Position in chronology
SAA 11 161. Note of Men, Some from Dur-Šarruken
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 11(Beginning destroyed) (2) Šamaku: (3) in all, 3 — Dur-Šarruken. (r 1) [In] all, 10 ... (Rest destroyed)
State Archives of Assyria, volume 11 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] / ⸢m⸣šá-ma-⸢a-ku⸣ / PAB 03 URU.BÀD—MAN—⸢GIN⸣ / ⸢PAB⸣ 10 DUMU kar-šá-ni
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian administrative record (provincial or military), edited by F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate (SAA 11, 1995). ORACC text P336717.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336717). 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/P336717/.
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