SAA 17 205. Fragment Mentioning Humbe (CT 54 565)

~710 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237680

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 17

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(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] and [...] with him [...] (3) [...] brings up [...] and [...] (4) [...] from the beginni[ng ...] (5) [...] to darkness [...] (6) [... H]umbê of [Bit-Zualza] (7) [...] you did not cheat [...] (8) [...] treaty wi[th ...] (9) [...] tribute (payment)s [...] (10) [...] land [...] (11) [......] (12) [......] in the presen[ce ... (Rest destroyed)

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

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Transliteration

[x x x x] ⸢x áš ú? x⸣ [x x x] / [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ma it-ti-šú [x x x] / [x x x]-ti i-tar-ri-ma [x x x] / [x x x] ul-tu re-es-⸢šu⸣ [x x x] / [x x x] a-na e-kil-ti [x x x] / [x x m]⸢ḫu⸣-um-bé-e URU.[x x x] / [x x x] ul tak-kil um-[ma? x x] / [x x x]-⸢a⸣-nu a-de-e it-⸢ti?⸣ [x x] / [x x x]+⸢x⸣ man-da-⸢at⸣-a-ti [x x x] / [x x x] KUR.⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x la⸣ [x x] / [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] / [x x x x x x] ina ⸢IGI⸣ [x x] / [x x x x x x] ⸢ul?⸣ [x x]

Scholarly note

Babylonian-language letter to Sargon II or Sennacherib, edited by Manfried Dietrich (SAA 17, 2003). ORACC text P237680.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237680). 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/P237680/.

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