SAA 19

Ch. 1 (Letters from the King and the Crown Prince) [11]

Ch. 2 (Letters from Central Assyria) [10]

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Ch. 4 (Letters from the Northern and Northwestern Provinces) [27]

Ch. 5 (Letters from the Eastern Provinces) [18]

Ch. 6 (Letters from Babylonia) [54]

Ch. 7 (Letters from the King and the Crown Prince) [7]

Ch. 8 (Letters from Central Assyria) [11]

Ch. 9 (Letters from the Western Provinces) [13]

Ch. 10 (Letters from the Northern and Northwestern Provinces) [6]

Ch. 11 (Letters from the Eastern Provinces) [11]

Ch. 12 (Letters from Babylonia) [4]

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SAA 19 223

CDLI P393700
Collection no.: BM —
Excavation no.: ND 02469
Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 270

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 ki[ng]

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SAA 19 223. Fragment of a Letter to the King (CTN 5 p. 270)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
o 1o 1	a-⸢na LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia]	(1) To the ki[ng, my lord]: your servant [NN]. The very b[est] of heal[th to the king, my lord]! Good health t[o ...]! The house o[f the king is well].
o 22	ARAD-ka [^mx x x x]
o 33	lu DI-⸢mu⸣ [a-na LUGAL EN-ia]
o 44	a—dan-niš ⸢a⸣—[dan-niš]
o 55	lu DI-mu ⸢a⸣-[na x x x x]
o 66	a-na É ⸢ša⸣ [LUGAL^? DI-mu]
o 77	LÚ^v.ARAD-MEŠ [x x x]	(7) The servants [of ...]
o 88	ša ba-⸢ta⸣-bat-[ti o^?]	(8) aroun[d ......]
o 99	⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x x]	(8) aroun[d ......]
	rest broken away	(Rest destroyed)
Reverse
rr	as far as preserved, 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/P393700/.