Position in chronology
SAA 11 015. Building Progress Report (ADD 0915+)
Translation · reference
High confidence(i 1) [...]s, [the sc]affolds [not] removed; [...] rampart — [(...)] (governor of) Šahuppa. (i 6) [x+]1 towers, the beams fixed, the scaffolds removed; (i 8) [...] 20 34 29 [... brick-courses] (Break) (ii 1) 8 towers, 32 29 27 25 15 12 brick-courses; 7 6 5 4, rampart; 105, city-wall — (governor of) Arrapha. (ii 6) 3 towers, 59 32 brick-courses — (governor of) Calah. (ii 9) [x] towers, 22 19 18 15; [1]05 103, city-wall — (governor of) Que. (ii 13) [x] brick-courses, (one) tower; [(...), x+]9, rampart; [1]05, city-wall — (governor of) Birtu. (ii 17) [x+]16 brick-courses, (one) tower (Break)…
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/P335751/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[x x]-⸢MEŠ?⸣ / [o] ⸢sa⸣-a.a-te / [la?] na-as-ḫa / [x x] šal-ḫi-u / [(x)] ⸢URU*⸣.šá-ḫu*-pa* / [(x) x]+1 i-si-ta-te / [o] GIŠ.ÙR-MEŠ ṣab-bu-tú / [o] ⸢sa⸣-a.a-te na-as-ḫa / [(x) x] ⸢20? 34?⸣ 29 / 08 i-si-ta-te / 32 29 27 / 25 15 12 tik-pi / 07 06 05 04 šal-ḫi-u / 01-me-05 BÀD URU.arrap-ḫa / ⸢03⸣ i-si-ta-te / 59 32 tik-pi / ⸢URU⸣.kal-ḫa / [x] i-si-ta-te 22 / [o?] 19 18 15 / [x]-⸢me⸣-05 01-me-03 BÀD /…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (provincial or military), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 11, 1995). ORACC text P335751.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335751). 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/P335751/.
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