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(1) 120 ewes, (2) 40 big sheep, (3) 140 1-year-olds. (4) Total 300 sheep. (5) Še'i-Issar.
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [x+]30, t[otal ......]. (2) [6]0, total 1[00+x ...].... (3) [x+]9, total 1[00+x ...]. (4) [x+]10, total 1[00+x ...]hi. (5) [x], total 50 — (province of) the chief of trade. (6) [x], — (province of) Arpad. (7) [x], — (province of) Damascus. (8) [x], — treasurer of the Aššur temple. (9) [x], — (province of) Isana. (10) [x], total 100 — (province of) Ur[zuhina]. (Break) (r 1) [x], x, 50, [x — ......]. (r 2) [x], x, 20, 0 — prefect [of the Assur province]. (r 3) [x], 0, 30, 0 — (province of) Megi[ddo]. (r 4) [x], 0, 50, 0 — (province of) Kullania. (r 5) [x], 0, 40, 0 —…
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(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) 2, 13, [x, x — ......]. (r 2) 1, 25, 10, [x — ......]. (r 3) Total 4 — chief confectioner [......]
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] sheep, belonging to Se'-lanṭuru, chief shepherd of the commander-in-chief. (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (3) of Bel-Harran-šadû'a, governor of Kar-Esarhaddon. (5) 1 sheep of [...]i, treasurer. (6) [...]-nuri of Nabû-(e)riba, eunuch. (7) [...] ... of Bel-duri (Rest destroyed)
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(1) 4 Temanaean sheep belonging to Aššur-eṭir, chief tailor. (4) 2 wooden boxes of peaches — Šarru-[lu-d]ari. (Rest destroyed)
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(1) 27 minas of sil[ver] (2) 600 (homers) of grain ... (Break) (r 1) [x+]60 [...], (r 2) 5 — persons, (r 3) 3, (compensation) for blood(shed) (r 4) 215 sheep [...] (r 5) Total: Ahheša[ya].
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(1) In the month of Nisan (I) 60 oxen, 30 donkeys (and) 10 persons were stolen from (the village of) Bidua, (4) 90 oxen, 30 donkeys (and) 1,500 sheep were stolen fr[om (the village of) ...] in the ha[nd of NN], (7) 30 oxen, [......] (Break) (r 2) he stole [......] (r 3) chariot fighters [......] (r 4) within the 20[+xth] day [...] (r 5) 32 donkeys [......] (r 6) mixed [......] (r 7) 2,000 sh[eep ......] (r 8) were stolen from (the village of) ...ani. (e. 1) There are [...]
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(1) 16 oxen, (2) 15 sheep, (3) of the 11th day.
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(1) Distribution of levy of oxen and sheep. (3) 40 oxen, first-fruits, 100 regular offerings; (5) Total 140 oxen for the levy of the house of the chief cook. (7) 20, the farmers of the gods of Nineveh, in the charge of Sin-šarru-ibni. (10) 110 oxen for the farmers, [in the charge of] Nabû-šarru-uṣur. (Break) (r 11) of the house of the chief cook.
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(Beginning destroyed) (i 1) [x] males [...] (i 2) [x+]3 4-year-olds (i 3) 2 3-year-olds (i 4) 6 2-year-olds (i 5) 4 1-year-olds (i 6) 25 cows (i 7) 5 4-year-olds (i 8) 3 3-year-olds (i 9) 3 2-year-olds (i 10) 6 1-year-olds (i 11) T[otal ......] (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)
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(Beginning destroyed or too broken for translation) (ii 1) sheep [......], (ii 2) sheep [......], (ii 3) sheep [......], (ii 4) female [kid ......], (ii 5) Puka[...] (ii 6) 1 ox [......] (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)
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(1) 4 oxen recorded on two sets of writing-boards, at the disposal of Nabû-ahu-iddina, Ilu-patin (and) NN ...... (5) Demanded, ascended and taken away. (6) (On the) 14th day of month of Nisan (I) he led the oxen away. (Rest destroyed)
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(1) 6 don[keys, inspected], (2) 17 [donkeys, dead]. (3) Total 23 donkeys. (4) 682 oxen, inspected, (5) 1,127, dead. (6) Total 1,809 oxen. (7) 543 sheep, inspected, (8) 2,215, dead. (9) [Total 2],758 sh[eep.] (r 1) Total that were in Nineveh. (r 2) 96 oxen, (r 3) 2,490 sheep. (r 4) [To]tal that were in Dur-Šarruken. (r 5) [At] the instruction of Marduk-eriba (r 6) [......]
