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SAA 17 010

  • CDLI P237959
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Accession no.: K 00982
  • Primary publication(s): ABL 0833

Details

  • Provenience: Kuyunjik (Nineveh) (Pleiades ID: 874621)
  • Archive: 099 - Miscellaneous
  • Language: Akkadian (Neo-Babylonian)
  • Genre: Administrative Letter
  • Object type: tablet
  • Material: clay
  • Script: Neo-Babylonian

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Reign: Sargon II (721–705 BC)
  • Dated: no
  • Proposed Date: (710-709)

Sender Information

  • Sender: Nabu-bel-šumati
  • Location: Sippar
  • Recipient: the king
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SAA 17 010. Merodach-Baladan Leaves Babylon for Dur-Yakin (ABL 0833)[via saao/saa17]

Obverse
11

[ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ mdAG—EN—MU-MEŠ

(1) Yo[ur servant] Nabû-bel-šumate: I would gladly die for the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: I have sent my messenger to (ask for) the well-being of the king, the horses and the soldiers.

22

a-na di-na-an LUGAL be-lí-⸢ia⸣

33

lul-lik um-⸢ma⸣-[a]

44

a-na LUGAL be-lí-ia-a-[ma]

55

LÚ.DUMU—KIN-ia a-na ⸢šul⸣-[mi LUGAL]

66

ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ ù ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [al-tap-ra]

77

LÚ.TIN.TIR.KI-MEŠ šú-nu LÚ.gu-[zu-um-ma-ni]

(7) Certain Babylonians, the Gu[zummaneans], have come from Babylon, saying: "The son of Yakin has gone from Babylon to Dur-Y[akin] on the 11th day of Marchesvan (VIII)." I heard these news on the 15th day. Therefore [I sent them] to the presence of the king, my lord, without a night's rest.

88

ul-tu TIN.TIR.KI a-na ⸢pa⸣-[ni-ia]

99

ki-i il-li-ku-ni i-⸢qab⸣-[bu-ú]

1010

um-ma UD 11-KÁM šá ITI.APIN DUMU—m*[ia-ki-ni]

1111

a-na UGU BÀD—šá—É—m⸢ia*⸣-[ki-ni]

1212

ul-tu TIN.TIR.KI it-⸢ta⸣-[lak]

1313

UD 15-KÁM ṭè-e-ma an-na-[a]

1414

al-te-mi ul-tu ⸢pa*⸣-[ni x x]

1515

nu-bat-ta ul i-⸢bit⸣ [x x]

1616

a-na pa-an LUGAL be-lí-⸢ia⸣ [al-tap-ra]

1717

mìn-de-e-ma LUGAL i-[qab-bi]

(17) Perhaps the king will [say]: "Wh[y did] you [not ...] in Bit-[Yakin ...]?" By the king's gods, even before I heard [this news, those ...] and those two soldiers of the [... (and)] of the prefect who[m I have sent]

1818

um-ma mi-nam-[ma o]

Reverse
r 1r 1

⸢at⸣-tu-[nu x x x x x]

r 22

i-na É—[mia-ki-ni la x x]

r 33

DINGIR-MEŠ šá ⸢LUGAL*⸣ [be-lí-ia ki-i]

r 44

a-di la [ṭè-e-ma an-na-a]

r 55

a-šem-mu-ú [x x x x x x]

r 66

ù 02 ERIM-MEŠ šá [x x x x x]

r 77

šá LÚ.šá-ak-ni ma-[la áš-pu-ru]

r 88

ul-tu i-ku-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]

(r 8) from ... [...]

r 99

02-ma ANŠE.KUR.[RA-MEŠ x x x]

(r 9) I did not send hor[ses] a second time [...]

r 1010

la áš-pu-ru [x x x x x]

r 1111

i-na ŠÀ-bi [x x x x x]

(r 11) there [...]

r 1212

man-di-is-su-nu ṭè-[e-mu x x x]

(r 12) This is the result of their service.

r 1313

šá áš-mu-ú 02 ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x]

(r 13) (Now) that I heard the news, I sent two soldier[s ...], saying: "Get close to th[e ...], and [...] a house to this [...]!"

r 1414

al-ta-par um*-ma* [x x x x x]

r 1515

qer-ba-a-ma a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x]

r 1616

a-ga-a É bu-[x x x x]

r 1717

mi-nu-ú [x x x x x x]

(r 17) What [...]

r 1818

šá a-na [x x x x x x]

(r 18) that to [...]

rest broken away

(Rest destroyed)

Adapted from Manfried Dietrich, The Neo-Babylonian Correspondence of Sargon and Sennacherib (State Archives of Assyria, 17), 2003. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2009-11, 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/P237959/.

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