Position in chronology
SAA 11 179. Note of People Including Potters (ADD 0948)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 11(1) Issar-..., Ahu-(im)mê, Qurdi-[...], (2) [x] potters. (3) [...]anni, governor of [...], (4) [...]-emuran[ni ...], (5) [...]... [...] (6) [...] Cimmerian[(s)] (7) [...] out of [...]. (8) [......]
State Archives of Assyria, volume 11 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[md]15—⸢x⸣ m*PAB—me-e mqur-di—[x x] / [x x] LÚ.DUG!.QA.BUR-MEŠ [o] / [mx—x]-an*-ni LÚ.NAM KUR.[x x x] / [x x x]—IGI.LAL-an-[ni x x] / [x x x]-na-ši-ia [x x x] / [x x x] KUR.gi-mir-[ra-a.a] / [x x x] ⸢ŠÀ?⸣-bi na*-[x x] / [x x x]-ú-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x]
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (provincial or military), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 11, 1995). ORACC text P335778.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335778). 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/P335778/.
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