SAA 11 001. Lexical List of Neo-Assyrian Provinces etc. (2 R 53,1)

~700 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P333950

Translation · reference

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(i 1) Ba[bylon, Baby]lon (i 2) Babylon, [Babylon] (i 3) Borsippa, Borsippa (i 4) Nippur, Cutha (i 5) Uruk, Uruk (i 6) Larak, Larsa (i 7) Ur, Kullab (i 8) Sippar, Dilbat (i 9) Marad : Sahrina (i 10) Apšu, Opis (i 11) Eridu, Dilmun (i 12) Kisik : Kisik (i 13) Isin : Isin (i 14) Der, Itu'u (i 15) Labadudu (i 16) Yasubu (i 17) Land of the Treasurer (i 18) Land of the Palace Herald (i 19) Land of the Palace Herald (i 20) Land of the Chief Cupbearer (i 21) Ariyauate (i 22) ...il (i 23) Izallu (i 24) [...] : Mount Sinjar (i 25) [...] ... (Break) (ii 1) Kar-Nergal (ii 2) Kar-Il[lil] (ii 3) Land of…

Source: Fales, F.M. & Postgate, J.N. 1995. Imperial Administrative Records, Part II: Provincial and Military Administration. SAA 11. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa11/P333950/

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Transliteration

⸢KÁ.DINGIR⸣ [x x x (x)] ⸢RA?⸣.KI / TIN.TIR.⸢KI x x <x⸣>.KI / bar-sip.KI : bur-sip.KI / d.EN.LÍL.KI GÚ.DU₈.A.KI / UNUG.KI TE.UNUG.KI / UD.UD-ak.KI UD.UNUG.KI / ŠEŠ.UNUG.KI kul-UNUG.KI / UD.KIB.NUN.KI dil-bat.KI / MARAD.DA.KI : URU.saḫ-ri-na / URU.ap-šu URU.ú-pi-i / NUN.KI NI.TUK.KI / ki-sik.KI : kis-sik?-ru.KI / PA.ŠE.KI : PA.TE.SI.KI / BÀD.DINGIR.KI KUR.i-tu-ʾu / KUR.la-ba-du-du / KUR.ia-su-pu /…

Scholarly note

Neo-Assyrian administrative record (provincial or military), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 11, 1995). ORACC text P333950.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P333950). source
Translation excerpted from Fales, F.M. & Postgate, J.N. 1995. Imperial Administrative Records, Part II: Provincial and Military Administration. SAA 11. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa11/P333950/.

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