Position in chronology
SAA 11 165. Note of Sheep Rustlers (ADD 0761)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 11(1) Sukkaya, (2) Minu-laqbi, (3) Kanunayu, (4) Ahu-lamašši: (5) all these are (the) criminals (who) took 30 sheep [from] Remanni-Adad.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 11 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
msuk-ku-a.a / mmi-nu—laq-bi / mITI.AB-a.a / mPAB—la-maš-ši / ⸢PAB an⸣-nu-u-te / [LÚ].LUL-MEŠ / [x m]rém-a-ni—10 / 30 UDU*-MEŠ / i-ta-ṣu
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (provincial or military), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 11, 1995). ORACC text P335623.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335623). 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/P335623/.
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