SAA 12 027. Schedule to Nabu-šarru-uṣur Grant Document (ADD 0741+)

~700 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P335606

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(1) [NN], gar[dener, x persons ......]; (2) [NN], gar[dener, x persons ......]; (3) [...]nu gardener, [x persons ......]; (4) [...]si gardener, [x persons ......]; (5) [...-ša]llim, gardener, [x persons ......]; (6) [... ...]-Inurta, gardener, 2 [persons ......]; (7) [NN and] his wife [N]N, in all 2 (persons); Urda-Nanaya, [......]; (8) [...]ni, 4 persons; Šamaš-belu-uṣur, 2 per[sons ......]; (9) [...]anni, 2 persons; Nuri-Issar, 2 persons; [......]; (10) [NN, x person]s; Šar-Issar, 2 persons; Šamaš-killan[ni, ......]; (11) [...]; Amurru-naṣapa, sing[le]; Nusku-šeziban[ni, ......]; (12)…

Source: Kataja, L. & Whiting, R. 1995. Grants, Decrees and Gifts of the Neo-Assyrian Period. SAA 12. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa12/P335606/

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Transliteration

[x x x x x x LÚ.NU.GIŠ.SAR x x x] / [x x x x x x] LÚ.NU.[GIŠ.SAR x x x] / [x x x x]-nu LÚ.NU.GIŠ.SAR ⸢x⸣+[x x x] / [x x x x x]-si LÚ.NU.GIŠ.SAR [x x x] / [x x x x]-⸢šal?⸣-lim LÚ.NU.GIŠ.SAR [x ZI-MEŠ x x x] / [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣—d*⸢MAŠ?⸣ LÚ.NU.GIŠ.SAR ⸢02⸣ [ZI-MEŠ x x x] / [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-KUR MÍ-šú PAB 02 mARAD—dna-na-a [x x x] / [x x x x x]-ni 04 ZI-MEŠ mdšá-maš—EN—PAB 02 ⸢ZI⸣-[MEŠ x x x] / [x x…

Scholarly note

Royal grant, decree or gift inscription of the Neo-Assyrian period, edited by Laura Kataja & Robert Whiting (SAA 12, 1995). ORACC text P335606.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P335606). source
Translation excerpted from Kataja, L. & Whiting, R. 1995. Grants, Decrees and Gifts of the Neo-Assyrian Period. SAA 12. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa12/P335606/.

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