SAA 13 086. Report of Arrival of Horses: Sivan 2 (ABL 0372)[via saao/saa13]
Obverse | ||
o 1o 1 | (1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-šumu-iddina. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! | |
o 22 | ||
o 33 | ||
o 44 | ||
o 55 | ||
o 66 | ||
o 77 | (7) 13 Kushite horses, | |
o 88 | (8) 3 ...-horses of Kushite stock: | |
o 99 | ||
o 1010 | (10) 16 horses trained to the yoke in all; | |
o 1111 | 14 KUR-MEŠ ša BAD-ḪAL-li | (11) 14 cavalry mounts: |
o 1212 | (12) 30 horses total; | |
o 1313 | (13) 9 mules: | |
o 1414 | (14) 39 [in all] from Qarnê; | |
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | (r 1) 6 Kushite horses, | |
r 22 | [03] ⸢ṣi⸣-ib-tu ša KUR-MEŠ | (r 2) [3] ...s of Kushite horses: |
r 33 | ||
r 44 | (r 4) 9 trained to the yoke in all; | |
r 55 | 14 KUR-MEŠ ša BAD-ḪAL-li | (r 5) 14 cavalry mounts: |
r 66 | (r 6) 23 horses total; | |
r 77 | (r 7) 5 mules: | |
r 88 | PAB 28 URU.da-a-na | (r 8) 28 in all from Dâna; |
r 99 | (r 9) 19 Kushite horses, | |
r 1010 | (r 10) 38 cavalry mounts: | |
r 1111 | (r 11) 57 in all from Kullania; | |
r 1212 | 25 KUR-MEŠ ša BAD-ḪAL-li 03 ANŠE.ku-din-MEŠ | (r 12) 25 cavalry mounts, 3 mules: |
r 1313 | PAB 31 URU.ar-pad-da | (r 13) 31 in all from Arpad, incomplete; |
r 1414 | ||
r 1515 | 13 KUR-MEŠ ša BAD-ḪAL-li | (r 15) 13 cavalry mounts, |
r 1616 | (r 16) 10 mules: | |
r 1717 | PAB 23 URU.i-sa-na | (r 17) 23 in all from Isana: |
Edge | ||
e. 1e. 1 | (e. 1) [a total of 45] Kushite horses and 104 cavalry mounts — | |
e. 22 | [PAB] 01 me 48 KUR-MEŠ 30 ANŠE.ku-din-MEŠ PAB 01 me 78 e-tar-bu-u-ni | (e. 2) 148 horses and 30 mules [all together] — a grand total of 178 have come in. |
e. 33 | (e. 3) Month of Sivan (III), 2nd day. |
Adapted from Steven W Cole, Peter Machinist, Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Priests to Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal (State Archives of Assyria, 13), 1998. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko and Silvie Zamazalová, 2011-13, as part of the AHRC-funded research project “Mechanisms of Communication in an Ancient Empire: The Correspondence between the King of Assyria and his Magnates in the 8th Century BC” (AH/F016581/1; University College London) directed by Karen Radner. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P334248/.