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SAA 19 196

  • CDLI P393642
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02445
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 114

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: Sargon II (721–705 BC)
  • Dated: no

Sender Information

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

SAA 19 196. Booty in Mazamua (CTN 5 p. 114)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
oo beginning broken away

(Beginning destroyed)

o 1'1'

⸢x x x⸣+[x x x x x] u [x x x]

o 2'2'

a-tu-⸢ri-di URU⸣-MEŠ ú-ta-gi-⸢ir⸣

(2) I wen[t d]own, razed the towns and burnt them, lifted the ba[rl]ey and [p]iled it up in the fort.

o 3'3'

a-sa-rap ŠE.⸢PAD⸣-MEŠ a-ta-ta-ḫa

o 4'4'

ina URU.⸢bir-ti ak⸣-ta-ra-ra

o 5'5'

LÚv.šá—É—⸢ku⸣-din i-tal-ka ma-a

(5) The ‘mule house man' has come, saying: "Let me divide the booty into portions in Mazamua. Kanunayu th[e ...] is departing." I sent word and they are coming down no[w].

o 6'6'

šal-lu-⸢u-tú⸣ ina KUR.ma-za-mu-u-a

o 7'7'

lu-u-par-ri-⸢ša*⸣ ma-a mITI.AB-a.a ⸢LÚv⸣.[x x]

o 8'8'

ú-na-ma-áš a-sap-ra an-nu-⸢rig⸣

o 9'9'

⸢ú⸣-ra-du-u-ni ⸢ár⸣-ḫi-⸢iš⸣

(9) Let [the king], my [lo]rd, write me quickly so that he may set out.

o 10'10'

[LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣ liš-pu-ra lu-u-na-me-⸢ši*⸣

o 11'11'

[x x x x]+⸢x x x⸣ NINDA-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x]

(11) [...] bread [...]

o 12'12'

[x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x]

rest broken away

(Break)

Reverse
rr beginning broken away

r 1'1'

⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x]

(r 1) ...[...]

r 2'2'

a-na md⸢x⸣ [x x x x x]

(r 2) to [NN ...]

r 3'3'

a-na md⸢PA—EN—GIN⸣ [x x x x]

(r 3) to [Na]bû-be[lu]-ka''in [...]

r 4'4'

a-⸢na mman*-ni*⸣—la*-di-[ni x x x]

(r 4) to Mannu-laddi[n ...]

r 5'5'

ma* ⸢an-ni⸣-i-u ša* ⸢x⸣+[x x x]

(r 5) saying: "This is what [......]

r 6'6'

a-⸢ta⸣-[a] ⸢lu⸣-kín-u-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x]

(r 6) Wh[y sho]uld they convict me [...]?

r 7'7'

⸢x x x x-ni⸣ md⸢x⸣+[x x x]

(r 7) [... ...n]i, [NN]

r 8'8'

⸢ma-a x⸣ [x] ⸢ka LÚv.šá⸣—[É—ku-din]

(r 8) [sa]ying: "[...], the [‘mule house] man' [......]

r 9'9'

[x]+⸢x pa-ni⸣ [x x]+⸢x x⸣ [x x x x]

r 10'10'

[x]+⸢x x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x]

r 11'11'

[x]+⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x]

rest broken away

(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/P393642/.