Position in chronology
SAA 10 115. Arrests and Interrogations (CT 54 170) [from astrologers]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 10(1) To the king of the lands, my lord: your servant Bel-uš[ezib]. [May] Bel, Nabû and Šamaš [bless] the king, [my] l[ord]! (3) (As) [I have] already once or twice [written] to the king, my lord, the men who [...] from [...], (5) their statement in Assyria [......] in Elam. (6) Ina-tešî-[eṭir ...] has been arrested. Nabû-naṣir, the pre[late ...] (Break) (r 2) Let him deliver [...] to us. (r 3) Let the archers assemble on the [...th] and take the oath [...]. (r 5) [......] (r 6) [...] Ina-tešî-eṭir [...] (r 7) [...]. Also, did he not speak with the king [...], saying: "He is of [...]?" (r.e. 9) Let them interrogate him and [...] let the king establish the truth.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 10 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL KUR.KUR be-lí-ia ARAD-ka mdEN—⸢ú-še⸣-[zib] / dEN dAG u dUTU a-na LUGAL be-[lí-ia lik-ru-bu] / 01-šú 02-šú a-na LUGAL be-lí-⸢ia⸣ [al-tap-ra] / LÚ.ERIM-MEŠ šá ul-tu be-[x x x x x] / pi-i-šú-nu ina KUR—aš-šur.[KI x x x x] / ina KUR.NIM.MA.KI mina—SÙḪ—[SUR x x x] / ṣa-bit mdAG—ŠEŠ-ir LÚ.ŠÀ.⸢TAM⸣ [x x x x] / [x x] ⸢x x x x⸣ [x] a-na 02 [x x x x x] / [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] / [x…
Scholarly note
Letter from a scholar (astrologer, exorcist, physician, lamentation-priest) to Esarhaddon or Ashurbanipal, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 10, 1993). ORACC text P238595.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P238595). source
Translation excerpted from Parpola, S. 1993. Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. SAA 10. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa10/P238595/.
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