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SAA 19 008

  • CDLI P393607
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02762
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 182

Details

  • Provenience: Nimrud (Kalhu) (Pleiades ID: 894019)
  • Archive: 006 - Northwest Palace, Room ZT 4
  • Language: Akkadian (Neo-Assyrian)
  • Genre: Administrative Letter
  • Object type: tablet
  • Material: clay
  • Script: Neo-Assyrian

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Reign: Tiglath-pileser III (744–727 BC)
  • Dated: no

Sender Information

  • Sender: Ululayu
  • Location: Nimrud
  • Recipient: the king
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SAA 19 008. Emissaries from the West (CTN 5 p. 182)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
o 1o 1

a-na LUGAL be-lí-ia ⸢ARAD-ka⸣

(1) To the king, my lord: yo[ur] servant Ululayu. The b[e]st of he[a]lth to the [k]i[ng], my lord! Ass[yria] is well, the temples are well, all the king's forts are well. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed.

o 22

mITI.KIN-a.a ⸢lu⸣-u ⸢DI⸣-mu

o 33

a-⸢na LUGAL⸣ be-lí-ia a—⸢dan-niš⸣

o 44

DI-⸢mu a-na⸣ KUR—⸢aš-šur⸣

o 55

DI-mu [a]-na É.KUR-ra-⸢ti⸣

o 66

DI-mu a-[na] ⸢bi⸣-ra-a-ti

o 77

ša LUGAL ⸢gab-bu⸣ ŠÀ-bu

o 88

ša LUGAL be-lí-ia a—⸢dan⸣-niš lu-u ⸢DÙG.GA⸣

o 99

LÚv.MAḪ-MEŠ-ni KUR.ku-mu-ḫa-a.a

(9) The emissaries of Commagene, Carc[hem]ish, Ma[r]qasa, Sam'al, Ashdod and Moab have come, but they have passed through Til-Barsip and Guzana without my permission.

o 1010

KUR.⸢gar-gar-me⸣-sa-a.a

o 1111

KUR.⸢mar⸣-qa-⸢sa⸣-a.a

o 1212

KUR.sa-ma-la-a.a KUR.si-du-da-a.a

o 1313

KUR.ma-ʾa-ba-a.a it-tal-ku-ni

o 1414

ša la pi-ia URU.tur-bi-si-ba

o 1515

URU.gu-za-na e-ta-⸢at-qu⸣-ni

o 1616

a-sa-par ina ⸢URU⸣.ku-ba-na-[še o]

(16) I sent (word) to detain th[em] in Kubana[še]. They say: "[......]

Bottom
b.e. 17b.e. 17

ik-ta-al-ʾu-šú-[nu]

Reverse
r 1r 1

⸢ma-a⸣ [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x]

r 22

⸢a?-na?⸣ [x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x]

(r 2) [......]

r 33

a-na ⸢LÚv⸣.[x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-sa-par-⸢ra⸣

(r 3) I wrote to the [commander-in-chief] that the emissari[e]s should not proceed but they had been let to cross over (the river). [Th]ey are now in Kuban[aše].

r 44

LÚv.MAḪ-⸢MEŠ⸣-[ni] lu-u la e-⸢ti-qu⸣

r 55

ur-ta-me-⸢ú⸣ e-ta-ab-⸢ru⸣-ni

r 66

ú-ma-a ina URU.ku-⸢ba-na⸣-[še šu]-nu

r 77

LÚv.MAḪ 02-ú ⸢ša⸣ KUR.⸢ku⸣-[mu]-⸢ḫa-a⸣.[a]

(r 7) The second emissary of Commagene went back with letters in his hand. I ordered them to send me [th]eir words. As soon as they bring me the letters [...], I shall forward them [to the king, m]y lord.

r 88

e-gi-ra-a-ti ina ŠU.⸢2⸣-šú ⸢i-su*-ḫur*⸣

r 99

a-sa-par di-ib-bi-[šú]-nu ⸢i-sap⸣-ru-ni

r 1010

e-⸢gi-ra⸣-ti ⸢x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x]

r 1111

ki-ma na-ṣu-ni [a-na LUGAL]

r 1212

be-lí-⸢ia⸣ ú-še-⸢ba⸣-la

r 1313

ki-ma LUGAL ú-nam-ma-šá

(r 13) When the king is ready to set out, let them write to me and let me come and see the king, my lord, (and) let me he[ar] the answer of the king, my lord.

r 1414

liš-pa-⸢ru⸣-u-⸢ni⸣ lal-⸢li⸣-ka

r 1515

LUGAL be-lí ⸢la-mur⸣ na-pa-si [o]

r 1616

⸢ša LUGAL⸣ be-lí-ia [o]

r 1717

là*-⸢áš*⸣-[me]

Adapted from Mikko Luukko, The Correspondence of Tiglath-Pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud (State Archives of Assyria, 19), 2012. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2012, 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/P393607/.

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