Position in chronology
SAA 07 150. Accounts from Ceremonial Banquet (ADD 0834+)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (ii 1) [1], cohort commander of the left; (ii 2) [1], chariot driver(s), 'third men' ditto, permanent; (ii 4) 1, 2 bodyguards of the ša šēpi guard, of the open-chariotry; (ii 5) 1, chariot driver of the crown prince, (and) his colleague(s); (ii 6) [1], second table of the crown prince; (ii 7) [... coho]rt commanders, ditto; (ii 8) 2, chariot-horse-trainer of the crown prince, of open chariots ditto; (ii 9) 1, Nabû-nadin-šumi; (ii 10) 1, commanders-of-50 of the chariotry; (ii 11) Marduk-[...]; (ii 12) 6 singers of [...]; (ii 13) chief eunuch; (ii 14) [...], governors,…
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/P335678/
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Transliteration
[01] ⸢GAL—ki⸣-ṣir ⸢KAB⸣ / [01] DIB—PA-MEŠ 03-šú-MEŠ :. / SAG*.UŠ*-MEŠ / ⸢01⸣ 02 qur-ZAG GÌR.2 DU₈-MEŠ / ⸢01⸣ DIB—PA A—MAN ša* KI-šú / [01] ⸢BANŠUR?⸣ 02-u A—MAN / [x GAL—ki]-ṣir-MEŠ :. / [o] 02* GIGIR* A—MAN DU₈-MEŠ :. / ⸢01⸣ <$x$> d⸢x⸣—SUM—MU / [o] 01 GAL—50-[MEŠ GIŠ?].⸢GIGIR*⸣-MEŠ / [o] dŠÚ—[x x x]+⸢x⸣ / [o] 06 NAR-MEŠ / [o] GAL—⸢SAG*⸣ / ⸢x⸣ NAM-MEŠ ⸢x x-ni*⸣ SAG*-MEŠ / [o] 01 GAR-nu-MEŠ ša…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (palace or temple), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 7, 1992). ORACC text P335678.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335678). 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/P335678/.
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