Position in chronology
SAA 11 029. List of Audience Gifts and a Memorandum (ADD 1041)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) A dagger, from a royal guard; (2) a ...-piece from a bed, from a bodyguard; (3) an ibex head, from Kurbailayu; (4) a head of crossed falcons, from Ubru-Nanaya; (6) a pomegranate, from Nergal-eṭir; (7) a spinning cock, from Šulmu-beli-lašme; (8) a wasp, from Kabar-ili; (9) a priest's head, from Eriba-Adad; (10) [...], from Mannu-ki-šarri; (11) [...], from Nabû-šarru-uṣur; (12) [...], from Mannu-ki-Aššur; (13) [..., from] the ... carpenters; (Break) (r 1) 2 feet, whose copper is not for sale. (r 3) Concerning Mannu-ki-abi, cohort commander, who has not been dressed (in purple). (r 6)…
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/P335860/
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Transliteration
GÍR* ša LÚ.GÌR.2 / sa-ḫi-ru ša GIŠ.NÁ ša LÚ.qur-ZAG / SAG.DU ar-me ša mkur-ba-ìl-a.a / SAG*.DU* me-su-ki eg-ru-te / ša mSUḪUŠ—dna-na-a / GIŠ.NU.ÚR.MA ša mU.GUR—KAR-ir / tar*-nu-gal.MUŠEN NIGIN ša mDI-mu—⸢EN*⸣—la-áš-me / a-da-mu*-um ša mka-bar—DINGIR / ⸢SAG.DU⸣ LÚ.SANGA ša mSU—⸢d⸣IM / [(x x)] mman—ki-i—MAN / [(x x)] mdPA—MAN—PAB / [(x x)] mman—ki-i—aš-šur / [x x x x] ⸢LÚ*.NAGAR?⸣-MEŠ? ⸢x⸣-a-tú /…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (provincial or military), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 11, 1995). ORACC text P335860.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335860). 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/P335860/.
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