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 19 119

CDLI P393639
Collection no.: BM —
Excavation no.: ND 02387
Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 246

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
Proposed Date: (ca. 731-729)

Sender Information

Sender: Mušezib-ilu
Location: Babylonia
Recipient: the king
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SAA 19 119. Wounded in a Campaign (CTN 5 p. 246)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
o 1o 1	[a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL be-lí-ía	(1) [T]o the king, my lord: yo[ur] se[rvant] Mušezib-ilu. Good health to the king, my lord!
o 22	⸢ARAD-ka⸣ ^mmu-še-zib—DINGIR
o 33	⸢lu⸣-u DI-⸢mu⸣ a-na LUGAL be-lí-ía UD 03-⸢KÁM⸣	(3) The Gambuleans were in Arrapha on the 3rd day. I was wounded in the military campaign and I am very ill. It is not possible for me to co[me] to the king, my lord.
o 44	LÚ^v.⸢gan⸣-bu-la-a.a a-na URU.arrap-ḫa
o 55	a-na-ku ina KASKAL.2 at-ta-an-ḫa-⸢aṣ⸣
o 66	a—dan-niš mar-ṣa-ku la il-la-⸢ka⸣
o 77	a-du pa-an LUGAL be-lí-ía la ⸢al^-lak^⸣
o 88	an-nu-rag ina ŠÀ-bi URU.ša—⸢tur-miš⸣ [o^?]	(8) At the moment I am laid up in the town Ša-Turmiš on the Za[b] river. The king, my lord, [knows] that I [... whatev]er Šarru-i[qb]i of Ša-Turm[iš] together with the heralds have taken.
o 99	ina UGU ⸢ÍD⸣.za-⸢ban⸣ kar^-⸢ra^-ku^*⸣
o 1010	⸢^mLUGAL^—iq^-bi^* URU^.lu^?⸣—ša—tur-⸢miš^⸣-[a.a]
o 1111	⸢a⸣-du LÚ^v.NÍGIR-MEŠ LUGAL be-lí [ú-da]
o 1212	[mi-i]-nu ša na-šu-u-ni a-[x x]
o 1313	[x x x] šum-ma a-sa-ṭar a-[x x x]	(13) If I write [...], I [...].
o 1414	[i—su-ri LUGAL] be-lí i-qab-bi ⸢ma⸣-[a x x]	(14) [Perhaps the king], my lord, will say: "Is [it true] that they have sent [...] to [NN]?" The kin[g, my lord], should not wo[rry about it].
o 1515	[ket-tu-u] ši-i ša a-na ^m⸢x⸣+[x x x x]
o 1616	[x x x] ⸢iš⸣-pur-u-ni ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-lí ina UGU]
o 1717	[ŠÀ-bi-šú] lu^* la^* i-⸢šak⸣-[kan x x x]	(17) [......] they will put [......]
o 1818	[x x x] ⸢i⸣-šak-ku-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]	(17) [......] they will put [......]
o 1919	[^m]⸢AMAR⸣.UTU—IGI.[LAL-an-ni x]-ma-⸢ru⸣	(19) Marduk-emu[ranni ...]...
o 2020	[x x x] ⸢LUGAL be-lí⸣ [x x x x]	(20) [... the ki]ng, [my l]or[d ......]
	rest broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning broken away
r 1'1'	[x x x x x x x] ⸢šu i-x⸣ [x x x]
r 2'2'	[x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ-šú-nu i-⸢KUR-x⸣+[x x]	(r 2) [...] he ...[...] their [...]s
r 3'3'	[x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] ⸢ig—ga-ma⸣-ru	(r 3) [...... i]n finishing
r 4'4'	[x x]+⸢x x x⸣+[x x x x]-⸢ta^*-šú-nu⸣ ina ŠÀ-bi ⸢x⸣+[x x]	(r 4) [...]... [...] their [...] there [...]
r 5'5'	[^m]ba^-na-⸢ni^⸣ [x x x] ⸢ki⸣-i se^-ḫa^-⸢ni^*⸣	(r 5) Bananu [and NN] are [ac]ting like rebels.
r 6'6'	[e]-pu-uš ⸢x x x x x⸣ [x]-⸢še^*⸣-ir i-⸢sap⸣-[ra]	(r 6) [...]-Šer has written and ... [.......], saying: "Mu[šezib-ilu is] not [going] to [Dur-Kur]igalzu.
r 7'7'	ú-sa^*-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]-nu ma-a ^mmu-[še-zib—DINGIR]
r 8'8'	a-na ⸢URU⸣.[BÀD—ku]-⸢ri⸣-gal-zi la [il-lak]
r 9'9'	⸢i^? x⸣+[x x x x x] ⸢šum⸣-ma ⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x]	(r 9) ...[......] if [......]
r 10'10'	⸢x x x x ki x x x⸣ [x x x x x]	(r 10) [......]
r 11'11'	⸢x⸣+[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ma-a ⸢kar⸣-ṣi-šú [x x x]	(r 11) [...], saying: [...] slan[dered] him
r 12'12'	⸢LÚ^v.x a-ki ša⸣ LÚ^v.ḫi-ṭu-ma [o^?]	(r 12) Let them bring in the [...] man like a common criminal, and let the king, my lord, interrogate him.
r 13'13'	⸢lu⸣-bi-lu-u-ni ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-lí liš-al-šú ⸢ki^?⸣-[ma]	(r 13) W[hen] he came, he told me: "[You] should [stay off] Dur-Kurigalzu! If you come, [they] will ki[ll you]." I am te[lling] a matter which I have heard and seen.
r 14'14'	⸢it⸣-tal-⸢ka iq^*-ṭi-bi-a⸣ ma-[a TA^v IGI]
r 15'15'	⸢URU.BÀD—ku-ri⸣-gal-zi lu-⸢ú^*⸣ [pa-ti-a-ka]
r 16'16'	⸢ma⸣-[a] ⸢šum-ma^? ta⸣-at-tal-ka id-⸢du^*⸣-[ku-ka]
r 17'17'	a-⸢bu-tú-ma^* ša áš⸣-mu-u-ni ⸢ša⸣ a-ma-⸢ru⸣-[u-ni]
r 18'18'	⸢aq^*⸣-[ṭi-bi] LUGAL ⸢LÚ^v⸣.A—KIN i—da-⸢tu⸣-u-a a-na ⸢KASKAL.2⸣	(r 18) The king sent (his) messenger after me to the road of [L]ahiru. He said: "Come, let me bring you in[to] Dur-Kurigalzu." [But as I am ill], I refused to go.
r 19'19'	⸢URU.la⸣-ḫi-ri i-⸢sap⸣-ra ma-a al-ka
r 20'20'	[ina] ⸢URU.BÀD—ku-ri⸣-gal-zi lu-še-rib-ka
Right
r.e. 21r.e. 21	[mar-ṣa-ku^?] ⸢la a⸣-ma-gur ⸢la⸣ al-lak
r.e. 2222	[ša EN.NUN ina^?] URU.⸢bir⸣-te i-na-ṣa-ru-⸢ni⸣	(r 22) [Those who] keep watch [in] the fort sent out [m]y [letter(s)].
r.e. 2323	[x x x x]+⸢x ú⸣-se-ṣi-⸢ú⸣

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/P393639/.