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SAA 01 008

  • CDLI P313644
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Accession no.: K 04461
  • Primary publication(s): CT 53 229

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: [the king]
  • Location: Royal Court
  • Recipient: (unknown)
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SAA 01 008. Urarṭian Governor Defects to Assyria (CT 53 229)[via saao/saa01]

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ša ⸢taš⸣-[pur-an-ni ma-a x x x x x x x x x x x x x]

(12) As to what you [wrote to me: "[......

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a-bi-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]

(13) def[eat ......

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ša taš-[pur-an-ni ma-a x x x x x x x x x x x x x]

(14) As to what you wr[ote to me: "......

o 15'15'

ina LÚv.šá—⸢GÌR⸣.2 ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]

(15) to a ša-šēpi guardsman [......

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[x x x x x x]-ka a-na ⸢mi?⸣-[i-ni x x x x x x x x]

(19) [......] why [......

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[x x x] Á.2-ka ina ŠÀ KUR.man-na-[a.a tu-bil x x x x]

(20) [did] you [lay] hands on Mannaean territory [......?

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[x x x] ⸢ṭa⸣-ab-tu an-ni-[tu x x x x x x x x x x x]

(21) [...] this favor [......

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[x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šú e-pu-[šú-x x x x x x x x x x x x]

(22) [which ...] have done [......

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[x x x ša] ⸢taq⸣-bu-u-ni ma-a a-na-ku [x x x x x x x]

(b.e. 25) [As to ... what y]ou said: "I [......

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[x x x x] ša KUR.man-na-a.a [x x x x x x]

(b.e. 26) [......] of the Mannaeans [......

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[i-ba-áš-ši] LÚv.ur-du-ú ša la ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x x]

(r 1) Is [there] a servant who does not [...] about [......?

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[ina UGU] LÚv.EN.NAM-ka an-ni-ú ša taš-pur-[an-ni ma-a x x x x x x x x]

(r 5) [As to] this governor of yours about whom you wrote: "[......]" — he is (my) governor! When he heard that the [......] was vacant, he disappeared, saying: 'Let me go [and grasp the feet of the king of Assyria.' So he did, and once] in Assyria I app[ointed] this person as commander-in-chief [......]. Don't [eunuchs] die in the harem every day? The one who [......] rebelled against you did not succeed [......]. You enthroned the son of Inurta-belu-uṣur in his place and turned [... into ...]. In return, I am going to enthrone this one [......].

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LÚv.EN.NAM šu-ú ma-a ki-i iš-mu-ú-ni ⸢ma⸣-[a x x x x x x x x x x x]

r 77

ra-qu-ú-ni ma-a iḫ-tal-qa ma-a lal-⸢lik⸣ [GÌR.2-MEŠ ša LUGAL KUR—aš-šur.KI la-aṣ-bat]

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ina KUR—aš-šur.KI an-ni-ú a-na LÚv.tur-ta-nu-ti ⸢a-sa⸣-[kan x x x x x x x x x x x x]

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ša UD-mu ina É—MÍ-MEŠ la i-mut-tu-ú ša ni-[x x x x x x x x x x x]

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bar-tu ina UGU-ḫi-ka e-pu-šú-ni la iš-li-ma šu-[x x x x x x x x x x x]

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DUMU mdMAŠ—EN—PAB ina GIŠ.GU.ZA ina ku-mu-uš-šú tu-⸢se⸣-[šib x x x x x x x x x x]

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tu-ut-te-re tu-ú-ra a-na-ku a-na an-ni-ú ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x]

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ú-še-šab-šú ša taš-pur-an-ni ma-a KUR da šú is [x x x x x x x x x x x]

(r 13) As to what you wrote: "...[......]; he should tell you!" I have asked him, and he told me: "My crime [...... one of] my colleagues wrote to me: 'Don't [...! ......]' I took fright and didn't say (anything) but fled [......]

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⸢liq⸣-bak-ka a-sa-ʾa-al-šú ma-a ḫi-ṭa-a-a ma-[x x x x x x x x x x x x]

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⸢LÚv⸣.ki-na-ta-te-⸢ia⸣ is-sap-ra ma-a la ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x]

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[ma-a] ⸢ap⸣-ta-làḫ la ⸢ad-bu?⸣-ba aḫ-tal-qa [x x x x x x x x x x x x x]

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[ša taš]-pur-an-ni ma-a ina UGU ša aq-ba-áš-[šu-ni x x x x x x x x x x x]

(r 17) [As to what you w]rote: "In consideration of what I told him [......], pay back your [......]! With [......]", this is what he told me: "[It is] like this; [when] I fled [......] in the treaty [......

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[x x x]+⸢x⸣-ka sa-aḫ-ḫi-ir di-i-ni ma-a TAv [x x x x x x x x x x x x x]

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[ki-i] ⸢an⸣-ni-e šu-ú iq-bi-a ki-i an-ni-[e x x x x x x x x x x x x x]

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[aḫ]-⸢li⸣-qu-u-ni ma-a ina a-de-[e x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]

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[x x x]+⸢x⸣-a-te ša ni ⸢x x⸣ TAv UD-[x x x x x x x x x x]

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[x x x x]-⸢a⸣ TAv pa-ni [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]

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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/P313644/.

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