
Obverse
o 1o 1	[a-na LUGAL be-lí-ia]	(1) [To the king, my lord]: your serv[ant Adad-šumu-uṣur]. Good health t[o the king], my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord!
o 22	⸢ARAD⸣-ka [^m^dIM—MU—PAB]
o 33	lu DI-mu a-[na LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣-ia
o 44	^dAG ^dAMAR.UTU a-na MAN EN-ia
o 55	lik-ru-bu ša ina AN-e la e-piš-u-ni	(5) What has not been done in heaven, the king, my lord, has done upon earth and shown us: you have girded a son of yours with headband and entrusted to him the kingship of Assyria; your eldest son you have set to the kingship in Babylon. You have placed the first on your right, the second on your left side!
o 66	LUGAL be-lí ina kaq-qi-ri e-tap-áš
o 77	uk-ta-li-im-a-na-ši DUMU-ka
o 88	TÚG.pi-tu-tu tar-ta-kas LUGAL-ú-tú
o 99	ša KUR—aš-šur ina pa-ni-šú tu-us-sa-ad-gi-il
o 1010	DUMU.UŠ-ka GAL-ú a-na LUGAL-ú-te
o 1111	ina KÁ.DINGIR.RA.KI ta-as-sa-kan
o 1212	01 ina ZAG-ka 02-ú ina šu-me-li-ka
o 1313	tu-sa-ze-ʾi-iz a-ni-nu ⸢né⸣-ta-am-ra	(13) (When) we saw (this), we blessed the king, our lord, and our hearts were delighted. May Aššur, Šamaš, Na[bû, Marduk], and the great gods of heaven and earth let [the king my lord, see] them (= the princes) prosper! May Aššur, Adad and Šamaš, ten (times) each, determine a go[od fortune] for the king, [my lord], and for his sons! May Aššur make your name endure with heaven and earth!
o 1414	a-na LUGAL EN-i-ni ni-ik-⸢tar⸣-ba
o 1515	lib-bi-in-ni ib-ta-⸢al⸣-[ṭa]
o 1616	né-ma-al-šú-nu aš-šur ^dšá-maš ^d⸢PA⸣ [^dAMAR.UTU]
o 1717	DINGIR-MEŠ ša AN-e KI.TIM a-⸢na⸣ [MAN EN-ia]
o 1818	lu-kal-li-mu 10-a.a ⸢da⸣-[ma-qu]
o 1919	aš-šur ^dIM ^dšá-maš a-na MAN [EN-ia]
o 2020	a-na DUMU-MEŠ-šú li-ši-⸢mu⸣
o 2121	TA^v AN-e u kaq-qi-ri MU-ka
o 2222	aš-šur lu-ke-ʾi-in ki-i	(22) Just as you have prepared a fine career for these sons of yours, prepare likewise a fine career for (the rest) of your numerous sons! Bring them into (your protective) shadow and shelter! May they like grass seed rule over all countries! May you be good to Assyria — may Assyria be good to you!
o 2323	ša a-na DUMU-MEŠ-ka an-nu-ú^!-te
o 2424	KASKAL.2 SIG₅ ina GÌR.2-MEŠ-šú-nu taš-kun-u-ni
o 2525	ki-i an-ni-im-ma ša DUMU-MEŠ-ka
o 2626	ma-aʾ-du-te KASKAL.2 SIG₅ ina GÌR.2-MEŠ-šú-nu
Bottom
b.e. 27b.e. 27	šu-kun
b.e. 2828	a-na ṣi-il-li
b.e. 2929	ù ṣu-lu-li
Reverse
r 1r 1	qar-ri-ib ki-i ŠE.NUMUN šam-me
r 22	KUR.KUR li-bé-e-lu ina UGU KUR—aš-šur
r 33	lu DÙG.GA-a-ku-nu KUR—aš-šur
r 44	ina UGU-ḫi-ku-nu lu ṭa-ba-at
r 55	[ina] ti-ma-li ina šal-ši UD-⸢me⸣ [LÚ.MAḪ-MEŠ]	(r 5) (Only) yesterday and the day before yesterday, the Elamite [emissaries behaved] like [...] towards Assyria; [but now] they certainly tremble. [......], they have become worried; they have taken [the road back to their country] and [...d] themselves a dist[ance of ...]. (But) the Assyrians s[eeing (this to happen)], have let out a sigh of relief [and said]: "O ki]ng, our lord, with the kings, your sons, do a favour for Assyria!"
r 66	NIM.KI-a.a ki-i [x x x x x]
r 77	ina pu-ut KUR—aš-šur [x x x ú-ma-a]
r 88	i-ba-áš-ši ⸢ra⸣-[ma-an-šú-nu]
r 99	ú-na-ru-⸢ṭu⸣ [x x x x x x]
r 1010	TA^v ŠÀ-šú-nu i-⸢du⸣-[bu-bu x x x x]
r 1111	i-ṣa-ab-tú ma-⸢lak^?⸣ [x x x x x x]
r 1212	ra-ma-an-šú-nu [x x x x x]
r 1313	DUMU-MEŠ KUR—aš-šur ⸢e⸣-[tam-ru ŠÀ-ba-šú-nu]
r 1414	ip-ta-áš-⸢ḫu⸣ [ma-a] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-⸢i⸣-[ni]
r 1515	ina LUGAL-⸢MEŠ-ni DUMU-MEŠ-ka⸣ ṭa-ab-tú
r 1616	a-na KUR—aš-šur e-pu-uš ú-ma-a	(r 16) Now, O king, my lord, the god Aššur has given you (the world) from the rising of the sun to the setting of the sun. Look upon these fine sons of yours and your heart will rejoice. The king, my lord, should banish unpleasant thoughts from his mind; such thoughts (only) make you weak.
r 1717	LUGAL be-lí TA^v na-pa-aḫ ^dUTU-ši
r 1818	a-di ra-ba-a ^dUTU-ši aš-šur it-ta-na-ka
r 1919	DUMU-MEŠ-ka an-nu-te SIG₅-MEŠ du-gul
r 2020	ŠÀ-ba-ka lu ḫa-ad-di da-ba-bu
r 2121	la ⸢SIG₅⸣ LUGAL be-lí TA^v UGU ŠÀ-bi-šú
r 2222	[lu]-⸢še⸣-li ina ŠÀ-bi te-ni-iš
r 2323	[tu-up]-ta-tar-šá-am ḫu-ud-⸢du⸣	(r 23) [(While) you] will grow old, jo[y ...... Arrange] the wedding night of your sons, make their hearts delighted!
r 2424	[x x x] ⸢ru⸣ qur-šu DUMU-MEŠ-⸢ka⸣
r 2525	[x x x x] ⸢ni⸣ ŠÀ-ba-šú-nu bal-⸢li⸣-[iṭ]
r 2626	[x x x x x DINGIR u] a-me-lu-te	(r 26) [... god and] man [......].
r 2727	[x x x x x x x x x x x x]	(r 26) [... god and] man [......].
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e. 1e. 1	LÚ^v.par-šu-mu ša LUGAL EN-ia a-na-ku a-na MAN EN-ia ⸢tak⸣-[ku-la-ku]	(e. 1) I am (but) an old man of the king, my lord; I put my trust in the king, my lord. May I hear about the health of the king, my lord, may my heart be deli[ghted]!
e. 22	DI-mu ša LUGAL EN-ia la-áš-me ŠÀ-bi lib-⸢la⸣-[ṭa]

Adapted from Simo Parpola, Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars (State Archives of Assyria, 10), 1993. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2016, 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/P313446/.

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