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SAA 01 153

  • CDLI P334120
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Accession no.: K 00614
  • Primary publication(s): ABL 0175

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: Nabu-riba-ahhe
  • Location: Nineveh
  • Recipient: the crown prince
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SAA 01 153. Sidonites in Nineveh (ABL 0175)[via saao/saa01]

Obverse
o 1o 1

a-na DUMULUGAL EN-ia

(1) To the crown prince, my lord: your servant Nabû-riba-ahhe. Good health to the crown prince, my lord! The guards are very well.

o 22

ARAD-ka mdPASUPAB-MEŠ

o 33

lu DI-mu a-na DUMULUGAL EN-ía

o 44

DI-mu a-na ma-ṣar-a-te

o 55

adan-niš

o 66

URU.ṣi-du-na-a.a

(6) The Sidonites and the(ir) heads did not go to Calah with the crown prince, my lord, nor are they serving in the garrison of Nineveh. They loiter in the center of the town, each in his lodging place.

o 77

v.SAG.DU-MEŠ-te

o 88

la-a TAv DUMULUGAL

o 99

EN-ia ina URU.kàl-ḫa

Bottom
b.e. 10b.e. 10

il-li-ku

Reverse
r 1r 1

la-a ina ma-ṣar-te

r 22

ša URU.ni-nu-a

r 33

i-za-zu

r 44

qab-si URU i-du-lu*

r 55

ia-mu-tu

r 66

ina Éub-re-e-šú


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/P334120/.