Position in chronology
SAA 16 216. (no title) (CT 53 456)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Previ]o[usly] (2) [......] (3) the [... o]f the [...] official (4) said: "[...] ... [......]" (6) Now he has go[ne around ......] (7) set ou[t ......] (8) they sell [......] (9) Previously [......] (10) they used to knit [......] (11) dark-blue wool [......] (12) bast [......] (Break) (r 4) to [......] (r 5) [......] (r 6) the ex[empts ...] (r 7) has ta[ken ......] (r 8) let [......] (r 9) [......] (r 10) [their] work [......] (Rest destroyed)
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/P313869/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[i—ti-ma-li i]—šá-[šu-me x x x] / [x x x x]+⸢x as⸣ [x x x x] / ⸢LÚv⸣.[x x x] ⸢ša⸣ LÚv.[x x x x x] / ⸢ma⸣-[a x x]-⸢an⸣-ni [x x x x x] / ma-a [x x x] ⸢la x⸣+[x x x x x] / ú-ma-a il-⸢ti⸣-[bi x x x x] / ú-ta-me-⸢iš⸣ [x x x x x x] / i-du-nu [x x x x x x x] / i—šá-šu-me [x x x x x x x] / i-ka-ṣur [x x x x x x x] / SÍG.ZA.GÌN.MI [x x x x x x] / si-iḫ-pu [x x x x x x] / an [x x x x x x x x x] / ú-[x x x…
Scholarly note
Political letter at the court of Esarhaddon, edited by Mikko Luukko & Greta Van Buylaere (SAA 16, 2002). ORACC text P313869.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P313869). 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/P313869/.
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