SAA 15 186. The Son of Zeri Crossing the River at Bab-Bitqi (ABL 0830)

~715 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P334583

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 15

High confidence

(1) To the governor, my lord: a tablet from Šamaš-abu-uṣur. (3) Ra'iwanu, the nephew of Bel-iddina from Nagiati has come and told me (this): (7) "The son of Zerî is crossing over at Bab-bitqi. The Itu'u, the Rubu'u, and the [Li]ta'u [have c]rossed [over be]fore them [at] the town Apallâ. The Rahihu [are spen]ding the night at the town Nunak." (r 7) Report it to the Palace! I have sent you in[fo]rmation!

State Archives of Assyria, volume 15 — scholar edition (ORACC).

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Transliteration

a-na LÚv.EN.NAM EN-ía / IM mdUTU—AD—PAB / mra-ʾi-ú-a-nu / DUMU—PAB-šú ša mEN—AŠ / URU.na-gi-a-ta-a.a / i-tal-ka iq-ṭí-bi-a / ma-a DUMU—mNUMUN-i / ina KÁ—bit-qi / e-ta-na-bir / KUR.i-tu-ʾu / KUR.ru-bu-ʾu / [KUR.li]-ta-a.a / [ina URU].ap-al-la-a / [ina pa]-⸢na⸣-tú-šú-nu / [e]-⸢tab⸣-ru-u-ni / [ma-a] KUR.ra-ḫi-ḫa / [ina] ⸢ŠÀ⸣ URU*.nu-nak / [bé?]-⸢e⸣-de / ⸢ṭè⸣-mu ina É.GAL / te-e-re / ⸢ba*-ti⸣-iq-tú / ši-⸢i⸣ a-sa-par-ak-ka

Scholarly note

Royal correspondence from Babylonia and the eastern provinces under Sargon II, edited by Andreas Fuchs & Simo Parpola (SAA 15, 2001). ORACC text P334583.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P334583). source
Translation excerpted from Fuchs, A. & Parpola, S. 2001. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part III: Letters from Babylonia and the Eastern Provinces. SAA 15. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa15/P334583/.

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