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SAA 19 202

  • CDLI P393689
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02407
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 75

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: Sargon II (721–705 BC)
  • Dated: no

Sender Information

  • Sender: (unknown)
  • Location: Babylonia
  • Recipient: (unknown)

SAA 19 202. I Shall Complete my Brother’s Mission (CTN 5 p. 75)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
o 1o 1

[ṭup-pi mx x x x]

(1) [A tablet of NN to my brother NN. I am well; good health to] m[y broth]er!

o 22

[a-na mx x x x ŠEŠ-ía]

o 33

[šu-lum ia-a-ši?]

o 44

⸢lu⸣-[u DI-mu a-na] ⸢ŠEŠ-ia⸣

o 55

⸢šá ŠEŠ-ú⸣-[a] ⸢iš-pu-ra⸣ [um-ma]

(5) As to what [my] brother wrote: "The day you se[e] my tablet, go up [...] to meet the king."

o 66

UD-mi ṭup-pi ta-mu-[ru] ⸢x⸣+[x x]

o 77

a-na GABA LUGAL e-la-a ⸢il⸣-la-ka-a

(7) Is [h]e coming? It is not all due to me but [th]anks to my brother.

o 88

ul šá ŠU.2-ia gab-bi šá ⸢ŠU⸣.2 ŠEŠ-ía

o 99

šu-ú KUR.KUR gab-bi ⸢i⸣-du-ú

(9) The whole world knows that I have devoted myself to my brother. Behold that my brother gives credence to my prosperity and my good fortune.

o 1010

ki-i ram-na-a a-⸢na UGU⸣ ŠEŠ-ía

o 1111

a-mu-ur ki-i ŠEŠ-⸢ú-a⸣ a-na

o 1212

du-un-qí-ia ù a-na

o 1313

ba-ni-ti-ia qé-⸢e⸣-pu md.AG—Á!.GÁL

(13) Let my brother send Nabû-le'i to me one day so that I can speak to him, and let him take in what I have to report and [s]ay, [a]nd let him tell it to my brother.

o 1414

01.en UD-mu a-di pa-ni-ia ŠEŠ-ú-a

o 1515

liš-pur-am-ma it-ti-šú lud-bu-ub-ma

o 1616

ṭè-ma-a ù ⸢dib⸣-bi-ia!

Bottom
b.e. 17b.e. 17

lil-qa-am-⸢ma⸣ a-na ŠEŠ-ía

b.e. 1818

liq-bi

Reverse
r 1r 1

tur-ti a-mat šá ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-ia

(r 1) Let me hear my broth[er]'s answer and let me undertake the journey that my brother is preparing for me. Moreover, I shall do anythi[ng th]at my brother t[e]lls me (to do).

r 22

lu-uš-me-e-ma ⸢KASKAL.2⸣ šá ŠEŠ-⸢ú⸣-a

r 33

ina GÌR.2-ia i-šak-⸢ka⸣-nu

r 44

lul-lik ù mim-⸢ma šá⸣ ŠEŠ-ú-a

r 55

i-⸢qab⸣-ba-a lu-pu-uš

r 66

áš-⸢šú⸣ mŠEŠ—dam-qí šá ŠEŠ-u-a

(r 6) As [t]o Ahu-damqi about whom my brother wrote, Ahu-damqi did not come to me. (But) if he comes to me I shall prepare him for the journey.

r 77

iš-pu-ra mŠEŠ—dam-⸢qí⸣ a-⸢na⸣ <$šú$>

r 88

pa-ni-ia ul il-li-ka

r 99

ki-ma a-na pa-ni-ia it-tal-ka

r 1010

⸢KASKAL⸣.2 a-na GÌR.2-šú a-šak-kan

r 1111

ù na-áš-par-ti šá ŠEŠ-ia

(r 11) Moreover, I shall complete my brother's mission. My brother, his tablet – afterwards, [I ...] his report [... as] the one [wh]o [...]... the rep[ort ...].

r 1212

⸢ú⸣-šal-lam ŠEŠ-ú-a ṭup-⸢pi-šú⸣

r 1313

⸢EGIR⸣-šú ṭè-en-šú ⸢x⸣+[x x x]

r 1414

[man]-⸢nu⸣ šá ⸢ṭè⸣-e-[mu x x]

r 1515

[x x]+⸢x⸣ si ma [x x x x]

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/P393689/.

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