SAA 13 180. The Statue of Marduk is Coming, They Say (CT 54 395)[via saao/saa13]
Obverse | ||
oo | completely broken away | |
Reverse | ||
rr | beginning broken away | |
r 1'1' | [x x x x x x] x [x x x x x x x] | |
r 2'2' | [x x x x]+⸢x x⸣ nu ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
r 3'3' | ||
r 4'4' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ i-pu-šú [x x x x x x x] | |
r 5'5' | [x x] ⸢LUGAL EN-a⸣ lu-ma-⸢as⸣-[si x x x x x x] | |
r 6'6' | [x x x] ⸢ul⸣ i-šem-mi-ma [x x x x x x] | |
r 7'7' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-e lam-du si-⸢ma⸣-[x] ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
r 8'8' | (r 8) [He ...] and [...] of the feet of [...] | |
r 9'9' | [x x x x ki]-i il-li-ka it-tas-si ina pa-na-⸢at⸣ | (r 9) [Wh]en [...] came, he kept retreating. In the face of [an uprising and] revolt of the people [...] did not go [bef]ore you. |
r 10'10' | ||
r 11'11' | [x x a-na pa]-⸢ni⸣-ka ul il-li-ku | |
r 12'12' | (r 12) [Now] they are speaking [abou]t the statue of Marduk, [saying: "The statue] is coming." Whatever he says is gossip for the city. | |
r 13'13' | [um-ma ṣal-mu il]-la-ka mìm-ma ina pi-šu? dib-bi a-na URU-[ma] | |
r 14'14' | [x x x x x x] u a-du-ú ina maš-ka-na-⸢ti⸣ | |
r 15'15' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ-šú i-[x x x] | |
rest broken away |
Adapted from Steven W Cole, Peter Machinist, Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Priests to Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal (State Archives of Assyria, 13), 1998. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko and Silvie Zamazalová, 2011-13, 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/P240243/.