SAA 14 029. Kiṣir-Aššur Buys a Woman (*636-XI-3) (ADD 0207)[via saao/saa14]
Obverse | ||
o 1o 1 | (1) Seal of Bel-ahhešu, son of Šamaš-abu'a, horse trainer of the personal guard, owner of the woman being sold. | |
o 22 | ||
o 33 | ||
seal impression | ||
o 44 | (4) Arbail-šarrat, maid of Bel-ahhešu — | |
o 55 | ||
o 66 | (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 | ||
o 88 | ||
o 99 | (9) That woman is contracted, purchased and acquired. The money is paid completely. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void. | |
o 1010 | ||
o 1111 | ||
o 1212 | ||
o 1313 | (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 | ||
o 1515 | ||
Bottom | ||
b.e. 16b.e. 16 | ||
b.e. 1717 | ||
b.e. 1818 | (18) he shall return the money tenfold to its owner. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. | |
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | ||
r 22 | ||
r 33 | (r 3) Witness Attâ-suri, scribe. | |
r 44 | (r 4) Witness Šamaš-re'û'a, prefect. | |
r 55 | (r 5) Witness Sukki-Aya, prefect. | |
r 66 | (r 6) Witness Ammâ, Aramean scribe. | |
r 77 | (r 7) Witness Nabû-aplu-iddina, scribe of the queen. | |
r 88 | (r 8) Witness Qurdi-Adad, horse trainer. | |
r 99 | (r 9) Witness Šulmu-ahhe, ditto. | |
r 1010 | (r 10) Witness Ṣalmu-ahhe, ditto. | |
r 1111 | (r 11) Witness Kusayu, ditto. | |
r 1212 | (r 12) Witness Bel-šarru-uṣur, ditto. | |
r 1313 | (r 13) Witness Aššur-šumu-ka''in, ditto. | |
r 1414 | (r 14) Witness Ubru-Ekurri, ditto. | |
r 1515 | (r 15) Witness Šumu-ukin, horse trainer of the personal guard. | |
r 1616 | (r 16) Witness Bel-Harran-šarru-uṣur, ditto. | |
r 1717 | (r 17) Witness Arbailayu, ditto. | |
r 1818 | (r 18) Witness Hambaqu, ditto. | |
r 1919 | (r 19) Witness Mannu-ki-Arbail, ditto. | |
Right | ||
r.e. 20r.e. 20 | (r 20) Month Shebat (XI), 3rd day, eponym year of Sin-šarru-uṣur, [gove]rnor of Hindan. | |
r.e. 2121 | ||
r.e. 2222 | ||
r.e. 2323 | (r 23) Witness Kiṣir-Nabû, scribe. | |
Edge | ||
e.e. | Aramaic caption |
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/.