Position in chronology
SAA 12 020. Fragment of Sennacherib Land Grant (NARGD 33)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 12(1) Sen[nacherib, ......], (2) maker of the sta[tue of Aššur, ......] (royal seal impression) (Break) (r 1) [Witness Mannu]-ki-[..., ......]. (r 2) [Witness K]anuna[yu, ......]. (r 3) In all, 4 men [......]. (r 4) Month [..., the xth day, eponym year of ...], (r 5) [xth] ye[ar of Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria]. (Rest destroyed)
State Archives of Assyria, volume 12 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
⸢md30⸣—[PAB-MEŠ—SU x x x x x x] / e-piš ṣa-[lam AN.ŠÁR x x x x x x] / [IGI mman-nu]—a-ki—[dx x x x x x] / [IGI m]⸢ka⸣-nun-na-a?.[a x x x x x] / ⸢PAB?⸣ 4 LÚ.[x x x x x x x x x x] / ITI.[x x x x x x x x x x] / MU [x-KÁM md30—PAB-MEŠ—SU LUGAL ŠÚ] / ⸢LUGAL⸣ [KUR—aš-šur.KI]
Scholarly note
Royal grant, decree or gift inscription of the Neo-Assyrian period, edited by Laura Kataja & Robert Whiting (SAA 12, 1995). ORACC text P336274.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336274). 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/P336274/.
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