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SAA 17 112

  • CDLI P239468
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Accession no.: K 16613 + Sm 0037 + Sm 0361 + Sm 1794 + Sm 1951 + Sm 2158
  • Primary publication(s): CT 54 393

Details

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

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Reign: Sennacherib (704–681 BC)
  • Dated: no
  • Proposed Date: (706-692)

Sender Information

  • Sender: [Aqar-Bel-lumur]
  • Location: Gambulu
  • Recipient: the king
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SAA 17 112. The Wife of the Son of Yakin is Dead; King has Saved the Country (CT 54 393)[via saao/saa17]

Obverse
o 1o 1

a-na LUGAL be--ia ARAD-[ka mKALdENlu-mur]

(1) To the king, my lord: [your] ser[vant Aqar-Bel-lumur]. Good health to the ki[ng, my lord]! Say to the ki[ng, my lord]: the fortr[ess and the troops of the king], my lord, are well. The king, [my lord, can be glad].

o 22

lu-ú šu-lum a-na LUGAL [be--ia]

o 33

um-ma-a a-na LUGAL [be--ia-a-ma]

o 44

šu-lum a-na URU.ḪAL.ṢU-[MEŠ u e-mu- šá LUGAL]

o 55

be--ia ŠÀ-ba šá LUGAL [be--ia lu-ú DÙG.GA]

o 66

áš-šú ṭè-em šá DUMUm[ia-GIN ina TIN.TIR.KI šu-ú]

(6) Concerning the news of the son of [Yakin: he is in Babylon]. His wife has die[d. ...]

o 77

DAM-su mi-ta-at [x x x x x x x x x]

o 88

a-na .EN.NAM al-[ta-par x x x x x x x]

(8) I have written to the governor, (but) I did not put [...] to [...] until [...].

o 99

ul áš-kun a-di a-na [x x x x x x x x x]

o 1010

a-na LUGAL be--ia al-[ta-par x x x x x x x x]

(10) I am now writing to the king, my lord: [...]

o 1111

šá mdU.GURŠEŠ-ir ù [x x x x x x x]

(11) of Nergal-naṣir and [...]

o 1212

ki-i il-li-ku-ni [x x x x x x x x x]

(12) When they cam[e ...]

o 1313

ina TIN.TIR.KI ina .DU₈.A [x x x x x x x x]

(13) in Babylon, in Cutha [...]

o 1414

ina ŠÀ-bi URU-MEŠ šá pi-i [x x x x x x x x]

(14) in cities under the command of [...]

o 1515

É-su a-na šu-pa-li [x x x x x x]

(15) his house under [ ...]

o 1616

ina UGU šá LUGAL be--a [-pu-ra um-ma]

(16) As to what the king, my lord, [wrote]: "[...] 1,000 peop[le ... which] you sent here [...]

o 1717

x+[x]+x-ti 01 lim ERIM-[MEŠ x x x x x x x x]

o 1818

[šá] tu-še-bi-la [x x x x x x x x]

o 1919

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

(19) [...] ... [...]

o 2020

[x x x]-ú [x x x x x x x x x]

(20) [...] ... [...]

o 2121

[x x x] i-qab-[bi x x x x x x x]

(21) [...] sa[ys ...]

o 2222

[x x x]-nu-ma [x x x x x x x x x]

(22) [...] ... and [...]

o 2323

[LUGAL] be--ia [x x x x x x x x x]

(23) [of the king, m]y lord, [...]

o 2424

[i]-na ṭu-bi [x x x x x x x x x]

(24) [...] pleasantly [...]

o 2525

[x x x] na-ṭu-ú [x x x x x x x x x]

(25) [...] are suitable [...]

o 2626

[x x] .TIN.[TIR].KI-MEŠ [x x x x x x x x x]

(26) [...] the Ba[by]lonians [...]

o 2727

[x x]-ni it-tal-ka [x x x x x x x x x]

(27) [...] came [...]

o 2828

[lu]-pu- LUGAL be-[-a x x x x x x x]

(28) [... I wi]ll do. The king, [my] lo[rd, ...]

o 2929

[x]-bi-šú-nu x [x x x x x x x x x]

(29) [...] their [...]

