SAA 05 234. Barley to Mazamua (ABL 0582)

~715 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P334401

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 5

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(Beginning destroyed) (1) We [are ready] to set out for the review, but Išme-ilu, the cohort commander, brings us the (king's) golden stamp seal and holds us up continually, saying: "Bring barley rations to Mazamua!" (r 2) What does the king, my lord, say? (r 4) [...] horses (Rest destroyed)

State Archives of Assyria, volume 5 — scholar edition (ORACC).

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Transliteration

nu-[x x]-⸢ki*-da*⸣ / ša nam-⸢mu⸣-ši / a-na ma-šar-te / miš-me—DINGIR LÚv.GAL—ki-ṣir / un-qu KUG.GI / na-aṣ ina UGU-ḫi-ni / ik-ta-na-la-a-na-ši / ma-a ŠE.PAD-MEŠ / zi-ib-la / a-na KUR—za-mu-u / mì-nu ša LUGAL be-lí / ⸢i-qab⸣-bu-u-ni / [x x x] ANŠE.KUR-MEŠ / [x x x x]-⸢ú⸣-te / [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ / [x x x x x] ⸢EN?-ía*⸣ / [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ / [x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣

Scholarly note

Royal correspondence from Assyria's northern frontier under Sargon II, edited by Giovanni B. Lanfranchi & Simo Parpola (SAA 5, 1990). ORACC text P334401.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P334401). source
Translation excerpted from Lanfranchi, G.B. & Parpola, S. 1990. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces. SAA 5. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa05/P334401/.

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