Position in chronology
SAA 13 114. Five Hundred and Ninety Draft Horses Arrived Today (ABL 1017)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (1) May [DN and DN] give to the king, my lord, [lo]ng [days and ever]lasting ye[ars] of well-being, happiness, joy and endurance of reign! (5) 122 horses trained to the yoke from the [commander]-in-chief; (7) 58 from the palac[e herald]; (8) 89 from ...[...]...[...]; (9) 28 from [......]; (10) 12 from [......]...[...]; (11) 130+[x from ......]...[...]; (12) 69 [from ......]; (13) 13 [from ......]; (14) 28 [from ......]; (15) 41 from Dur-Šarruken [...]: (16) in all 5[90+x horses] trained to the yo[ke, (from) ...], which [are] in the surroundings of [GN], and about which [I have written] to the king, [my lord], in [this] letter, have come in today. (r 7) Concerning the tablet which the [...s] sent [me ...] (r 9) ...[......] (Rest destroyed)
Source: 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/P334678/
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Transliteration
[UD-me ar]-ku-⸢ú⸣-tú MU.⸢AN*⸣.[NA-MEŠ] / [da]-⸢ra⸣-a-te ša ṭu-ub ŠÀ-bi / [ša] ḫu-ud ŠÀ-bi ša i-li-iṣ! ŠÀ-[bi] / ù lu-bur BALA-MEŠ a-na LUGAL be-lí-ia / lid-di-nu 01 me 22 ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ / ša ni-i-ri ša [LÚ.tur]-tan-ni* / 58 ša LÚ.[NÍGIR—É].GAL [o] / 89 ša ANŠE?.[x x x] ANŠE.[x x] / 28 ša [x x x x x x x x] / 12 ša [x x x x x x] še [x x] / 01 me 30 [x ša x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] / 69 [ša x x x x x x…
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 P334678.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P334678). 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/P334678/.
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