Position in chronology
SAA 21 051. Response to No. 112 (ABL 0293 + CT 54 484)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) The king’s word to the Gambulians, young and old: I am well, you can be glad. (5) Concerning what you said, “After we turned our faces towards the king, our lord, we have emigrated from the city of Sallat and settled in the Fortress of Lihbuqu” — (12) God himself opened your ears for your life and you heard him; you sought the servitude of the house of your lords (and) grasped my feet. (r 2) From this day on I shall listen to everything that you say and do, and shall give you what you request. (r 6) As to Remutu of whom you spoke, let him come and see my face; I will dress him up, honour him, encourage him and appoint him over you.
Source: 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/P237105/
Why it matters
Transliteration
a-mat LUGAL / a-na LÚ.gam-bu-la-a.a / LÚ.AB.BA-MEŠ u TUR-MEŠ / DI-mu a.a-ši ŠÀ-ba-ku-nu / lu-u DÙG.GA-ku-nu-ši ina UGU / šá taq-ba*-a um-ma ul-tu / UGU šá pa-ni-ni a-na pa-an LUGAL / EN-ni ni-iš-ku-nu ul-tu / URU.šá-la-ti ki-i / ni-ig-la-a ina BÀD / šá li-iḫ-bu-qu nit-ta-šab / DINGIR šu-ú PI.2*-ku-nu / ki-i ba-la-ṭi-ku-nu / ip-te-ti tal-⸢te*-a⸣ / ar*-da*-(erased MESZ?) É / EN-MEŠ-ku-nu /…
Scholarly note
Royal correspondence under Assurbanipal, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 21, 2018). ORACC text P237105.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P237105). 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/P237105/.
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