Position in chronology
SAA 11 025. Note of Straw
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 11(Beginning destroyed) (2) 50 bales ... of straw [...]
State Archives of Assyria, volume 11 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
i-na ⸢x⸣+[x] / 50 ma-qir-te BE? [(x)] / ⸢ša⸣ ŠE.IN.⸢NU⸣ [(x)]
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (provincial or military), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 11, 1995). ORACC text P336684.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336684). 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/P336684/.
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