Position in chronology
SAA 06 190. Cloth for the King’s Napkin (682-V-7) (ADD 0679)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 6(1) A parcel of 4 [...] and 4 pieces of cut cloth, fine wor[k], belonging to the god [...], at the disposal of Urdâ, chief weav[er]. (6) He shall quickly pay 125 minas of copper. (8) Witness Nabû'a, [...]. (9) Witness Andiayu. (r 1) Witness Aššur-šumu-uṣur. (r 2) Witness Bahian[u]. (r 3) Witness Nabû-ahu-[...]. (r 4) Witness Takli[...]. (r 5) Month Ab (V), 7th day, eponym year of Nabû-šarru-[uṣur], governor of Marqa[si]. (e. 1) A napkin (to be placed) over the (king's) shoulders.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 6 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
ur-su-tu ša 04 [TÚG.x x] / 04 TÚG.nik-si ⸢dul*⸣-[lu] / qa-at-nu ša d⸢x⸣+[x x x] / ina pa-an mur-da-⸢a*⸣ [o] / LÚ.GAL—UŠ.BAR-⸢MEŠ⸣ / 01 me 25 MA.NA URUDU-MEŠ / ár*-ḫiš ep-pa-pa-⸢al*⸣ / IGI mdPA-ú-a LÚ.[x x] / IGI man-di-a.a [o] / IGI mdaš-šur—MU—PAB / IGI mba-ḫi-a-[nu] / IGI mdPA—PAB—[x] / IGI mtak?-li-[x x] / ITI.NE UD 07-[KÁM] / li*-mu mdPA—MAN—[PAB] / LÚ.GAR.KUR URU.mar-qa-[si] / TÚG.sa-su-pu / ša UGU MAŠ.QA
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian legal transaction at the royal court of Nineveh, edited by Theodore Kwasman & Simo Parpola (SAA 6, 1991). ORACC text P335561.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335561). source
Translation excerpted from Kwasman, T. & Parpola, S. 1991. Legal Transactions of the Royal Court of Nineveh, Part I: Tiglath-Pileser III through Esarhaddon. SAA 6. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa06/P335561/.
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