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SAA 01 237

  • CDLI P313487
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Accession no.: K 04737 + K 04752
  • Primary publication(s): CT 53 072

Details

  • Provenience: Kuyunjik (Nineveh) (Pleiades ID: 874621)
  • Archive: 099 - Miscellaneous
  • Language: Akkadian (Neo-Assyrian)
  • Genre: Administrative Letter
  • Object type: tablet
  • Material: clay
  • Script: Neo-Assyrian

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Reign: Sargon II (721–705 BC)
  • Dated: no

Sender Information

  • Sender: [Taklak-ana-Bel]
  • Location: Naṣibina
  • Recipient: [the king]
  • View dossier

SAA 01 237. A Harmful Petition (CT 53 072)[via saao/saa01]

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[x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x]

(1) (So) he has petitioned [the king], my [lord! ...] Should he have turned to me, I would have handled [his case]! He should have come [to me and] not turned [to the king, my lord]! Let the king, my lord, ask [...] if Nabû-uṣalla r[eally] is doing the king's work! Now [in a case] he is pleading he goes and petitions [the king]! This person fears the king with [his lips], but with [......] the king's work falls behind schedule, and [the king my lord] is going to kill me because of it!

o 2'2'

[EN]-⸢ia⸣ it-ta-⸢aḫ⸣-[ra x x x]

o 3'3'

⸢a⸣.a-ši lu i-ḫu-ra-an-⸢ni⸣ [de-en-šú]

o 4'4'

⸢lu⸣ e-pu-uš lu il-⸢li⸣-[ka a-na LUGAL EN-ia]

o 5'5'

⸢la⸣ i-ḫu-ur : LUGAL be-lí ⸢a⸣-[na x x]

o 6'6'

⸢liš⸣-al : ma-a mdPA—ú-ṣal-la ⸢i⸣-[ba-áš-ši]

o 7'7'

⸢dul⸣-lum ša LUGAL e-pa-a-šá an-nu-⸢ri⸣ [de-nu]

o 8'8'

⸢ša⸣ i-da-bu-bu-ni il-la-⸢ka⸣ [a-na LUGAL]

o 9'9'

⸢EN⸣-ia i-maḫ-ḫar šu-ú-tú ⸢TAv⸣ [x x x]

o 10'10'

[a-na] LUGAL i-pa-la-aḫ TAv e*-[x x]

o 11'11'

[dul]-lum ša LUGAL im-mar-rak-ku [LUGAL be-lí]

o 12'12'

[ina] ⸢UGU⸣-ḫi i-duk-kan-ni : ⸢x⸣+[x x x]

(12) Indeed, [as regards the straw and] the reeds I sent [...] to them [......] here [......] saw [......] they disappeared [......]. Have they come to the Palace? [They should ...] come here! When [... who] are there [......], they will return [......

o 13'13'

[GI].⸢ap⸣-pa-ri i-ba-áš-ši m⸢x⸣+[x x x]

o 14'14'

[ina] ⸢UGU⸣-ḫi-šú-nu a-sa-pa-ar [nu-uk]

o 15'15'

[x x x]+⸢x⸣ an-na-ka ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]

o 16'16'

[x x x] ⸢e⸣-mur ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]

o 17'17'

[x x]+⸢x⸣ iḫ-tal-⸢qu⸣ [x x x x x]

o 18'18'

[ina] ⸢É⸣.GAL-e it-tal-ku-ni [x x x x]

o 19'19'

[lil]-li-ku-u-ni : ki-⸢i⸣ [x x x x]

o 20'20'

[ša] ina ŠÀ-bi šu-nu-ni : [x x x x x]

o 21'21'

[x x]+⸢x⸣ ú*-ta-ru ur [x x x x x]

Bottom
b.e. 22'b.e. 22'

[x x] ⸢ri x x⸣+[x x x x x x]

Reverse
rr lines 1-8 completely destroyed

(Break)

r 99

[x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x]

r 1010

[x x x] ni ⸢TAv⸣ [x x x x x x]

r 1111

[x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-⸢ia⸣ lu ⸢šu⸣-[nu x x x]

(r 11) They should be [...... the ki]ng, my lord [......] Nabû-[uṣalla ......]

r 1212

[x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x] dPA ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]

r 1313

[x x x]-u-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x]

r 1414

[x x] ⸢LÚ⸣-[MEŠ] an-nu-⸢te⸣ [ša a-na LUGAL]

(r 14) [Let the king, my lord, ...] these gentle[men who are pet]itioning [the king, my lord: "Why don't] your people agree [to do] the work?" [...] who litig[ate ......] are coming to them [......] have [...ed the king] my lo[rd's ......

r 1515

[EN-ia] ⸢iḫ⸣-ḫa-ru-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]

r 1616

[x x x]+⸢x⸣ : UN-MEŠ-ku-[nu x x x x]

r 1717

[la i]-⸢ma⸣-gu-ru dul-⸢lum⸣ [la e-pu-šu]

r 1818

[x x x]-u-ni ša i-da-bu-[bu-ni x x]

r 1919

[ina] ⸢UGU⸣-ḫi-šú-nu il-⸢la-ku⸣-[u-ni x x]

r 2020

[LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣-ia it-ta-[x x x x x]

r 2121

[x x] di ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x]

remainder lost

(Rest destroyed)

Adapted from Simo Parpola, The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West (State Archives of Assyria, 1), 1987. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2009-11, 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/P313487/.

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