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SAA 19 024

  • CDLI P224412
  • Collection no.: IM 064037
  • Excavation no.: ND 02430
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 152

Details

  • Provenience: Nimrud (Kalhu) (Pleiades ID: 894019)
  • Archive: 006 - Northwest Palace, Room ZT 4
  • Language: Akkadian (Neo-Assyrian)
  • Genre: Administrative Letter
  • Object type: tablet
  • Material: clay
  • Script: Neo-Assyrian

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Reign: Tiglath-pileser III (744–727 BC)
  • Dated: no
  • Proposed Date: (ca. 728)

Sender Information

  • Sender: [Qurdi-Aššur-lamur]
  • Location: Ṣimirra
  • Recipient: [the king]
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SAA 19 024. Matenni of Tyre Pays Tribute (CTN 5 p. 152)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
oo beginning broken away

(Beginning destroyed)

o 1'1'

[x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x]

o 2'2'

[x] ⸢ḫa?⸣ e ⸢x⸣ x+[x x x x x x x]

(2) [On ...], Matenni [of Tyre had written] to the (ruler of) Danab[u, saying]: 'Let us r[aise] the king's money [and give it to him!]'

o 3'3'

mma-te-en-ni [URU.ṣur-a.a o?]

o 4'4'

a-na URU.da-na-⸢pa⸣-[a.a is-sap-ra ma-a]

o 5'5'

kás-pu ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL ni-⸢iš⸣-[ši ni-di-na-šu]

o 6'6'

ma-a ki-i a-bu-tú ⸢an⸣-[ni-tú a-na mx x x]

(6) When he had sent t[his] word to [NN], his brother, the royal [delegate NN], showed up, saying: "Give me [the tribute]." He (Matenni) [spoke] with the (ruler of) Danab[u] and told him to give the tribute. [Now then] let all the Sidonites who came w[ith him immediately] com[e] to me with the [delegate, and I shall as]sign [the tribute] and [send it] to the king.

o 7'7'

ŠEŠ-šú iš-pu-ra-⸢šu-ni⸣ [x x x LÚ.qe-pu]

o 8'8'

⸢ša⸣ LUGAL it-tal-ka ma-a* [ma-da-at-tu]

o 9'9'

di-na šu-ú TAv URU.da-na-⸢pa⸣-[a.a id-du-bu-ub]

o 10'10'

[ma]-a ma-da-at-tu di-na ⸢ú⸣-[ma-a an-nu-rig]

o 11'11'

⸢LÚ⸣.ṣi-du-na-a.a am—mar ⸢i⸣-[si-šú o?]

o 12'12'

⸢il⸣-li-ku-ni-ni TAv LÚv*.[qe-pi o?]

o 13'13'

[ár-ḫiš] ina UGU-ḫi-ia lil-⸢li⸣-[ku-ni LÚ.MAḪ-MEŠ?]

o 14'14'

[lu]-⸢si⸣-ik a-na LUGAL la*-[áš-pu-ra]

o 15'15'

⸢LÚ⸣.qe-pu ma-a ki-i [a-bu-tú an-ni-tú]

(15) The delegate says: "When I heard [this matter I wrote] to the k[ing that ......] with the tribut[e ......]

o 16'16'

⸢áš⸣-mu-u-ni* ma-a a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [as-sap-ra]

o 17'17'

ma-a TAv ⸢ma⸣-da-at-⸢ti*⸣ [x x x x x]

o 18'18'

⸢šám*⸣-ma ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x]

(18) ...

rest broken away

(Break)

Reverse
rr beginning broken away

r 1'1'

i—⸢su⸣-[ri] ⸢LUGAL*⸣ i-[qa-bi]

(r 1) Per[haps the king] wi[ll say]: "Are their cornfields cultiva[ted?" Their cornfields and] their orchards [......]

r 2'2'

ma-a ŠE.⸢NUMUN⸣-šú-nu a-ri-[ši A.ŠÀ-MEŠ-šú-nu]

r 3'3'

GIŠ.SAR-MEŠ-šú-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]

(r 3) [Now] Giri-Ba'a[l, PN, and PN], three emissaries of [GN have entered with] the tribute.

r 4'4'

mgi-ri—ba-ʾa-⸢al⸣ [x x x x x]

r 5'5'

03 LÚ.⸢MAḪ⸣-MEŠ ša ⸢URU⸣.[x x x TAv]

r 6'6'

ma-da-⸢at⸣-ti [e-tar-bu-u-ni]

rest uninscribed

Adapted from Mikko Luukko, The Correspondence of Tiglath-Pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud (State Archives of Assyria, 19), 2012. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2012, 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/P224412/.

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