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SAA 19 136

  • CDLI P393654
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02478
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 53

Details

  • Provenience: Nimrud (Kalhu) (Pleiades ID: 894019)
  • Archive: 006 - Northwest Palace, Room ZT 4
  • Language: Akkadian (Neo-Babylonian)
  • Genre: Administrative Letter
  • Object type: tablet
  • Material: clay
  • Script: Neo-Babylonian

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Reign: Tiglath-pileser III (744–727 BC)
  • Dated: no

Sender Information

  • Sender: Nabu-balassu-iqb[i]
  • Location: Babylonia
  • Recipient: the king
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SAA 19 136. My Messages Do not Reach the King (CTN 5 p. 53)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
o 1o 1

⸢ARAD⸣-ka md.AG—⸢TIN-su⸣—iq-⸢bi⸣ [a-na]

(1) Your servant Nabû-balassu-iqb[i]: I would gladly die [for] the king, my lord! May Nabû and [Ma]rduk bless the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord:

o 22

di-na-an ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-⸢lí-ia lul-lik⸣

o 33

d.AG u [d]⸢AMAR⸣.UTU a-⸢na⸣ LUGAL be-lí-ía ⸢lik⸣-ru-bu

o 44

um-ma-⸢a a⸣-na LUGAL be-lí-ia-⸢a-ma⸣

o 55

ṭup-pi a-na ⸢šul⸣-mi ⸢LUGAL⸣

(5) I am (hereby) sending my tablet to greet the king, my lord. The king, my lord, said: "Your messenger and your [re]port are co[nce]aled from me. Why do I send you a m[essag]e, but you do not send me [a repl]y?"

o 66

be-lí-ia al-⸢ta⸣-par ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-lí

o 77

⸢iq-bi-ma⸣ um-ma LÚv.A—KIN-ka

o 88

⸢ù ṭè⸣-en-⸢ga⸣ ul-tu pa-ni-ia

o 99

⸢pe⸣-[es]-⸢nu um⸣-ma mi-nam-ma

o 1010

⸢ši-pir-ti⸣ a-šap-pa-rak-kám-ma

o 1111

⸢gab-ri⸣ la ⸢tu⸣-šeb-⸢bi-la⸣

o 1212

⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣-u-si? ši-pir-[ta]-⸢a⸣

(12) I do [regular]ly send my lett[er] to the king of king[s], but somebody has not all[owed m]y messenger[s g]o quickly to the [k]in[g but] sends them away.

o 1313

⸢a-na pa⸣-an ⸢LUGAL⸣ LUGAL-⸢MEŠ?⸣

o 1414

⸢lu? a⸣-šap-pa-ra

o 1515

mam-ma LÚv.A—KIN-⸢MEŠ-ia⸣

o 1616

⸢a⸣-na ḫa-an-ṭiš ⸢a⸣-na pa-an

o 1717

⸢LUGAL ul⸣ ú-⸢še-ti⸣-iq

Reverse
r 1r 1

⸢ú⸣-še-⸢ṣa⸣-šú ul-⸢tu É⸣

(r 1) Eve[r] since a letter of the king has [c]ome to me I have [w]ritten a reply to it and sent it to the king. (But) if somebody does not forward it, the king should not blame his servant!

r 22

ši-pir-ti LUGAL a-na pa-⸢ni⸣-ia

r 33

⸢tal⸣-li-ka gab-ra-šú ki-i

r 44

⸢áš⸣-ṭur a-na LUGAL ul-te-bil

r 55

⸢šum⸣-ma ul ú-še-et-ti-iq-šú-⸢ma*⸣

r 66

LUGAL a-na ḫi-ṭu šá ARAD-šú

r 77

la i-šak-kan

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/P393654/.

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