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SAA 21 122

CDLI P393823
Collection no.: BM —
Accession no.: K 00359
Primary publication(s): ABL 0879

Details

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

Date

Period: Neo-Assyrian
Reign: Ashurbanipal (668-ca. 631)
Dated: yes
Date: 646*-IV-26 (Du’uzu 26th, eponymy of Nabû-šar-ahhešu)

Sender Information

Sender: Ummanaldasu (III), king of Elam
Location: Elam
Recipient: Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria
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SAA 21 122. Nabû-bel-šumati Seized and Sent to Assyria (646-IV-26) (ABL 0879)[via saao/saa21]


Obverse
o 1o 1	IM ^mum-man-al-da-si LUGAL KUR.NIM.MA.KI	(1) A tablet of Ummanaldasu, king of Elam, to Assurbanipal, king of Assyria: good health to my brother.
o 22	a-na ^mAN.ŠÁR—DÙ—A LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠÁR.KI lu-u DI-mu
o 33	a-na ŠEŠ-ia TA^v SAG LÚ.mar-te-na-a.a	(3) From the beginning the Martenians have sinned against you. They brought Nabû-bel-šumati across the river, initiating the fights between [Assyria] and Elam. Then you wrote: "Send Nabû-bel-šumati here," and I seized Nabû-bel-šumati and sent him to you. The Marteanians, who had brought Nabû-bel-šumati to Elam in the first place,[rebell]ed against me. Certain people of mine li[ving] on the waterline got wind of it, and they went and slew them in Lahiru.
o 44	iḫ-ti-iṭ-ṭu-ú-nik-ka ^m^dPA—EN—MU-MEŠ
o 55	a-na a-ḫu-la na-aṣ-ṣu-u-ni bir-ti [KUR—AN.ŠÁR].⸢KI⸣
o 66	bir-ti KUR.NIM.MA.KI us-sa-an-ḫi-iṣ-[ṣu 0]
o 77	id—da-a-te at-ta tas-sap-ra ma-a ^m^dPA—EN—MU-MEŠ
o 88	še-bi-la aṣ-ṣa-bat ^m^dPA—EN—MU-MEŠ us-se-bil-ka
o 99	LÚ.mar-te-na-a.a ša TA^v SAG ^m^dPA—EN—MU-MEŠ
o 1010	a-na KUR.NIM.MA.KI na-aṣ-ṣu-ú-nin-ni ⸢is⸣-[saḫ-ru]-ni
o 1111	UN-MEŠ-ia i-ba-áš-ši šá ina UGU A-MEŠ ⸢kam^*⸣-[mu-su]-ni
o 1212	ina ŠÀ PI.2-MEŠ-šú-nu e-tar-bu :. [x] it-tal-[ku]
o 1313	ina URU.la-ḫi-ri it-taḫ-ṣu ú-ma-a	(13) I shall now send people who live in the same region to them to call to account the servants of mine who sinned. If they are in my country, I shall hold them accountable, and if they have crossed the river, you [...], and seek compensation among them.
o 1414	UN-MEŠ i-ba-áš-ši EN—ta-ḫu-me-šú-nu
o 1515	a-šap-par ina UGU-ḫi-šú-nu ARAD-MEŠ-ia
o 1616	šá iḫ-ṭu-ú-nin-ni ina ŠU.2-šú-nu ú-ba-ʾu-[u]
o 1717	šum-ma ina KUR-ia šu-nu ana-ku ina ŠU.2-šú-nu ú-[ba-ʾa]
o 1818	ù šum-ma ÍD e-tab-ru at-ta ri-⸢i^*⸣-[bu]
o 1919	ina ŠÀ-bi-šú-nu ri-i-ba ù ki-ma na-aṣ-⸢ṣu⸣-[ni]	(19) And as soon as they have been brought,
o 2020	ep-šat ARAD-MEŠ ša ina UGU ta-ḫu-me	(20) the deeds of the servants on the border
o 2121	⸢x x-du^-mu^⸣ ú-šá-an-ḫu-ṣu	(21) [......] cause fighting
o 2222	[x x x x] ⸢x⸣ LÚ.DUMU—KIN-MEŠ-a-ni-ni	(22) [......] our messengers
o 2323	[x x x x x x is]-⸢sa^*⸣-nap-par-u-ni	(23) [...... keep s]ending
o 2424	[x x x x x] sa-me-ek-tú ṣa-aḫ-tú	(24) [......] they desire horrible things
o 2525	[x x x x x ina] ŠÀ-bi-ia la-áš-⸢šú⸣	(25) [......] is not [in] my heart
	rest (about three lines) broken away	(rest (about three lines) broken away)
Reverse
rr	beginning (about 6 lines) broken away	(beginning (about 6 lines) broken away)
r 1'1'	[x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] ⸢x⸣
r 2'2'	[x x x x x x x]-a-ti ina IGI-⸢ka^*⸣	(r 2') [......]s before you
r 3'3'	[x x x x x at]-⸢ta^⸣ qa-la-a-ka^	(r 3') [...... yo]u were silent
r 4'4'	[x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ at-ta tu^-u-⸢da^⸣	(r 4') You knew[......], [but I did n]ot know.
r 5'5'	[a-na-ku-ma] ⸢la^⸣ ú-da^	(r 4') You knew[......], [but I did n]ot know.
r 6'6'	[x x x x x]-⸢ka^?⸣ e-tap-šu la^* ⸢ú^-da^-ma^*⸣	(r 6') They did [......] and again I did not know.
r 7'7'	[x x x x x x] ḫu ⸢x e⸣-tap-šu	(r 7') They did [......]
r 8'8'	[x x x x ŠÀ]-⸢bi^*⸣-šú-nu [x x] ⸢x⸣	(r 8') [...... amo]ng them[...]

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r 9'9'	ITI.ŠU UD 26-KÁM lim-mu	(r 9') Month of Tammuz (IV), 26th day, eponym year of Nabû-šar-ahhešu (646).
	rest blank (room for 9 lines	(rest blank (room for 9 lines)
r 10'10'	^m^dPA—MAN—PAB-MEŠ-šú

Adapted from Simo Parpola, The Correspondence of Assurbanipal, 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/P393823/.