SAA 15 297. Sending a Person to the King (CT 53 607)

~715 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P314019

Translation · reference

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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Now then] my [messenger] is taking him [to the king] my lord's [presence]. Let him speak [be]fore the king, my lord, [whatever ...]. (2) [...] his acquisition (3) [...] he has entrusted in my care (4) [...] on account of it I [...] (5) [...] I shall return [...] (Rest destroyed)

Source: 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/P314019/

Why it matters

Transliteration

[an-nu-rig LÚv.A—KIN]-ia / [ina IGI LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣-ia na-ṣa-šú / [x x ina] ⸢pa⸣-an LUGAL EN-ía / [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-u-ni lid-bu-ub / [x x x]-⸢tum⸣ qi-né-e-su / [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina pa-ni-ia ip-ti-qid / [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-u ina UGU-ḫi a-du-[x] / [x x x x] a-sa-ḫur a-⸢x⸣+[x x] / [x x x x x x x]+⸢x ra⸣ [x]

Scholarly note

Royal correspondence from Babylonia and the eastern provinces under Sargon II, edited by Andreas Fuchs & Simo Parpola (SAA 15, 2001). ORACC text P314019.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P314019). 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/P314019/.

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