
Obverse
o 1o 1	[a-na EN^?] ⸢LUGAL⸣-a-nu EN-ia [ARAD-ka]	(1) [To the lord of ki]ngs, my lord: [your servant, ...-šarr]a-ibni. I pray every day to Uraš [and Belet-ekalli for] the lengthening of [the lif]e [of the kin]g, my lord, [by many] days, (and for) the [consolidation of the fou]ndation of (his) royal throne [...].
o 22	[^m^dx-x]—⸢LUGAL^⸣—DÙ UD-mu-ut-⸢su^⸣ ^dIB [u ^dNIN.É.GAL^?]
o 33	[a-na TIN ZI]-MEŠ GÍD.DA UD-mu-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ma-du-tu]
o 44	[kun-nu] ⸢SUḪUŠ⸣ GIŠ.GU.ZA LUGAL-ú-ti [x x x]
o 55	[x x šá] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia ú-ṣal-li ⸢ul⸣-[tu ŠÀ-bi]	(5) E[ver since the reign of Tiglath]-pileser (III), king of A[ssyria], my [fathers have kep]t the watch of the kings of [Assyria].
o 66	[^mGIŠ.TUKUL-ti]—DUMU.UŠ—É.ŠÁR.RA LUGAL KUR—⸢aš^*⸣-[šur.KI]
o 77	[AD-MEŠ]-a EN.NUN-ti šá LUGAL-MEŠ šá KUR^*—[aš-šur.KI]
o 88	[it-ta-aṣ]-ru ^m^dEN—MU—GAR-un ⸢AD⸣—[AD-ía]	(8) Bel-šuma-iškun, [my grand]father, [whom S]ennacherib (and) your father [appointed, provid]ed the [...]s for the repairs. [He k]ept [the watch of] Sennacherib and E[sarhaddon and se]t up a fine house(hold) i[n ...].
o 99	[šá ^m^d]30—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—SU AD-ka [ip-qí-du^?]
o 1010	[x x x]-ti šá ina bat^-qí it-⸢ta^⸣-[x x]
o 1111	[EN.NUN] ^m^d30—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—SU u^* ^{m^*}⸢aš⸣-[šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na]
o 1212	[ki-i iṣ]-⸢ṣu⸣-ru É dam^*-qu ⸢ina⸣ [x x x]
o 1313	[i-te-pu]-uš ina nu-kúr-ti šá ^m[^dGIŠ.NU₁₁—MU—GIN]	(13) During the revolt of [Šamaš-šumu-ukin, as Assurbani]pal remem[bered] tho[se] favours [which my grandfather] had rendered,
o 1414	[^mAN.ŠÁR—DÙ]—A MUN^*-ḪI.A ul-li-⸢ti⸣ [šá^? o]
o 1515	[AD—AD-ía] ⸢i⸣-pu-šu ki-i iḫ^*-⸢su⸣-[su o]
o 1616	[x x x]-šú ma-la ba-šu-ú ERIM-[MEŠ x]	(16) [he ...ed] all his [...s], troop[s ...]
o 1717	[x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ šá^* ^mAN.ŠÁR—DÙ—DUMU.UŠ [x]	(17) [...] ... which Assurbanipal [...]
o 1818	[x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x]	(17) [...] ... which Assurbanipal [...]
	rest broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning broken away
r 1'1'	[x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x]
r 2'2'	[x x x x x x x] LÚ.GAL—⸢SAG⸣ [x x x]	(r 2) [...] the chief eunuc[h ...]
r 3'3'	[x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL il-tap-ra-an-[ni um-ma]	(r 3) [...] the king wrote to m[e, saying]: "I have thrown [...]s to my cities and [... ...]."
r 4'4'	[x x x]-ti a-na URU-MEŠ-ia ù ⸢x⸣+[x x x]
r 5'5'	[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ at-ta-di LUGAL EN-a iq-[ta-ba-a]	(r 5) The king, my lord, s[aid to me: "The god]s have made me successful [...]
