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  • SAA 03 028

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  • Neo-Assyrian
  • Written ca. Assurbanipal.000.00.00
  • Kuyunjik (Nineveh)
  • Literary Work

SAA 03 028. Fragment of an Adulatory Letter to a King[via saao/saa03]

Obverse
obeginning broken away

(Beginning destroyed)

o 1'1'

[x x x x] x bit-tu x+[x x x x x]

(1) [Say to Assurbanipal ......]

o 2'2'

[x x x x] šu-ṭu-ub-bu UGU x+[x x x x]

(2) [the king whose rule] is made good over [all nations],

o 3'3'

[x x x] le-ʾu-ú da-ba-bu ḫa-as-su

(3) [......] the eloquent, intelligent one, [who] gives orders [to ......],

o 4'4'

[x x i]-šak-ka-nu ṭè-e-mu

o 5'5'

[x x x] EN tam-tim šap-li-te ša e-rebd[UTU-ši]

(5) [the lord to whom all the kings from the Upper Sea] until the Lower Sea of [Sun]set [......] have brought tribute and submitted to his yoke,

o 6'6'

[x x x]--šú -šu-niš-šú bil- i-šu-ṭu ap-šá-an-šú

o 7'7'

[x x x]-nu-ú mu-bal-liṭ ke-e-ni

(7) [......] who gives life to the righteous one, [...... the] revealer of Šamaš, who does not countenance calumny, [......] who rescues the wronged one,

o 8'8'

[x x mu]-kal-lim dUTU la ma-ḫir kar-ṣi

o 9'9'

[x x x]-a mu-še-zib ḫab-li

o 10'10'

[x x x] bu-un-ni-šú la -šá-bu-u

(10) [...... of whose] features one does not get sated, [who]se sweet lips [......], [......] who turns [want] and scarcity into plentifulness:

o 11'11'

[x x x]-nu šap-ta-a-[šú] du--šu-pa-a-te

o 12'12'

[x x x]-MEŠ u i-ṣa-a-ti a-na mu--de-e ú-tar-ru

o 13'13'

[x x x]-ú a-na ba-laṭ ZI-MEŠ-ka

(13) [thus (speaks) ......, who] for the sake of your life, [for your happiness and] your physical health, [and for the ...] of your body [...... constantly] prays to the great gods:

o 14'14'

[x x ṭu]-ub UZU-MEŠ-ka

o 15'15'

[x x x]-ḫi? šá SU-ka

o 16'16'

[x x ú]-ṣal-la-a DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-[MEŠ]

rest broken away

(Break)

Reverse
rbeginning broken away

r 1'1'

[x x x]+x+[x x x x x x x x x]

r 2'2'

[x x a]-na šu-pa-li la ú-ra-[du-ni]

(r 2) [...... who] does not desc[end] to the lowlands

r 3'3'

[x x x]+x GIŠ.nu-úr-ma-a šá Ú.

(r 3) [......] pomegranate of ...

r 4'4'

[x x] .ZI šá-te-e Ú.BÚR šá ITI.BARAG

(r 4) [......] a goblet to drink the healing potion of Nisan

r 5'5'

[x x x]-MEŠ tam-tim e-li-ti

(r 5) [......] of the Upper Sea

r 6'6'

[x x x] ú-ka-lu-u-ni e-ni a-na ŠÀ-bi

(r 6) [...... who] hold fast springs in there

r 7'7'

[x x x]-tu URU.ṣur-ri

(r 7) [......] of Tyre

r 8'8'

[x x x]+x šá GUD-MEŠ Ì.NUN.NA šá UDU-MEŠ

(r 8) [......] of oxen, ghee of sheep

r 9'9'

[x x x]-sa ÁB RI.RI.GA

(r 9) [......] ... dead cows

r 10'10'

[x x x]+x-ru-ú ša ṭu-ri šá-de-e

(r 10) [......] of the opopanax of the mountains

r 11'11'

[x x x]+x-MEŠ e-na-[a-ti]

(r 11) [......] sp[rings]

r 12'12'

[x x x]-pa-at ú-lu uḫ-[x x]

(r 12) [......] sesame oil [...]

r 13'13'

[x x x x]+x ša ki-ṣir i-[x x (x)]

(r 13) [......] of ... [...]

r 14'14'

[x x x x]+x KUR šá ba-ṣa-a-ti šá KUR.NIM.MA.KI [x x]

(r 14) [......] the sandy countryside of Elam

r 15'15'

[x x x x x]+x u KUŠ.GU₄.GAL [x x]

(r 15) [......] an alû drum [...]

r 16'16'

[x x x x x] na-áš-šu-u-ni

(r 16) [...... who br]ing

r 17'17'

[x x x x] KUR x x [x x x]

rest broken away

(Rest destroyed)


Adapted from Alasdair Livingstone, Court Poetry and Literary Miscellanea (State Archives of Assyria, 3), 1989. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2019-20, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P336602/.

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