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SAA 19 001

  • CDLI P393604
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02438
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 13

Details

  • Provenience: Nimrud (Kalhu) (Pleiades ID: 894019)
  • Archive: 006 - Northwest Palace, Room ZT 4
  • Language: Akkadian (Neo-Assyrian)
  • Genre: Administrative Letter
  • Object type: tablet
  • Material: clay
  • Script: Neo-Assyrian

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Reign: Tiglath-pileser III or Sargon II
  • Dated: yes
  • Date: (729)-II-26 or (720)-II-26 (Ayyaru 26th, (eponymy of Liphur-ilu or Aššur-nirka-da’’in))

Sender Information

  • Sender: the king
  • Location: Nimrud
  • Recipient: clergymen, congrega[ti]on, leaders of [Babylon], Babylonians
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SAA 19 001. Soothing Babylon (CTN 5 p. 13)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
o 1o 1

a-bat LUGAL

(1) The king's word to the clergymen, the congrega[ti]on, the leaders of [Babylon] (and) to the citizens of Babylon: I am well, Assyria is well – you can be glad.

o 22

a-na LÚv.TU-⸢MEŠ—É⸣

o 33

LÚv.ki-na-⸢al-ti⸣

o 44

LÚv.SAG.KAL-MEŠ ⸢ša⸣ [TIN.TIR].⸢KI!⸣

o 55

a-na LÚv.TIN.TIR.⸢KI-MEŠ⸣

o 66

DI-mu ia-a-ši

o 77

DI-mu a-na KUR—aš-šur

o 88

ŠÀ-ku-nu lu DÙG.GA-ku-nu

o 99

ina UGU ṭè-e-me an-ni-u

(9) Don't be afraid because of the news you heard; watch the city, seize the streets (and) take care of yourself!

o 1010

ša taš-me-a-ni

o 1111

la pal-ḫa-ku-nu

o 1212

URU ḫi-ir-da su-qa-qa-a-te

o 1313

ṣab-bi-ta EN.NUN ša ra-me-ni-ku-nu

o 1414

uṣ*-ra an-nu-rig

(14) Now I am approaching you again (since) the bodyguard Na'di-ilu told me: "They are trembling in fea[r]." Bel and Na[bû] know and the great god himself knows that, verily, when I previously heard that your brothers were killed, for three days nobody entered into my presence, my heart broke.

o 1515

ana-⸢ku⸣ aq-ṭar-ba-ku-nu

o 1616

mI—DINGIR LÚv.qur-bu-ti

o 1717

iq-ṭi-bi-a ma-a pal-[ḫu]

Bottom
b.e. 18b.e. 18

ig-da-nar-ru-ru

Reverse
r 1r 1

dEN u d⸢PA⸣ lu ⸢ú-du⸣-u

r 22

u DINGIR GAL ⸢šu⸣-tu-ma

r 33

lu ú-da šum-ma a-ki

r 44

ina pa-ni-ti áš-mu-u-ni

r 55

ša ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ku-nu de-ku-u-ni

r 66

⸢šum⸣-ma 03 UD-MEŠ me-me-ni ina pa-ni-ia

r 77

e-ru-ub-an-ni ŠÀ-bi i-ṭi-ban-ni-ni

r 88

tu-u-ra ú-ma-a pal-ḫa-ku-nu

(r 8) Now you are afraid again. Bel and Nabû know indeed that there is no faul[t of y]ours. You can be ve[r]y glad. Let y[ou]r guard be strong unti[l] I arri[ve].

r 99

EN u dPA ⸢lu⸣ ú-du-u

r 1010

šum-ma ḫi-⸢ṭa-ku⸣-nu i-ba-áš-šú-u-ni

r 1111

ŠÀ-ku-nu a—⸢dan-niš⸣ lu DÙG.GA-ku-nu

r 1212

EN.NUN-⸢ku-nu lu dan-na-at⸣

r 1313

a-du bé-⸢et⸣ [ana-ku] a-qar-⸢ri⸣-[bu-u-ni]

r 1414

mI*—DINGIR LÚv.⸢qur⸣-bu-tú

(r 14) The bodyguard Na'di-ilu del[i]ver[ed] (the letter) [on] the 26th [of] Iyyar (II).

r 1515

[ina] ⸢ITI.GUD⸣ UD 26-KAM it-⸢tu-bil⸣

rest uninscribed

Adapted from Mikko Luukko, The Correspondence of Tiglath-Pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud (State Archives of Assyria, 19), 2012. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2012, 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/P393604/.

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