Position in chronology
SAA 11 211. Fragment of Census Tablet (ADB 19)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 11(Beginning destroyed) (1) in the village of [...], near the city of Hau[rina]. (3) Adad-hutni, farmer; 2 s[ons]; Idri-lî, [farmer]; 1 son; 1 [woman]. (6) (Total) 2 farmers, 100 hectares of arable land; 3,00[0 stalks of vine]; [1 thresh]ing-floor; 1 vegetable gard[en]. [...] the town [...] (Rest destroyed)
State Archives of Assyria, volume 11 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
ina URU.ŠE—⸢LÚv*⸣.[x x x] / qa-ni URU.ḫa-ú-[ri-na] / m10—ḫu-ut-ni ENGAR 02 ⸢DUMU*⸣-[MEŠ] / mid-ri—li-i [x x] / 01 DUMU 01 [MÍ] / 02 ENGAR-MEŠ 01-me A.ŠÀ 03-⸢lim⸣ [til-lit] / [01] ⸢ad⸣-ru 01 GIŠ.SAR Ú.⸢SAR⸣ / [x x x x]+⸢x URU⸣.[x x]
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (provincial or military), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 11, 1995). ORACC text P334949.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P334949). 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/P334949/.
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