Position in chronology
SAA 11 079. List of Flock (ADD 0994)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 11(1) 120 ewes, (2) 40 big sheep, (3) 140 1-year-olds. (4) Total 300 sheep. (5) Še'i-Issar.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 11 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
01-me-20 U₈-MEŠ / 40 UDU-MEŠ KALAG-MEŠ / 01-me-40 DUMU—MU.AN.NA / PAB 03-me UDU-MEŠ / m*še-ʾi—15*
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (provincial or military), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 11, 1995). ORACC text P335816.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335816). 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/P335816/.
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