Position in chronology
SAA 21 029. The Iron Sword of Aššur (ABL 0297)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 21(1) The king's word to Nabû-[ušabši] and the Urukians o[ld] and young, [every one of] my servants: I am well; [you] can be [glad]. (5) You know that through [the iron sword of] Aššur and my gods you had tha[t entire land] consumed by fire, so that the land [has retreated, been subjugated], and [turned] its face once again [towards me]. Rest destroyed (four lines uninscribed)
State Archives of Assyria, volume 21 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
a-mat LUGAL a-na md+AG—[GÁL-ši] / ù LÚ.UNUG.KI-MEŠ LÚ.[AB.BA-MEŠ] / ù TUR-MEŠ ARAD-MEŠ-ia [mál ba-šu-ú] / DI-mu ia-a-ši ŠÀ-ba-ku-nu ⸢lu⸣-[u DÙG.GA-ku-nu] / at-tu-nu ti-da-a šá ina ŠÀ GÍR AN.BAR šá / AN.ŠÁR DINGIR-MEŠ-e-a KUR ul-li-i gab-bi-šá / i*-šá*-a*-tú tu-šá-ki-la ù KUR ki-i taḫ-ḫi-sa / [ta-at-tak-ba-as] u pa-ni-šá a-na UGU-ḫi-ía / i-[x x x x x x x x]
Scholarly note
Royal correspondence under Assurbanipal, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 21, 2018). ORACC text P238021.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P238021). 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/P238021/.
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