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SAA 19 026

  • CDLI P393614
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02737
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 166

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: [Qurdi-Aššur-lamur]
  • Location: Ṣimirra
  • Recipient: [the king]
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SAA 19 026. Digging a Moat; Pursuit to the Mountain (CTN 5 p. 166)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
oo beginning broken away

(Beginning destroyed)

o 1'1'

[x x x] ⸢ša⸣ [x x x x]

(1) [...] which [...]

o 2'2'

[ša] ina ŠÀ-bi URU.[x x x]

(2) [which] in the town of [...]

o 3'3'

[x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ-⸢te?⸣ ša ina ⸢UGU?⸣ [x x]

(3) they sel[ec]ted the [...]s that are on [... and put them] in irons; they are diggi[ng] a moat on [{ithis}] side of the outer wall.

o 4'4'

⸢ib*-te*⸣-ru* ⸢si*⸣-par-ri AN.BAR* [i-sak-nu]

o 5'5'

ḫi-ri-ṣu a-na ba-at-ti [an-ni-ti]

o 6'6'

ša šal-ḫi-⸢e⸣ i-ḫa-ru-⸢ṣu⸣

o 7'7'

am-mu-te ⸢LÚv.qur-ru⸣ 04 me

(7) Those approximately 400 Gurreans had been sen[t out] to raid [the steppe]. A guard sa[w] (this and) a cry was sounded. We pursued the[m], and they took to the snowy mountain in front of them. We caught them from the town of Yauna and R[e]š-ṣurri.

o 8'8'

ši-⸢ḫi-iṭ⸣ [EDIN] ⸢ú⸣-se-⸢ṣi⸣-[ú]

o 9'9'

LÚv.ša—EN.NUN [o] e-ta-⸢mar⸣

o 10'10'

⸢ki⸣-il-⸢lu⸣ it-taš-⸢kan⸣

o 11'11'

⸢ni⸣-ir-ti-di-ip-šú-⸢nu⸣

o 12'12'

  a-na KUR-e ša ku-pe-⸢e⸣

o 13'13'

i-ṣab-tu pa-ni-šú-nu

o 14'14'

TAv ŠÀ-bi URU.ia-ú-na

o 15'15'

TAv ŠÀ-bi URU.⸢SAG⸣—ṣu-ri

o 16'16'

⸢ni-ṣab⸣-ta 02 me LÚv.ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣

(16) I have sent 200 men to the commander-in-chief, who says that they should be brought to the Palace. 24 men have died here. There are (also) people who were caught with the ...s.

o 17'17'

⸢a⸣-na LÚv.⸢tur-ta-ni⸣

o 18'18'

ú-se-bíl ma ina É.GAL

Reverse
r 1r 1

lu-bi-lu 24 LÚv.ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣

r 22

an-na-ka     ÚŠ

r 33

i-ba-ši ša TAv LÚv.⸢x⸣-MEŠ

r 44

ú-ṣa-bi-tu-u-ni i—su-ri

(r 4) Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Where are they digging the moat?"

r 55

LUGAL be-lí i-qa-bi ma a.a-ka

r 66

ḫi-ri-ṣu i-ḫa-ru-ṣu

r 77

⸢šal-ḫi⸣-ú it-ta-as-ḫu* ⸢né*⸣-mur?

(r 7) The outer wall has been ...... (and) I have finished the moat. [They will dig] another moat on t[his] side [of the outer wal]l.

r 88

ḫi-⸢ri⸣-ṣi ug-da-[mì]-⸢ir⸣

r 99

a-na ba-at-ti an-[ni-te ša šal-ḫi]-⸢e⸣

r 1010

ḫi-ri-ṣu šá-ni-u [i-ḫa-ru-ṣu]

r 1111

šal-ḫi-ú bir-ti [x x x x]

(r 11) The outer wall between [......]

r 1212

šum-mu bat-⸢qu ša⸣ [x x x x]

(r 12) If rep[ai]r (is needed) [in ...] and in the [moa]t [...]

r 1313

ša ⸢ina⸣ [ḫi-ri]-⸢ṣi⸣ [x x x x]

rest broken away

(Rest destroyed)

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/P393614/.

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