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 19 181

CDLI P393670
Collection no.: BM —
Excavation no.: ND 02417
Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 151

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: Western Assyria
Recipient: [the king]

Views

SAA 19 181. Officials Inspecting Samaria (CTN 5 p. 151)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
oo	beginning broken away	(Beginning destroyed)
o 1'1'	[x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x]
o 2'2'	[x] ⸢LÚ^v⸣.[ERIM]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ina IGI-a ⸢a⸣-[sa-par]	(2) I [sent x me]n before me [and went] to Samaria.
o 3'3'	⸢a⸣-na KUR.sa-mir-na [a-ta-lak]	(2) I [sent x me]n before me [and went] to Samaria.
o 4'4'	ina KUR-⸢ú⸣ : 04 bu-⸢x⸣+[x x x x]	(4) In the mountain, four ...[......]
o 5'5'	LÚ^v.A—šip-ri ⸢ša LÚ^v⸣.[x x x x]	(5) the messenger of the [......]
o 6'6'	TA^v LÚ^v.02-i URU^* [x x x x]	(6) with the vice-governor of the city [...]
o 7'7'	EN—pi-qi-ti ⸢ša⸣ [x x x x]	(7) the official of [......]
o 8'8'	i-tal-ku is-⸢x⸣+[x x x x]	(8) went ...[......]
o 9'9'	ina URU pa-pa-ḫa-[ti x x x x]	(9) in the city, the cella[s of ......]
o 10'10'	⸢ku-ta-al⸣ [x x x x x]	(10) behin[d ......]
o 11'11'	il-⸢ti^?⸣ [x x x x x x]	(11) surro[unded ......]
Right		(11) surro[unded ......]
r.e. 12r.e. 12	⸢i-šá⸣-[x x x x x x]	(12) ...[... ......]
r.e. 1313	⸢ú⸣-ma-⸢a⸣ [x x x x x]	(13) Now [......]
r.e. 1414	[x]+⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x x x]
Reverse
r 1r 1	[x x]+⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x]
r 22	[it]-⸢tal^*⸣-[x x x x x x]	(r 2) [c]am[e ......]
r 33	ma-⸢a x⸣+[x x x x x x]	(r 3) saying, "[......]
r 44	ša ⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢na⸣ [x x x x]	(r 4) who ... [......]
r 55	⸢URU x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x]	(r 5) the city [......]
r 66	GEŠTIN-⸢MEŠ⸣ ib^?-[x x x x]	(r 6) wine ...[......]
r 77	a-na-ku ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]	(r 7) I [......]
r 88	[x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x]	(r 7) I [......]
	rest broken away	(Break)
Edge
e. 1e. 1	[x x x x x x]-a-te gab-bu-⸢šú^*?⸣	(e. 1) [......] all the [...]s

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/P393670/.