Position in chronology
SAA 11 218. Fragment of Census Tablet (ADB 20)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] 1, of 3 spans' height[...]; [...]s: in all 10 people [...]. (3) [...]s, 100[+x hectares of arable land], [x] hectares of land under cultivation the[rein]. (5) [x] houses, 1 thr[eshing floor ...]. (6) Mannu-lemin, guardian of [groves]; (7) Zer-Issar, his son, of 4 spans' height; Ahunu, [his] son [...]; (8) Aktur-la-Našuh, his son [...]; 1 woman; 1 daughter, of 4 spans' height: in all [6 people]. (10) 1 grove of pop[lars ...]. Šer-ila'i, [...]; (12) shepherd [...]; (13) [...]...[...] (Rest destroyed)
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/P334950/
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Transliteration
[x x x] 01 03 [x x x x] / [x x]-MEŠ PAB 10 [x x x] / [x x]-MEŠ 01-me [x x x x] / [x] ANŠE ŠE.NUMUN ar-šú ⸢TAv?⸣ [ŠÀ?] / [x] É-MEŠ 01 ad-⸢ru⸣ [x x x] / mman-nu—le-e-mì-in* LÚ.ma-ṣar—[qab-li] / mNUMUN-15 A-šú 04 mPAB-u-nu ⸢A⸣-[šú x x] / mak-tu-ur—la—na-áš-ḫu A-šú [x x] / 01 MÍ 01 DUMU.MÍ 04 PAB [06? x x x] / 01 qab-lu šá GIŠ.ṣar-[bi-ti x x x] / mše-er—DINGIR-a.a LÚv.[x x x x] / LÚ.SIPA [x x x x x] / [x x] ár-ri [x x x 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 P334950.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P334950). 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/P334950/.
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