SAA 21 008. Fire Will Burn the Land of Akkad[via saao/saa21]
| Obverse | ||
| oo | beginning (about 4 lines) broken away | |
| o 1'1' | [x x x x x x] ⸢lu⸣ ú [x x x x x x] | |
| o 2'2' | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ lu tu-⸢ud⸣-[di x x x x] | |
| o 3'3' | [x x x ŠÀ?]-⸢bi⸣-ka an-nu ⸢KUR⸣ [x x x x] | |
| o 4'4' | [x x x x]-ra saḫ-ma-áš-⸢šu⸣ [x x x] | |
| o 5'5' | [x x x x a]-⸢na⸣ ap-pi lu-še-⸢ṣi⸣ [x x x] | |
| o 6'6' | [x x x x x] ša LÚ.GAL-MEŠ ir-ti [x x x] | |
| o 7'7' | [x x ANŠE.KUR].RA-MEŠ it-ti-ni la ⸢id⸣-[x x] | |
| o 8'8' | (8) [If] we go [with] them, wh[at shall we] take? | |
| o 9'9' | ||
| o 10'10' | [x x x] ḫe-pa-a-te ana LÚ.ḫaṭ-ṭa-⸢ni⸣ [x x] | |
| o 11'11' | [x x x] šaḫ-ma-šu lu te-et-ti-[iq x x x] | |
| o 12'12' | ||
| o 13'13' | (13) [...in] his presence, to level into one [...] | |
| o 14'14' | [x x ul?] iq-ba-áš-šú um-ma en-na [x x x] | (14) [......] Did [he not] say to him: "I´ll now go go [to GN (which is) in] the hands of Assyria, (and) I´ll c[ome back ...] |
| o 15'15' | ||
| o 16'16' | [x ina] IGI-šú i-šak-kan-šú-nu EN it-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| o 17'17' | (17) Another matter: Because of ... [...], | |
| o 18'18' | [x x]-MEŠ a-na e-kan ki-i il-la-⸢ka⸣ [tal-lak?] | |
| o 19'19' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ šá la—pa-ni-šú-u pal-ḫa-⸢ta⸣ [x x] | |
| o 20'20' | (20) A third thing: If [......], | |
| o 21'21' | ||
| o 22'22' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| rest (apparently only the edge) broken away | ||
| Reverse | ||
| rr | beginning (one line only) broken away | |
| r 1'1' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ ip-qid [x x x x x x x] | |
| r 2'2' | ||
| r 3'3' | (r 3) Did [he return] this statue [...], in which [......] trust? | |
| r 4'4' | [x x x x x ana] ŠÀ-bi i-ra-ḫu-⸢ṣu⸣ [0] | |
| r 5'5' | (r 5) He will "restore" to life [the whole land, which acknowledges] the name of the son [of Nippur]. (And) when he [has "restored" (it)], y]ou will know that [the Babylo]nians loo[k] for drinking blood. They will not revive [the ... of] your [heart] (but) will displace you in the Se[a]land [...]. | |
| r 6'6' | ||
| r 7'7' | ||
| r 8'8' | ||
| r 9'9' | ||
| r 10'10' | [x x x]-di i-šak-kan-u-ku-nu-⸢ši⸣ [0] | |
| r 11'11' | (r 11) [Perhaps] God [has commanded] the destruction of those who lie habitually.If you fear his [in]vestigation, [do not] besmirch [your name] and do [not] deliver your city for destruction! If you guar[d] (the treaty), you will see [the profit] of guarding (it). How [would I expl]ain it? [Would I lea[ve] under (my) protection those wo do not guard (the treaty)? [...] | |
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| r 17'17' | (r 17) However, if you do not guard it, on [that] day,[through the pow]er of Aššur, fir[e will burn] the land of Akkad [...]. On that day you will see [...]. [The land] of Akkad will beco[me] powerless; [the ... of] the land of Akkad [...] in the hands of [...] | |
| r 18'18' | ||
| r 19'19' | [lu]-⸢uṣ?⸣-ru-ba ina UD-me-šú tam-mar KUR-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| r 20'20' | [x KUR]—URI.KI ma-ku-tú il-⸢la⸣-[ka x] | |
| r 21'21' | [x x x x] KUR—URI.KI ina ŠU.2 ⸢KUR⸣-[x x] | |
| r 22'22' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| rest (about 5 lines) broken away |
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/P393853/.