Position in chronology
SAA 11 231. List of Groves (ADD 0778)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 11(Beginning destroyed) (1) [1 grove of the to]wn of Kar-N[N]; (2) [1 grove] of the town of Halz[i...]; (3) [1 grove] which is beneath the town of Bar[...]. (4) [in all, x] groves assigned to Kiṣ[ir-...], which the king (himself) bequeath[ed]. (6) 1 grove of the town Karmê [...]; (7) 1 grove of the Gardener[s] Town, in the farmland of the town Sa[...]; (9) [1] grove of the town of Dun[ni-Šamaš], in the farmland of the town of Sa[lli]; (11) [1 g]rove of the brook [...] in the farmland of the town [...]. (13) [1] grove of the town A[...]; (14) [1 grove] of [...] (Rest destroyed)
State Archives of Assyria, volume 11 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[01 qab-lu ša] ⸢URU⸣.kar—m[x x] / [01 qab-lu] ša URU.ḫal-⸢zi⸣-[x x] / [01 qab-lu] ša KI.TA URU.bar-[x x] / [PAB x] qab-la-te ina IGI mki-⸢ṣir⸣—[x] / [o] ša LUGAL i-di-nu-[u-ni] / 01 qab-lu ša URU.kar-me-e [x x] / 01 qab-lu ša URU.NU.GIŠ.SAR-[MEŠ] / ina A.QAR URU.sa-[x x] / [01] qab-lu ša URU.du-⸢un*⸣-[ni—dUTU] / ⸢ina*⸣ A.QAR URU.sa-[al-li] / [01] ⸢qab⸣-lu ša na-ḫal [x x x] / ina A.QAR URU.[x x x] / [01] qab-lu ša URU.a-[x x x] / [01 qab-lu] ša [x x x 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 P335637.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P335637). 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/P335637/.
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