Position in chronology
SAA 13 187. The King Had Mercy on his Servant (ABL 0514)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 13(1) To the king, my lord: your servant, Bel-iddina. Good health to the king, my lord. May Nabû and [Marduk] very greatly bless the king, my lord. May Aššur, Nikkal, and Lord-Crown, who love the name of the king, my lord, ask forever after the health of the king, my lord. May they give to the king, my lord, happiness and physical well-being. (13) May this Sin, (as well as) Nikkal and Nusku, to whom the king, my lord, has been obedient and whom he has revered, [...... to] the king, my lord. (Break) (r 1) [...] to [......] (r 2) [...] the king [...] (r 3) [...with]in [...] (r 4) [...] ... [...]…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 13 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
a-na LUGAL EN-ia / ARAD-ka m⸢EN⸣—SUM-na / lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia / dAG u [dŠÚ] a-na LUGAL EN-ia / a—dan-niš a—dan-niš lik-ru-bu / aš-šur dNIN.GAL dEN—AGA / ra-im-ú-ti [šá] šu-me / šá LUGAL EN-ia DI-mu šá LUGAL / EN-ia a-na da-ri-iš / liš-ʾu-lu : ṭu-ub ŠÀ-bi / ṭu-ub UZU-MEŠ a-na LUGAL / EN-ia lid-di-nu / d30 an-ni-ú dNIN.GAL / ⸢d*⸣PA*.TÚG ša LUGAL be-lí-<<ía>> / [e]-ni-šu-nu e-mur-u-ni / ⸢ù⸣…
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 P334354.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P334354). 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/P334354/.
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