r 6'6'	[um-ma DINGIR]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ina ŠU.2-ía ul-tal-li-mu ⸢x⸣+[x x x]
r 7'7'	[x x x] DUMU-MEŠ-ka ú-sa-li-⸢ka⸣ [x x]	(r 7) [...] I have made your sons com[e ...]
r 8'8'	[a-na šu^?]-mi-ia te-ep-pu-šú lum-nu [x x x x]	(r 8) [Whatever] you do [in] my [na]me, [...] evil [...]
r 9'9'	[x x x x]+⸢x⸣-še^?-e ka-bit um-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x]	(r 9) [...] is important." He (further) said: "[Should there be]
r 10'10'	[x x bu]-⸢ba^*⸣-a-tum šá NINDA-ḪI.A a-na-ku [x x x]	(r 10) [hun]ger for food [...], I [will ...]."
r 11'11'	[x x LÚ].⸢šak^*⸣-nu-ti šá URU.pu-⸢qu⸣-[du x x]	(r 11) [... the p]refects of Puq[udu ...]
r 12'12'	[x x x x]-ú É-MEŠ ù A.[ŠÀ^?-MEŠ^? x x]	(r 12) [...] houses and fi[elds ...]
r 13'13'	[x x x x] TÚG-MEŠ ki-na-at-⸢ti^*⸣ [x x x]	(r 13) [...] garments, my colleag[ue ...]
r 14'14'	[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ sa-ʾi-di ù ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]	(r 14) [...] ... and [...]
r 15'15'	[x x x il^?]-⸢li⸣-ka a-na gab-⸢bi⸣ [x x x x]	(r 15) [... ca]me, to/for al[l ...]
r 16'16'	[x x x x]-is a-na-ku it-ti-⸢šú^?⸣ [x x x x]	(r 16) [...] I [...] with hi[m ...]
r 17'17'	[x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR—aš-šur.KI ma-la a-⸢na^?⸣ [x x x]	(r 17) [... kin]g of Assyria, as many as t[o ...]
r 18'18'	[x x x x]-⸢te^?⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ-ka ki-i—ma-[de^?-e^? x x]	(r 18) [...] your gods very mu[ch ...]
r 19'19'	[x x x x] pa-ni šá LUGAL EN-ía am-⸢ma⸣-[ru x x x]	(r 19) [...] I se[e] the face of the king, my lord, [...]
r 20'20'	[x x x x]-šu ITI.ZÍZ šá al-li-⸢kám⸣-[ma x x x]	(r 20) [...] (in) Shebat (XI), when I cam[e and ...]
r 21'21'	[x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina^* GIŠ.NÁ la na-⸢al^?⸣ [x x x x]	(r 21) [...] was not lyi[ng] in bed [...]
Right		(r 21) [...] was not lyi[ng] in bed [...]
r.e. 22r.e. 22	[ina bu-ba-a-tum] šá NINDA-ḪI.A u ina^* ⸢ṣu⸣-[um-me-e^?]	(r 22) I am dying [of hunger] for food and of th[irst for wate]r. [I am waiting] for the guide[s ...].
r.e. 2323	[o^? šá^? A^?]-MEŠ a-mat IGI LÚ.UŠ-⸢MEŠ^?⸣ [x a-dag-gal^?]
r.e. 2424	[x x x x x] liš-mu-ú URU gab-bu [x x x x]	(r 24) May [the people] hear [...]! The whole city [...]
r.e. 2525	[x x x x x x]+⸢x-tu^?⸣-tu šá ^mpa-an—⸢^d⸣[x x x]	(r 25) [...] ... whom Pan-[...]
r.e. 2626	[x x x x]-tu^? ina pu-luḫ^*-ti ⸢x⸣+[x x x]	(r 26) [...] in reverence [...]

Adapted from Frances Reynolds, The Babylonian Correspondence of Esarhaddon and Letters to Assurbanipal and Sin-šarru-iškun from Northern and Central Babylonia (State Archives of Assyria, 18), 2003. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2015-16, 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/P236871/.

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