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] cohort commander (2) [......] shall come in (3) [......] shall bring in, in (his) hands, in the city of [......] (4) [......] sheep and donkeys (Break) (r 1) [......] scribe (r 2) [......] his deputy (r 3) [......] village manager (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... Ṭab-š]ar-Aššur (2) [......]ia (3) [... Šarru-l]u-dari (4) [...] the new Gambulaeans (5) [... ...]-šumu-iddina (6) [...] of oxen (7) [... she]kels, their silver. (8) [......] donkeys (Break) (r 2) [...] Nabû-šallim[(anni)] (r 3) [... grain] produce (r 4) [...]... (r 5) [......] they ... us (r 6) [......] they carried out (r 7) [...... ...]-šumu-ibni (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (4) [......]s, 41 [...]-vessels (5) [......]s, 14 [...]-vessels (Break) (r 2) This is of the i[lku-service] (r 3) ilku-service of their lots [...] (r 4) [... ox]en, 100 sheep [...] (r 5) [tri]bute of the month of [......] (r 6) [...]s of a month, 50 sheep [......] (r 7) [x] hundred, chief [......]
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(1) 1 male donkey ..., in exchange for 1 1/2 minas 7 shekels. (3) 1 female donkey in exchange for 37 shekels. (4) A second female donkey in exchange for 1 mina. (5) A third female donkey in exchange for 1 royal mina. (6) A fourth female donkey in exchange for 32 shekels. (r 1) Total 5 1/2 minas 2 shekels.
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] donkey [...] (2) [x] ca[mels] (3) 10 sheep [...] (4) 3 seahs of oil [...] (5) (all) this [...] (6) of the day(s) [...] (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (3) [...... in accordance with the wor]ding of the writing-board, (4) [......] cattle (and) sheep [......], (5) [......] cattle of the month of [...], (6) [...... (the town of) Kar]-Tukulti-apil-E[šarra, ...] (7) [......] Babylon [......] (Rest destroyed)
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(1) Tabalayu — an ox (2) Dannu-Nergal — ditto (3) Nabû-zeru-ibni — ditto (4) Šarru-emuranni — ditto (5) Nabû-šallim — ditto (6) Bel-naṣir — ditto (7) All these — (8) of milk (9) of nets (r 1) of ... (r 2) of a suckling (r 3) of beams.
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(1) Yoke horses. (2) Yoke horses. (3) Female donkey.
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(1) 239 horses: (r 1) Šulmu-beli-lamur.
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(1) 88 horses, (2) 6 mules: (3) in all, 94 (4) — Sin-ašared. (r 1) Month Iyyar (II), 9th day, eponym year of Abi-ram (677 B.C.).
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(1) 300 horses, month of Sivan (III), 10th day. (2) 293 horses, 4 mules: total 297 horses (and) mules, month of Tishri (VII), 8th day. (5) Total 593 horses, 4 mules. (6) Total 597 horses (and) mules, of Mugallu, which Ili-ukallanni has brought. (r 2) Total, eponym year of Sagab (651 B.C.). (r 3) Total: 589 horses, 8 mules.
