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SAA 21 155

  • CDLI P393839
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Accession no.: K 00832b
  • Primary publication(s): ABL 0896

Details

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

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Reign: Ashurbanipal (668-ca. 631)
  • Dated: no
  • Proposed Date: (650-648)

Sender Information

  • Sender: Ea-zera-iqiša
  • Location: Bit-Amukani
  • Recipient: Humbuštu, his mother
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SAA 21 155. Letter of Ea-zera-qisa, Ruler of Bit-Amukani, to His Mother (ABL 0896)[via saao/saa21]

Obverse
o 1o 1

IM mdÉ.A—NUMUN—qí-šá

(1) A tablet of Ea-zera-qiša to Humbuštu, his mother: I am well, you may be glad.

o 22

a-na MÍ.ḫu-um-bu-uš-ti AMA-šú

o 33

DI-mu ia-a-ši ŠÀ-ki lu DÙG-ki

o 44

ú-ma-a kar-ṣi-ia ina IGI LUGAL

(4) They are now backbiting me in the presence of the king, saying, “He and Nabû-šezib are friends of the king of Babylon, they have from the beginning known these things with the king of Babylon.”

o 55

ak-lu ma-a šu-u TAv mdPA—še-zib

o 66

EN—MUN šá LUGAL KÁ.DINGIR.KI* šú-nu

o 77

ma-a šú-nu TAv re-e-še dib-bi

o 88

an-nu-te TAv LUGAL KÁ-ì-lí

o 99

ú-du-u LUGAL is-sa-al-an-ni

(9) (When) the king asked me (about it), I hesitated, (then) said: “I will undergo the ordeal (and) lift up the iron axe, but I swear I knew nothing nor was imparted of anything!”

o 1010

ana-ku ak-te-tir ma-a ḫur-sa-an

o 1111

lal*-lik AN.BAR ka-la*-pu la*-an*-tuḫ

o 1212

ma-a šúm-mu ú-du-u-ni u šúm-mu

o 1313

šam-mu-a-ku-u-ni ú-ma-a ki-i

(13) Now when I heard that Nabû-šezib has removed his women and his family from Puqudu and settled them in Bit-Amukani, and now that the king of Babylon has been defeated — I have also heard that he has fled to Bit-Amukani —,

o 1414

áš-mu-u-ni ma-a mdPA—še-zib ⸢MÍ*⸣-ME*-šú

o 1515

ù qi-in-nu-šú TAv ŠÀ-bi!

o 1616

LÚv.pu-qud-di it-ta-sa-aḫ

o 1717

ina LÚ.É—a-muk-a-ni us*-se-šib

o 1818

u ú-ma-a ki-i de*-ek*-tú šá MAN KÁ-ì-lí

o 1919

de*-kàt*-u-ni

o 2020

as-se-me-ma ma-a a-na LÚ.É—a-muk-a-ni

o 2121

iḫ-ti-liq ana-ku TAv LUGAL

(21) I made a deal with the king, saying: “From all this the king may understand my heart, how loyal to the king I am:

Bottom
b.e. 22b.e. 22

ur-tak-kis ma-a ina ŠÀ ⸢DÙ*⸣

b.e. 2323

LUGAL ŠÀ-bi li-iḫ-kim

b.e. 2424

ki-i šá TAv LUGAL ke-na-ku-u-⸢ni*⸣

Reverse
r 1r 1

ki-i ina IGI LUGAL ma-ḫi-ir

(r 1) “If it is agreeable to the king, let me write to Bit-Amukani. If Nabû-šezib is there, I will have him and his people caught up by the hand of the king of the world; and if he is not there, I will put the people who are in Bit-Amukani in the king’s hands.

r 22

la-áš-pur a*-na* É—LÚv.a-muk-a-ni

r 33

šum-mu mdPA—še-zib ina ŠÀ-bi* šú*-u*

r 44

ana* šá-a-šú EN UN-MEŠ-šú ŠU.2 MAN ŠÚ

r 55

lu*-šak-šid-su u šúm-mu 0*

r 66

la ina ŠÀ šú-u UN-ME šá i-na*

r 77

É*—a-mu-kan ina ŠU.2 MAN GAR-un

r 88

ina ŠÀ MAN li-iḫ-kim ki-i

(r 8) “From this the king may understand that I am loyal to the king. And nobody in [the who]le Bit-Amukani is implicated in this (matter), they are totally devoted servants of the king.”

r 99

TAv ⸢MAN⸣ GIN-ku-u-ni u É*—a-mu-kan

r 1010

[mar gab]-⸢bu⸣-u-ni me-me-ni ina ŠÀ

r 1111

la ⸢ZU*⸣-MEŠ-u-ni ARAD-MEŠ šá MAN

r 1212

gam-ru-u*-te šú-nu*-ni ú-ma-a šúm-mu

(r 12) Now if you say: “May my son live,” let the treasurer along with his people and a message of the servitude of Bit-Amukani quickly reach the king’s presence, or I am lost, and have slipped from your hands.

r 1313

ta-qab-bi-i ma*-a ⸢DUMU*⸣-a.a

r 1414

lib-laṭ LÚ.KUŠ.E.SÍR*

r 1515

EN UN-MEŠ-šú u ši-pir-ti

r 1616

e-pe-eš ARAD-u-te šá É—a-⸢mu*-kan⸣

r 1717

ár-ḫiš ina IGI MAN lu tak-šu-da

r 1818

ú-la-a ḫal-qa-ak

r 1919

TAv ŠU.2-ki e-te-li

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Right
r.e. 1r.e. 1

⸢x⸣+[x x]-⸢a⸣-ku* ta-qab-bi-i mì-nu-u ṭè-en-ka

(r.e. 1) [Should] I be [silent], you’d say: How are you doing in Assyria?

r.e. 22

ina KUR—⸢AN*⸣.ŠÁR

Adapted from Simo Parpola, The Correspondence of Assurbanipal, Part I: Letters from Assyria, Babylonia, and Vassal States (State Archives of Assyria, 21), 2018. Adapted by Jamie Novotny and lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2018, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P393839/.

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