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SAA 19 043

  • CDLI P393620
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02755
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 145

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: (unknown)
  • Location: Western Assyria
  • Recipient: [the king]

SAA 19 043. Archers, Şimirra, and Work to be Finished (CTN 5 p. 145)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
oo beginning broken away

(Beginning destroyed)

o 1'1'

[x x x x x x] ⸢ša?⸣ m⸢x⸣ x+[x]

o 2'2'

[x x x x x x] ma*-⸢a* LUGAL⸣

(2) [......] ... the [k]ing

(Break)

o 3'3'

[x x x x x x] i? [x x]+⸢x x x⸣

o 4'4'

[x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x]+x

o 5'5'

[x x x] ⸢x⸣ u ⸢x x⸣-ṣu?-u-ni

o 6'6'

[x x x] ⸢x x⸣ lu? ⸢x⸣ ḫu

o 7'7'

[x x x] ⸢x⸣ šú-nu ⸢x x x⸣

o 8'8'

[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣

o 9'9'

[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x]

Bottom
b.e. 10'b.e. 10'

[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x]

b.e. 11'11'

[x x] i ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ ša ⸢LUGAL?⸣

(11) [......] whom the ki[ng|]

b.e. 12'12'

[x x x x x]-⸢u⸣-ni ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ

(12) [... ...]... the people

Reverse
r 1r 1

[x x x x x]-⸢ú⸣-tú ⸢i⸣-ta-ṣu

(r 1) [... ...]... have taken

r 22

[ina UGU LÚ].⸢ma⸣-ḫi-ṣa-a-ni

(r 2) [Concerning the a]rchers [about whom the king, my lord], wrote me, [saying]

r 33

[ša LUGAL be-lí?] iš-pur-a-ni

r 44

[ma-a x x x x]+x—DINGIR LÚ.SAG

(r 4) [......] eunuch

r 55

[x x x x x] ⸢LÚ⸣.ma-ḫi-ṣi-šú ú-⸢ta⸣-[x]

(r 5) [......] has [...]ed his archer(s)

r 66

[x x x x x] ⸢li?⸣-iz-qup LÚ!.ma-ḫi-ṣa-a-⸢ni⸣ [o?]

(r 6) [le]t him attack [... ...] the archers

r 77

[x x x UD x]-KÁM 02 TAv ŠÀ-⸢bi⸣-šú-nu

(r 7) [... On the x]th day two of them

r 88

[x x x x x] 40 a [x]+⸢x⸣ : i-mu-[x]+⸢x⸣ la? [x (x)]

(r 8) [......] 40 [......]

r 99

[x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ du : a-⸢ki-i⸣ : a-ḫa-a-a-iš

(r 9) [......] together

r 1010

[x x x x] ⸢ša?⸣ : UD 20-KAM ⸢ša ITI⸣.BARAG

(r 10) [O]n the 20th [o]f Nisan (I), [Mušal]lim-Aššur retur[ned] from [Ṣ]imirra, [saying]: “Go, quickly [rem]ove the corpses [...] and res[ume] th[eir] work, so it can be fin[ished] before the king (comes)."

r 1111

[mmu-šal]-⸢lim⸣—aš-šur TAv URU.⸢ṣi⸣-me-ra i-tú-[ra]

r 1212

[ma-a? o?] ⸢a-lik⸣ ár-ḫiš ⸢LÚ⸣.ÚŠ-MEŠ [o]

r 1313

x+[x x] ⸢us?⸣-ḫa : dul-la-⸢šú-nu⸣ [o]

r 1414

ṣa-[bat ina] ⸢IGI-at⸣ LUGAL lu-u ga-[mir]

r 1515

[01.et] GIŠ.MÁ ⸢ša⸣ URU.⸢ṣi⸣-[me]-⸢ra? x⸣+[x x x x]

(r 15) [One] boat of Ṣi[mirr]a [...]

r 1616

[x] ⸢ina⸣ URU.⸢ṣi⸣-me-ra ⸢ta⸣ [x x x]

(r 16) [... i]n [Ṣ]imirra [......]

r 1717

[x x]+⸢x LÚ⸣.[ma-ḫi-ṣa]-a-[ni? x x x x]

(r 17) [...] the [arche]r[s ...]

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/P393620/.