Position in chronology
SAA 17 201. Fragment Mentioning Merodach-Baladan and Dur-Ladini (CT 54 451)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 17(obverse completely destroyed) (1) [...] and at Der greatly [...]. (r 1) [...] And when they removed our writing-boards, they brought (them) to Merodach-Baladan. (r 3) And they themselves have verily destroy[ed] (them) on the shore. (r 4) They lie [encamped] at Dur-Ladini. (r 5) [...] in their battle equipment (r 6) [...] they do not eat bread (r 7) [...] they have contracted [...], have not rested. (r 8) [The warriors of the ki]ng, my lord, have pains in their legs. (r 9) [...] they are building [...] (r 10) [...] their eyes have become dark (r 11) [...] and the decision (r 12) [...... May ...] come and (r 13) [......] you said to me (r 14) [......] and (r 15) [...... the ki]ng (Rest destroyed)
State Archives of Assyria, volume 17 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[x]+x u ina BÀD.DINGIR.KI dan-ni-⸢iš⸣ [x] / [x x] ù GIŠ.DA-MEŠ-⸢ni⸣ [ki-i x x] / [ú-še]-ṣu-nu a-na mdAMAR.UTU—DUMU.UŠ—⸢SUM-na⸣ / [ul-te]-bi-lu ù šú-nu ina kap-pi ú-qat-⸢tu⸣-[ú] / [ma-dak-tú] i-na UGU BÀD—mla-di-nu na-du-ú / [x x x] i-na ri-kis qab-li-šú-nu / [x x x x]-⸢ra?⸣ NINDA.ḪI.A ul ik-ka-lu / [x x x x x] iṣ-ṣab-tu ul i-nu-ḫu / [x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ía kam-ṣe-e-ti mar-⸢ṣu⸣ / [x x x x x…
Scholarly note
Babylonian-language letter to Sargon II or Sennacherib, edited by Manfried Dietrich (SAA 17, 2003). ORACC text P236892.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P236892). 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/P236892/.
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