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SAA 11 128. List of Shield-Bearers and Archers (ADD 0947+)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (4) [... bod]yguard of the left, (5) [...] of the crown prince, (6) [... 'third] man,' (7) [...] chariotry, (8) [x, in the charge of] Sin-ereš, (9) 49, in the charge of Šam[aš-...], (10) 6, in the charge of Ṣur[...], (r 1) 61, in the charge of Ninurta-tabni[(-...)], (r 2) 10, in the charge of Nur-ili, (r 3) [x], in the charge of Abdî-(...), (r 4) [x], in the charge of Amma[ya]. (r 5) [Tot]al: 208 shield(-bearers). (r 6) [x+]8, in the charge of Tarditu-Aššur, (r 7) [x+]7, in the charge of Ṭab-ahhe, (r 8) [x], in the charge of Na'di-ilu, (r 9) [x], in the charge of Dadi-ibni, (r 10) [x], in the charge of Zeru-ukin, (r 11) [x], in the charge of Hudada. (r 12) [Total: x] bows (i.e. archers). (Rest destroyed)
Source: 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/P335777/
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Transliteration
[x x x x x x x]-ni / [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ / [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ / [x x x x] ⸢qur?⸣-ZAG KAB / [x x x x x] DUMU—LUGAL / [x x x x LÚ.03].⸢U₅⸣ / [x x x x x] GIŠ.GIGIR-MEŠ / [x ŠU.2] m30—APIN-eš / ⸢49⸣ ŠU.2 md⸢UTU?⸣—[x (x)] / 6 ŠU.2 mṣur-[x (x x)] / 61 ŠU.2 mMAŠ—tab-ni-[(x)] / 10 ŠU.2 mZÁLAG—DINGIR—[(x)] / [x] ŠU.2 mab-di-[i (x x)] / [x] ŠU.2 mam-ma-[a.a (x x)] / ⸢PAB⸣ 02-me-08 GIŠ.a-⸢rit⸣ <[x x]> /…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (provincial or military), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 11, 1995). ORACC text P335777.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335777). 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/P335777/.
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