Position in chronology
SAA 21 156. Letter of the Palace Overseer to His Sons (ABL 1125)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 21(1) A tablet of the pala[ce] overseer to [my] sons Inda[biya] and Uraš[...]: (5) Why haven't I heard any news of you for as many days as I am, and why haven't I sent a messenger [with ... ] to you? (10) [N]ow the[n] I have sent my messenger to you. (r 4) Send [me n]ow a report of youself and your health in his hands!
State Archives of Assyria, volume 21 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
IM LÚ.šá—IGI—⸢É⸣.[GAL] / a-na min-da-[bi-ía] / u mú-ra-áš-[x x] / DUMU-MEŠ-[ia] / am—mì-ni ma-la-a-⸢ku⸣ / UD-MEŠ* ṭè-en-ku-nu / ⸢ul áš⸣-mi u a-na-ku / ⸢ù*⸣ LÚ.A—KIN / [x x] ⸢x⸣ ul áš-pur-ak-ku-nu-ši / [0 en]-na a-du-[ú] / ⸢LÚ⸣.[A]—⸢šip*⸣-re-e-a / [a]-na pa-ni-ku-nu / ⸢al⸣-tap-ra / [a-du]-ú ṭè-en-ku-nu / u* šu*-lum*-ku*-nu / ina ŠU.2-⸢šu*⸣ / šup-ra-[a-ni]
Scholarly note
Royal correspondence under Assurbanipal, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 21, 2018). ORACC text P237262.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237262). 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/P237262/.
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