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SAA 19 067

  • CDLI P393681
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02373
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 244

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: Nabu-eṭ[iranni]
  • Location: province of the Chief Cupbearer
  • Recipient: the king
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SAA 19 067. Cultivating in Hunaba (CTN 5 p. 244)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
o 1o 1

a-na LUGAL EN-ia

(1) To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Nabû-eṭ[iranni].

o 22

ARAD-ka mdPAKAR-[an-ni]

____________________


o 33

lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ía

(3) Good health to the king, my lord!

o 44

ina UGU v.da-a.a-lim

(4) Concerning the scouts of Bibie about whom the king, my lord, [wrote t]o me

o 55

ša mbi-bi-ie-e

o 66

ša LUGAL EN-li

o 77

[-pur]-an-ni

o 88

[x x x x x] v*.da-a.a-(lim)

(8) [......] the scout(s)

rest broken away

(Break)

Reverse
rbeginning broken away

r 1'1'

[ina UGU] LUGAL* EN-ia

(r 1) [Now then] I am sending him [to the kin]g [m]y lord.

r 2'2'

ú-se-bi-la-šú

r 3'3'

03 me ŠE.NUMUN-MEŠ

(r 3) 300 (hectares) of the cornfields of Hunaba has been cultivated and I am cultivating the rest.

r 4'4'

ša URU.ḫu-na-ba

r 5'5'

a-ri-

r 6'6'

re-eḫ-

r 7'7'

a-ra-áš

r 8'8'

šu-uḫ : ŠE.<NUMUN>-MEŠ-ni ša URU.ḫu-na-ba

(r 8) Apropos of the cornfields of Hunaba about which the king, my lord, spoke, [......].

r 9'9'

ša LUGAL EN-li

Right
r.e. 10r.e. 10

iq-bu-u-ni [x x x?]

Edge
e. 1e. 1

[x x x]-nu*


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/P393681/.