SAA 10 096

CDLI P333995
Collection no.: BM —
Accession no.: K 00122
Primary publication(s): ABL 0043

Provenance

Provenience: Kuyunjik (Nineveh) (Pleiades ID: 874621)
Archive: 099 - Miscellaneous

Object Details

Object type: tablet
Material: clay

Text Details

Language: Akkadian
Genre: Scholarly Letter
Subgenre: from astrologers
Sender: Akkullanu

Date

Period: Neo-Assyrian
Reign: Ashurbanipal (668–ca. 631 BC)

Views

SAA 10 096. Affairs of the Aššur Temple (ABL 0043) [from astrologers] [via SAAO/SAA10]


Obverse
o 1o 1	a-na LUGAL EN-ia	(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Akkullanu. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord!
o 22	ARAD-ka ^mak-kul-la-nu
o 33	lu-u šul-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ía
o 44	^dAG u ^dAMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL EN-ía lik-ru-bu
o 55	ina UGU^* UDU.da-ri-e gi-né-e ša aš-šur	(5) Concerning the constant sheep offering and the regular deliveries to Aššur about which the king, my lord, wrote to his servant: "Who of the magnates have not agreed to give them?" —
o 66	ša LUGAL be-lí a-na LÚ.ARAD-šú iš-pur-an-ni
o 77	ma-a man-nu ina LÚ.GAL-MEŠ ša la im-ma-gur-u-ni
o 88	la i-din-u-ni la ú-šá-an-ṣi	(8) I was not able to specify (them and thus) did not write to the king, my lord yesterday. (Now then) here are the magnates who have not given the sheep offerings:
o 99	la ú-si-ik ina ti-ma-li
o 1010	a-na LUGAL EN-ía la-a áš-pu-ra
o 1111	an-nu-te LÚ.GAL-MEŠ ša UDU^.⸢da^-ri^-i^⸣
o 1212	la-a id-din-u-ni
o 1313	LÚ.EN.NAM KUR.bar-ḫal-za	(13) The governors of Barhalzi, Raṣappa, Kilizi, Isana, Tillê, Kullania, and Arpadda. All (these) have not given the constant sheep-offering.
o 1414	KUR.ra-ṣap-pa URU.kàl-zi
o 1515	URU.i-sa-na URU.til-e KUR.kul-la-ni-a
o 1616	URU.ar-pad-da PAB^* ša da-ri^-i la^ i-din^-u^-⸢ni^*⸣
o 1717	KUR.ra-ṣap-pa KUR.bar-ḫal-za	(17) Raṣappa, Barhalzi, Diquqina, the chief of granaries, Dayyan-Adad, Isana, Halzi-atbar, Birtu, Arzuhina, Arbela, Guzana, Šahuppa, Tamnuna, Talmusa. All these have not given the regular deliveries of barley and emmer.
o 1818	KUR.di-qu-ki-na LÚ.GAL—kar-man ^mDI.KUD—^dIM
o 1919	URU.i-sa-na KUR.ḫal-zi—AD.BAR
o 2020	URU.bir-tum URU.ar-zu-ḫi-na
o 2121	URU.arba-ìl URU.gu-za-na
Bottom
b.e. 22b.e. 22	URU.šá-ḫu^*-pa URU.tam-nu-na
b.e. 2323	URU.tal-mu-su PAB an-nu-te
b.e. 2424	ša ŠE.PAD-MEŠ ŠE.ZÍZ.ÀM
b.e. 2525	gi-nu-u la i-din-u-ni
Reverse
r 1r 1	ù ina UGU LÚ.SANGA É LÚ.MU	(r 1) Furthermore, concerning the priest of the cook's house, the priest of the confectioner's and the chief baker, about whom the king, my lord, inquired, they were originally shaved. Their story is as follows: The priest of the little cook's house was shaved by Sennacherib, (but) a priest from Nineveh, Aššur-zeru-iddina, denounced him and he was flogged with leather whips. He retained his headgear, (however, since) he had committed no serious crime.
r 22	LÚ.SANGA SUM.NINDA LÚ.GAL—NINDA-MEŠ
r 33	ša LUGAL be-li iš-al-u-ni
r 44	TA^v re-e-ši gal-lu-bu
r 55	ki-i an-ni-i šu-u-tú ṭè-en-šú-nu
r 66	LÚ.SANGA ša É LÚ.MU ṣe-eḫ-ri
r 77	^m30—PAB-MEŠ—SU ug-da-lib-šú
r 88	^maš-šur—NUMUN—AŠ LÚ.SANGA ša URU.NINA
r 99	kar-ṣi-šú e-ta-kal ina mar-šá-a-ni
r 1010	ḫa-a-si TÚG.U^*.SAG-šú ma-ḫi-ir
r 1111	la-a ḫi-ṭu dan-nu iḫ-ṭi ⸢AD^-šú^ ša^*⸣	(r 11) The father of the (present) priest of the confectioner's house set the (sacrificial) table of Aššur; whereupon he was killed. This one was appointed by your father to take care of the table. He is son of an owner of a headgear; (it is only) due to an oversight (that) he has not been shaved.
r 1212	LÚ.SANGA ša É LÚ.SUM.NINDA
r 1313	GIŠ.BANŠUR ša aš-šur ik-ta-ra-ar
r 1414	ina UGU-ḫi de-e-ke an-ni-u
r 1515	AD-ka ina ku-me-šú ina pa-an GIŠ.BANŠUR
r 1616	ip-ti-qi-su DUMU EN TÚG.U.SAG šu-u
r 1717	ina la šaḫ-sa-su-te la gal^*-lu-ub
r 1818	ù ina UGU LÚ.GAL—NINDA-MEŠ	(r 18) And concerning the chief baker, Sennacherib ap[pointed] him to supervise their 'bread.' Indeed he was shaved and received his headgear in his reign. It is now the eighth year since he died, and his son is at present 'standing with his hair' (expecting to be shaved).
r 1919	^m30—PAB-MEŠ—SU ina UGU ak-li-šú-nu
r 2020	⸢ip⸣-[ti-qi-su] ⸢ket⸣-tu ina ŠÀ-bi-šú
r 2121	⸢gal-lu-ub^*⸣ TÚG.U.SAG-šú ma-ḫir
r 2222	an-nu-rig 08 MU.AN.NA
Right
r.e. 23r.e. 23	TA^v bé-et mi-tu-u-ni
r.e. 2424	ú-ma-a DUMU-šú
r.e. 2525	TA^v pi-ir-ti-šú
r.e. 2626	iz-za-az
Edge
e. 1e. 1	ket-tú ina la-bi-ri a-du ŠÀ ^mMAN—GIN ^m30—PAB-MEŠ—SU	(e. 1) Indeed, in the old times — until the reigns of Sargon and Sennacherib — they were shaved. This was their story; the king, my lord, may act as he prefers.
e. 22	gal-lu-bu an-ni-u šu-u-tú ṭè-en-šú-nu LUGAL be-lí
e. 33	ki-i ša i-la-u-ni le-pu-uš

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/P333995/.