SAA 11 033. Gifts from Western Clients (ABL 0632)

~700 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P334437

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 11

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(1) 2 minas of gold, (2) (the ruler) of Bit-Ammon; (3) 1 mina of gold, (4) (the ruler) of Moab; (5) 10 minas of silver, (6) (the ruler) of Judah; (7) [x min]as of silver (Break) (r 2) [(the ruler) of By]blos; (r 3) (they) have delivered as [greet]ing(-gifts) for the king, my lord.

State Archives of Assyria, volume 11 — scholar edition (ORACC).

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Transliteration

02 MA.NA KUG.GI / KUR.É—am-man-a.a / 01 MA.NA KUG.GI / KUR.mu-ʾa-ba-a.a / ⸢10⸣ MA.NA KUG.UD / [KUR].ia-u-da-a.a / [x MA].⸢NA⸣ KUG.UD / [x x x x x] / [x x x x x] / [KUR.x x x x x]-⸢a.a⸣ / [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ / [KUR.gu]-ub-la-a.a / [DI]-⸢mu⸣ ša LUGAL EN-ía / us-se-bi-⸢lu⸣-u-ni

Scholarly note

Neo-Assyrian administrative record (provincial or military), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 11, 1995). ORACC text P334437.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P334437). 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/P334437/.

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