(Break)

o 3030

[x x]-ma [x x x x x x x x x x x]

o 3131

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

two lines destroyed

Reverse
r 1r 1

[x x x x]+x lapa-ni-ia il-ta-[kan x x x]

(r 1) [...] he put before me [...]

r 22

[x x x x]+x KUR an-ni-it LUGAL be--a ik-ta-[šad-ma]

(r 2) [...] The king, my lord, conq[uered] this land and saved [...]. I said: "Let me [...] myself

r 33

[x x ul]-te-zib um-ma ram-na-a lu-x+[x x x x]

r 44

[x x x] ú-tar-ma it-ti ram-ni-ia [x x x x]

(r 4) [...] I shall bring back and only by myself [...]."

r 55

[x x x]+x ram-na-a-a id-ki-ma mìn-de-[e-ma]

(r 5) Has [...] mobilized my own [...]?

r 66

[x x x]-ta-ku i-qab-bu-ú um-ma [x x x x]

(r 6) Per[haps the ...s] will say: "There is [...] in the house of his lord [...]"

r 77

[x x x]+x ina Ébe--šú i-ba-áš-ši [x x x]

r 88

[x-MEŠ]-ía UN-MEŠ-ia DAM-MEŠ-ía DUMU-MEŠ-[ia]

(r 8) My [...], my people, my wives, [my] son[s], my daughters, whatever property of mine there was [that I had acquired with] my work under the protection of the king, my lord, were [plund]ered, ruined and sold to El[am and] Bit-Yakin. I myself did [flee] alone to [Assyria] and grabbed the feet of the king, my lord; and having been ready to die wi[th the men] of the king, my lord, under the protec[tion of] the gods of the king, I have fulfilled the mission that [the king] gave me, and the king, my lord, has put the plant [of life] in my mouth.

r 99

[DUMU.-MEŠ]-ia mim-mu-ú-a ma-la ba-šu-[ú]

r 1010

[šá] dul-lu-ú-a ina GIŠ.MI LUGAL be--ia [aq-nu-ú]

r 1111

[ḫab]-tu-ma ḫu-uṭ-ṭu-ma a-na KUR.NIM.[MA.KI ù]

r 1212

Émia-GIN na-ad-nu e-du-ti ina [KUR-šur.KI x x x]

r 1313

še-pit LUGAL be--ia aṣ-ba-tu-ma it-[ti ERIM-MEŠ]

r 1414

šá LUGAL be--ia a-mu-tu-ma ina GIŠ.MI [šá]

r 1515

DINGIR-MEŠ šá LUGAL be--ia na-áš-par-tu [šá LUGAL ki-i]

r 1616

ú-šal-li-mu-ma LUGAL be--a Ú-ḪI.A [ba-la-ṭi]

r 1717

a-na pi-ia -ku-nu ki-i a-mat bab-[ba-ni-ti a-na]

(r 17) If he says a [frien]dly word [to] me, and secondly [tells me]: "You are saying: 'The men who [are ...], should not giv[e ...] like me [...]'" they are like me; the king, my lord, [knows that] I am a servant of the king who eve[r] since [...] up until now has been ready to die and live with the me[n of the king], my lord. And the kin[g, my lord], has done favours [to] all [...].

r 1818

ia-a-ši i-qab-ba-a ù šá-ni- [x x x x x]

r 1919

um-ma ta-qab-ba um-ma ERIM-MEŠ šá it-ti [x x x x x]

r 2020

a-ki-i ia-a-ši la i-nam-di-[nu x x x x]

r 2121

šú-nu ki-i ia-a-ši LUGAL be- i-[di ki-i]

r 2222

a-na-ku ARAD šá LUGAL šá ul-tu pa-[an x x x x x]

r 2323

a-di UGU en-na it-ti ERIM-[MEŠ šá LUGAL]

r 2424

be--ia a-mu- u ab-lu-ṭu u LUGAL [x x x x]

r 2525

gab-bi MUN-ḪI.A i-pu-šá x+[x x x x x]

r 2626

ul-tu UGU UD-me šá a-mat [x x x x]

(r 26) Ever since the day when [...] the word [...], I have been very afrai[d ...]

r 2727

ma--diš ap-ta-làḫ [x x x x]

r 2828

dib-bi [x] x x [x x x x x x]

(r 28) Words [...] ... [...]

r 2929

a-na ka-[x x x x x x x x x x x]

(r 29) to [......]

r 3030

ina ŠÀ-[bi x x x x x x x x x x]

(r 30) there[in ......]

(Break)

r 3131

a-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]

r 3232

[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]

Right
r.e. 33r.e. 33

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

r.e. 3434

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

Edge
e. 1e. 1

[x x]-nu UN-MEŠ-šú-nu a-na .SUKKAL ul-te-bil

(e. 1) [...] ... I have sent their people to the vizier.


Adapted from Manfried Dietrich, The Neo-Babylonian Correspondence of Sargon and Sennacherib (State Archives of Assyria, 17), 2003. 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/P239468/.

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