Position in chronology
SAA 16 155. Returning a Field to the Chaldeans (CT 53 626)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 16(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Concerning the field about which the king, my lord, wro]te to me: ["... of the] Chaldeans [... which y]ou took, [...; ...] the field [and give it back] to the Chaldeans" — (6) [...] I said [to K]unaya (7) [......] from (8) [......] I brought forth (9) [......] they refused to (10) [...... I became] scared (Break) (r 2) [......] my [s]ilver (r 3) [...... I to]ld him (r 4) [......]... (r 5) [......] he gave (r 6) [......] saying: "Go (r 7) [......] field, silver (r 8) [...... p]laced (r 9) [......] 5 minas from it (r 10) [...... w]ent to him (r 11) [......] the crown prince (Rest destroyed)
State Archives of Assyria, volume 16 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
[ina UGU A.ŠÀ? ša LUGAL be-lí iš]-⸢pur⸣-an-⸢ni⸣ / [ma-a x x x x LÚ].kal-dà-a.a / [x x x x x x] ⸢ta⸣-áš-šú-u-ni / [x x x x x x]-u-ni ma A.ŠÀ / [x x x x x x] a-na LÚ.kal-dà-a.a / [x x x x m]⸢ku?⸣-na-a.a aq-ṭí-bi / [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ TAv pa-an / [x x x x x] ⸢ú⸣-še-ṣa-an-ni / [x x x x x] ⸢la⸣ im-ma-gúr-ru / [x x x x x x x ap?]-⸢ta⸣-làḫ / [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] / [x x x x x] ⸢KUG⸣.UD ia-ú / [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 P314038.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P314038). 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/P314038/.
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