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SAA 19 027

CDLI P393613
Collection no.: BM —
Excavation no.: ND 02713
Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 187

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 (744–727 BC)
Dated: no

Sender Information

Sender: Q[urd]i-Aššu[r]-lam[ur]
Location: Ṣimirra
Recipient: the kin[g]
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SAA 19 027. Tabal, Que and Captives (CTN 5 p. 187)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
o 1o 1	[a-na] ⸢LUGAL be-lí-ia⸣	(1) [To] the kin[g], my l[o]rd: yo[ur servant] Q[urd]i-Aššu[r]-lam[ur].
o 22	[ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ ^m⸢qur^-di^⸣—aš-⸢šur—IGI^*⸣
o 33	[ina] ⸢UGU⸣ [x x]+⸢x x⸣	(3) [Conc]erning [... fr]om Ta[ba]l [a]nd Que [ab]out whom they wrote to me from the Palace - let [A]ššur, Bel (and) Na[bû] come into the presence of the ki[n]g as soon as they lay their [...] in Ṭurušpâ and their [...]s from [...] are visiting the crown prince in Assyria.
o 44	⸢ša⸣ KUR.ta-[ba]-⸢li⸣
o 55	⸢ša KUR⸣.qu-⸢u-e⸣
o 66	⸢ša⸣ ina ⸢É⸣.GAL iš-pur-⸢ni-ni⸣
o 77	⸢aš⸣-šur ^dEN ^d⸢AG⸣
o 88	ina IGI ⸢LUGAL lil-li-ku⸣
o 99	⸢a⸣-du u ma^*-⸢x x x⸣-šú-[nu]
o 1010	ina URU.ṭu-⸢ru⸣-uš^-⸢pa^-a o^*⸣
o 1111	⸢i⸣-ka-ra-⸢ru-ú-ni⸣
o 1212	⸢bi-x⸣-MEŠ-šú-nu ina ⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢ḫi^?⸣
o 1313	⸢ina⸣ IGI DUMU^—⸢LUGAL^⸣ ina ⸢KUR^*⸣—aš-šur
o 1414	⸢il^⸣-la^-ku^-⸢ni^-ni^*⸣
o 1515	⸢ša⸣ UGU LÚ^v.ḫu-ub-ti	(15) [The one] in charge of the captives [of] the town [...] to the people of the Palace.
o 1616	[ša^?] URU a-na^* ⸢UN^⸣-MEŠ^
o 1717	É.GAL is-⸢x x x⸣
Reverse
r 1r 1	[x x x x]+⸢x IM x⸣+[x x]	(r 1) [......]... [...]
r 22	[x x x]+⸢x⸣ qa^? ⸢ḫu ba^?⸣ 02 ⸢x⸣+[x]	(r 2) [...] ... [...]
r 33	[TA^v LÚ^v].⸢qur^⸣-bu^-ti ⸢lil-li-ku⸣	(r 3) [they] should go [with the b]odyguard
r 44	[x x x x]+⸢x lu^*-nam⸣-miš	(r 4) [......] should s[e]t out
r 55	[x x]-⸢MEŠ Ì^?⸣-MEŠ A-MEŠ	(r 5) [...], oil (and) water
r 66	[x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣-šú-⸢nu⸣	(r 6) [......] the[i]r [...]
r 77	[x x x x x x x]-⸢šú^?-nu⸣	(r 7) [...... t]h[e]ir [...]
r 88	[x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x]-šú	(r 8) [......] his [...]
		(Break)
r 99	[x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x x x⸣
r 1010	[x x x x x] ⸢MEŠ⸣ ina^? ⸢x⸣+[x x]
r 1111	[x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ GIŠ ⸢ki x x x⸣	(r 11) [......] ... [...]
r 1212	[x x x x] ⸢ŠÀ-ba⸣-šú-nu ⸢x x x⸣	(r 12) [......] their wish [...]
r 1313	[x x x x x] ŠE.⸢PAD^?-ME⸣	(r 13) [......] ba[rl]ey
r 1414	[x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣	(r 13) [......] ba[rl]ey
	rest uninscribed	(Last line too broken for translation)

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/P393613/.