MÍ SUM-ni
	seal impression	(seal impression)
o 44	MÍ.arba-ìl—šár-rat GÉME-šú	(4) Arbail-šarrat, maid of Bel-ahhešu —
o 55	ša ^mEN—PAB-MEŠ-šú up-piš-ma	(4) Arbail-šarrat, maid of Bel-ahhešu —
o 66	^mki-ṣir—aš-šur LÚ^v.GAL—ki-ṣir qur-ZAG	(6) Kiṣir-Aššur, cohort commander of the bodyguard of the crown prince, has contracted and bought her for 1 1/2 minas of silver from Bel-ahhešu.
o 77	ša A—MAN ina ŠÀ-bi 01 1/2 MA.NA KUG.UD
o 88	TA^v IGI ^mEN—PAB-MEŠ-šú il-qi
o 99	MÍ šu-a-tú up-pu-šat	(9) That woman is contracted, purchased and acquired. The money is paid completely. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.
o 1010	zar-pat laq-qi-at kas-pu
o 1111	gam-mur ta-a^*-din tu-a-ru
o 1212	DUG₄.DUG₄ la-áš-šú
o 1313	ina ma-te-me lu-u ^mEN—PAB-MEŠ-šú	(13) At any time, be it Bel-ahhešu or his sons or his grandsons, who seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Kiṣir-Aššur and his sons,
o 1414	lu-u DUMU-MEŠ-šú DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šú
o 1515	ša de-e-nu da-ba-bu
Bottom
b.e. 16b.e. 16	TA^v ^mki-ṣir—aš-šur
b.e. 1717	DUMU-MEŠ-šú ub-ta-u-ni
b.e. 1818	kas-pu ana 10-MEŠ-te a-na EN-šú	(18) he shall return the money tenfold to its owner. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.
Reverse
r 1r 1	ú-tar ina de-ni-šú DUG₄.DUG₄-ma
r 22	la i-laq-qi
r 33	IGI ^ma-ta—su-ri A.BA	(r 3) Witness Attâ-suri, scribe.
r 44	IGI ^m^dUTU—SIPA-u-a GAR-nu	(r 4) Witness Šamaš-re'û'a, prefect.
r 55	IGI ^msuk-a.a GAR-nu	(r 5) Witness Sukki-Aya, prefect.
r 66	IGI ^mam-ma-a A.BA ár-ma-a	(r 6) Witness Ammâ, Aramean scribe.
r 77	IGI ^m^dPA—A—AŠ A.BA MÍ.É.GAL	(r 7) Witness Nabû-aplu-iddina, scribe of the queen.
r 88	IGI ^mqur-di—^dIM LÚ^v.GIGIR	(r 8) Witness Qurdi-Adad, horse trainer.
r 99	IGI ^mDI-mu—PAB-MEŠ^* :	(r 9) Witness Šulmu-ahhe, ditto.
r 1010	IGI ^mNU—PAB-MEŠ :	(r 10) Witness Ṣalmu-ahhe, ditto.
r 1111	IGI ^mku-sa-a.a :	(r 11) Witness Kusayu, ditto.
r 1212	IGI ^mEN—MAN—PAB :	(r 12) Witness Bel-šarru-uṣur, ditto.
r 1313	IGI ^maš-šur—MU—GIN :	(r 13) Witness Aššur-šumu-ka''in, ditto.
r 1414	IGI ^mSUḪUŠ—É.KUR-ri :	(r 14) Witness Ubru-Ekurri, ditto.
r 1515	IGI ^mMU—GIN LÚ^v.GIGIR—GÌR.2	(r 15) Witness Šumu-ukin, horse trainer of the personal guard.
r 1616	IGI ^mEN-KASKAL—MAN—PAB :	(r 16) Witness Bel-Harran-šarru-uṣur, ditto.
r 1717	IGI ^marba-ìl-a.a :	(r 17) Witness Arbailayu, ditto.
r 1818	IGI ^mḫa-am-ba-qu :	(r 18) Witness Hambaqu, ditto.
r 1919	IGI ^mman-nu—ki—arba-ìl :	(r 19) Witness Mannu-ki-Arbail, ditto.
Right		(r 19) Witness Mannu-ki-Arbail, ditto.
r.e. 20r.e. 20	ITI.ZÍZ UD 03-KÁM	(r 20) Month Shebat (XI), 3rd day, eponym year of Sin-šarru-uṣur, [gove]rnor of Hindan.
r.e. 2121	lim-mu ^m30—MAN—PAB
r.e. 2222	<$LÚ.EN$>.NAM ḫi-in-dan
r.e. 2323	IGI ^mki-ṣir—^dPA A.BA	(r 23) Witness Kiṣir-Nabû, scribe.
Edge		(r 23) Witness Kiṣir-Nabû, scribe.
e.e.	Aramaic caption	(Aramaic caption: Deed of Arbail-šarrat.)

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/P335154/.