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SAA 05 214

  • CDLI P334888
  • Collection no.: BM 098775a
  • Accession no.: 1905-04-09, 0281A
  • Primary publication(s): ABL 1407A

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: Kuškaya
  • Location: Mazamua
  • Recipient: Nabu-hamatua
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SAA 05 214. Envelope of the Previous Letter (ABL 1407A)[via saao/saa05]

Obverse
o 1o 1

IM mdPA—ḫa-am-mat-u-a

(1) A letter (to) Nabû-hamatua:

cylinder seal impression

o 22

ARAD-ka mku-uš-ka-a.a

(2) your servant Kuškayu.

Bottom
b.e. 3b.e. 3

lu DI-mu a-na EN-ia

(3) The best of health to my lord!

b.e. 44

    a—dan-niš

Adapted from Giovanni B. Lanfranchi and Simo Parpola, The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces (State Archives of Assyria, 5), 1990. 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/P334888/.