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 19 120

CDLI P393653
Collection no.: BM —
Excavation no.: ND 02357
Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 68

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: [M]ušez[ib-ilu?]
Location: Babylonia
Recipient: the king
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SAA 19 120. Shipping Barley (CTN 5 p. 68)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
o 1o 1	[a-na LUGAL be-lí-ia]	(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant M]ušez[ib-ilu. Good he]alth to the king, [my lord!]
o 22	[ARAD-ka ^m]⸢mu⸣-še-⸢zib⸣—[DINGIR]
o 33	[lu] ⸢DI⸣-mu a-na LUGAL [EN-ia]
o 44	[ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-lí iš-pur-an-⸢ni⸣	(4) [As to what the ki]n[g], my lord, wrote to me: "Do not pile up the rest of the barley until Abi-hari comes. Let him give it to you. Let Ahunu come here quickly [and] super[vise] the Itu'[eans]."
o 55	⸢ma^-a^ re⸣-eḫ-ti ŠE.PAD-MEŠ [o]
o 66	la ta-kar-ra-ar a-du ⸢É⸣ [o]
o 77	^ma-bi—ḫa-ri il-lak-an-ni [o]
o 88	lid-di-nak-ka ma-a ^ma-ḫu-u-nu
o 99	ár-ḫiš lil-li-⸢ka⸣ [ù ina^?]
o 1010	pa-an LÚ^v.i-tú-ʾa-[a.a li-zi-iz]
o 1111	an-nu-rig ^ma-⸢ḫu⸣-[u-nu it-ta-lak]	(11) Ah[unu is departing] right now. For 20, 21 days [they have been] wa[iting for] the king my lord's [caravan], until A[bi-hari ......]
o 1212	UD 20-KÁM 21^* UD-MEŠ [ina IGI KASKAL ša^?]
o 1313	LUGAL be-lí-ía ⸢id⸣-[dag-lu]
o 1414	a-du É ⸢^m⸣a-[bi—ḫa-ri]
o 1515	[x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x]
	rest broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning broken away
r 1'1'	ú-⸢da⸣ [x x x x x x]	(r 1) [The king, my lord], kno[ws that ...].
r 2'2'	a-na-ku a-[na x x x x]	(r 2) I went t[o ... ......] but there was no shipment to the king, my [l]ord. Let me see the king [my] l[ord]'s caravan!
r 3'3'	at-ta-⸢lak⸣ [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣
r 4'4'	⸢ša-az-bu-us-su⸣
r 5'5'	⸢ša⸣ pa-na-at LUGAL ⸢be⸣-lí-[ía]
r 6'6'	la-áš-šú KASKAL ⸢ša LUGAL be⸣-[lí-ía]
r 7'7'	la-mur ki-ma ^mAD—ḫa-⸢ri⸣	(r 7) As soon as Abi-har[i] comes, I will return and receive from him all the barley to be measured out.
r 8'8'	it-tal-ka a-na-ku
r 9'9'	a-sa-ḫu-ra ŠE.PAD-MEŠ am—mar ⸢ša⸣
r 10'10'	a—ma-da-di a-maḫ-ḫar-šú [o]
r 11'11'	⸢lil-li⸣-ka re-eš ŠE.PAD-MEŠ	(r 11) [Let him] come and [make] the barley available.
r 12'12'	[liš-ši^?] ⸢ù^?⸣ ša-⸢az⸣-bu-⸢us-su⸣	(r 12) Moreover, the shipment [that goes upstream to B]abylon [...]
r 13'13'	[ša a-na^?] ⸢KÁ.DINGIR⸣.RA.KI [x x]
r 14'14'	[x x x x x] li ⸢x⸣+[x x]
r 15'15'	[x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x]
	rest broken away	(Rest destroyed)

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/P393653/.