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SAA 19 141

  • CDLI P393656
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02661
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 89

Details

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

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Reign: Tiglath-pileser III (744–727 BC)
  • Dated: no
  • Proposed Date: (ca. 731-729)

Sender Information

  • Sender: [Abi?]-hari
  • Location: Babylonia
  • Recipient: the king
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SAA 19 141. Men for the Royal Mule Express Service (CTN 5 p. 89)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
o 1o 1

ARAD-ka m[a-bi?]—ḫa-ri

(1) Your servant [Abi]-hari: I would gladly die for the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord:

o 22

a-na di-na-⸢an⸣ LUGAL be-lí-ía lul-⸢lik⸣

o 33

um-ma-a a-na LUGAL be-lí-ía-a-ma

o 44

ṭup-pi a-na DI-mu LUGAL

(4) I am (hereby) sending my tablet to greet the king, my lord. I am [doing] (my) work.

o 55

be-lí-ia al-tap-⸢ra⸣

o 66

a-na-ku dul-lum [ep-pu-uš]

o 77

ù ki-⸢i⸣ [x]+⸢x x⸣-an-⸢ni⸣

(7) And since [......] m[e], the king in [......]

o 88

LUGAL ina ru-[x x] bat ⸢x⸣+[x]

o 99

⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]

rest broken away

(Break)

Reverse
rr beginning broken away

r 1'1'

⸢x x ta? x⸣+[x x x x]

r 2'2'

a-na ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x]

(r 2) to the men [...]

r 3'3'

šá a-di qí-⸢ti⸣ [x x]

(r 3) those who [stayed] until the end, did not return.

r 4'4'

ul i-tu-ru a-⸢du⸣-[u]

(r 4) No[w] I have provided 100 men from their midst for the royal mule express service.

r 5'5'

01 me ERIM-MEŠ ina ŠÀ-bi-⸢šú⸣

r 6'6'

a-na kal-le-e šá ⸢LUGAL⸣

r 7'7'

ul-ta-aṣ-bat DINGIR-MEŠ

(r 7) By the gods of the king, my lord, I and my father are servants of the king, my lord, (and) our loins [are girded] for the king.

r 8'8'

šá LUGAL be-lí-ía lu-ú

r 9'9'

⸢i⸣-du-ú ki-⸢i⸣

Right
r.e. 10r.e. 10

a-na-ku u AD-ía la

r.e. 1111

LÚ.ARAD-a-nu šá LUGAL be-⸢lí⸣-ía

r.e. 1212

a-⸢na⸣ LUGAL la qab-⸢le-e-nu⸣

Edge
e. 1e. 1

[rak-sa x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL li-iṣ-rim

(e. 1) Let the king strive [...].

e. 22

[x x it]-⸢ta⸣-an-na mi-nu-ú

(e. 2) [He has gi]ven me [much], what [can I give] (him)? [May I hea]r [the well-b]eing of the king, my lord, and may I be happy!

e. 33

[lu-din šul]-mu šá LUGAL be-lí-ía [o]

e. 44

[lu-uš]-⸢mé⸣-e-ma lu-uḫ-ma

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/P393656/.

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