Position in chronology
SAA 12 011. Fragment of Adad-nerari III Grant (NARGD 03)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 12(1) [Adad-nerari (III), king of Assyria], overseer, [son of Šamši-Adad (V), king of Assyria], overseer, [son of Shalmanes]er (III), likewise overseer. (Blank seal space) (Break) (r 1) [Month ...], 22nd day, [eponym year of Bal]aṭu, [the prefect of] Šibaniba.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 12 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[mdIM—ERIM.GABA] PA-lum / [DUMU mšam-ši—d]⸢IM⸣ PA-lum / [DUMU mdDI-ma-nu]—⸢MAŠ⸣ PA-lum-ma / [ITI.x] UD 22-KÁM / [lim-mu mba]-⸢la⸣-ṭu / [LÚ.GAR.KUR] ⸢URU⸣.ši-ba-ni-bi
Scholarly note
Royal grant, decree or gift inscription of the Neo-Assyrian period, edited by Laura Kataja & Robert Whiting (SAA 12, 1995). ORACC text P336250.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336250). 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/P336250/.
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