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SAA 19 168

  • CDLI P393666
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02627
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 278

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: (unknown)
  • Location: Central Assyria
  • Recipient: [the king]

SAA 19 168. iškaru Dues on Horses (CTN 5 p. 278)[via saao/saa19]

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2'.	{ANSZE}KUR.RA#-MESZ# [x]-MESZ#? TA@v# {1}be#-su\t-nu
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3'.	lil-lik-u2\m-ni# {ANSZE#}KUR.RA-MESZ TI-u2\m
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4'.	ESZ2#.QAR sza\dm sza2\m-daq-disz e#-mi3#-du-sza2-nu-ni\d
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5'.   	01# GU2.UN KUG.UD ina* sza* [BABBAR].DIL* ina SZA3 30
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6'.	{ANSZE}KUR.RA-MESZ\m a*#-na*# [{1}]EN#--GISZ* a-te-din
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7'.   	a-te-din\d 20 MA#.NA\d#-[ma] la# LAL-t,i
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8'.   	20 MA.NA\td a\d-na {1}man*#-[nu--ki--asz]-szur*#--ZU* SUM-in\p
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9'.   	 11 na\t-s,a 09 LAL-e?# [20] MA#.NA\t a-na
#lem: n; naṣa[brought]AJ; n; muṭê[deficit]N; n; manê[a unit of weight]N; ana[to]PRP

10'.  	{1}SU\t--PAB-MESZ SUM#-[in] 07# na-s,a#
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11'.  	13 LAL-e 20# [MA.NA a-na {1}la]-ba#-si
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12'.	a-te#-din\d x# na#-[s,a x LAL-e ESZ2.QAR] sza#
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13'.	{LU2#}ERIM-MESZ\m {GISZ#}GIGIR# [x x x x x]
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19'.	[{LU2}]su-sa-nu a*-ki* sza*# [x x a-te-din]
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1.	[04] GU2.UN KUG#.UD su?#-a*-nu* [x x]
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7.	u2\m-kal-lu-ni\d SUM-szu2\d-nu sza\tdm#
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8.	a-na\d# ka-a-ri e-lu-u2-[ni] x# [x]
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9.	A.SZA3-MESZ\m {GISZ}SAR-MESZ\m UN#-[MESZ] u2\m-sa-as,~td-bit#
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10.	sza# {LU2}DAM.QAR-MESZ\m i*#-ba#-szi SZU.2#
#lem: ša[of]DET; tankarāni[merchant]N; ibašši[exist]V; qātē[hand]N

# note or [whether - or]
11.    	  la# t,a\dd#-ab a\d-kan-ni\d [ina] UGU# 03 me {ANSZE}KUR-ME
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12.	sza\tdm# LUGAL# be-li2 [iq]-bu#-ni\d lu sza2-t,ir\d
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13.	[x x]+x# {ANSZE#}[KUR].RA#-MESZ\m szum\d-ma TA@v\m
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14.	SZA3 {URU}ka-bar#? [x x]-a#.a szum\d-ma TA@v\m
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15.	SZA3 {URU}u2\m-x#+[x x]-a-a LUGAL\d# be-li2\d
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16.	li#-di-na [(x) {ANSZE}]KUR#.RA#-MESZ# x# x#
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17.	[x x x x x x {1?}]x#-da*#-si#
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18.	[x x x x x x x] sza# LUGAL\d
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19.	[x x x x x x x x]+x# MESZ\m
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20.	[x x x x x x x x x]+x#
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$ (rest broken away)
@translation labeled en project
$ (Beginning destroyed)
@(2) Let the [...] horse[s] come with B[e]ssunu, and let them buy the horses.

@(4) (As to) the @i{iškāru} dues which were imposed on them last year, I gave one 
    talent of silver in the [aga]te standard to [B]el-lešir for 30 horses; I gave, not 
    20 minas are missing.

@(8) I gave 20 minas to Ma[nnu-ki-Ašš]ur-le’i; he brought 11 (minas), 9 are missing.

@(9) [I] g[ave 20 m]inas to Riba-ahhe; he brought] 7, 13 are missing.

@(11) I gave 20 [minas to Lab]asi; [he] br[ought x, x are missing].

@(12) The [@i{iškāru} dues o]f the chariot troops [......]

@(14) @i{o[f}] Riba-a[hhe ......]

@(15) thos[e ......]

@(16) The @i{iškāru} dues of the @i{chariots} [......]

@(17) [I gave] four talents of silver in the [agate] standard [...] to [NN], 
  the chariot-horse trainer, [fo]r 90 horse[s] as [...].

@(r 1) [Four] talents of silver in @i{the} [...] @i{standard}, one mina each, 
  [Har]biṣaṣ[u] and his brothers; in all 8 talents of silver of the pack 
  animals, for 200 horse[s].

@(r 5) I have imposed @i{iškāru} dues on them and given them 10 (minas) each 
    from the chariot-horse trainers and the stable[men that] they keep. Those w[ho] 
    go up to the trade colony I have provided with [...] fields, orchards and peo[ple].

@(r 10) There is (a tablet) of the merchants (but) the hand is not good. Let it now 
    be (re)written [on] top of the 300 horses which the king, my lord, [ord]ered, 
    (and) let he kin[g], my lord, give me [x hors]es either from @i{Kapar}-[...]aya or 
    from the town of U[...]aya.

@(r 16) [Hor]ses [...]

@(r 17) [...... ...]@i{dasi}

@(r 18) [...... @i{o]f} the king

@(r 19) [......]s

$ (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/P393666/.

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