Position in chronology
SAA 11 107. Note of Equids (ADD 0990)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 11(1) Yoke horses. (2) Yoke horses. (3) Female donkey.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 11 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
KUR-MEŠ GIŠ / ANŠE.KUR-MEŠ GIŠ / MÍ.ANŠE
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (provincial or military), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 11, 1995). ORACC text P335812.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335812). 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/P335812/.
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