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(1) [x] black [horses], 5 [red] horses, (2) [x] irginu-coloured [hor]ses, [...]. (3) [Total x+]2 horses, — N[N]. (4) [x bl]ack [horses], 4 irginu-coloured [...], (5) [x ma]res: in all, 26 horses. (6) [...]... care of Banaya [(...)] (7) [x] black [horses], 4 re[d, ...], (8) [x] irginu-coloured horses [...], (9) 6 mar[es ...] (10) 4 irgi[nu-coloured] horses, [...], (11) 9 black horses, [...]. (12) Total 18 — Padi-Bel [...]. (13) 5 ditto red; 6 ditto black; 5 [...] hor[ses], (14) 1 ditto of Ha[rše]an type; 9 mar[es]. (15) Total 2[6 ...]... [...]. (16) 6 ditto [black, x ditto ir]ginu-coloured,…
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(Beginning destroyed) (1') [...horse]s, (2') 2 of Haršean type, (3') 4 mares. (4') [Total] 34 horses (5') — [B]el-emuranni. (6') [x] red [horses] (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1') [5] — Nasi...; (2') 5 horses — Basasu; (4') 5 ditto — Ispute; (5') 5 ditto — Il-hari. (6') Total, 20 horses (for) teams. (7) 5 mules — Nergal-nadin-ahi. (Break) (12) Total, 18 hor[ses ...]. (13) 3, Nabû-šarru-...[...]; (14) 3, In[...]; (15) 3, Ṭab-ša[r-...]: (16) in all, 9 horses [...] (r 1) [x] mules, 2 horses — the house of the [...]. (r 4) 1 horse, 1 mule, 1 equid — the house of the [...]. (r 6) 1 mul[e, ...] (r 7) 1 ditto — the house [...], (r 8) 1 ditto [...], (r 9) 1, (of the) horses [...], (r 10) 1 ditto [...], (r 11) 1 ditto [...] (Rest destroyed or too broke…
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(1) [In all], 20[+x horse]s of the palace: (2) [x ... horses], 8 irgi[nu]-coloured horses, (3) [x ...] horses, [x ho]rses of Haršean type, (4) [x+]9 mares, [x] red horses, (5) [......] (6) [x] irginu-coloured horses, 1 [...] horse (Break) (r 1) [1] red horse, 3 irginu-coloured horses, [1]4 mares: in all 18 horses, (r 3) of Kurbanu. (r 4) [1] black [hors]e, 4 irginu-coloured horses, (r 5) [1] red [horse], 15 mares: (r 6) [in all, 2]1 horses, of Habasi. (r 7) [1 re]d horse, 12 irginu-coloured horses, [9] mares: in all 22 horses, (r 9) [of] Me'isu. (r 10) [x] black [horse]s, 1 red horse, (r 11) […
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) 4 mares: (2) total, 6 horses — Bel-isse['a], care of Banaya. (4) 1 irginu-coloured hors[e, 2 m]are[s: in all] 3 horses — Harma[ku/ki]. (6) 1 red (horse), 2 black horses, (7) 1 mare: (8) in all, 4 — Bel-...[...]. (r 1) 2 red horses, 2 i[rginu]-coloured horses, (r 2) 2 bl[ack] horses, (r 3) 2 mares: (r 4) in all, 8 horses — N[N]. (r 5) 1 irg[inu]-coloured horse, (r 6) [x ...] horse(s) (Rest destroyed)
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(1) 100 she-donkeys [...], (2) care of Banay[a ...]. (3) [x] black [horses ...] (Break) (r 1) [......] (r 2) [in all x+]14 hor[ses ...] (r 3) [x] black horses [(...)], (r 4) 2 irginu-coloured horses [(...)], (r 5) 1 red horse: 1[+x ...]: (r 6) total [x+]4 horses [...]. (e. 1) 1 [......] (e. 2) 1 hor[se ...]
