Position in chronology
SAA 16 135. Fragment of a Military Report (ABL 1422)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 16(1) To [the king, my lord]: yo[ur] servant [PN], the scribe [of ...], who [...] in [...]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! [May] Nabû [and Marduk bless] the king, [my lord]. (8) Arbayu [the ...], Qiltî [the ...], Ahu-šamši [the ...], Tariba-Issar [the ...] (12) 4 ...[...] (13) quickly [...] (14) what/of the king, [my] l[ord ...] (15) did [n]ot co[me ...] (Break) (r 2) [PN], cra[ftsman] — (r 3) Ṣil-šarri the [...] has made common cause w[ith them]; they (plan to) destroy the [...] of the king, [my lord]. (r 8) Two bodygu[ards ...] (r 9) because of him [...] (r 10) among the enemy [...] (r 11) The servants [of the king] (r 12) are ready to [......] (Break) (e. 1) [... o]f Arpad (e. 2) [...] also serve [with the] enemy. (e. 3) [The ki]ng, my lord, should know (it).
State Archives of Assyria, volume 16 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
a-na [LUGAL be-lí-ia] / ARAD-⸢ka⸣ [mx x x x x] / LÚv.A.BA [x x x x x] / ša ina ŠÀ [x x x x x] / DI-mu a-[na LUGAL be-lí-ia] / dAG [u dAMAR.UTU] / a-na LUGAL [be-lí-ia lik-ru-bu] / mar-ba-a.a [x x x x x] / mqi-il-ti-[i x x x x] / mPAB—šá-an-ši [x x x x] / mSU—d15* [x x x x x] / 04 aḫ-ma-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] / ki-i ár-ḫiš [x x x x] / ša LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[lí x x x] / ⸢la?⸣-a il-⸢li?⸣-[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 P334898.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P334898). 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/P334898/.
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