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SAA 21 049

  • CDLI P237225
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Accession no.: K 12007 + 1882-05-22, 0129
  • Primary publication(s): CT 54 230

Details

  • Provenience: Kuyunjik (Nineveh)
  • Archive: 099 - Miscellaneous
  • Language: Akkadian (Neo-Babylonian)
  • Genre: Administrative Letter
  • Object type: tablet
  • Material: clay
  • Script: Neo-Babylonian

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Reign: Ashurbanipal (668-ca. 631)
  • Dated: no
  • Proposed Date: (652-648)

Sender Information

  • Sender: [the king]
  • Location: Nineveh
  • Recipient: [...], Bel-aha-[iddina], [...]ni, [...], Aplaya, [...], Mušezib-Marduk, [...]-zeri, Bel-ibni, Urukians
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SAA 21 049. You Didn't Listen to my Advice (CT 54 230)[via saao/saa21]

Obverse
oo beginning broken away

(beginning broken away)

o 1'1'

[x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]

(1') [The king's word to ...] Bel-aha-[iddina ..., ...]ni son of Bel-[..., NN son of ...]-Nergal, Aplaya son of [NN, NN son of Ne]rgal-ipuš, Mušezib-Marduk [son of NN, Nabû-na]din-zeri son of Bel-eṭir, Bel-ibni [son of NN, the Sealanders old] and young: I [am] wel[l].

o 2'2'

[x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ ab ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]

o 3'3'

[x x x x x x x x x x] md+EN—⸢ŠEŠ⸣—[MU x x x x x]

o 4'4'

[x x x x x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ A-šú šá mdEN—⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]

o 5'5'

[A-šú šá mx x x]—dU.GUR mA-a A-šú šá m[x x x x x]

o 6'6'

[mx x x x A-šú šá mU].GUR*—DÙ-uš mmu-še-zib—dAMAR.UTU [A-šú šá mx x x]

o 7'7'

[md+AG—na]-din*—NUMUN A-šú šá md+EN—ŠUR mdEN—DÙ [A-šú šá mx x x LÚ.KUR.tam-tim-a-a]

o 8'8'

[LÚ.AB.BA-MEŠ] ù LÚ.TUR-MEŠ šu-lum ⸢ia⸣-[a-ši ki-i mil-ki]

(8') [Although] I gave you many advices, you did not listen to me [...].

o 9'9'

⸢ma⸣-du-tu ⸢am⸣-lik-ku-ku-nu-šú u la taš-ma-⸢aʾ⸣ [x x x x x]

o 10'10'

⸢ki⸣-i ⸢a⸣-[na] il-ki-ia la tal-li-⸢ka⸣-[ni x x x x x]

(10') Because you did not come to my military service [...],

o 11'11'

[a]-⸢na* x⸣+[x] ⸢x⸣ DUMU-MEŠ-ku-nu u DUMU.MÍ-MEŠ-⸢ku⸣-[nu x x x x]

(11') [...] your sons and daughters [...]

o 12'12'

⸢GIŠ.SAR-MEŠ⸣-[ku]-nu ni-du-tu tul-ta-li-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x x]

(12') and you have let your gardens become abandoned [......]

o 13'13'

[tul]-te-ti-⸢qa mi⸣-ṭi-it-ku-nu GAL-ti ⸢tal⸣-[x x x x x x]

(13') You have [...ed] your great deficit [......]

o 14'14'

[te]-⸢ta⸣-as-[x x] ⸢a*⸣-di im—mat ki-i PI.2 a-na ⸢ra⸣-[x x x x x]

(14') [You have ...ed] ... like an ear for yo[urselves ......]

o 15'15'

⸢ù⸣ šit-te [x]-⸢ti⸣ šá UNUG.KI tu-ḫal-la-qa a-[x x x x x x]

(15') and you are destroying the rest of the [...] of Uruk [......]

o 16'16'

[01]-me 02-me šá KUR—aš-šur.KI ina pir-ṣa-a-ta la ṭè-e-[mi x x x x]

(16') [1]00 or 200 [citizens] of Assyria through senseless lies [......]

