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SAA 21 008

  • CDLI P393853
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Accession no.: K 00995

Details

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

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Reign: Ashurbanipal (668-ca. 631)
  • Dated: no
  • Proposed Date: (652?)

Sender Information

  • Sender: [the king]
  • Location: Nineveh
  • Recipient: [Babylonians (or Urukians)]
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SAA 21 008. Fire Will Burn the Land of Akkad[via saao/saa21]

Obverse
oo beginning (about 4 lines) broken away

Beginning destroyed

o 1'1'

[x x x x x x] ⸢lu⸣ ú [x x x x x x]

o 2'2'

[x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ lu tu-⸢ud⸣-[di x x x x]

(2) [......] You should have info[rmed …]

o 3'3'

[x x x ŠÀ?]-⸢bi⸣-ka an-nu ⸢KUR⸣ [x x x x]

(3) [...of] your [hea]rt is a sin of the land [...]

o 4'4'

[x x x x]-ra saḫ-ma-áš-⸢šu⸣ [x x x]

(4) [......] rebellion [...]

o 5'5'

[x x x x a]-⸢na⸣ ap-pi lu-še-⸢ṣi⸣ [x x x]

(5) [......] I want to bring [NN] to the top [...]

o 6'6'

[x x x x x] ša LÚ.GAL-MEŠ ir-ti [x x x]

(6) [......] of the magnates against [......]

o 7'7'

[x x ANŠE.KUR].RA-MEŠ it-ti-ni la ⸢id⸣-[x x]

(7) [... hors]es with us [...]

o 8'8'

[x x x x]-šú-nu ni-il-lak mì-na-[a x x]

(8) [If] we go [with] them, wh[at shall we] take?

o 9'9'

[x x x ni]-⸢na⸣-áš-ši mdPA—še-zib šá KUR.⸢ba⸣-[zu?]

(9) [...] Nabû-šezib of Ba[zu]

o 10'10'

[x x x] ḫe-pa-a-te ana LÚ.ḫaṭ-ṭa-⸢ni⸣ [x x]

(10) [...] to the sinners [...]

o 11'11'

[x x x] šaḫ-ma-šu lu te-et-ti-[iq x x x]

(11) [...] You should have avoi[ded] rebellion ... [...]

o 12'12'

[x x x] an-nu-u ana KAB nu šá É-⸢su⸣ [x x]

(12) [......] this …… his house [...]

o 13'13'

[x x ina] IGI-šú a-na 01+en sa-pa-nu ⸢šap⸣-[x x]

(13) [...in] his presence, to level into one [...]

o 14'14'

[x x ul?] iq-ba-áš-šú um-ma en-na [x x x]

(14) [......] Did [he not] say to him: "I´ll now go go [to GN (which is) in] the hands of Assyria, (and) I´ll c[ome back ...]
will place them before him.” ... [...], did they [...]?

o 15'15'

[ša ina] ŠU.2 KUR—aš-šur.KI al-lak al-⸢la⸣-[ka]

o 16'16'

[x ina] IGI-šú i-šak-kan-šú-nu EN it-⸢x⸣+[x x x]

o 17'17'

[x x]-ku-u šá-ni-tú a-mat áš-šá ir-ti ⸢x⸣+[x x]

(17) Another matter: Because of ... [...],
where [will you go]? If he co[mes]?
[...] Are you afraid of him? [...]

o 18'18'

[x x]-MEŠ a-na e-kan ki-i il-la-⸢ka⸣ [tal-lak?]

o 19'19'

[x x] ⸢x⸣ šá la—pa-ni-šú-u pal-ḫa-⸢ta⸣ [x x]

o 20'20'

[x x x] ⸢x⸣-ku šá-lul-tú a-mat ki-⸢i⸣ [x x x]

(20) A third thing: If [......],
because in his strong hand [...]

o 21'21'

[x x x x x] áš-šá ina ŠU.2-šú dan-ni [x x x]

o 22'22'

[x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x]

rest (apparently only the edge) broken away

(rest (apparently only the edge) broken away)