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(Beginning destroyed) (1') [...] 11 [...] horses, (2) [... x ma]res: (3) [total, x horse]s — Luqu [(...)]. (4') [1] red [horse], 1 irginu-coloured horse, (5) [1 ma]re: total, 3 horses, (6) [...], care of Bel-... (7') [x ... horse]s, ...[...] (Break) (r 1') [... x m]ares, (r 2) [......]s, (r 3) [...]..., (r 4) [... care of Ba]naya. (r 5') [x ... horse]s, (r 6) [x ir]ginu-coloured [horse(s)], (r 7) [... x ma]re(s): (r 8) [total, x horse]s (r 9) — [N]N, (r 10) [... care of B]anaya. (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1') [... expe]dition (2') [...]..., 2 [...] (3') [...]... sheep, consumpt[ion, ...] (4') [...] horse(s), 2 [...] (5') [...ch]ariot, 2 [...] (Rest destroyed)
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(1) 6 clad (men), 208 stripped: total, 214 men, whom Nabû-šarru-uṣur brought. (5) 8 clad (men), 96 stripped: total, 104 men, whom Ilu-piya-uṣur brought. (r 3) In all, 14 clad (men), 304 stripped: (r 5) grand total, 318 men; 177 horses. (r 7) Month Sivan (III), the 11[th] day, eponym year of Bel-Harran-[šadû'a] (650 B.C.).
Economy
(Beginning destroyed) (i 2) Total 4 horse trainers of the zun(zurahu). (i 4) Total 8, in the charge of Ahu'a-lamur, of the city of Halzu. (i 6) Ubur-Issar, horse trainer; (i 7) Mušezib-ilu, ditto. (i 8) Ququa, horse trainer; (i 9) Šamaš-ahu-iddina. (i 10) Šamaš-šallim, horse trainer; (i 11) Silim-Adad, ditto. (Break) (ii 2) Zababa-iškun (ii 3) Zanduru (ii 4) Susanu (ii 5) Mannu-ki-Adad (ii 6) Metu-adur (ii 7) Aplu-uṣur (ii 8) Aššur-kallimanni (ii 9) Babilayu (ii 10) Gurrudu (ii 11) Issar-šumu-kinni (ii 12) Ṭab-ahhe (ii 13) Gidgidanu (ii 14) Mannu-ki-ahhe (ii 15) Šamaš-abu-uṣur (ii 16)…
Economy
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [NN] (2) Ebalu[......] (3) Ubur-Aššur, of the town of Ku[...]. (4) Total: 4, in the charge of Ululayu. (5) [H]alimusu, of the town of Arbaṣin[a] (6) [L]u-šulmu, of the town of Ṣupat (7) Aburu, of the town of Talamusa. (8) [Total]: 3, in the charge of Kar(al)layu. (9) [...]-Adad, of the town of Tite (10) [...]nu, Naqabaya, (11) [L]itiri, Meliki-ili, (12) [...]tia, Šamaš-na'id. (13) [Total: 7], in the charge of Nanî. (r 1) [...]i, Ṣabu-damqu, (r 2) [...]-šulmanu, Sakan-Dada, (r 3) [...]ti, (of) the village of Itiri. (r 4) Sanî, Šamaš-ila'i, troop commander. (r 6) Quradu…
Economy
(Beginning destroyed) (1) Total: [......] (2) Sin-(e)riba — [not present, ...]; (3) 400 — [NN]; (4) 300 — Urda-[...]; (5) 300 — Muš[allim-...]; (6) Ila'i-idri — not present; [...]; (7) 400 — Nabû-[...]; (8) 400 — Ṣabu-[damqu]: (9) Total: kallāpu-soldiers of the bodyg[uard]. (10) 500 — the trackers. (11) 2200 — Ululayu; (12) 800, 700, total 1,500 — Babilayu; (13) 200, 400, total 600 — Aššur-remanni; (14) 900, 500, total 1,400 — Bissunu; (15) 600, 800, total 1,400 — Ṣalam-ahhe; (16) 5[00], 700, [total 1]200 — Babilayu; (17) [NN — not present]; glazing bricks [...]; (18) [x, x, total 1],200 —…
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(1) 350 shield(-bearer)s, (2) 240 bows (i.e. archers). (3) Total: 590, who did not come.
