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SAA 21 041

  • CDLI P393918
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Accession no.: K 01588
  • Primary publication(s): ABL 1002

Details

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

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Reign: Ashurbanipal (668-ca. 631)
  • Dated: no
  • Proposed Date: (649)

Sender Information

  • Sender: [the king]
  • Location: Nineveh
  • Recipient: [Sin-tabni-uṣur]
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SAA 21 041. Sîn-šarra-uṣur Does not Love Assyria (ABL 1002)

Obverse
oo beginning (10 lines) broken away

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o 1'1'

ša ⸢at*-tu*-nu* EN*⸣.[NUN ta-aṣ-ṣur-a-ni]

o 2'2'

tam-qut-a-ni me-ta-⸢ku*⸣-[nu-u-ni x x x]

(2') that y[o]u have kept w[atch for me], fallen [and die]d [......].

o 3'3'

ù ina UGU md30—MAN—PAB šá taq-ba-a-ni

(3') And concerning Sîn-šarra-uṣur about whom you s[aid]: "He does not love Assyria," don't I know it? When he saw that my gods had not safeguarded him from the hands of my enemy, he passed over, came, and grasped my feet.

o 4'4'

ma-a la ra-i-mu šá KUR—aš-šur šu-u

o 5'5'

a-na-ku la ú-da-a ki-i

o 6'6'

e-mur-u-ni DINGIR-MEŠ-ía i-na ŠU.2

o 7'7'

LÚ.KÚR-ía la ú-šal-lim-ú-ni

o 8'8'

e-ta-at-qa it-tal-ka

o 9'9'

i-na GÌR.2-MEŠ-ía iṣ-ṣa-bat

o 10'10'

u ina UGU šá taq-ba-a-ni ma-a

(10') And as to what you said, "He is saying terrible things about me in the presence of the magnates," what can this villain [say ...] agai[nst you]?

o 11'11'

dib-bi-ia sam-ku-u-te

o 12'12'

ina IGI LÚ.GAL-MEŠ i-dáb*-bu*-[ub]

o 13'13'

mi-i-nu LÚ.ḫap-pu an-[ni-u]

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Reverse
r 1r 1

ina* [UGU-ḫi-ka i-qab-bi x x x]

r 22

u* ina* ⸢UGU*⸣ [x x x x x x x x]

(r 2) And as t[o ......]

r 33

šul [x x x x x x x x]

r 44

it-⸢ta*⸣-[x x x x x x x]

r 55

an-ni-u [x x x x x x x]

(r 5) this [......]

r 66

dul-lu-u šá a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x]

(r 6) Is it a work that [......]

r 77

a-dag-⸢gal⸣ [x] ⸢um* x⸣+[x x x x x]

(r 7) I am watching [ ...... While] you have kept watch for me, [fa]llen [and die]d for my name, he is telling me: "[......]." He is mad!

r 88

⸢EN*⸣.NUN* ⸢ta⸣-aṣ-⸢ṣur⸣-a-ni

r 99

[tam]-qut*-⸢a*-ni* ina UGU⸣ šu-me-ía

r 1010

[me-ta-ku-nu]-u-ni šu-u i-qab-bi-a

r 1111

[x x x x x] ⸢muḫ⸣-ḫu-u šu-u

r 1212

[x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢GA*⸣ NAG

(r 12) [......] he drinks milk

rest (about 11 lines) broken away

(rest (about 11 lines) broken away)

Adapted from Simo Parpola, The Correspondence of Ashurbanipal, Part I: Letters from Assyria, Babylonia, and Vassal States (State Archives of Assyria, 21), 2018. Adapted by Jamie Novotny and lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2018, 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/P393918/.