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SAA 19 208

  • CDLI P393687
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02690
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 294

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: (unknown)
  • Recipient: [the king]

SAA 19 208. Treasury Horses (CTN 5 p. 294)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
obeginning broken away

(Beginning destroyed)

o 1'1'

[x x x x x]+x x+[x x]

o 2'2'

[ina] UGU-ḫi-ia ma--da

(2) is too much for me without protection.

o 3'3'

ša la GIŠ.MI

o 4'4'

03 04 ANŠE.ú-rat ina 01-en É?

(4) There are 3-4 teams (of horses) in one house and no men!

o 5'5'

ù v.ERIM-MEŠ la-áš-šú

Bottom
b.e. 6'b.e. 6'

ú-ma-a ina UGU

(6) Now, concerning the treasury horses about which I spoke to my brother (and about which) he said: "Let them be removed from me"

b.e. 7'7'

ANŠE*.KUR.RA-MEŠ

b.e. 8'8'

šá na-kám-te

Reverse
r 1r 1

ša a-na PAB-ia

r 22

a-qa-bu-u-ni

r 33

ma-a li-il?-lu-[ni]

r 44

TAv UGU-ḫi-ia

rest broken away

(Break)

Edge
e. 1e. 1

ina UGU gab-[x x x x x x]

(e. 1) As to [......]

e. 22

[x]+x Ú-ME ina [x x x x x]

(e. 2) ... [......]

e. 33

li-it-ru-[ṣu x x x x x x]

(e. 3) [they should] stre[tch out ......].


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/P393687/.