.4 I Lutz, Viticulture and Brewinj;. 



of silver of Carchemish [belonging to j-abua, for Bel- 



ahhe. For it he shall give nine hner of wine to the measure 

 of nine qa in Bit-Zamani; if he does not give (the wine), he 

 shall give according to the marketprice of Nineveh. In the 

 presence of Riba, of Batiti, the she/apu-oificer , of Shepa- 

 Ashur, of Ubuku, of Mannu-ki-Ninua, of Nabu-bel-ilani, The 

 third day of Shebat(r) in the eponymate of Sin-ahhe-eriba" '. 

 The money paid for the delivery of the nine imers of Avine 

 is that of the standard of Carchemish, the capital of the former 

 Southern Hittite kingdom, after the break-up of the unified 

 fiittite empire of Shubbiluliuma. Since ^yG B. C. that part of 

 the former Hittite kingdom was, however, in the hands of 

 the Assyrians. But it still uses in 687 B. C. its own mone- 

 tary standard. The wine shall be given in Bit-Zamani. The 

 country of Bit-Zamani was situated north of the Kashiari 

 mountain, modern Tur-*Abdin, mons Masius, ro Mdoiov opoz 

 of the classical writers, along the river Tigris. Its capital was 

 Amedi (or Amedu), i. e., Amida of the Classics, modern Diyar- 

 Bekr, turk. Kara -Amid-. K. 361 refers to the sale of wine 

 to be imported to Nineveh. "2 hner 50 qa of wine, be- 

 longing to Mannu-ki-Ninua (are) at the disposition of Ut- 

 tama. In the month of lyar he shall give the wine [in] Nine- 

 veh. [Ifj he does not give (the wine), he shall give silver 

 according to the marketprice of Nineveh. The 25 th day 

 of Tebet, of the eponymate of Mannu-ki-Adad" 3. A similar 

 text^ speaks of the delivery of wine according to the measure 



SluNinua iddanimes (8) mahar m.Ri-ba-a-a (9) mahar ni.Ba-ti-i-ti 1 10) ameluJe- 

 la-pa-a-a mahar m-gepa-Alursur (u) mahar m.C-bu-ku (12) mahar m.Man-nu- 

 ki-alu Xinua (13) mahar m.iluXabu-bel-ilanimes (14) arhuSabatut?) limu 3-kam 

 (15) [lim-muj m.iluSin-ahhemes-eriba''. 

 i) I. e., 687 B. C. 



2) Cf. Schrader, E., Die Keilinschriften tmd Geschkhtsfoisckung, p. 146; 

 Delitzsch, Fr. , Wo lag das Paradies, p. 276; Streck, ZA, 1893, ^HI. P- 73 

 and Schiffer, Die Aramder, pp. 76 80. 



3) "2 imeru 50 qa isukaranimes (2) sa m-Man-nu-ki-Ninuaki (3) ina pan 

 ni.Ut-ta-a-ma (4)[ina] arfeuAiaru "sukaranumes (5) [ina alu]Xi-nu-a iddanan (6)Sum- 

 ma] la i-di-ni (7) [ki ma-h]i-ri 5a Ninuaki (8) [kaspu] iddanan (9) [arJjuTebetu 

 umu" 25-kam (10) [lim-me ni.Man-n]u-ki-i'uAdad (ii)" follow witnesses. The 

 year is that of 683 B. C. 



4; Johns, Assyr. Deeds and Documents. 124, 81-2-4-151. 



