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SAA 19 209

  • CDLI P393688
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02486
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 205

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 19 209. Distributing Fields (CTN 5 p. 205)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
obeginning broken away

(Beginning destroyed)

o 1'1'

[x x x] ina URU.x x x

(1) [Concerning the ... whom I stati]oned in [...], we distributed [field]s to them as the king, my lord, [ord]ered, and I appointed a palace servant to lead them. (But now) Tardi[tu-Aššur] has dismissed him. He has referred the matter to the king, saying: "The king has exempted the fields for me."

o 2'2'

[ú-šá]-ziz-ú-ni

o 3'3'

[A.ŠÀ]-MEŠ a-ki ša LUGAL EN

o 4'4'

[iq]-bu-u-ni nu-za-ʾi-i-za-šú-nu

o 5'5'

v.ARADÉ.GAL ina pa-ni-šú-nu

o 6'6'

ap-ti-qi-di mtar-di-it[-šur]

o 7'7'

up-ta-ti-šú a-bat LUGAL

o 8'8'

i-za-kar ma-a A.ŠÀ.GA-MEŠ

o 9'9'

LUGAL ia-a-ši ú-za-ki

o 10'10'

[x x x x]+x A.ŠÀ.GA-MEŠ

(10) [......] the fields [......]

o 11'11'

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

rest broken away

(Break)

Reverse
rbeginning broken away

r 1'1'

[an]-nu-rig v.[x x x-MEŠ]

(r 1) [No]w then I am s[ending] t[he ...s] to the king, my lord. Let the king, my lord, ask them.

r 2'2'

ina IGI LUGAL EN-a a-sa-[par]

r 3'3'

LUGAL EN liš-al-šú-nu

r 4'4'

šúm-mu A.ŠÀ-MEŠ LUGAL EN

(r 4) If the king, my lord, exempted the fields and gave them to Tarditu-Aššur [I am respo]nsible, (and) I will drop the fields of [Tarditu-Aššur] from the fields from which I exact state service.

r 5'5'

ú-za-ki a-na mtar-di-it-šur

r 6'6'

i-ti-din pu--ḫu [a]-na-ši

r 7'7'

A.ŠÀ.GA-MEŠ ša x+[x x x]+x

r 8'8'

TAv A.ŠÀ-MEŠ ša a-lik-ú-[ni]

r 9'9'

lu-ra-me

rest uninscribed


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/P393688/.