SAA 11 042. Fragment from List of Contributions(?) (ADD 1122)

~700 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P335919

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SAA 11 141. Note of Officials(?) (ADD 1118)

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) son of [...] (2) from [the town of ...] (3) of ...[...]. (4) Aššur-ahu-[...] (5) son…”

Transliteration

[x x x] šá ⸢x⸣+[x x x] / gi ma di ⸢x⸣+[x x x] / KUŠ.bir?-⸢x⸣+[x x] / 03 TÚG.ṣi-[ip?-rat] / md[x x x x] / 02 ŠE*.[x x x x] / 03 [x x x x x] / 01 [x x x x x] / 01 [x x x x x] / 01 TÚG.[x x x x x] / TÚG.[x x x x x] / ku-um* É* ⸢x⸣+[x x] / 01 kit?-⸢x⸣+[x x x] / ku-um* ṣi*-[x x x] / ⸢x⸣ m*d*[x x x]

Scholarly note

Neo-Assyrian administrative record (provincial or military), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 11, 1995). ORACC text P335919.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335919). 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/P335919/.

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