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SAA 07 057. Account of Precious Items, Reign of Sargon (ADD 0928)
Translation · reference
High confidence(i 1) [...] of silver. (i 2) [x], the crown prince; (i 3) [x], the vizier; (i 4) [x], the commander-in-chief of the right; (i 5) [x], the commander-in-chief of the left; (i 6) [x], Aššur-šarru-uṣur; (i 7) [x], Zeru-ibni; (i 8) [x], the treasurer; (i 9) [x], Arrapha; (i 10) [x], Damascus; (i 11) [x, Šarru-emu]ranni; (i 12) [x, Bab]ylon; (i 13) [total, x m]inas in weight. (i 14) [......]-Aššur; (i 15) [...] therein [...] (Break) (ii 1) 71 [......]; (ii 2) 20[(+x) minas] in weight. (ii 3) A[l]l de[bt-not]es. (ii 5) Fish of silver: (ii 6) 216, [Ašš]ur-šarru-uṣur; (ii 7) 144 [minas] in weight. (ii…
Source: Fales, F.M. & Postgate, J.N. 1992. Imperial Administrative Records, Part I: Palace and Temple Administration. SAA 7. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa07/P335763/
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Transliteration
[x x]+⸢x⸣ KUG.UD / [x] ⸢DUMU⸣—MAN / [x] ⸢LÚv⸣.SUKKAL / [x] ⸢LÚv⸣.tur-tan ZAG / [x] ⸢LÚv⸣.tur-tan KAB* / [x m]aš-šur—MAN—PAB / [x] mNUMUN—DÙ / [x] LÚv.IGI.DUB / [x] URU.arrap-ḫa / [x] ⸢URU⸣.di-maš-qa / [x mMAN—IGI].LAL-an-ni / [x KÁ].⸢DINGIR*⸣.RA.KI / [x] ⸢MA⸣ KI.LAL / [x x x]—aš-šur / [x x x] ⸢ŠÀ?-bi?⸣ [x] / 71? [x x x x] / 200+[x MA] KI.LAL* / e-[gír-a]-ti / ⸢gab-bu*⸣ / KU₆-MEŠ KUG.UD / 02-me-16…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (palace or temple), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 7, 1992). ORACC text P335763.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335763). source
Translation excerpted from Fales, F.M. & Postgate, J.N. 1992. Imperial Administrative Records, Part I: Palace and Temple Administration. SAA 7. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa07/P335763/.
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