SAA 13 092

CDLI P334247
Collection no.: BM —
Accession no.: Rm 2, 008
Primary publication(s): ABL 0371

Provenance

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

Object Details

Object type: tablet
Material: clay

Text Details

Language: Akkadian
Genre: Priestly Letter
Sender: Nabu-šumu-iddina (Nadinu)

Date

Period: Neo-Assyrian
Reign: Esarhaddon or Ashurbanipal
Dated: no
Proposed Date: 680-669 or 668-ca. 631

Views

SAA 13 092. Report of Arrival of Horses: Day 23 (ABL 0371) [via SAAO/SAA13]


Obverse
o 1o 1	a-na LUGAL be-lí-ia	(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! May Bel, Nabû, and Nergal guard the life of the king, my lord! May they preserve the [rul]e of the king, [my lord], for all [eternit]y!
o 22	ARAD-ka ^m^dPA—MU—AŠ
o 33	lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-lí-ia
o 44	a—dan-niš a—dan-niš
o 55	^dAG ^dAMAR.UTU
o 66	a-na LUGAL be-lí-ía lik-ru-bu
o 77	^dEN ^dAG ^dU.GUR
o 88	nu-up-[šá]-⸢te⸣ ša LUGAL
o 99	be-lí-[ia] li-iṣ-ṣu-ru
o 1010	[LUGAL]-ú-tu ša LUGAL
o 1111	[be-lí-ia] a-na MU.AN.NA-MEŠ
o 1212	[da-ra-a]-⸢te⸣ lu-ki-in-nu
o 1313	[LUGAL] ke-e-ni at-ta	(13) You are a just [king]. [May] they [main]tain ... kingship for your posterity and progeny until the end of time!
o 1414	⸢x⸣-an^?-nu šar-ru-ú-tu
o 1515	a-na li-pi-i-ka
o 1616	a-na ze-ri-ka
o 1717	a-na ṣa-at UD-me
o 1818	[lu-ki-in]-nu
o 1919	[x KUR-MEŠ] ⸢ša⸣ BAD-ḪAL-li	(19) [x] cavalry [mounts from Ra]ṣappa;
Reverse
r 1r 1	[ša URU].⸢ra⸣-ṣap-pa
r 22	[x KUR-MEŠ ša] BAD-ḪAL-li	(r 2) [x] cavalry [mounts fr]om Dur-Šarruken:
r 33	⸢ša⸣ [URU].⸢BÀD⸣—MAN—GIN	(r 2) [x] cavalry [mounts fr]om Dur-Šarruken:
r 44	⸢PAB⸣ [x] ⸢KUR⸣-[MEŠ] UD-mu an-ni-u	(r 4) a to[tal of x] hors[es] have come in today. They will handle (them) tonight.
r 55	e-tar-bu-ú-ni
r 66	mu-šú an-ni-[u ep]-pu-šú
r 77	ša ti-[ma]-a-li	(r 7) I arrayed the horses yesterday. Why must I constantly harass the king's horses? But if the king, my lord, commands it, I will array the horses (again). What are the written instructions of the king, my lord?
r 88	KUR-MEŠ as-si-dir
r 99	a-na mi-i-ni ka-a-a-ma-ni-u
r 1010	KUR-MEŠ ša LUGAL ú-šá-ad-la-ap
r 1111	šúm-ma LUGAL be-lí i-qab-bi
r 1212	KUR-MEŠ la-as-dir
r 1313	mi-i-nu ša LUGAL be-lí
r 1414	i-šap-par-an-ni
r 1515	UD 23	(r 15) 23rd 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/P334247/.