Position in chronology
SAA 11 127. Note of Shield-Bearers and Archers (ADD 0856)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 11(1) 350 shield(-bearer)s, (2) 240 bows (i.e. archers). (3) Total: 590, who did not come.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 11 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
03-me-50 GIŠ.a-rit / 02-me-40 GIŠ.BAN / PAB 05-me-90 / ša la il-li-ku-ni-ni
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (provincial or military), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 11, 1995). ORACC text P335698.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335698). 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/P335698/.
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