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SAA 19 005

  • CDLI P393606
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02404
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 252

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

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Reign: Tiglath-pileser III (744–727 BC)
  • Dated: no

Sender Information

  • Sender: the king
  • Location: Nimrud
  • Recipient: Madayu
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SAA 19 005. Madayu to Meet the King in Urzuhina with 30 Riding Horses (CTN 5 p. 252)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
o 1o 1

[a-bat] LUGAL

(1) The king's [word] to Madayu:

o 22

⸢a⸣-na mmad-a.a

o 33

UD 01-KAM ša ITI.ŠU

(3) You must be in my [prese]nce in [U]rzuhina on the first of Tammuz (IV) together with 30 riding horses. One [...]... [......]

o 44

at-ta a-du

o 55

30 ANŠE.BAD-⸢ḪAL⸣-li-um

o 66

ina ⸢URU?.ur⸣-zu-ḫi*-na

o 77

ina [pa-na]-tú-u-a

o 88

⸢lu⸣-[u] ⸢at⸣-ta

o 99

01-⸢en x⸣+[x x]+⸢x-mu?⸣

o 1010

⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣

Bottom
b.e.b.e. broken away

Reverse
r 1r 1

⸢lu⸣-u ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]

(r 1) let [...]

r 22

ki-i ⸢ú?⸣-[x x x]

(r 2) as [...]

r 33

a-⸢sap-rak-ka⸣

(r 3) I have writ[ten to yo]u; [d]on't be [ne]gligent [wi]th your cavalry, although I may be delayed in the (home)land.

r 44

⸢la ta-ši⸣-aṭ

r 55

⸢a-di⸣ BAD-⸢ḪAL-la⸣-ka

r 66

ina ⸢ma⸣-a-te

r 77

lu am-ma-⸢rak⸣-ku

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/P393606/.