Position in chronology
SAA 16 150. Emissaries from Mazamua (ABL 1235)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (2) [I have] also [sp]oken [with the emissari]es of Maz[amua]. (3) (Perhaps) the king, my lord, will say: "My servant has been negligent; he did not send (a report) earlier." (8) Those who (came for) the treaty had not yet finished leaving the presence of the king, my lord, when the letter [...] before [...]. As soon as Urdu-Issar saw [...], he delivered it to hi[m]. (r 7) [...] while the king, [my] lord [...] (r 8) [...]-lešir (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)
Source: Luukko, M. & Van Buylaere, G. 2002. The Political Correspondence of Esarhaddon. SAA 16. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa16/P334812/
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Transliteration
[x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] / [TAv LÚ].⸢MAḪ?⸣-MEŠ šá KUR.ma-⸢za⸣-[mu-a] / [ad-du]-bu-ub-ma / LUGAL be-lí i-qab-bi / ma-a ur-di is-si-ia-aṭ / ma-a la iḫ-ru-up / la iš-pu-ra / ša a-de-e ú-di-na / TAv IGI LUGAL be-lí-ia / la e-te-eq-⸢qu⸣-[u-ni] / la ug-da-ta-mu-[ru-u-ni] / ša e-gír-tu ina ⸢IGI⸣ [x x x] / a-du mARAD—d15 te-⸢x⸣+[x x x] / e-mur-ú-[ni x x x] / it-tan-na-áš-[šu x x x] / [x x]+⸢x⸣ a-du LUGAL EN [x x x x] / [mx x]—SI.SÁ [x x x x] / [x x x]-ub m[x x x x x] / [x x x] a?-na? [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 P334812.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P334812). 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/P334812/.
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