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SAA 12 050. Assurbanipal Type Schedule to Land Grant (ADD 0742)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [x hectares of fie]ld in Horse-Trainer Town; Tuqunu-ereš, farmer, and his people; Ahu-iddina, farmer, and [his people]. (2) [x hectares] of field in Darraska; Didî, farmer, and his people; (3) [...]-Nabû, farmer, and his people; Kinanni-Issar, farmer, and [his] people. (4) [x hec]tares of field in Bet-Urbiru; Tuqunu-ereš, farmer, and his people Ahu-iddina, farmer, and his people; (5) Šamaš-remanni and his people; Nabû'a, farmer, and his people; Bel-dipari, farmer, and his people; (6) Sinqi-Issar, farmer, and his people. 20 hectares of field in Asayati; Belet-na'dat, farmer, and his…
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/P335608/
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Transliteration
[x ANŠE A].⸢ŠÀ⸣ ina URU.2—LÚ.GIŠ.GIGIR mLAL—KAM-eš LÚ.ENGAR a-di UN-MEŠ-šú mPAB—SUM-na LÚ.ENGAR a-di [UN-MEŠ-šú] / [(x) x ANŠE] A.ŠÀ ina URU.da-ar-ra-as-ka mdi-di-i LÚ.ENGAR a-di [UN-MEŠ-šú] / [x x]—d.AG LÚ.ENGAR a-di UN-MEŠ-šú mGIN-a-ni—15 LÚ.ENGAR a-di ⸢UN⸣-[MEŠ-šú] / [x] ⸢ANŠE⸣ A.ŠÀ ina URU.É—mur-bi-ru mLAL—KAM-eš LÚ.ENGAR a-di UN-MEŠ-šú mPAB—SUM-na LÚ.ENGAR a-di UN-MEŠ-⸢šú⸣ /…
Scholarly note
Royal grant, decree or gift inscription of the Neo-Assyrian period, edited by Laura Kataja & Robert Whiting (SAA 12, 1995). ORACC text P335608.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335608). 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/P335608/.
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