Genre
Legal
School/Tradition
Syro-Hittite
Scribe
—
Text Information
Language
Akkadian
Scribe
—
Typology
Conveyance
Period
None - None
Inventory No.
Msk 7231
Context
A “Palace” jar Msk 7238
Dimensions
85 - 66 - 26
Editions
Author Resource Page(s) Type
Arnaud 1985 Arnaud, D. (1985). Recherches au Pays d’Aštata. Emar VI.1. Textes sumériens et accadiens. Planches. 31 Handcopy
Arnaud 1986 Arnaud, D. (1986). Recherches au Pays d’Aštata. Emar VI.3. Textes sumériens et accadiens. Texte. 14-15 Edition
See also "General Notes"
Provenience Map
Emar Middle Euphrates
Handcopy by Daniel Arnaud
Recherches au Pays d’Aštata. Emar VI.1. Textes sumériens et accadiens. Planches
— 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 ʿAbdi-Šaggar, sons of Irʾam-Dagān.

ll. 7–8 Dead or alive, he will be the slave of Baʿl-bēlī and ʿAbdi-Šaggar.

ll. 10–13 If, in the future, in the future days, someone should come up to claim him, this tablet will prevail over him.

l. 3 note Following Arnaud's original interpretation
l. 3 alt. rd.
DUMU sal-ši
transl.third son
Durand 1989: 172
l. 18 note Circumventing the seal
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 Durand 1989: 172
  • note l. 18 Circumventing the seal
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