Position in chronology
SAA 19 056. Bringing the Puqudu to the Palace (CTN 5 p. 84)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 19(1) A tablet of Inurta-ila'i to the palace scribe. (3) Concerning the people of Puqudu in my presence about whom they ordered from the Palace: "Let them be brought here!" (8) They are bringing 29 per[son]s. To[da]y they are in Calah, I am giving them bread [and water ...] (Break) (r 1) Let them be counted [as Assyrians], and let them be brought and appointed where [their] people are. (r 5) One of them is in Barhalza. I have sent word to bring him. (r 9) I am (now) writing to you: check and receive the people quickly!
State Archives of Assyria, volume 19 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
IM mdMAŠ—DINGIR-a.a / a-na LÚ.A.BA—⸢É.GAL⸣ / UN-MEŠ-šú-nu ša / KUR.pu-qu-da-a.a / ša ina pa-ni-ia / ša ina É.GAL iq-bu-u-ni / ma-a lu-bi-lu-ni-šú-nu / 29 LÚ.⸢ZI*-MEŠ⸣ / ⸢na-ṣu⸣-ni [ina ŠÀ UD]-me / an-ni-e ina ⸢URU.kal-ḫi⸣ / šu-nu NINDA-MEŠ [A-MEŠ] / ⸢ú⸣-šá-dan-šú-⸢nu⸣ [x x] / ⸢x x⸣ [x x x] / li-im-nu-[šú-nu] / bé-et UN-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šú-nu-ni] / lu-bi-lu lip-qi-⸢du⸣ / 01-en TAv ŠÀ-bi-šú-nu / ina KUR.bar-ḫal-zi / šu-tú a-sap-ra / ú-bal*-lu-ni-šú / a-sap-rak-ka ár-ḫiš / UN-MEŠ a-šur mu-ḫur
Scholarly note
Royal correspondence from Kalḫu (Nimrud) under Tiglath-pileser III or Sargon II, edited by Mikko Luukko (SAA 19, 2012). ORACC text P224424.
Attribution
Image: Adapted from Mikko Luukko, The Correspondence of Tiglath-Pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud (State Archives of Assyria, 19), 2012. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2012, as part of the AHRC-funded research project “Mechanisms of Communication in an Ancient Empire: The Correspondence between the King of Assyria and his Magnates in the 8th Century BC” (AH/F016581/1; University College London) directed by Karen Radner. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P224424/..
Translation excerpted from Luukko, M. 2012. The Correspondence of Tiglath-pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud. SAA 19. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa19/P224424/.
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