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SAA 19 121

  • CDLI P393694
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02394
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 249

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
  • Proposed Date: (ca. 731-729)

Sender Information

  • Sender: (unknown)
  • Location: Babylonia
  • Recipient: [the king]

SAA 19 121. Fragment Mentioning Mušezib-ilu (CTN 5 p. 249)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
oo beginning broken away

(Beginning destroyed)

o 1'1'

[x x x x x x] ⸢x mu?⸣ [x x x]

o 2'2'

[x x x] ⸢LUGAL be-lí lu? ú?⸣-[da x x x]

(2) [... the ki]ng, my lord, sh[ould know ...]

o 3'3'

[x x x]+x-ni a-na si-li-⸢e⸣-[te x x]

(3) [...] for nonsen[se ...]

o 4'4'

[x x ina] ⸢pa⸣-na-tu-ú-a la ina ŠÀ-[bi x x x]

(4) [... be]fore me [was] not in the [...]

o 5'5'

[x x x]+⸢x⸣ la ú-ša-⸢aṣ-bit? x x⸣ [x x x]

(5) I did not provide [...]. I departed [...... with] my [boa]ts [(and) we]nt [to ...]. Mušezib-ilu [...]

o 6'6'

[TAv? GIŠ].⸢MÁ?⸣-te-e-a at-tu-ṣi [a-na x x x]

o 7'7'

[at]-⸢ta⸣-lak mmu-še-zib—DINGIR [x x x]

o 8'8'

[x x x] ⸢MEŠ⸣ ina ŠÀ-⸢bi e?⸣-ni [x x x]

(8) [...]s in the well [...]

o 9'9'

[x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ la?-⸢a⸣ [x x x]

(9) [......] not [...]

o 10'10'

[x x x x x x x]+⸢x ša?⸣ [x x x]

o 11'11'

[x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]

rest broken away

(Rest destroyed)

Reverse
rr entirely broken away

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/P393694/.