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SAA 19 183

CDLI P393663
Collection no.: BM —
Excavation no.: ND 02487
Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 120

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: Sargon II (721–705 BC)
Dated: no

Sender Information

Sender: Nabu-uṣalla
Location: Tamnuna
Recipient: the king
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SAA 19 183. Building Works on the Urarṭian Border (CTN 5 p. 120)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
o 1o 1	a-na LUGAL be-⸢lí-ía⸣	(1) To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Nabû-uṣalla. Good health to the king, my lord!
o 22	ARAD-ka ^m^dPA—ú-ṣal-⸢la⸣
o 33	lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-⸢lí-ía⸣
o 44	ša LUGAL EN iš-pur-an-ni ma-a a-⸢di⸣ [UD 05^?-KAM]	(4) As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Glaze bricks in Sardu[r]iani ti[ll the 5th] of Ab (V) and then drop it! Appoint Ukkaeans and scouts to supervise the work and let them guard the bricks! You yourselves go glaze bricks in Elizkun for ten days! If the Urarṭian[s] come [t]o Sarduriani to cru[s]h the bricks, let an express messe[nger] come and tell you: 'Revert from Elizkun and overwhelm them!'"
o 55	ša ITI.NE SIG₄-MEŠ ina URU.^d15—⸢BÀD⸣-a-⸢na⸣
o 66	šu-ḫu-ṭu ra-a-me ma-a KUR.ú-ka-a.a
o 77	LÚ^v.da-a.a-li ina pa-ni pi-qid-di ma-a EN.NUN
o 88	ša SIG₄-MEŠ li-iṣ-ṣu-ru :. ma-a at-tú-nu
o 99	ina URU.el-iz-ki tal-⸢la-ka⸣ 10 UD-MEŠ SIG₄-MEŠ ⸢šu-uḫ⸣-ṭa
o 1010	ma-a ki-ma KUR.URI-⸢a⸣.[a] ⸢ina⸣ URU.^d15—BÀD-a-ni
o 1111	ina UGU SIG₄-MEŠ ma-⸢ra^*-qi⸣ i-tal-ku-ni
o 1212	⸢ma⸣-a ša—ki-⸢li⸣ lil-⸢li⸣-ka li-iq-ba-ku-nu
o 1313	ma-a at-tú-[nu] ⸢TA^v⸣ ŠÀ URU.el-iz-kun
o 1414	di-iʾ-⸢pa⸣ ka-te-ma-šú-nu
o 1515	⸢LÚ^v.da⸣-a.⸢a⸣-li ⸢a⸣-sap-ra e-ta-am-⸢ru⸣	(15) I sent spies to reconnoit[re]: Three [go]vernors with their forces are encamped opposite us. Zawu[... is] in Arṣua atop Mount [GN.... The ...] of the kin[g ...] from S[arduriani]
o 1616	03 ⸢LÚ^v.EN⸣.NAM-MEŠ a-di e-mu-qi-šú-nu
o 1717	ina pu-tú-ni ⸢ša⸣-ak-nu ^mza-ú-⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x⸣ [x]
o 1818	ina ŠÀ URU.⸢ar^*-ṣu⸣-a : SAG KUR.[x x x]
o 1919	⸢ša LUGAL TA^v ŠÀ URU.15^?⸣—[BÀD-a-ni]
o 2020	[x x]+⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x]
	rest broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning broken away
r 1'1'	⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x]
r 2'2'	né-⸢mur^*⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x]	(r 2) we shall s[ee ......]
r 3'3'	ina ŠÀ URU.⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x]	(r 3) in the city [......]
r 4'4'	⸢a^-di^⸣ UD^-⸢MEŠ^⸣ ša^* ⸢LUGAL^* EN^*⸣-[ia x x x]	(r 4) We shall leave (out) [everything that] until the days of the king, [my] lord, [...] and [construct] a magazine i[n ...].
r 5'5'	nu-⸢ra⸣-ma : ur-⸢su⸣-tú ⸢ina⸣ [x x x x]
r 6'6'	UD^* 05^-⸢KAM^ ša⸣ ITI.NE ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x]	(r 6) On the 5th of Ab (V) [we ...ed] on [...].
r 7'7'	[x]+⸢x x am⸣—mar ša URU.bir-⸢ti^?⸣ [x x x]	(r 7) All the [...] who [...] the for[t]
r 8'8'	⸢x x x⸣ ina ŠÀ URU.el-iz-[kun x x]	(r 8) [...] in Eliz[kun ...].
r 9'9'	⸢URU⸣.el-[iz]-⸢kun⸣ ŠÀ-bi : ⸢URU x⸣+[x x x]	(r 9) [We control] El[izk]un (and) the heart of the town and do what we [w]ant (there). Guards are entering it, everything has been put under guard, and the guard is very strong.
r 10'10'	⸢ù⸣ ki-⸢i ŠÀ⸣-bi-ni né-⸢pa^*-áš⸣
r 11'11'	EN.NUN-⸢MEŠ⸣ ina UGU er^-ra-ba-⸢ni⸣ gab^-bu
r 12'12'	ša-an^-ṣu^-ra : EN.NUN dan^-nat^ a—dan-niš
r 13'13'	LÚ^v.⸢A—KIN-ia⸣ ina UGU LÚ^v.ú-⸢ka⸣-a-a ⸢a-sa⸣-par^!	(r 13) I sent my messenger to the Ukkaean but he refused to come. He sent ten master builders and 100 men, but they returned and ran away in a matter of days.
r 14'14'	la-a ⸢im⸣-ma-gúr a-na a-la-ki
r 15'15'	10 LÚ^v.TIN-MEŠ 01 me LÚ^v.ERIM-MEŠ ú-se-bi-la
r 16'16'	i-su-uḫ-⸢ru⸣ am—mar UD-me-šú iḫ-⸢tal⸣-qu
r 17'17'	02-ú LÚ^v.A—KIN-ia a-sap-ra	(r 17) I have (now) sent another messenger of mine (with the message): "Let 500 (regular) spearmen come!" My messenger has not yet come back; as soon as comes, I shall write to the king, my lord, w[hat]ever news there is.
r 18'18'	nu-uk 05 me LÚ^v.ERIM-MEŠ ša—GIŠ.a-ri-te
r 19'19'	⸢lil⸣-li-ku-ni ú-di-ni LÚ^v.A—KIN-⸢ia⸣
r 20'20'	la i-la-ka : ki-ma i-tal-ka ⸢mi⸣-[nu o]
r 21'21'	⸢ša⸣ ṭè-mu-⸢ni⸣ a-na LUGAL be-lí-ía [o]
r 22'22'	⸢a⸣-šap-pa-ra [o]

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/P393663/.