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SAA 19 069

  • CDLI P393630
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02798
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 147

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: [Šamaš-ila’i?]
  • Location: Halzi-atbar
  • Recipient: the king
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SAA 19 069. The Works of Šarru-iqbi (CTN 5 p. 147)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
o 1o 1

a-na LUGAL [EN-ia]

(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant [Šamaš-ila'i]. The very best of health to the kin[g, my lord]!

o 22

ARAD-ka md[UTUDINGIR-a.a?]

o 33

lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL [EN-ia]

o 44

adan-niš adan-niš

o 55

DI-mu a-na KUR.bi-rat gab-bu

(5) All the forts are well, the land of the treasurer is well, the land of the chief cupbearer is well.

o 66

a-na KUR ša .IGI.DUB DI-mu

o 77

ina KUR .GALKAŠ.LUL DI-mu

o 88

dul-la-ni ša URU.LUGALiq-bi

(8) I am performing the works of Šarru-i[qb]i about which the king commanded me.

o 99

ša LUGAL iq-ba-ni ep-pa-áš

o 1010

ṭé-e-mu ša KUR.ú-ra-ar-ṭi

(10) The report on Urarṭu is still the same.

o 1111

šu--ma šu-ú

o 1212

UDU-MEŠ ša URU.il-[x x x]

(12) [They] have pl[undered] the sheep of the Il[...eans] and the Tunaeans.

o 1313

URU.tu?-na-a-a iḫ-[tab-tu]

o 1414

[x x]+x x+[x x]-e a-na x+[x x x]

(14) [...] ... to [...]

o 1515

[x x x x]+x i-ta-na [x x x]

(15) [......] ga[ve ...]

o 1616

[x x x] a-sa-[par x x x]

(16) I have s[ent ......]

rest broken away

(Break)

Reverse
rbeginning broken away

r 1'1'

[x x x x x]+x x x [x x]

r 2'2'

[x x x x x] i-du-ub-[bu]

(r 2) [...] have been plo[tting]

r 3'3'

ú-x+[x x]-lu : ma-ri-[ṣi]

(r 3) [...] has been il[l]

r 4'4'

a-ka-an-ni TAv .DUMU[šip-ri-ia]

(r 4) I am now sending them off with [my] mes[senger].

r 5'5'

ú-se-bi-la-šu-nu

r 6'6'

DI-mu adan-niš dul-li-ni

(r 6) All is well; we are doing our work. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed.

r 7'7'

-pa-áš ŠÀ-bu ša LUGAL

r 8'8'

EN-ia adan-niš

r 9'9'

lu-ú DÙG.GA

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/P393630/.