Position in chronology
SAA 11 145. Difficulty of Obtaining Justice? A Memorandum (CT 53 173)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (1) to Nabû-remanni [...] of the chief cupbeare[r ...], saying: "6 years [I have received] neither interest nor cap[ital]; twice I have approa[ched] the king." With me he sen[t ...], (but) the chief cupbearer has not dealt with [(my) c]ase. (9) Bel-lu-balaṭ, royal bodygua[rd] said: "7 people [...]," (11) [...] Dayyan-[...] (Break) (r 2) of meadow(-grazed) sheep.
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/P313588/
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Transliteration
a-na mdPA—⸢rém-ni⸣ [x x (x)] / ša LÚv.GAL—KAŠ.⸢LUL⸣ [x x x] / ma-a 06 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] / la ru-bé-e la ⸢SAG⸣.[DU (x x)] / ma-a 02-šú LUGAL a-taḫ-[ra (x x)] / is-si-ia is-sa-ap-[ra o] / LÚv.GAL—KAŠ.LUL de-[(e)-ni] / la e-pu-[uš] / mEN—lu—TI.LA LÚv.⸢qur⸣-[bu-tú] / ⸢ma⸣-a 07 ZI UN-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x] / [x x] mDI.⸢KUD—x⸣+[x x x] / [x x] m⸢x⸣+[x x x x] / ⸢x⸣ par-ga?-⸢a-ni⸣-[u?]
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (provincial or military), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 11, 1995). ORACC text P313588.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P313588). 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/P313588/.
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