SAA 12 092. Four Men Donate a Bastard to Ninurta (ADD 0640)
Obverse | ||
o 1o 1 | (1) Seal of [Bel]-na'id, seal of [Nabû]-na'id, his brother, seal of Urad-Issar, son of Bel-na'id, seal of Šumma-[u]ssezib, son of Kanunayu — in all 4 men, owners of the man being dedicated to Ninurta of Calah. | |
o 22 | ||
o 33 | ||
o 44 | ||
o 55 | ||
o 66 | ||
cylinder seal impressions | ||
o 77 | (7) Dur-maki-Issar, son of Ra'imtu the sister of [Bel]-na'id and of Nabû-na'id, who gave birth to him during her prostitution — they have brought him up and presented him as a gift to Ninurta, their lord. For labour-duty or corvée work he is considered part of the temple of Ninurta. | |
o 88 | ||
o 99 | ||
o 1010 | ||
o 1111 | ||
o 1212 | ||
o 1313 | (13) Any future person: do not cast aside the wording of this document; Ninurta will hear your prayer. | |
o 1414 | ||
o 1515 | ||
o 1616 | (16) But whoever casts (it) aside, may Ninurta, who is called on in his prayer, turn and punish him. | |
o 1717 | ||
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | (r 1) Witness Iddin-Ea, priest of Ninurta. | |
r 22 | (r 2) Witness Nabû-šumu-uṣur, priest of Nabû. | |
r 33 | (r 3) Witness Marduk-šarru-uṣur, priest of Nabû. | |
r 44 | (r 4) Witness Muše[zi]b-Nabû, scribe. | |
r 55 | (r 5) Witness Nabû-[ahu]-uṣur, palace manager. | |
r 66 | (r 6) Witness Ubr[u-Na]bû, palace manager. | |
r 77 | (r 7) Witness [Ṣil]li-bel-[dall]i, overseer of the household of the crown prince. | |
r 88 | (r 8) Witness Remanni-Šamaš, scribe. | |
r 99 | (r 9) Witness Salim-ken, scribe. | |
r 1010 | (r 10) Witness Urad-[Issar], priest of Ištar; | |
r 1111 | (r 11) witness [NN], priest of Adad; | |
r 1212 | IGI m[x x x x] LÚ.ša—GIŠ.en-di-šú | (r 12) witness [NN], incenser; |
r 1313 | IGI m[x x x x] LÚ.GAL—NU.LUL šá dMAŠ | (r 13) witness [NN], chief singer of Ninurta; |
r 1414 | (r 14) witness Šulmanu-[...], cook of the temple of Ninurta; | |
r 1515 | (r 15) in all 5 men, temple [enterers]. | |
r 1616 | (r 16) Witness Nanî, temple steward of Nabû. | |
r 1717 | (r 17) Witness Urdu, temple cook of the temple of Nabû. | |
r 1818 | (r 18) Witness Nergal-šumu-iddina, son of Nabû-mudammiq, scribe, keeper of the contract. | |
r 1919 | ||
r 2020 | (r 20) Month Elul (VI), 18th day, eponym year of Aššur-gimilli-tere, chief treasurer. | |
r 2121 |
Adapted from Laura Kataja and Robert M. Whiting, Grants, Decrees and Gifts of the Neo-Assyrian Period (State Archives of Assyria, 12), 1995. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2018, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P335553/.