Position in chronology
SAA 11 083. Fragment of Sheep List
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 11(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] sheep, belonging to Se'-lanṭuru, chief shepherd of the commander-in-chief. (Rest destroyed)
State Archives of Assyria, volume 11 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ UDU.NÍTA / ša ⸢msi?⸣-iʾ—la-an-ṭu-ru / LÚ.GAL—SIPA-MEŠ tur-tan / ⸢md?x x⸣ [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 P336709.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336709). 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/P336709/.
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