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SAA 19 227

  • CDLI P393704
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02743
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 306

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 19 227. Collecting Silver (CTN 5 p. 306)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
o 1o 1

[a-na LUGAL EN]-ia

(1) [To the king], m[y lord: your servant: ...]an[ni. Good health t]o the king, my lord!

o 22

[ARAD-ka mx x x]-a-ni

o 33

[lu DI-mu a]-na LUGAL EN-ia

o 44

[ina] UGU ša LUGAL be-

(4) [As t]o what the king, my lord, [wrote to m]e, now, I have collected all the silver [and barley].

o 55

[-pur-an]-ni an-nu-ri KUG.UD

o 66

[x x x] gab-bu up-ta-ḫi-ir

o 77

[x x x x]+x ma-ti mGIŠ.MI?[EN]

(7) [I have ... the ...]...s of Ṣi[l-Bel, s]ealed them, ...[... ... and am sending them] to the ki[ng, my lord].

o 88

[x x x] ak-ta-nak MU [x x]

o 99

[x x x x] ina UGU LUGAL? [EN-ia]

rest broken away

(Break)

Reverse
rbeginning broken away

r 1'1'

[x x x] LUGAL be?-[ x x x x]

(r 1) [.... Let the ki]ng, [my] lo[rd, se]nd word so that I [...] the people [or rel]ease (them).

r 2'2'

[liš]-pu-ra* UN*-MEŠ lu-ri-[x x]

r 3'3'

[lu?]-ra?-a-me ina É kam-ma-su-[ni]

(r 3) I shall assign (those who) are staying home [as ...].... I am [herewith] se[n]ding [them with] Ibâ.

r 4'4'

[x x]+x ana-ku-ú-ma ú-su-uk [an-nu-ri?]

r 5'5'

[ina] ŠU.2 mi-ba*-a ú-se-bi-la [o?]

r 6'6'

[o?] TAv? pa-an [x x]+x [x] an? x+[x x]+x [x]

(r 6) [... bec]ause of [......]

rest broken away

(Rest destroyed)


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/P393704/.