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SAA 19 019

  • CDLI P393679
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02355
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 193

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: Tiglath-pileser III (744–727 BC)
  • Dated: no

Sender Information

  • Sender: Aššur-ma[tka-tera]
  • Location: Central Assyria
  • Recipient: [the k]in[g]
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SAA 19 019. Favourable Exchange Rate (CTN 5 p. 193)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
o 1o 1

[a-na] LUGAL [EN-ia]

(1) [To the k]in[g, my lord: yo]ur [servant] Aššur-ma[tka-tera. Good] health to the king, [my lo]rd!

o 22

[ARAD]-ka m-šurKUR-[kaGUR-ra]

o 33

[lu] DI-mu a-na MAN EN-[ia]

_____________________________


o 44

DI-mu a-na KUR ša LUGAL

(4) The land of the ki[ng] is well; the royal sustenance fields have been harvested. The exchange rate is extremely favourable in the land: one homer of barley goes for one mina of copper in Nineveh, one homer and 5 seahs (go for one mina of copper) in Halahhu, two homers (go for one mina of copper) in the steppe. 40 minas of wool (go for) one mina of co[pper ......].

o 55

ma-ʾu-ta-a-ti

o 66

ša LUGAL ka-nu-šá

o 77

ma-ḫi-ru i-na KUR

o 88

SIG₅-iq adan-niš

o 99

01 ANŠE ŠE.PAD-MEŠ

o 1010

ša 01 MA.NA URUDU-MEŠ

o 1111

ina URU.ni-nu-a tal-lak

o 1212

01 ANŠE 5(bán) ina KUR.ḫa-láḫ-ḫi

o 1313

02 ANŠE ina KUR.mu-da-bi-ri

o 1414

40? MA.NA SÍG-MEŠ [o]

o 1515

ša? 01 MA.NA URUDU?-[MEŠ]

Bottom
b.e.b.e. uninscribed

(Rest destroyed)

Reverse
r (traces of 12 lines)


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/P393679/.