Reverse
rr beginning (one line only) broken away

(beginning (one line only) broken away)

r 1'1'

[x x x x] ⸢x⸣ ip-qid [x x x x x x x]

(r 1) [......] he appointed [......]

r 2'2'

[x x x x x] áš-šá ina ŠU.[2 x x x]

(r 2) [......] Because in the hand[s ...]

r 3'3'

[x x x x x] ṣal-mu-u a-ga-a ú-[ti-ra]

(r 3) Did [he return] this statue [...], in which [......] trust?

r 4'4'

[x x x x x ana] ŠÀ-bi i-ra-ḫu-⸢ṣu⸣ [0]

r 5'5'

[x x x x] KUR gab-bu šá MU šá LÚv.DUMU—[EN.LÍL.KI]

(r 5) He will "restore" to life [the whole land, which acknowledges] the name of the son [of Nippur]. (And) when he [has "restored" (it)], y]ou will know that [the Babylo]nians loo[k] for drinking blood. They will not revive [the ... of] your [heart] (but) will displace you in the Se[a]land [...].

r 6'6'

[x x x x]-⸢ga?⸣ ú-bal-laṭ ki-i šú-⸢ú⸣ [0]

r 7'7'

[ub-tal-liṭ at]-tu-nu ti-da-a ki-⸢i⸣ [0]

r 8'8'

[LÚ.TIN.TIR].⸢KI⸣-MEŠ ana NAG MÚD-MEŠ ú-ba-[ʾu-u]

r 9'9'

[x ŠÀ-bi]-⸢ku⸣-nu la ú-bal-laṭ ina KUR—⸢tam⸣-[tim]

r 10'10'

[x x x]-di i-šak-kan-u-ku-nu-⸢ši⸣ [0]

r 11'11'

[mìn-de-ma] DINGIR ḫap-ʾu-u šá il-ta-⸢ru⸣ [iq-ta-bi]

(r 11) [Perhaps] God [has commanded] the destruction of those who lie habitually.If you fear his [in]vestigation, [do not] besmirch [your name] and do [not] deliver your city for destruction! If you guar[d] (the treaty), you will see [the profit] of guarding (it). How [would I expl]ain it? [Would I lea[ve] under (my) protection those wo do not guard (the treaty)? [...]

r 12'12'

⸢uṣ⸣-ṣu-uṣ-ṣu ki-i ta-⸢pal⸣-[la-ḫa MU-ka]

r 13'13'

[la] tu-ba-ʾa-áš u URU-ka ana ḫap-e [0]

r 14'14'

[la] ⸢ta⸣-nam-din ki-i ta-at-ta-⸢aṣ⸣-[ru]

r 15'15'

[né-mil] ⸢na⸣-ṣa-ri ta-tam-ár ak-ka-⸢ʾi⸣-[i]

r 16'16'

[lu-up?]-šur la na-ṣir-e ina GIŠ.MI na-ṣa-[ru]

r 17'17'

[lu-še]-zib u ki-i la ta-taṣ-ru UD-⸢mi⸣-[šú]

(r 17) However, if you do not guard it, on [that] day,[through the pow]er of Aššur, fir[e will burn] the land of Akkad [...]. On that day you will see [...]. [The land] of Akkad will beco[me] powerless; [the ... of] the land of Akkad [...] in the hands of [...]

r 18'18'

[ina li]-te šá AN.ŠÁR KUR—URI.KI i-šá-a-[tú]

r 19'19'

[lu]-⸢uṣ?⸣-ru-ba ina UD-me-šú tam-mar KUR-⸢x⸣+[x x]

r 20'20'

[x KUR]—URI.KI ma-ku-tú il-⸢la⸣-[ka x]

r 21'21'

[x x x x] KUR—URI.KI ina ŠU.2 ⸢KUR⸣-[x x]

r 22'22'

[x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x]

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Rest destroyed

Adapted from Simo Parpola, The Correspondence of Ashurbanipal, 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/P393853/.

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