Position in chronology
SAA 11 203. Census Tablet (ADB 03)
Translation · reference
High confidence(i 1) Se'-nuri, farmer; 15 hectares of arable land, 7 under cultivation therein. (i 4) Total, in the town of Til-lini, near the city of Harran. (i 6) 1 fruit and vegetable garden in the city of Harran: 300 fruit plants therein; 150 poplars and willows: a total of 450. (i 10) Total, of Ahu-duri, son of Ša-Nabû-š[û]. (i 12) Nusku-duri, [...]; 2 women: a to[tal of 3]. (i 14) The woman of A[...], ...[...]; (Break) (ii 1) Issar-duri, farm[er]; Našuh-dilini; 1 woman, a total of 3 people. (ii 4) 30 hectares of arable land, 15 hectares under cultivation therein. (ii 5) 1 fruit garden; 1 ox. (ii 7)…
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/P334936/
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Transliteration
mse-eʾ—nu-ri LÚv.ENGAR / 15 ANŠE A.ŠÀ / 07 ar-šú ina ŠÀ / PAB URU.DU₆—li-i-ni / qa-ni URU.KASKAL / 01 GIŠ.SAR za-am-ri Ú.SAR* / ina URU.KASKAL / 03-me kan-ni za-am-ri ina ŠÀ / 01-me-50 GIŠ.ṣar-bu-tú GIŠ.ḫi?-lu-pu / PAB 04-me-50 / PAB šá mPAB—BÀD A mšá—dPA—⸢šú⸣-[u] / mdPA.TÚG—BÀD LÚv.[x x] / 02 MÍ-MEŠ ⸢PAB?⸣ [03?] / MÍ-šú šá ma-[x x x] / LÚv.šá?—⸢x⸣+[x x x x] / ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] / m15*—BÀD…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (provincial or military), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 11, 1995). ORACC text P334936.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P334936). 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/P334936/.
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