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SAA 19 080

  • CDLI P393635
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Excavation no.: ND 02385
  • Primary publication(s): CTN 5 p. 45

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: (729)

Sender Information

  • Sender: Aššur-šallimann[i]
  • Location: Arrapha
  • Recipient: the king
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SAA 19 080. Mukin-zeri and his Son Šumu-ukin Have Been Killed (CTN 5 p. 45)[via saao/saa19]

Obverse
o 1o 1

a-na LUGAL be-lí-⸢ia⸣

(1) To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Aššur-šallimann[i]. Good health to the kin[g, my lord]!

o 22

ARAD-ka maš-šur—DI-⸢ni⸣

o 33

lu-u DI-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia]

o 44

UD 26-KÁM ni-ip-tu-⸢ḫur⸣

(4) We got together on the 26th, stood in the presence of the commander-in-chief and gave orders to one another. We arrived within the (city) gates and inflicted a defeat: Mukin-zeri has been killed and Šumu-ukin, his son, has also been killed. The city is conquered. The king, my lord, can be glad.

o 55

ina <IGI> LÚv.tur-ta-ni ni-te-⸢te-zi⸣

o 66

ṭè-e-mu ⸢a⸣-ḫa-a-a-iš ni-sa-kan

o 77

ina ŠÀ-bi KÁ.GAL-MEŠ

o 88

ni-iq-ṭi-⸢ri⸣-ib de-ek-tú

o 99

ni-du-ak mGIN—NUMUN

o 1010

de-e-ke mMU—GIN DUMU-šú

o 1111

de-e-ke URU ka-⸢áš⸣-du šu-⸢ú⸣

o 1212

⸢LUGAL⸣ be-lí lu ḫa-di

o 1313

LUGAL be-lí pa-an

(13) The king, my lord, should wait for our messenger, until our messenger comes. Only thereupon should the king, [my] lo[rd], come.

o 1414

LÚv.A—KIN-ni lid-gúl!

o 1515

a-⸢du⸣ bé-et LÚv.A—KIN-ni

o 1616

il-la-kan-ni

o 1717

ḫa-⸢ram*-ma*-ma*⸣ LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[lí]

Bottom
b.e. 18b.e. 18

⸢lil⸣-li-⸢ka⸣

Reverse
r 1r 1

i—su-ri LUGAL be-⸢lí⸣

(r 1) Perhaps the king, [my] lord, will say: "Did they kill (people) within the city gates?" I swear by the gods of the king, m[y] lord, that they entered only one cubit, one span into the city centre. The king, my lord, may ask about it.

r 22

i-qab-bi ma-a ina ŠÀ ⸢KÁ.GAL-MEŠ⸣

r 33

i-du-ku DINGIR-MEŠ ša LUGAL be-lí-⸢ía⸣

r 44

šúm-ma 01 KÙŠ 01 LAL ina MURUB₄—URU

r 55

⸢la⸣ e-⸢ra⸣-bu-ni

r 66

⸢LUGAL⸣ be-lí liš-al

r 77

UGU ŠE.PAD-MEŠ ša a-na mdAMAR.UTU—A—AŠ

(r 7) As to the barley for Merodach-baladan about which the king, my lord, told me, when he saw the defeat, he said: "I have sent word, they are bringing it."

r 88

ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-lí iq-bu-ni

r 99

a-ki de-ek-tú e-mu-ru-⸢ni⸣

r 1010

ma-a a-⸢sa-par ú⸣-ba-lu-⸢ú-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/P393635/.

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