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SAA 21 038

CDLI P393832
Collection no.: BM —
Accession no.: K 00585
Primary publication(s): ABL 0523

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: no
Proposed Date: (649)

Sender Information

Sender: (the king)
Location: Nineveh
Recipient: Sin-tabni-uṣur
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SAA 21 038. What Can Sîn-šarra-uṣur Say against You? (ABL 0523)[via saao/saa21]


Obverse
o 1o 1	a-na ^m30—DÙ^—⸢PAB^⸣	(1) To Sîn-[tabni]-uṣur:
o 22	ina UGU^* ^m30—MAN—PAB šá ⸢taq^*⸣-[bu-u-ni]	(2) Concerning Sîn-šarra-uṣur about whom you s[aid]: "Now then, he is devising a scheme and putting terrible things against me" — don't be afraid!
o 33	ma-a an-nu-ri nik^*-[lu]
o 44	i-nak^-kil^ sam-ku ⸢ina⸣ [UGU-ḫi-ia]
o 55	i-kar-ra-ár ⸢la ta⸣-[pal-làḫ]	(5) What can this villain say against you? Don't I know that you have di[ed] and stayed awake, kept [my watch], and been [driv]en, and hard pressed, through no fault of your own, on behalf of the house of [your] lords? What could he say against you? And in the middle of it, why would I listen to it? Do not fear his return; your life is with me.
o 66	mì-nu LÚ.ḫap-pu an-ni-⸢ú⸣
o 77	ina UGU-ḫi-ka i-qab-⸢bi⸣
o 88	ana-ku la ud-da-a šá ta-⸢mu^*⸣-[tú-ni]
o 99	ù ta-ad-líp-ú-ni u^* [EN.NUN-MU]
o 1010	ta-aṣ-ṣur-ú-ni ta-⸢ri^?⸣-[du-ni]
o 1111	u ta-as-mu-ú-ni mi-i-[nu ḫi-ṭu]
o 1212	ù tab-laṭ-an-ni ina UGU É—EN-[MEŠ-ka]
o 1313	šu-ú mì-i-nu i-qab-bi
o 1414	ina UGU-ḫi-ka u ina^* ŠÀ^*-bi-ma
o 1515	ana-ku a-ta-a a-šam-me
o 1616	la ta-pal-làḫ GUR-šu
o 1717	ZI-ka GÁL-ši ina IGI-ía
o 1818	u ina UGU a-la-ki-ka	(18) And concerning your coming about which you said, "The magnates have held me back," (it is) the third year (now that) you have stood by, kept my watch, and made yourself a good name in my presence. Now, at the moment that the country is getting safe, you could move on to come, having made your guard f[irm].
o 1919	šá taq-bu-u-ni
Reverse
r 1r 1	ma-a LÚ.GAL-MEŠ
r 22	ik-tal-un-ni
r 33	03-su MU.AN.NA
r 44	ta-ti-ti-iz EN.NUN-MU
r 55	ta-at-ta-ṣar MU-ka
r 66	ina IGI-ía tu-dam-mì-iq
r 77	ú-ma-a si-man ta-qa-ni
r 88	ša KUR EN.NUN-ka tu-uk-[tin]
r 99	te-ti-qa tal-la-ka
r 1010	ú-la i-ti-iz EN.[NUN-ka]	(r 10) Alternatively, stay (there) and keep [your] wat[ch] until the country has been put in order; then you can come, see [my] beaming [face], and return in safe[ty].
r 1111	ú-ṣur EN KUR ta-⸢at⸣-[qa-nu-ni]
r 1212	šú^-nu me-šú tal-la-ka ⸢IGI^⸣-[MEŠ-ía]
r 1313	ḫad-du-ú-te tam-mar [0^*]
r 1414	u ta-saḫ^-ḫur ina šá-⸢lim^⸣-[te]
r 1515	tal-lak [0]

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/P393832/.

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