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SAA 19 142

  • CDLI P393657
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02412
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 79

Details

  • Provenience: Nimrud (Kalhu) (Pleiades ID: 894019)
  • Archive: 013 - Burnt Palace
  • Language: Akkadian (Neo-Babylonian)
  • Genre: Administrative Letter
  • Object type: tablet
  • Material: clay

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Reign: Tiglath-pileser III (744–727 BC)
  • Dated: no
  • Proposed Date: (ca. 730)

Sender Information

  • Sender: Iqipi
  • Location: Babylonia
  • Recipient: the grand vizier
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SAA 19 142. Letter to the Grand Vizier (CTN 5 p. 79)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
o 1o 1

ARAD-⸢ka⸣ i*-⸢qí⸣-pi

(1) Your servant Iqipi: I would gladly die for the grand vizier, [m]y lord! Say to my lord:

o 22

a-⸢na di⸣-na-an SUKKAL GAL

o 33

be-lí-⸢ia⸣ lul-lik

o 44

um-ma a-na ⸢be-lí-ia-a⸣-ma

o 55

ár-ki LÚ.A—⸢KIN⸣ šá LUGAL

(5) After I had prepared for journey the king's messenger, who raised high her ritual, and after he had left for the king, the oblates of Cutha and Ba[byl]on, ki[ng]’s men, arrived in the fortress [under] our [pro]tection.

o 66

mu-šá-qir ⸢dul-lu⸣-šá KASKAL

o 77

a-na GÌR.2-šú áš-⸢ku-nam⸣-ma

o 88

a-na pa-an LUGAL ⸢il-li-ka⸣

o 99

LÚ.šu-ur-ki šá URU.ku-⸢te⸣-a

o 1010

u ⸢KÁ?⸣.[DINGIR].⸢RA.KI?⸣ ERIM-⸢MEŠ?⸣

o 1111

šá ⸢LUGAL⸣ [ina] GIŠ.MI-⸢i⸣-nu

o 1212

a-na ⸢URU.bir?⸣-ti

o 1313

⸢iq*⸣-tir*-⸢bu*-na*⸣

Reverse
rr 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/P393657/.