SAA 21 009. Duplicate of No. 8 (CT 53 248)

~660 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P313663

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 21

High confidence

(Beginning destroyed) (1') Did he retur[n] this [stat]ue [...], in which [......] trust? (3') He will “restore” to life [the whol]e [land], which [acknowledges] the name of the son of Nippur [...]. (And) [when] he has “restored” (it), yo[u will know that the Babyl]onians [look] for drinking [blood]. They will not rev[ive the ... of] your [he]art (but) will displace y[ou in the Sealand ...]. (7') [Perhaps God] has c[ommanded the destr]uction of those who lie habitually. [I]f you fear [his investigation, do not besmirch your] name [and do not deliver] your city for destruction! [If you guard…

State Archives of Assyria, volume 21 — scholar edition (ORACC).

Transliteration

[ṣal]-⸢mu-ú a-ga⸣-a ú-⸢ti⸣-[ra x x x x x] / [x x] ana ŠÀ-bi i-ra-⸢aḫ-ḫu⸣-[ṣu x x x x] / [KUR gab]-⸢bu⸣ šá MU šá DUMU—EN.LÍL.KI [x x ú-bal-laṭ] / [ki-i] šu-u ub-tal-liṭ at-⸢tu⸣-[nu ti-da-a] / [ki-i LÚ.TIN].⸢TIR⸣.KI-MEŠ ana NAG [MÚD-MEŠ ú-ba-ʾu-u] / [x] ⸢ŠÀ⸣-bi-ku-nu la u-⸢bal⸣-[laṭ ina KUR—tam-tim] / [x x]-⸢di⸣ i-šak-ku-nu-⸢kun⸣-[u-ši mìn-de-ma DINGIR] / [ḫap]-ʾu šá il-ta-ru ⸢iq⸣-[ta-bi…

Scholarly note

Royal correspondence under Assurbanipal, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 21, 2018). ORACC text P313663.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P313663). source
Translation excerpted from Parpola, S. 2018. The Correspondence of Assurbanipal, Part I: Letters from Assyria, Central Babylonia, and Vassal States. SAA 21. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa21/P313663/.

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