Position in chronology
SAA 13 110. Report of Arrival of Horses: Nisan 8 (ABL 0395)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 13(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nadinu. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (7) 40 [horses trained to the y]oke, (8) [6]9 [cav]alry (mounts): (9) 109 in all from Arpad (10) [...]...[...]...[...] (r 1) and 61 from Hada'il — (r 2) a total of 170 horses have come in today. (r 5) Month of Nisan (I), 8th day.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 13 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
a-na LUGAL be-lí-ia / ARAD-ka mna-di-nu / lu DI-mu [a]-na LUGAL be-lí-ia / a—dan-niš a—dan-niš / dAG ù dAMAR.UTU / a-na LUGAL be-lí-ia lik-ru-bu / 40 [ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ šá ni]-i-ru / ⸢69⸣ [BAD]-ḪAL-lu / PAB 01 me 09 URU.ar-pad-da / [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] / u 61 URU.ḫa-da-[o]-a-ìl / PAB 01 me 70 ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ / UD-mu an-ni-ú / e-tar-bu-ú-ni / ITI.BARAG UD-mu 08-KÁM
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 P334270.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P334270). 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/P334270/.
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