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SAA 19 096

  • CDLI P393643
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02399
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 171

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: Eastern Assyria
  • Recipient: [the king]

SAA 19 096. Horses Dying along the Way (CTN 5 p. 171)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
oo beginning broken away

(Beginning destroyed)

o 1'1'

[x x x] ⸢x x x⸣+[x x]

o 2'2'

01 ⸢me⸣ ANŠE.KUR.RA-ME

(2) (from) 1[0]0 horses that came from Calneh: (on the way) [f]rom Calah to Dur-Bel-ila’i, before they arrived to me, 26 of them died.

o 3'3'

ša TAv URU.kul-ni-a

o 4'4'

il-li-⸢ku⸣-ni-⸢ni⸣

o 5'5'

⸢TAv⸣ URU.kal-ḫi

o 6'6'

a-du URU.BÀD—EN—DINGIR-⸢a-a⸣

o 7'7'

a-du ina ⸢UGU-ḫi⸣-ia

o 8'8'

⸢iq⸣-ri-bu-ni-ni

o 9'9'

⸢26 ANŠE⸣.KUR.RA-⸢ME⸣

Bottom
b.e. 10'b.e. 10'

⸢TAv ŠÀ-bi⸣

b.e. 11'11'

ÚŠ

Reverse
rr 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/P393643/.