Genre
Legal
School/Tradition
Syro-Hittite
Scribe
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Text Information
Language
Akkadian
Scribe
—
Typology
Conveyance
Period
None - None
Inventory No.
Msk 7231
Context
A “Palace” jar Msk 7238
Dimensions
85 - 66 - 26
Provenience Map
Emar
Middle Euphrates
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— Handcopy by Daniel Arnaud
ll. 1–7 ʾAsda-ʾaḫī, wife of Akiu, man of Ekalte, has sold EN-taliʾ, the son of her daughter, for 52 shekels of silver, full price, of his own will, into slavery to Baʿl-bēlī and Abdi-Šaggar, sons of Irʾam-Dagān.
ll. 7–8 Dead or alive, he will be the slave of Baʿl-bēlī and ʿAbdi-Šaggar.
ll. 9–12 If, in the future, in the future days, someone should come up to claim him, this tablet will prevail over him.
General notes
Secondary Literature
- Review Durand, J.-M. (1989). review of ARNAUD, D., Recherches au Pays d’Aštata. Emar VI.3. Textes sumériens et accadiens. Texte, Paris (1986). Revue d’assyriologie et d’archéologie orientale, 83, 163–191. — 171-172
- Study Fijałkowska, L. (2014). Le droit de la vente à Emar. — 421-422
- Study Viano, M. (2023). Debt and Indebtedness at Emar. De Gruyter. — 392-395
Commentary
- note l. 3 Following Arnaud's original interpretation
- alt. rd. l. 3 : 172
- note l. 15 Circumventing the seal