Position in chronology
SAA 11 085. Note of Sheep and Other Items (ADD 0699)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 11(1) 4 Temanaean sheep belonging to Aššur-eṭir, chief tailor. (4) 2 wooden boxes of peaches — Šarru-[lu-d]ari. (Rest destroyed)
State Archives of Assyria, volume 11 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
04 UDU KUR.⸢te-man⸣-a.a / ša maš-šur—KAR-ir / LÚv.GAL—KA.KÉŠ / 02 GIŠ.ku-kul?-u / GIŠ.ḫa-aḫ-ḫi / ⸢mMAN⸣—[lu]—⸢dà⸣-ri
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (provincial or military), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 11, 1995). ORACC text P335579.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335579). 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/P335579/.
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