SAA 06 204. Mannu-ki-Arbail Buys a Garden in Nineveh (679-VII-13) (ADD 0364)


Obverse
o 1o 1	NA₄.KIŠIB ^mbi-bi-i EN—GIŠ.GIGIR	(1) Seal of Bibî, chariot fighter, owner of the garden being sold.
o 22	EN GIŠ.SAR SUM-ni

	cylinder seal impression	(cylinder seal impression)

o 33	GIŠ.SAR ša Ú.SAR ina URU.ni-nu-a	(3) A vegetable garden in Nineveh facing the old bridge, and adjoining the garden of Nabû-kenu-dugul the chariot fighter, the garden of Nergal, the king's road, and the river —
o 44	ina IGI ti-tu-ri SUMUN
o 55	SUḪUR GIŠ.SAR ša ^m^dPA—GIN—du-gul LÚ^v.A—⸢SIG⸣
o 66	SUḪUR GIŠ.SAR ša ^dMAŠ.MAŠ
o 77	SUḪUR KASKAL—MAN SUḪUR ÍD
o 88	ú-piš-ma ^mman-nu—ki—arba-[ìl]
o 99	[ina ŠÀ x MA].⸢NA KUG⸣.[UD] ⸢il⸣-[qi]	(9) Mannu-ki-Arbail has contracted and bou[ght it for x mi]nas of sil[ver]
	rest broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning broken away
r 1'1'	ina ⸢de⸣-[ni-šú DUG₄.DUG₄-ma la i-laq-qi]	(r 1) [He shall contest] in [his lawsuit and not succeed].

r 2'2'	IGI ^m^dPA—[x x x x x x]	(r 2) Witness Nabû-[......].
r 3'3'	IGI ^maš-šur—MU—⸢GIN^?⸣ [x x x x]	(r 3) Witness Aššur-šumu-ka[''in, ...].
r 4'4'	IGI ^mqur-di—^d⸢15^*⸣ [LÚ.GAL—ki-ṣir]	(r 4) Witness Qurdi-Issar, [cohort commander].
r 5'5'	IGI ^mgi-ni-ia ⸢LÚ⸣.[x x x]	(r 5) Witness Ginniya, [...].
r 6'6'	IGI ^mda-ni-i ⸢LÚ⸣.[x x x]	(r 6) Witness Danî, [...].
r 7'7'	IGI ^m^dIM—SUM—MU LÚ.⸢GAL—ki-ṣir⸣	(r 7) Witness Adad-nadin-šumi, cohort commander.
r 8'8'	IGI ^mSUḪUŠ—KASKAL LÚ.: <(GAL—ki-ṣir)> gi-mir-a.a	(r 8) Witness Ubru-Harran, Cimmerian ditto.
r 9'9'	IGI ^mPAB—DINGIR-a.a ša—GÌR.2	(r 9) Witness Ahi-ila'i, ša šepi guard.
r 10'10'	IGI ^mDI-mu—EN—la-áš-me LÚ^v.MU	(r 10) Witness Šulmu-beli-lašme, cook.
r 11'11'	IGI ^mrém-a-ni—BE LÚ.SUM.NINDA	(r 11) Witness Remanni-Illil, confectioner.
r 12'12'	IGI ^mSUḪUŠ—^d07.BI LÚ.DAM.QAR	(r 12) Witness Ubru-Sebetti, merchant.
Right		(r 12) Witness Ubru-Sebetti, merchant.
r.e. 13r.e. 13	[ITI].DUL UD 13-KÁM lim-mu ^mTA^v—^dIM—a-ni-⸢nu⸣	(r 13) Month Tishri (VII), 13th day, eponym year of Issi-Adad-aninu.

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/P335308/.