SAA 19

Ch. 1 (Letters from the King and the Crown Prince) [11]

Ch. 2 (Letters from Central Assyria) [10]

Ch. 3 (Letters from the Western Provinces) [31]

Ch. 4 (Letters from the Northern and Northwestern Provinces) [27]

Ch. 5 (Letters from the Eastern Provinces) [18]

Ch. 6 (Letters from Babylonia) [54]

Ch. 7 (Letters from the King and the Crown Prince) [7]

Ch. 8 (Letters from Central Assyria) [11]

Ch. 9 (Letters from the Western Provinces) [13]

Ch. 10 (Letters from the Northern and Northwestern Provinces) [6]

Ch. 11 (Letters from the Eastern Provinces) [11]

Ch. 12 (Letters from Babylonia) [4]

Ch. 13 (Varia and Unassigned) [26]

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SAA 19 072

CDLI P393631
Collection no.: BM —
Excavation no.: ND 02453
Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 116

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: [Aššur-le’i?]
Location: Northern Assyia
Recipient: [the king]
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SAA 19 072. Laying Foundations; Fights between Rusa and the Ruler of Etini (CTN 5 p. 116)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
o 1o 1	[a-na LUGAL EN-ia]	(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-le'i].
o 22	[ARAD-ka ^maš-šur—ZU]	(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-le'i].
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o 33	[lu DI-mu a-na MAN^?] ⸢EN-ia⸣	(3) [Good health to the king], my lord!
o 44	ina URU.sa-ru-un aq-ṭí-rib	(4) I have arrived in Sarun and am laying the foundations. I will (then) go to Birdunu, lay the foundations, and set out and go.
o 55	uš-še ak-ra-ra
o 66	al-lak ina URU.bir-du-nu
o 77	uš-še ak-ra-ra
o 88	ú-na-ma-šá ú-ṣa-a
o 99	i—su-ri LUGAL EN	(9) Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "What is the news of Urarṭu?"
o 1010	i-qa-bi ⸢ma⸣-a mì-nu
o 1111	ṭè-e-mu ša KUR.URI
o 1212	KUR.e-ti-ni-a.a	(12) The ruler of Etini has twice attacked him, defeated him and plundered him. He is (now) upon him for the third time.
o 1313	02-šú ina UGU-ḫi-šú i-zu-qu-pu
o 1414	⸢de⸣-ek-tu-šú i-du-ak
o 1515	⸢ḫu⸣-ub-tu-šú : iḫ-tab-at
Bottom
b.e. 16b.e. 16	⸢šal⸣-šu-ti-šú ina UGU-ḫi-šú
b.e. 1717	ur-su ^mur-sa-a	(17) Rusa (= Ursa) marched straight from Ṭurušpâ against the Etiniean, (but) [has tu]rned around and is coming (here).
b.e. 1818	TA^v URU.⸢ṭu⸣-ru-uš-pa-[a^?]
Reverse
r 1r 1	⸢e^?-ta⸣-ši-<$ra^?$>
r 22	⸢ina UGU⸣ KUR.e-ti-ni-a.a
r 33	[is]-⸢ḫur⸣ il-la-ka
r 44	⸢ki-i⸣ a-na-ku ina URU.su-ru-du-ri-a-ni	(r 4) When I entered Sarduriani and attacked the cities of the other side of the Zab river, an express messenger came to Rusa, saying: "The troops of the king of Assyria are marching against you for the third time."
r 55	e-ru-bu-u-ni
r 66	ina UGU URU-MEŠ ša ba-ti am-⸢me⸣-te
r 77	ša ÍD.za-ba az-qu-pu-u-ni
r 88	ša—kil-li ina UGU ^mur-sa-a
r 99	i-tal-ka ma-a LÚ^v.e-mu-qi
r 1010	ša MAN KUR—aš-šur a-na 03-šú
r 1111	ina UGU-ḫi-ka il-la-ku-u-ni
r 1212	⸢x x x x x⸣ kas
	rest (about 2 lines) missing	(Rest destroyed or 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/P393631/.