SAA 10 069. God-Stricken Field (CT 53 146) [from astrologers][via saao/saa10]


Obverse
o 1o 1	[a-na LUGAL EN-ia]	(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-ahhe-er]iba. [Good health to the king], my [lord. My Nabû and] Marduk bless [the king], my [lo]rd!
o 22	[ARAD-ka ^m^dPA—PAB-MEŠ]—⸢SU⸣
o 33	[lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN]-⸢ia⸣
o 44	[a—dan-niš ^d]⸢PA⸣ ^dAMAR.UTU
o 55	[a-na LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣-ia
o 66	[lik-ru]-bu
o 77	[ina UGU] ⸢A⸣.ŠÀ GAL^*	(7) [Concerning] the large field [of the Ass]yrians [about which the king], my lord, wrote to me: "It was a very productive field; who is removing the grain?" —
o 88	[ša LÚ.áš]-⸢šu⸣-ra-a.a
o 99	[ša LUGAL] be-lí iš-pur-an-ni
o 1010	[ma-a A].ŠÀ id-di-mì-iq
o 1111	a—⸢dan⸣-niš ŠE.PAD-MEŠ
o 1212	man-nu ú-pa-sa-ak
o 1313	LÚ.ENGAR-ME ša ŠE.⸢NUMUN⸣	(13) the farmers who seeded the fields do not revere Adad any more; that is why he let a lightning bolt strike down (and devastate the field).
o 1414	i-ru-šu-u-ni
o 1515	a-ka-an-ni
Bottom
b.e. 16b.e. 16	ana ^dIM <$x ni$>
b.e. 1717	la i-pal-⸢lu-ḫu⸣
Reverse
r 1r 1	ina ŠÀ-bi šu-u
r 22	i-šá-tú ⸢ú⸣-sa-⸢an⸣-[qit]
r 33	TA^v ma-ṣi LUGAL	(r 3) Since the king, my lord, commanded (so), an exorcist should perform the (ritual called) "Purification of the Field," and he should at the same time [also] perform the (apotropaic ritual called) "Evil of a Stroke of Lightning."
r 44	be-lí iq-bu-u-ni
r 55	LÚ^v.MAŠ.MAŠ tak-pi-ti
r 66	ú-ga-ri le-pu-[uš]
r 77	ḪUL mì-[qit]-ti ⸢i⸣-[šá-ti]
r 88	is-se-niš le-pu-[uš-ma]
r 99	ša LUGAL be-lí iš-pur-⸢an-ni⸣	(r 9) As to what the king, my lord, wrote me: "Visit me the first day I am unoccupied" — may Aššur, Bel and Nabû give the king, my lord, long days and happiness; [may] they [bring] your enemies to [submission] before [your feet]!
r 1010	ma-a UD-mu 01-en ki-ma
r 1111	ra-qa-ak ina pa-ni-ia
r 1212	er-ba ^daš-šur EN ^dPA
r 1313	UD-MEŠ GÍD.DA-MEŠ DÙG.GA ŠÀ-bi
r 1414	a-na LUGAL EN-ia lid-di-nu
r 1515	⸢a.a⸣-bi-ka ina šá-pal
r 1616	[GÌR.2-ka lu-šak-ni]-⸢šú⸣

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/P313561/.