Position in chronology
SAA 07 083. Record of Precious Stone Items (ADD 1108)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (i 5) [... of elal]lu-stone; (i 6) [......]... (i 7) [......]... (i 8) [......]... (i 9) [...] jasper (i 10) [...] rose jasper (i 11) [...] beet-like carnelian (i 12) [t]otal, the palace superintendent. (i 13) [...x+]4 men (i 14) [... en]velope (Break) (ii 3) [x] sprinklers; (ii 4) 11 (pieces of) breccia [...]; (ii 5) 12 (pieces of) "small" breccia; (ii 6) 2, of alabast[er ...]; (ii 7) 4 ...[...] (Break) (r i 1) 1 da[gger ...]; (r i 2) all of [......], (r i 3) month of [......]. (r i 4) 1 [...] of [......]; (r i 6) 2 of ob[sidian ...], the chief of [...]. (r i 8) 1, 2 [......] (r i 9) total, 3. (r i 10) 2 of hematite [...]; (r i 11) 1, la[pis laz]uli; (r i 12) 1, serpentine; (r i 13) total, the 28th day. (Rest broken or uninscribed)
Source: 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/P335914/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[x x e-lal?]-lum / [x x x AN?].ZÁḪ / [(x) x x] ⸢x x⸣-MEŠ / [(x) x x] ⸢x⸣ pa ri* i / [(x) x] aš*-pú*-u / [(x) x] d*LAMA / [x]+⸢x⸣ GUG*.GAZI*.⸢SAR?⸣ / ⸢PAB*⸣ šá—IGI—KUR / [(x) x]+04* ERIM / [x ki?]-ṣir-tú / [(x) x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x] / [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ / [x x x x x x x]-ku* / [x] ⸢ša?⸣—sa-la!-ʾi* / ⸢11?⸣ DÚR.MI.NA / 12 :* BÀN.DA / 02 GIŠ.NU₁₁.[GAL (x x)] / 04 ⸢ši? ri?⸣ [x x] / 02 ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] / 01…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (palace or temple), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 7, 1992). ORACC text P335914.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335914). 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/P335914/.
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