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SAA 01 181

  • CDLI P334715
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Accession no.: Rm 0047
  • Primary publication(s): ABL 1070

Details

  • Provenience: Kuyunjik (Nineveh) (Pleiades ID: 874621)
  • Archive: 099 - Miscellaneous
  • Language: Akkadian (Neo-Assyrian)
  • Genre: Administrative Letter
  • Object type: tablet
  • Material: clay
  • Script: Neo-Assyrian

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Reign: Sargon II (721–705 BC)
  • Dated: no

Sender Information

  • Sender: [Bel-liqbi?]
  • Location: Zobah
  • Recipient: the king
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SAA 01 181. Guarding the Grain Depots of Chariot Troops (ABL 1070)[via saao/saa01]

Obverse
o 1o 1

[a-na LUGAL EN-ia]

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Bel-liqbi]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! The watch of the des[ert is strict]; the king, my lord, can be [pleased].

o 22

[ARAD-ka mENliq-bi?]

o 33

lu DI-mu a-na [LUGAL EN-ia]

o 44

EN.NUN.NA ša mad-[bar dan-nat]

o 55

lib-bu ša LUGAL EN-[ia lu DÙG.GA-ba]

o 66

LUGAL be- iq-ṭí-bi-[a ma-a a-na]

(6) The king my lord ordered [me to] give bread to the chariot troops. Now, (when) [PN] came, I told him [...] but he said: "The king has given orders to me and I will take two [month's worth] of each (provision)." I did not agree to give it to him, so he went and opened a silo in one of my villages, brought in his measurers and poured out [x] sound men's worth of (grain).

o 77

v.GIŠ.GIGIR-MEŠ NINDA-MEŠ di-na [ú-ma-a mx x x]

o 88

i-tal-ka aq-ṭí-ba-áš-šú [mu-ku x x x]

o 99

ma-a a-na a.a-ši LUGAL ṭè-mu [x x x]

o 1010

i-sa-kan-a-ni ma-a ša 02-a.a* [ITI-MEŠ x x]

o 1111

a-na-áš-ši la a-ma-gúr la a-da-na-áš-šú

o 1212

i-tal-ka ina ŠÀ-bi 01-en URU-MEŠ-ni-ia

o 1313

pa-da-ku ip-te-te v.ma-di-da-ni-šú

o 1414

ú-se-ri-di ša ERIM-MEŠ šal-mu-te

o 1515

[x x] ik-ta-ra-ra a-ta-la-ka

(15) I went and remonstrated him, saying: "Why did you self- willedly, [with]out the permission of the deputy (governor) open the king's granaries?" He would not look me in the eye [but said]:

o 1616

[i]-si-šú a-du-bu-ub mu-ku

o 1717

[a]-ta-a gi-ri ra-mi-ni-ka

o 1818

[ša] la v.02-e kar-me ša LUGAL

o 1919

[ta]-ap-ti IGI.2*-šú* ina UGU-ḫi-ia

Bottom
b.e. 20b.e. 20

la-a ik-ru-ru

b.e. 2121

[ma-a] ITI.BARAG šam-mu

(21) "My (supply of) grass diminished in Nisan, and horses keep coming to me; I c[an]not [cope]."

b.e. 2222

[it]--uq-ta ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ

Reverse
r 1r 1

[ma]-a i-ma-qa*-tu*-ú-ni

r 22

la-a ú-šam-[ṣa] ša ITI.BARAG gab-bi*-šú

(r 2) [...] poured out the [...] of the entire month of Nisan; [Ašš]ur-dalal poured out 70 [days'] worth, [...] 20 days' worth and (now) he poured out that of Sivan. For his newly arrived horses, he deducted one half of the fodder, but he did not deduct the other half.

r 33

[ki]-su-[ mx x x]+x ik-ta-ra-ra

r 44

ša 70 [UD-MEŠ m]-šur?da-lal*

r 55

ša 20 UD*-MEŠ-ma? [x x x] ik-ta-ru

r 66

šu-ú ša ITI.SIG₄ ik-ta-ra-ra

r 77

ša ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ-šú ma-aq--te

r 88

me-šil ŠE.ki-si-te ik-ta-sap

r 99

me-šil-ma la-a ik-su-pu ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ

(r 9) The king, my lord, did give the horses; [......] op[ened] silos [......] I speak wit[h them ......

r 1010

LUGAL be- i-ti-din [x x x] nu?

r 1111

pa-da-ka-te up-[ta-te x x]

r 1212

a-da-bu-ub i-si-[x x x x x]

r 1313

ša [x] li* [x x x x x x]

rest broken away

(Rest destroyed)


Adapted from Simo Parpola, The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West (State Archives of Assyria, 1), 1987. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2009-11, as part of the AHRC-funded research project “Mechanisms of Communication in an Ancient Empire: The Correspondence between the King of Assyria and his Magnates in the 8th Century BC” (AH/F016581/1; University College London) directed by Karen Radner. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P334715/.

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