Position in chronology
SAA 13 039. Repairing the Seats of Divine Statues (ABL 0185)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 13(1) A tablet of Nabû-bessunu to Aššur-mudammiq. Good health to you. (4) Give the silver, whether two or three minas, as much as Akkullanu requests of you, for the repair of the seats of Aššur and Mullissu. When the work is finished, inspect it together. (10) They should make the delivery to you, and he should then receive the shearings in your presence. Take note of his share and record it on your writing board for reference.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 13 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
IM mdAG—EN-šú-nu / a-na maš-šur—mu-dam-mì-iq / lu-u šul-mu a-na ka-a-šá* / KUG.UD lu-u 02 MA.NA lu-u 03 MA.NA / a-na bat-qí ša KI.TUŠ-MEŠ / ša daš-šur ša dNIN.LÍL / am-mar mak-kul-la-nu / e-ri-šu-ka-ni di-i-ni / ki-ma dul-lu ga-mir is-sa-ḫe-iš / ḫi-i-ṭa ina pa-ni-ku-nu lu-qar-ri-bu / gi-iz-zu-⸢ti⸣ ina pa-ni-ku-nu / li-iḫ-ḫu-ra ta-a-a-ar-šú / am-ra a-na ḫi-is-si-ti / ina GIŠ.ZU-ka šu-ṭur
Scholarly note
Letter from a temple priest or ritual official to Esarhaddon or Ashurbanipal, edited by Steven Cole & Peter Machinist (SAA 13, 1998). ORACC text P334130.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P334130). source
Translation excerpted from Cole, S.W. & Machinist, P. 1998. Letters from Priests to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal. SAA 13. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa13/P334130/.
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