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SAA 19 072

  • CDLI P393631
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02453
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 116

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: [Aššur-le’i?]
  • Location: Northern Assyia
  • Recipient: [the king]
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SAA 19 072. Laying Foundations; Fights between Rusa and the Ruler of Etini (CTN 5 p. 116)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
o 1o 1

[a-na LUGAL EN-ia]

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-le'i].

o 22

[ARAD-ka maš-šur—ZU]

___________________

o 33

[lu DI-mu a-na MAN?] ⸢EN-ia⸣

(3) [Good health to the king], my lord!

o 44

ina URU.sa-ru-un aq-ṭí-rib

(4) I have arrived in Sarun and am laying the foundations. I will (then) go to Birdunu, lay the foundations, and set out and go.

o 55

uš-še ak-ra-ra

o 66

al-lak ina URU.bir-du-nu

o 77

uš-še ak-ra-ra

o 88

ú-na-ma-šá ú-ṣa-a

o 99

i—su-ri LUGAL EN

(9) Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "What is the news of Urarṭu?"

o 1010

i-qa-bi ⸢ma⸣-a mì-nu

o 1111

ṭè-e-mu ša KUR.URI

o 1212

KUR.e-ti-ni-a.a

(12) The ruler of Etini has twice attacked him, defeated him and plundered him. He is (now) upon him for the third time.

o 1313

02-šú ina UGU-ḫi-šú i-zu-qu-pu

o 1414

⸢de⸣-ek-tu-šú i-du-ak

o 1515

⸢ḫu⸣-ub-tu-šú : iḫ-tab-at

Bottom
b.e. 16b.e. 16

⸢šal⸣-šu-ti-šú ina UGU-ḫi-šú

b.e. 1717

ur-su mur-sa-a

(17) Rusa (= Ursa) marched straight from Ṭurušpâ against the Etiniean, (but) [has tu]rned around and is coming (here).

b.e. 1818

TAv URU.⸢ṭu⸣-ru-uš-pa-[a?]

Reverse
r 1r 1

⸢e?-ta⸣-ši-<$ra?$>

r 22

⸢ina UGU⸣ KUR.e-ti-ni-a.a

r 33

[is]-⸢ḫur⸣ il-la-ka

r 44

⸢ki-i⸣ a-na-ku ina URU.su-ru-du-ri-a-ni

(r 4) When I entered Sarduriani and attacked the cities of the other side of the Zab river, an express messenger came to Rusa, saying: "The troops of the king of Assyria are marching against you for the third time."

r 55

e-ru-bu-u-ni

r 66

ina UGU URU-MEŠ ša ba-ti am-⸢me⸣-te

r 77

ša ÍD.za-ba az-qu-pu-u-ni

r 88

ša—kil-li ina UGU mur-sa-a

r 99

i-tal-ka ma-a LÚv.e-mu-qi

r 1010

ša MAN KUR—aš-šur a-na 03-šú

r 1111

ina UGU-ḫi-ka il-la-ku-u-ni

r 1212

⸢x x x x x⸣ kas

rest (about 2 lines) missing

(Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

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/P393631/.

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