Position in chronology
SAA 16 011. Fragment Referring to Thrones (CT 53 397)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 16(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] cam[e ...] (2) [I have he]ard that [...] (3) are continually se[n]ding [...] (4) Again, [(the fact) that] you s[ent] me your [...]s and your [...]s but do not provide them [with ...] (7) [......] says (8) [......] (9) We shall provide you [with ...] (10) [... Š]umma-šarru, a chariot fighter (11) [......] outside [...] (Break) (r 2) [......] throne (r 3) [...] your [...] (r 4) [......] I did [no]t drive away (r 5) [......] enter (r 6) [...] the throne exists (r 7) [...] they are lying to you (r 8) [...] they tell you [...] (r 9) [... wi]th the throne of the deputy (governor) (r 10) [(...)] there is also [another throne] (r 11) [... M]ay he inspect and do [...] (Rest destroyed)
State Archives of Assyria, volume 16 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
[x x]-⸢tal-ka⸣ [x x x x x] / [as]-⸢se⸣-me ⸢ma?-a x x niš⸣ / [x]-a is-sa-⸢nap⸣-[pu]-⸢ru⸣ / [x]-ú tu-ur-a [x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣-ka / [x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣-ka taš-[x x]-an-ni / [x x x] la tu-šá-aṣ-bat-šá-⸢nu⸣-ni / [x x x x x x x] i-qab-bi / [x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣-ta / [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ nu-šá-aṣ-bat-ka / [x x x m]⸢šum⸣-ma—MAN LÚv.A—SIG* / [x x x x x x] qa-ni [x x] / [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] / [x x x x x x x x x x] / [x x x…
Scholarly note
Political letter at the court of Esarhaddon, edited by Mikko Luukko & Greta Van Buylaere (SAA 16, 2002). ORACC text P313811.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P313811). source
Translation excerpted from Luukko, M. & Van Buylaere, G. 2002. The Political Correspondence of Esarhaddon. SAA 16. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa16/P313811/.
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