Position in chronology
SAA 16 060. More on the Conspiracy of Sasi (CT 53 017+)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 16(1) To the ki[ng], my lord: your servant Nabû-re[htu-uṣur. May Bel and] Belet, Nabû and Tašmetu, Ištar of Ni[neveh and Ištar of Arbela, your] gods (who) [called] you by name [to kingship, keep] you a[live]! (5) Those who sin against [your father's goodness, yo]ur fat[her's and] your own treaty, and who [plot against yo]ur [life, shall be placed] in [your] hands, [and you shall delete] their name [from As]syria and from [your pa]lace. (8) This is the word of Mullissu; [the king, my lord], should not be ne[glectful] about it. (10) On the 6th of [Marchesvan (VIII)] I had a vi[sion]: "[...…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 16 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia / ARAD-ka mdPA—re-⸢eḫ⸣-[tú—PAB dEN d]GAŠAN d⸢PA⸣ dtaš-me-tum / d15 šá ⸢NINA⸣.[KI d15 šá URU.arba-ìl DINGIR-MEŠ]-ka <šá> / MU-⸢ka⸣ [a-na LUGAL-ti iz-kur-u-ni šu-nu lu-bal-li]-⸢ṭu⸣-u-ka / šá [ina] ⸢ŠÀ⸣ [ṭa-ab-ti šá AD-ka ina ŠÀ a-de-e šá] ⸢AD-ka⸣ [u ina] ⸢ŠÀ⸣ a-de-ka / ⸢i⸣-ḫa-ṭu-u-⸢ni⸣ [šá ina UGU ZI-MEŠ]-⸢ka i⸣-[da-ba-bu-u]-ni / šu-nu ina ŠU.⸢2⸣-[ka i-šá-ka-nu-šu-nu] MU-šú-nu…
Scholarly note
Political letter at the court of Esarhaddon, edited by Mikko Luukko & Greta Van Buylaere (SAA 16, 2002). ORACC text P313432.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P313432). 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/P313432/.
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