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SAA 05 256

  • CDLI P334831
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Accession no.: K 04277
  • Primary publication(s): ABL 1288

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: (unknown)
  • Location: Northeastern Assyria
  • Recipient: [the king]

SAA 05 256. Problems with Sheep (ABL 1288)[via saao/saa05]

Obverse
oo beginning broken away

o 1'1'

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

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good heal]th t[o the king, my lord]!

o 2'2'

[ina] ⸢UGU*⸣ UDU-MEŠ ⸢ša⸣ [x x ša LUGAL]

(2) [As] to the sheep of [... about which the king, my lord], wrote [me]: "Why do [yo]u withhold the sheep fr[om ...]?" —

o 3'3'

[be-lí] iš-pur-a-[ni]

o 4'4'

[ma-a] ⸢a⸣-ta-a ⸢UDU⸣-MEŠ TAv ⸢ŠÀ⸣ [x x]

o 5'5'

⸢ta⸣-ka-la-⸢ši*⸣ LUGAL be-[lí]

(5) it is the king, [my] lo[rd], who has wi[thheld] the [sh]eep for his gods! If he does not add to them, (how) can I hold back their shepherds?

o 6'6'

⸢UDU⸣-MEŠ a-na DINGIR-MEŠ-ni-šu ik-[ta-la]

o 7'7'

⸢šúm⸣-ma ina UGU-ḫi la ú-ra-⸢da⸣

o 8'8'

re-ʾi-šu-nu-u a-kal-la

o 9'9'

mdPA—NUMUN—AŠ ina pa-ni-ia

(9) Nabû-zeru-iddina had an audience with me, saying: "Ša-ili-dubbu has driven away [she]ep; 1,300 ṣu'bu sheep

o 10'10'

⸢i⸣-ti-it-zi ma-a mša—DINGIR*—du-bu

o 11'11'

⸢UDU⸣-MEŠ uk-ta-ši-di

o 12'12'

[ma]-a 01 lim 03 me UDU-MEŠ ṣu-ʾu-bat

o 13'13'

[x x]+⸢x⸣ an-nu-ti ⸢x x x⸣+[x]+⸢x⸣

(13) [...] these [......]

rest broken away

(Break)

Reverse
rr beginning broken away

r 1'1'

[x x x]-⸢da*⸣-aʾ iq-ṭi-[ba-šú-nu]

(r 1) [...-ya]da' sa[id to them]: "[Co]me and graze!"

r 2'2'

[ma-a al]-ka-ni ra*-ʾi-[a (x)]

r 3'3'

[x x x]+⸢x⸣ ni ⸢is⸣ ṭè-e-[mu]

(r 3) [Let ... give] them or[ders; i]f it pleases the king, let them graze the sheep and [goats] at their disposal [in the s]teppe, where my sheep [are being g]razed.

r 4'4'

[liš-ku-nu]-šu-nu ⸢šúm⸣-ma ŠÀ MAN* [o]

r 5'5'

[ina KUR].⸢mu*⸣-da-bar* É UDU-MEŠ-⸢ia⸣

r 6'6'

[i-ra]-ʾu-u-ni UDU-MEŠ

r 7'7'

[x x]-MEŠ pa-⸢na⸣-tu-šú-nu li-ri-ʾu

r 8'8'

[ša LUGAL be]-lí ina UGU mdPA—NUMUN—AŠ

(r 8) [As to what the king], my [lo]rd, [said] about Nabû-zeru-iddina: "When he [...] before [...] servant[s ...], he said [to them ...]

r 9'9'

[iq-bu-ni ma]-⸢a⸣ ki-i ina pa-an ARAD-[MEŠ-x]

r 10'10'

[x x x]+⸢x⸣-ni ma-a i-⸢x⸣+[x x x]

r 11'11'

[x x x]+⸢x⸣ iq-ṭi-ba-[šú-nu ma-a]

r 12'12'

[x x x x]-MEŠ ša [x x x x]

rest broken away

(Rest destroyed)

Adapted from Giovanni B. Lanfranchi and Simo Parpola, The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces (State Archives of Assyria, 5), 1990. 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/P334831/.

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