Position in chronology
SAA 17 204. News of Elam (CT 54 551)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (2) We have se[nt ... to the king], our [lo]rd. [The king, our lord] may do [as he sees be]st. [......] (4) [......] 2 eunuchs [......] (5) [......] with these men [......] (6) [......] messengers, lords [......] (7) [......] News of Elam: [...] (8) [......]s from Ela[m ...] (9) [......] the Ru['ueans ......] (Rest destroyed)
Source: Dietrich, M. 2003. The Babylonian Correspondence of Sargon and Sennacherib. SAA 17. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa17/P237440/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] / [x x x a-na LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣-i-ni nu-ul-[te-bi-il LUGAL EN-a-ni] / [a-ki šá i-le-ʾu]-⸢ú⸣ li-pu-[uš x x x x x x] / [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-la 02 LÚ.SAG-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] / [x x x x x x] KI ERIM-MEŠ an-nu-ti ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] / [x x x x x x]-i LÚ.A—KIN-MEŠ EN-MEŠ [x x x x x] / [x x x x x] ⸢ṭè⸣-e-mu šá KUR.NIM.MA.KI [x x x x] / [x x x x x x]-MEŠ ul-tu KUR.NIM.⸢MA⸣.[KI x x x x] / [x x x x x x x] LÚ.ru-⸢ʾu⸣-[a-a x x x x]
Scholarly note
Babylonian-language letter to Sargon II or Sennacherib, edited by Manfried Dietrich (SAA 17, 2003). ORACC text P237440.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P237440). 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/P237440/.
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