SAA 01 133

CDLI P334158
Collection no.: BM —
Accession no.: K 01062
Primary publication(s): ABL 0216

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

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Period: Neo-Assyrian
Reign: Sargon II (721–705 BC)
Dated: no

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Sender: Hunni
Location: Nineveh
Recipient: the king
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SAA 01 133. Blessings and Flatteries (ABL 0216)


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o 1o 1	a-na LUGAL be-lí-ía a—dan-niš	(1) The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Aššur, Šamaš, Bel, Nabû, Sin and Nergal bless the king, my lord!
o 22	a—dan-niš lu-u šul-mu
o 33	aš-šur ^dUTU d.EN ^dPA ^d30 ^dU.GUR
o 44	a-na LUGAL be-lí-ía lik-ru-bu
o 55	ARAD-ka ^mḫu-un-ni-i	(5) (This is from) your servant Hunnî, an adorer of the king his lord.
o 66	ka-ri-ib LUGAL be-lí-šú
o 77	šul-mu a-na É.KUR-ra-a-te	(7) All the temples and palaces of Assyria are well; the crown prince Sennacherib is well; all the princes [who are in] Assyria are well; [the king], my lo[rd, can be very gl]ad [indeed].
o 88	a-na É.GAL-MEŠ ša KUR—aš-šur gab-bu
o 99	šul-mu a-na ^m^d30—PAB-MEŠ—SU
o 1010	DUMU—LUGAL GAL-e ⸢šul⸣-mu a-na DUMU-MEŠ MAN
o 1111	⸢gab⸣-[bu am—mar ina] KUR—aš-šur šu-nu-ni
o 1212	[ŠÀ-bu ša LUGAL be]-⸢lí⸣-ía
o 1313	[a—dan-niš lu-u ṭa-a]-⸢ba⸣
	rest (at least 13 lines) broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning (at least 13 lines) broken away
r 1'1'	ši-[pir É].⸢KUR⸣-ra-a-[te]	(r 1) May he see the workmanship of the temples of his gods and kiss their beautiful feet; may those (gods) whose temples you have made shine like sunrise, bless the king my lord, and may we, the royal servants, kiss the feet of the king, our lord.
r 2'2'	ša DINGIR-MEŠ-ni^*-šú le-e-⸢mu-ru⸣
r 3'3'	GÌR.2-MEŠ-⸢šú^?-nu SIG₅^*⸣-MEŠ lu-u-na-⸢áš⸣-šiq
r 4'4'	ša É.KUR-[ra]-⸢ti⸣-šú-nu GIM ni-ip-ḫi
r 5'5'	^dšá-maš ⸢tu^*⸣-nam-me-ru-ni
r 6'6'	a-na LUGAL be-lí-ía [lik-ru]-bu
r 7'7'	né-e-nu LÚ^v.ARAD-⸢MEŠ LUGAL⸣
r 8'8'	GÌR.2-MEŠ ša LUGAL be-⸢lí-ni⸣
r 9'9'	nu-ú-na-áš-⸢šiq^*⸣
r 10'10'	ARAD-ka ^mḫu-un-ni-i	(r 10) (This is from) your servant Hunnî, an adorer of the king his lord, who every morning and evening continually blesses the king, his lord.
r 11'11'	ka-ri-ib LUGAL be-lí-šú
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r.e. 12r.e. 12	ša še-a-ri nu-bat-te
r.e. 1313	ka-a.<a>-ma-nu a-na LUGAL be-lí-ía
r.e. 1414	[a]-⸢kar⸣-ra-bu-u-ni

Adapted from Simo Parpola, The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West (State Archives of Assyria, 1), 1987. 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/P334158/.

SAA 01 133

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SAA 01 133. Blessings and Flatteries (ABL 0216)

SAAo/SAA01 : The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West