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SAA 19 106

  • CDLI P393648
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02474
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 271

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: Na[bu-nammir?]
  • Location: Babylonia
  • Recipient: the king
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SAA 19 106. Report on Mas’eans (CTN 5 p. 271)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
o 1o 1

a-na LUGAL EN-[ia]

(1) To the king, [my lo]rd: your servant Na[-nammir]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! May Nabû and [Marduk] b[less] the king, my lord.

o 22

ARAD-ka mdAG[ZÁLAG-ir]

o 33

lu DI-mu a-na [LUGAL EN-ia]

o 44

dAG u d[AMAR.UTU]

o 55

a-na LUGAL lik-[ru-bu]

o 66

ina UGU .mas-[ʾa-a-a]

(6) Concerning the Ma[s'eans] about whom the king, my lord, [gave me orders ...]

o 77

ša LUGAL be- [ṭè-e-mu]

o 88

[-kun-an]-ni [x x]

rest broken away

(Rest destroyed)

Reverse
ras far as preserved, 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/P393648/.