Position in chronology
SAA 07 037. Possible List of Debts
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 7(1) [...] barley, (2) [...]-aya (3) [...] of Bit-Abu-ila'i, (4) [...] Izbu. (5) [...]-Aššur, the town Qanunu, (6) [...]-apli. (7) [... b]arley.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 7 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[x x x x] ŠE.PAD-MEŠ / [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-a.a / [x x x x] ša É—⸢AD⸣—DINGIR-a.a / [x x x x m]iz-bu / [x x x x]—⸢aš-šur?⸣ URU.qa-nu-u-nu? / [x x x x]—DUMU.UŠ [o] / [x x x x] ⸢ŠE⸣.PAD-[MEŠ o?]
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (palace or temple), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 7, 1992). ORACC text P336638.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336638). source
Translation excerpted from Fales, F.M. & Postgate, J.N. 1992. Imperial Administrative Records, Part I: Palace and Temple Administration. SAA 7. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa07/P336638/.
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