o 17'17'

⸢it⸣-ti-ku-nu [x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ina qer-bit LÚ.ENGAR-MEŠ-ku-[nu x x x x]

(17') [w]ith you [...] in the fields of your farmers [...]

o 18'18'

⸢šá⸣ a-na li-⸢ban?⸣-[x-ku]-⸢nu⸣ šá ri-i-bi it-⸢ti⸣-[x x x x x]

(18') [wh]ich [...] for your [...] of the earthquake [...]

o 19'19'

⸢ina⸣ ŠÀ-bi i-šá-⸢ti⸣ [tal?]-⸢tar⸣-pa ul-tu LÚ.GAL—SAG LÚ.[x x x x x]

(19') [you] have burnt with fire. After the chief eunuch, the [...],

o 20'20'

⸢LÚ⸣.GAL—ŠU.DU₈.[A-MEŠ] LÚ.GAL—mu-un-gi md+AG—šá-gi-[im x x x x x]

(20') the chief cupbearer, the general of cavalry and chariotry, Nabû-šagi[m ...]

o 21'21'

[x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x] ⸢KUR⸣—aš-šur 01-lim 02-lim LÚ.BAN-ni šá a-[x x x x x]

(21') [......] Assyria, 1,000 or 2,000 archers of [...]

o 22'22'

[x x x x x] ki-ṣir ra-bu-ú šá KUR—aš-šur il-[x x x x x x x]

(22') [......] the great host of Assyria [......]

o 23'23'

[x x x x x x x] ba-nu-ú ma-a-du EŠ.BAR eš-⸢šú⸣ [x x x x x]

(23') [......] many good [...], a new decision [......]

o 24'24'

[x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢BÀD⸣-ku-nu ⸢pi*⸣-[x x x x x x]

(24') [......] op[en] your city wall [......]

o 25'25'

[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢MEŠ*⸣ [x x x x x x]

rest broken away

(rest broken away)

Reverse
rr beginning broken away

(beginning broken away)

r 1'1'

[x x x x] ⸢x⸣ šá ⸢É?⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x]

(r 1') [...] of the house [......]

r 2'2'

[x x x x] ⸢ma⸣ al ṭi ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x]

(r 2') [...] ... [......]

r 3'3'

[x x x x e]-zi-bu ŠU.2-a ta-ṣur KUR-su ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x]

(r 3') [... l]eft [...], and you protected by my property, [...] his land

r 4'4'

[x x x x] ⸢x⸣ ù ina UGU-ḫi ŠÀ-bi šá [x x x x x x x x x]

(r 4') [...] and therefore the heart of [......]

r 5'5'

[x x x x KUR?]—ti-GÉME ul-tu še-[x x x x x x x x x x x]

(r 5') [...] Sea[land] from [......]

r 6'6'

[x x ul]-⸢te?⸣-né-piš-ku-nu-šú [x x x x x x x x x x x x]

(r 6') [... I hav]e been making you do [......]

r 7'7'

[x x x x] ⸢ú*⸣-ṣal-li-ma a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x]

(r 7') [...] prayed and [......]

r 8'8'

[x x x x]-tu ANŠE.KUR.⸢RA⸣-[MEŠ x x x x x x x x x x]

(r 8') [...] horse[s ......]

r 9'9'

[x x x x ú]-ba-ʾa-ma ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]

(r 9') [... I am s]eeking and [......]

r 10'10'

[x x x] ⸢x⸣-ma šá dEN d+⸢AG⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x]

(r 10') [...] of Bel and Nabû [......]

r 11'11'

[x x x x] ú-zak-ki ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]

(r 11') [...] I have exempted [......]

r 12'12'

[x x x x]-⸢ti⸣ a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]

(r 12') [...] to [......]

rest uninscribed

(rest uninscribed)

Adapted from Simo Parpola, The Correspondence of Ashurbanipal, Part I: Letters from Assyria, Babylonia, and Vassal States (State Archives of Assyria, 21), 2018. Adapted by Jamie Novotny and lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2018, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P237225/.

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