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(Beginning destroyed) (4) [... bod]yguard of the left, (5) [...] of the crown prince, (6) [... 'third] man,' (7) [...] chariotry, (8) [x, in the charge of] Sin-ereš, (9) 49, in the charge of Šam[aš-...], (10) 6, in the charge of Ṣur[...], (r 1) 61, in the charge of Ninurta-tabni[(-...)], (r 2) 10, in the charge of Nur-ili, (r 3) [x], in the charge of Abdî-(...), (r 4) [x], in the charge of Amma[ya]. (r 5) [Tot]al: 208 shield(-bearers). (r 6) [x+]8, in the charge of Tarditu-Aššur, (r 7) [x+]7, in the charge of Ṭab-ahhe, (r 8) [x], in the charge of Na'di-ilu, (r 9) [x], in the charge of Dadi-ibn…
Economy
(Beginning destroyed or too broken for translation) (r 3) [Total x] horse trainers, (r 4) [......] of Paqaha. (Rest destroyed or uninscribed)
Economy
(Beginning destroyed) (2) horse trainer of Nabû-[...] (3) prefect, incumbent on [NN] (4) for the front [......] (Break) (r 1) Mari-li't[e ...] (r 2) servant of Mannu-ki-Issar [......]. (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] chariot-fighter of the crown prince (2) [...], ditto (3) [...] Išme-ili (4) [...]-damiq-ilani (5) [...]lulu (6) [...]nâ (7) [...]qu[...] (Rest destroyed)
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(i 1) [Ah]u-le'uti, (i 2) Ahutanu, (i 3) Qiti-ilani (i 4) total 3: town of Abilate, (i 5) in the land of Izalla. (i 6) Haldiâ, (i 7) Issar-nadin-ahhe, (i 8) town of Buša, town of Hup[...]. (i 9) [Total] 5: Nabû-šarru-uṣur, instead of Aššur-[...]. (i 10) Nuraya (i 11) Ereš-[...] (i 12) total 2: land of [...] (i 13) Bel-[...] (i 14) [NN] (i 15) Be[...] (i 16) total 3: [...]. (i 17) Total 5: [...]. (i 18) [NN] (i 19) Ahu-[...] (i 20) Total 2: [...] (i 21) Qur[di-...] (i 22) Ni[...] (i 23) [NN] (i 24) total 3: town of [...] (i 25) Total 5: [...] (i 26) Ṭua, (i 27) Nergal-ila'i; (i 28) total 2:…
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) 1, (governor of) Barhalzu; (2) 1, (governor of) Arrapha; (3) 1, (governor of) Calah; (4) 1, (governor of) Mazamua; (5) 1, Ša-Aššur-dubbu. (r 1) [Total] 13. (r 2) [Month of ..., ...]th [day, eponym year of La-ba]ši (657 B.C.).
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(Beginning destroyed) (i 2) chief cupbearer. (i 3) 2 of the town of Bit-Zamani (i 4) commander-in-chief of Kummuh. (i 6) [......] Que (Break) (r i 1) Scholars [...]. (Rest destroyed)
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(1) [... N]N, (2) [...] the commander-in-chief of the left. (3) [......] of Man(nu)-ki-Arbail (4) [......] in Calah (5) [......]-šumu-uṣur, scribe (6) [... R]ahimâ.
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(2) [...Mu]llissu, (3) [...] Calah, (4) [......] Dur-Šarruken, (5) [......] (6) [...... Nine]veh [......] (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] Kiṣir-Ašš[ur], (2) (...) of the pa[lace] supervisor. (3) [...]s of the 'third man,' whom Hiri[... ...]ed. (5) [...] Ṭurusu, (6) governor of Raṣa[ppa], (7) [...] Nergal-šallim, (8) [gover]nor of the city of [...], (9) [......]
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(1) One, of Zaliayu, personal guard; (2) One, of Quili, ditto; (3) One, of Sarsâ, ditto; (4) [(all)] who are assigned to Harranayu, [...]... of the Hallataeans. (6) [One of] Ninuayu, personal guard (Break) (r 2) Nabû-belšunu, palace scribe.
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) son of [...] (2) from [the town of ...] (3) of ...[...]. (4) Aššur-ahu-[...] (5) son of Ša[maš-...] (6) chariot driver of the chief eu[nuch ...] (7) in a ... boat [...] (8) in ...[...] (Rest destroyed)
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