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

Ch. 2 (Letters from Central Assyria; nos. 12–21) [10]

Ch. 3 (Letters from the Western Provinces; nos. 22–52) [31]

Ch. 4 (Letters from the Northern and Northwestern Provinces; nos. 53–79) [27]

Ch. 5 (Letters from the Eastern Provinces; nos. 80–97) [18]

Ch. 6 (Letters from Babylonia; nos. 98–151) [54]

Ch. 7 (Letters from the King and the Crown Prince; nos. 152–158) [7]

Ch. 8 (Letters from Central Assyria; nos. 159–169) [11]

Ch. 9 (Letters from the Western Provinces; nos. 170–182) [13]

Ch. 10 (Letters from the Northern and Northwestern Provinces; nos. 183–188) [6]

Ch. 11 (Letters from the Eastern Provinces; nos. 189–199) [11]

Ch. 12 (Letters from Babylonia; nos. 200–203) [4]

Ch. 13 (Varia and Unassigned; nos. 204–229) [26]

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SAA 19 104

CDLI P393647
Collection no.: BM —
Excavation no.: ND 02444
Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 39

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

Date

Period: Neo-Assyrian
Reign: Tiglath-pileser III (744–727 BC)
Dated: no
Proposed Date: (ca. 732-731)

Sender Information

Sender: Nabu-[namm]ir
Location: Babylonia
Recipient: the k[ing]
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SAA 19 104. Going to Sapia (CTN 5 p. 39)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
o 1o 1	⸢a-na LUGAL⸣ be-lí-⸢ia⸣	(1) To the k[ing, m]y lord: your se[rv]ant Nabû-[namm]ir. Good he[alt]h to the k[in]g, my lo[r]d! May [Nabû] (and) [M]a[rdu]k bless [the kin]g, m[y lor]d.
o 22	⸢ARAD⸣-ka ^m⸢^dPA—ZÁLAG-ir lu DI-mu a-na⸣
o 33	⸢LUGAL⸣ be-⸢lí⸣-ía ^d[PA] ⸢^dAMAR.UTU⸣ [a]-⸢na LUGAL⸣
o 44	⸢be⸣-[lí]-⸢ía lik-ru⸣-bu ⸢x x⸣ [x] ⸢x x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣	(4) [......]
o 55	ú-ta-⸢mì^⸣-ši a-lak^ ina^* ⸢URU^*.x-x-li⸣	(5) I have set out and am marching to a town called [...]lu.
o 66	⸢i⸣-qa-⸢bu⸣-niš-šú ⸢:⸣ ^d⸢É—DINGIR-a-a ak^?-ta^*-šá^?-da^?⸣	(6) I conquered the Bethelites.
o 77	[ina] ⸢qa^⸣-qa-ru :^ ⸢LÚ^v^.ḫi-in^-da^-ra^⸣-[a-a]	(7) [In] the territory of the Hindar[eans ......]
o 88	[x x x]+⸢x x x x x x x x⸣	(7) [In] the territory of the Hindar[eans ......]
	rest broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning broken away
r 1'1'	[x x x x]-⸢a^?-a^?⸣ a-na ⸢ka⸣-[x]+⸢x x x x⸣	(r 1) [the ...]s to [......]
r 2'2'	[x x x x x]+⸢x a-na UGU⸣ ^m^dPA—ú-šeb-ši	(r 2) [I] sent [...] to Nabû-ušabši, [NN], Salamu and [...]-uṣur; they came with me and helped me pass from the presence of Nabû-ušabši.
r 3'3'	[x x x x] ^m⸢sa-la⸣-mu ^m⸢x x⸣—PAB
r 4'4'	⸢as-sa-pa-ar⸣ : i-se-e-a
r 5'5'	⸢it⸣-tal-ku-u-ni ⸢TA^v⸣ pa-an ^m^dPA—⸢ú⸣-šeb-ši
r 6'6'	ú-se-ti-qu-u-ni a-na-ku an-nu-rig	(r 6) Now then I am going to Sapia to speak with t[he ...].
r 7'7'	ina URU.sa-pi-ia ⸢a^*-lak TA^v LÚ⸣.[x x x]
Right
r.e. 8r.e. 8	a-da-bu-bu [mi]-⸢i-nu⸣ ṭè-⸢mu^-un^-ni^*⸣	(r.e. 8) I shall find out [wh]atever the news is and se[nd] it to the king, my lord.
r.e. 99	a-ḫar-ra-ṣa a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-lí-ía a-⸢šap-pa⸣-[ra]

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/P393647/.