SAA 17 030. Fragment Mentioning Zera-ibni and Merodach-Baladan (ABL 1030+)

~710 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P238503

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 17

High confidence

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...]... of [NN ...] (2) [... h]e practiced, and Chalde[a ...] (3) [Šum]aya son of Nenê [...] (4) [Zer]a-ibni, the Babyloni[an, ...] (5) Merodach-Baladan, th[e son of Yakin, ...]. (6) After I had said: "Let them appoint [......], and besides [...]," Marduk-šarru-uṣur was appoi[nted ...]. Having [...ed] 10 shekels of gold [...], he is going back and forth [...] (11) they incite, until to [...] (12) brought them back. [...] (13) of Aqarâ son of Hab[a... ...] (14) They took Bit-Parasi-ili [...], saying, "He who insults the king's command shall [...]. Wait for me, until…

State Archives of Assyria, volume 17 — scholar edition (ORACC).

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Transliteration

[x x x]-ti šá m[x x x x x x x x x] / [x x i]-pu-šu-ma KUR.kal-⸢du⸣ [x x x] / [mšu-ma]-a DUMU mne-ne-e [x x x x x x] / [mNUMUN]—ib-ni LÚ.TIN.⸢TIR⸣.[KI x x x] / [m]dAMAR.UTU—DUMU.UŠ—SUM-na ⸢DUMU⸣—[mia-ki-ni] / ki-i aq-bu-ú um-ma [x x x x x x] / lip-qí-du-ma al-la [x x x x x x] / mdAMAR.UTU—LUGAL—ŠEŠ ip-te-⸢qí⸣-[du x x x x] / šu-ú 10 GÍN KUG.GI ki-i ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] / il-lak ù i-né-eḫ-⸢ḫi⸣-[is x x…

Scholarly note

Babylonian-language letter to Sargon II or Sennacherib, edited by Manfried Dietrich (SAA 17, 2003). ORACC text P238503.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P238503). source
Translation excerpted from Dietrich, M. 2003. The Babylonian Correspondence of Sargon and Sennacherib. SAA 17. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa17/P238503/.

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