Position in chronology
SAA 11 042. Fragment from List of Contributions(?) (ADD 1122)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Too damaged for translation) (SPACER)
Source: Fales, F.M. & Postgate, J.N. 1995. Imperial Administrative Records, Part II: Provincial and Military Administration. SAA 11. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa11/P335919/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[x x x] šá ⸢x⸣+[x x x] / gi ma di ⸢x⸣+[x x x] / KUŠ.bir?-⸢x⸣+[x x] / 03 TÚG.ṣi-[ip?-rat] / md[x x x x] / 02 ŠE*.[x x x x] / 03 [x x x x x] / 01 [x x x x x] / 01 [x x x x x] / 01 TÚG.[x x x x x] / TÚG.[x x x x x] / ku-um* É* ⸢x⸣+[x x] / 01 kit?-⸢x⸣+[x x x] / ku-um* ṣi*-[x x x] / ⸢x⸣ m*d*[x x x]
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (provincial or military), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 11, 1995). ORACC text P335919.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335919). source
Translation excerpted from Fales, F.M. & Postgate, J.N. 1995. Imperial Administrative Records, Part II: Provincial and Military Administration. SAA 11. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa11/P335919/.
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