Position in chronology
SAA 11 153. Babylonians Dedicated to Bel (ADD 0889)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) Marduk-šuma-ibni, son of Tabnea, son of Ilu-eṭir, exorcist; family of the house of Gahal; his paternal house faces my lord('s). (6) Itti-Marduk-balaṭu, son of Šapik-zeri, son of Balassu; family of the house of Šumu-lubši, lamentation priest; his paternal house faces the temple of Lugal-Erra. (12) Balihû, son of Marduk, son of Babu-ereš; family of the house of Bel-eṭira; his paternal house faces the Gate of the Entry of the goddess Gula. (r 1) Ša-pî-Bel, son of Aplaya, son of Qiltî; family of the house of the Boatman; their house is on the other side, beside the well of the field. (r 6)…
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/P335729/
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Transliteration
mdŠÚ—MU—DÙ / DUMU mtab-né-e-a / DUMU mDINGIR—KAR-ir LÚ.MAŠ.MAŠ / qin-ni ša É mga-ḫal / É—AD-šú ina IGI EN-ia / mKI—dAMAR.UTU—TI.LA / DUMU mšá-pik—NUMUN / DUMU mba-la-su / qin-ni ša É mMU—lu-ub-ši / LÚ.UŠ.KU / É—AD-šú ina IGI É—dLUGAL—ÈR.RA / mdKASKAL.KUR-ú / DUMU mmar-duk / DUMU mdBA.Ú—APIN-eš / qin-ni ša É mEN—e-ṭi-ra / É—AD-šú ina IGI KÁ e-reb / dgu-la / mšá—pi-i—EN A mA-ia / DUMU mqi-il-ti-i /…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (provincial or military), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 11, 1995). ORACC text P335729.
Attribution
Image: Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses — from Mesopotamia (Assyrian royal centres — Aššur, Nineveh, Kalḫu, Dur-Šarrukin) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335729). 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/P335729/.
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