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 19 102

CDLI P393645
Collection no.: BM —
Excavation no.: ND 02630
Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 28

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: Šamaš-bunaya
Location: Northern Babylonia
Recipient: the king
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SAA 19 102. Sending People to the King (CTN 5 p. 28)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
o 1o 1	a-na LUGAL ⸢be⸣-lí-⸢ía⸣	(1) To the king, my [l]ord: your servant Šamaš-bunaya.
o 22	ARAD-⸢ka⸣ ^m^dUTU—bu-na-a.a	(1) To the king, my [l]ord: your servant Šamaš-bunaya.
o 33	ina UGU UN-MEŠ ša LUGAL be-lí iš-pur-an-ni	(3) Concerning the people about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me, right now I am sending 373 persons under the care of [Z]er-abi to the king, my lord.
o 44	an-⸢nu-rig⸣ 03 me 73 ZI-ME ina ŠU.2
o 55	^m⸢NUMUN⸣—AD ⸢a-na⸣ LUGAL be-lí-ia
o 66	ú-se-bi-la ⸢57^*⸣ LÚ^v.ERIM-MEŠ	(6) 57 men; 6 men of [5 spans' height, 3] of 4 spans' height, 12 of 3 spans’ height; 8 [weaned; x] sucklings.
o 77	06 LÚ^v.ERIM-MEŠ ša [05 ru-ṭu 03] ⸢ša⸣ 04 ⸢ru⸣-ṭu
o 88	⸢12^* ša^* 03^*⸣ :. 08 ⸢ša⸣ [pir-si^? :. x ša] ⸢GA⸣
o 99	PAB ⸢78^*⸣+[x LÚ^v].ERIM-MEŠ [x x x x x x]	(9) Total 78 men [and ......]
o 1010	03 ⸢04 12^* 03^* :.⸣ [x x x x x x x]	(10) 3 (of) 4 (spans' height); 2 (of) 3 (spans' height) [......].
o 1111	PAB 52 ⸢ša^?⸣ [x x x x x x x x x]	(11) Total 52 o[f ......]
o 1212	70 LÚ^v.ERIM-[MEŠ x x x x x x x x x]	(12) 70 men [......]
o 1313	12 ša 04 ⸢ru⸣-[ṭu x x x x x x]	(13) 12 of 4 spa[ns' height ......]
o 1414	16 ša 03 ⸢ru⸣-[ṭu x x x x x]	(14) 16 of 3 s[pans' height ......].
o 1515	PAB 01 me 36 [x x x x x x x]	(15) Total 136 [......]
o 1616	05 ša 04 :. ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x]	(16) 5 of 4 spans' height [......]
o 1717	⸢^mUTU⸣—SU [x x x x x x x]	(17) Šamaš-eriba [......]
o 1818	[x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x]	(17) Šamaš-eriba [......]
	rest broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning broken away
r 1'1'	LÚ^v.⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x]	(r 1) the [... official ......]
r 2'2'	TA^v ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x]	(r 2) from [......]
r 3'3'	il-lik [x x x x x x x x]	(r 3) cam[e ......]
r 4'4'	MU-MEŠ-šú-[nu ina ŠÀ-bi e-gír-ti^? a-sa-ṭar]	(r 4) [I have written down] the[ir] names [in a letter and am herewith sending them] to the king, [my lord].
r 5'5'	a-na LUGAL [be-lí-ía ú-se-bi-la]
r 6'6'	AD-šú ša ^m[x x x x x x]	(r 6) The father of [NN ...], the father of [NN ...], Garaba [...] (and) Gabbu-Šama[š ...] are the property of Nabû-še[zib ...]; they are [...] men. I am herewith sending their young men to [the king], my lord. There are goldsmiths and notables among them.
r 7'7'	AD-šú ša ^m⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]
r 8'8'	^mga-ra-ba [x x x x x x]
r 9'9'	^mgab-bu—^d⸢UTU⸣ [x x x x x x]
r 10'10'	⸢ša⸣ ^m^dPA—še-[zib x x x x x]
r 11'11'	šú-nu LÚ^v.ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢šu^-nu^⸣
r 12'12'	⸢GURUŠ-MEŠ-šú-nu⸣ a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL] be-lí-⸢ía⸣
r 13'13'	ú-se-bi-la ina ⸢ŠÀ⸣-bi
r 14'14'	LÚ^v.⸢ṣar^*⸣-[ra]-ba-te LÚ^v.i-⸢da⸣-a-nu
r 15'15'	šú-nu
	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/P393645/.