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SAA 17 023

  • CDLI P238347
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Accession no.: K 04740 + K 05559 + K 14644
  • Primary publication(s): CT 54 066

Details

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

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Reign: Sargon II (721–705 BC)
  • Dated: no
  • Proposed Date: (710)

Sender Information

  • Sender: [Bel-iqiša]
  • Location: Babylon
  • Recipient: [the king]
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SAA 17 023. Let the King Come and Restore the Privileges of Babylon (CT 54 066)

Obverse
obeginning broken away

(Beginning destroyed)

o 1'1'

a-[x x x x x x x x x x x x]

o 2'2'

du-[x x x x x x x x x x x x]

o 3'3'

TIN.TIR.[KI x x x x x x x x x x]

(3) Baby[lon ...]

o 4'4'

ù [x x x x x x x x x x x]

(4) and [...]

o 5'5'

na-sa-aḫ [x x x x x x x x x]

(5) uprooting [...]

o 6'6'

pa-an šá LUGAL [x x x x x x x x x]

(6) the presence of the king [...]

o 7'7'

LUGAL a-na É [x x x x x x x x x]

(7) the king to the house [...]

o 8'8'

ANŠE.KUR.[RA-MEŠ x x x x x x x]

(8) hor[ses ...]

o 9'9'

.GAL-MEŠ [x x x x x x x x x]

(9) the magnate[s ...]

o 10'10'

a-na pi-i [x x x x x x x x x]

(10) in accordance with [...]

o 11'11'

[x]+x x x x [x x x x x x x x x]

(11) [...] ... [...]

o 12'12'

a-ḫi a-na [x x x x x x x x]+x x [x x]

(12) my energy to [...] ... [...]

o 13'13'

[x]+x-ka [x x x x x x] ana ku-tal it-te-[eḫ-su]

(13) your [...] backed off [......]

o 14'14'

GISKIM-MEŠ [x x x x]-lak KUR-šú UD-mu a-ga-a

(14) there have been [si]gns, his land today

o 15'15'

[x] TIN.TIR.[KI x x x x]-ḫa-ri gab-bi

(15) [...] Babylo[n ...] all [...]

o 16'16'

[x]+x x+[x x x x]-pi a-ga-a šá -šak-nu

(16) [...] these [...] which were set(tled)

o 17'17'

[x x x x x x x x] le-mun

(17) [...] is evil

o 18'18'

[x x x x]-mi um-ma a-na LUGAL be--ía lu-še-bi-la

(18) [...] saying, "Let me send (it) to the king, my lord. If my report is not convenient for the king, let me send what is agreeable to the king."

o 19'19'

[ki-i] ṭè-e-ma pa-an LUGAL ul i-maḫ-ḫar

o 20'20'

[a-ki] šá pa-an LUGAL maḫ-ru lu-še-bi-la

o 21'21'

[a-ki]-i niš?-mu?-ú .GAL-MEŠ šá LUGAL a-na LUGAL be--ía

(21) As we have heard, the magnates of the king are telling the king, my lord, that he should not go to Babylon. Tiglath-Pileser (III) [and Shalmane]ser (V), who went (there), [...ed what] would he take?

o 22'22'

[i]-qab-bu-ú um-ma a-na TIN.TIR.KI

Bottom
b.e. 23'b.e. 23'

[o] la il-lak

b.e. 24'24'

[o] mGIŠ.TUKUL-tiDUMU.É.ŠÁR.RA

b.e. 25'25'

[ù mDI-ma-nuSAG].KAL šá il-li-ku

b.e. 26'26'

[x x x x x] liš?-ši

Reverse
r 1r 1

[x x x x a-na] mi-ni-i ki-i tal-la-ku

(r 1) [Wh]y [...]? If you come, (as) [a king who] disposes of the leftovers (of the gods), [who] restores peace (and) [...] to Esaggil (and) Babylon, establishes a pact of protection [and] concludes it with the inhabitants of Babylon, [who reple]nishes [the trea]suries of Esaggil and Ezida Bel and Nabû will grant (you) a long life, good health and happiness.

r 22

[a-na LUGAL šá šit]-tu-ti i-šu-ú

r 33

[x x] É.SAG.ÍL TIN.TIR.KI šá šá-lam

r 44

[x x].KI ip-pu-šú ki-di-nu i-kàṣ-ṣa-ru

r 55

[ù it]-ti DUMU-MEŠTIN.TIR.KI ú-šal-la-mu

r 66

[ù NÍG].GA É.SAG.ÍL u É.ZI.DA

r 77

[i-kàṣ]-ṣa-ru dEN u [d].AG UD-mu ár-ku-ti

r 88

[ṭu-bi UZU]-MEŠ ṭu-bi ŠÀ-bi i-šar-ra-ku

(r 8) But king [Merodach-B]aladan and his son Zakiru have [lived in ...] Babylon [..., the first for x yea]rs and the second for 36 year[s. N]othing in [...].

r 99

[ù mdAMAR.UTU]DUMU.SUM-na LUGAL u mza-ki-ru DUMU-šú

r 1010

[01-en x MU.AN].NA-MEŠ ù šá-nu-ú 36 MU.AN.NA-[MEŠ]

r 1111

[x x x x x x] TIN.TIR.KI i-[x x x]

r 1212

[x x]+x mim-ma i-na x x x [x DINGIR-MEŠ šá]

(r 12) [May the gods of the king], my [lo]rd, kn[ow that ...] the earlier kings verily [did establish] (our) privileges.

r 1313

[LUGAL be]--ía lu-ú i-du-[ú ki-i x x x]

r 1414

[x x] LUGAL-MEŠ maḫ-ru-ti [x x x x x x]

r 1515

[x x] ki-di-nu-ti la [x x x x x x]

r 1616

d.EN u dAG 30 MU.AN.NA-[MEŠ x x x x]

(r 16) May Bel and Nabû [give you] 30 year[s of ...] (and) 40 years of supremacy!

r 1717

40 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ kiš-šú-[tu x x x x x]

r 1818

a-na pi-i DINGIR-su-nu pal-ḫa-[ku? x x x x x x]

(r 18) Accordingly, [I fe]ar their divinity [...]

r 1919

a-na mla-an-še-e .[x x x x x x x]

(r 19) for Lanšê, the [...]

r 2020

ul -šú-ú [x] ù [x x x x x x x x]

(r 20) they did not raise. [...] and [...]

r 2121

en-na [x x x x x x x x x x x x]

(r 21) Now [...]

rest broken away

(Break)

Edge
e. 1e. 1

[x x x x x x x x x x] il-la-a

(e. 1) [...] climbs up.


Adapted from Manfried Dietrich, The Neo-Babylonian Correspondence of Sargon and Sennacherib (State Archives of Assyria, 17), 2003. 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/P238347/.