Position in chronology
SAA 07 155. Account of Banquet(?) (ADD 0898)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 7(1) Second meal of the pa[lace]: (2) 1, the qu[een]; (3) [1], the crown prince; (4) [x], the gra[nd] vizier; (5) [x, the d]eputy vizier; (6) [x, the kings'] seed; (7) [x, the] chariot driver(s); (8) [x, the co]hort commander(s); (Rest destroyed)
State Archives of Assyria, volume 7 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
02?-te? BUR* ⸢ša* É*⸣.[GAL?] / 01 MÍ—É?.[GAL?] / [01] DUMU—⸢LUGAL⸣ / [x] LÚv.SUKKAL dan-[nu] / [x] LÚv.SUKKAL 02-[u] / [x] ⸢LÚv⸣.NUMUN?—[MAN] / [x] ⸢LÚv⸣.DIB?—PA-[MEŠ] / [x LÚv].⸢GAL?—ki?-ṣir*⸣
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (palace or temple), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 7, 1992). ORACC text P335738.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335738). 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/P335738/.
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