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SAA 12 043. Fragment of Aššur-etel-ilani Grant (NARGD 26)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [Aššur-etel-ilani, mighty king, king of the world, ki]ng of Assyria, overseer; [son of Assurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyri]a, overseer; [son of Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyri]a, likewise overseer; [son of Sargon (II), king of the world, king of Sumer] and Akkad. (seal space) (Break) (r 1) [Month ..., xth day, eponym year of ..., prefect of Q]ue.
Source: Kataja, L. & Whiting, R. 1995. Grants, Decrees and Gifts of the Neo-Assyrian Period. SAA 12. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa12/P336271/
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Transliteration
[mAN.ŠÁR—NIR.GÁL-DINGIR-MEŠ LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠÚ] ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR—AN.ŠÁR.KI PA-lum / [DUMU mAN.ŠÁR—DÙ—A LUGAL ŠÚ LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠÁR].⸢KI⸣ PA-lum / [DUMU mAN.ŠÁR—PAB—AŠ LUGAL ŠÚ LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠÁR].⸢KI⸣ PA-lum-ma / [DUMU mLUGAL—GI.NA LUGAL ŠÚ LUGAL KUR.EME.KU] ⸢ù⸣ URI.KI / [x x x x x x x x GAR.KUR] ⸢qu-e⸣
Scholarly note
Royal grant, decree or gift inscription of the Neo-Assyrian period, edited by Laura Kataja & Robert Whiting (SAA 12, 1995). ORACC text P336271.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336271). source
Translation excerpted from Kataja, L. & Whiting, R. 1995. Grants, Decrees and Gifts of the Neo-Assyrian Period. SAA 12. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa12/P336271/.
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