Position in chronology
SAA 07 060. List of Temple Treasures Sent to Elam (ADD 0930)
Translation · reference
High confidence(i 1) [These are] the objects [of the god]s of Akkad, [which we]nt [to] Elam: (i 5) [x] rosettes of gold alloy [of] the Lady of Akkad, in gold; (i 7) [...] of silver, 15 minas in weight — [Nik]kal-iddin, when he was in Elam, borrowed it; (i 11) [x] wine jars of silver; (i 12) 1 block of silver; (i 13) 3 drinking-cups of silver; (i 14) 1 sprinkler of silver; (i 15) 4 grates of silver; (i 16) 2 boxes of silver; (i 17) 1 bowl on a stand of silver; (i 18) 1 basket of silver; (i 19) 3 ...[...]; (i 20) 1 [...] (Break) (ii 1) All these are m[issing]. (ii 2) The priests say: "There i[s (some)] from…
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/P335764/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[an-ni-(tú)] a-nu-tú / [ša DINGIR]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ša URU.ak-kad / [ša ina] ⸢KUR⸣.NIM.MA.KI / [tal-li]-ku*-ú-ni / [x x] a.a-ri sa-da-ni / [ša] dGAŠAN—URU.ak-kad KUG.GI / [x x] KUG.UD 15 MA.NA KI.LAL-šú / [md]⸢NIN*⸣.GAL—SUM-na ki-i / [ina KUR].⸢NIM⸣.MA.KI šu-tú-u-ni / [ina] ⸢pu⸣-ḫi it-ti-ši / [x] šap-pe-e KUG.UD / ⸢01? ta*⸣-ak-ka-si* KUG.UD / 03 ti-ri-ma-te KUG.UD / 01 ša—sa-la-ʾi KUG.UD / 04 ki-su-ki…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (palace or temple), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 7, 1992). ORACC text P335764.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335764). 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/P335764/.
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