SAA 19 181. Officials Inspecting Samaria (CTN 5 p. 151)

~730 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P393670

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 19

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(Beginning destroyed) (2) I [sent x me]n before me [and went] to Samaria. (4) In the mountain, four ...[......] (5) the messenger of the [......] (6) with the vice-governor of the city [...] (7) the official of [......] (8) went ...[......] (9) in the city, the cella[s of ......] (10) behin[d ......] (11) surro[unded ......] (12) ...[... ......] (13) Now [......] (r 2) [c]am[e ......] (r 3) saying, "[......] (r 4) who ... [......] (r 5) the city [......] (r 6) wine ...[......] (r 7) I [......] (Break) (e. 1) [......] all the [...]s

State Archives of Assyria, volume 19 — scholar edition (ORACC).

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Transliteration

[x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x] / [x] ⸢LÚv⸣.[ERIM]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ina IGI-a ⸢a⸣-[sa-par] / ⸢a⸣-na KUR.sa-mir-na [a-ta-lak] / ina KUR-⸢ú⸣ : 04 bu-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] / LÚv.A—šip-ri ⸢ša LÚv⸣.[x x x x] / TAv LÚv.02-i URU* [x x x x] / EN—pi-qi-ti ⸢ša⸣ [x x x x] / i-tal-ku is-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] / ina URU pa-pa-ḫa-[ti x x x x] / ⸢ku-ta-al⸣ [x x x x x] / il-⸢ti?⸣ [x x x x x x] / ⸢i-šá⸣-[x x x x x x] / ⸢ú⸣-ma-⸢a⸣ [x x x x x]…

Scholarly note

Royal correspondence from Kalḫu (Nimrud) under Tiglath-pileser III or Sargon II, edited by Mikko Luukko (SAA 19, 2012). ORACC text P393670.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Kalhu (mod. Nimrud) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P393670). source
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/P393670/.

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