Position in chronology
SAA 19 199. Messengers from Dur-Ladini (CTN 5 p. 36)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 19(1) To the k[i]ng, my lord: your servant Sîn-ašared. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The messengers have come from Dur-Ladini, saying: "The forces [o]f the son of Zerî are 250 cavalry (mounts); there are no archers of his." (8) [...]... have likewise come to us. Th[ey] stayed 14 days on the ri[ver] bank on the other side (of the river). They [sa]id: "We [......] (Break) (r 2) wine [......] (r 3) [...] the Palace [......] (r 4) [......] (r 5) [they] ca[me to m]e, saying: (r 6) "[......] (r 7) [...] wine [......] (r 8) [...]... [......] (r 9) not [......] (r 10) [......] (r.e. 11) they p[l]aced him/it. (r.e. 12) [L]ater on, [......].
State Archives of Assyria, volume 19 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia / ARAD-ka m30—SAG.KAL / lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia / LÚv.A—⸢KIN⸣-MEŠ TAv ŠÀ-bi URU.BÀD—la-di-⸢ni⸣ / i-tal-ku-⸢ni⸣ ma-a e-mu-⸢qi⸣ / ⸢ša⸣ DUMU*—mNUMUN-i ma-a 02 me 50 BAD-ḪAL / [ma-a] ⸢LÚv⸣.GIŠ.⸢BAN-MEŠ*⸣-šú* la-šú i-se-niš / [x] ⸢x⸣-a ina ⸢UGU⸣-ḫi-⸢ni⸣ i-tal-ku-⸢ni⸣ / 14 UD-⸢MEŠ⸣ ina ⸢UGU⸣ šap-te ša ⸢ÍD⸣ / ⸢ina ba-te⸣ am-me-te ⸢kam-mu-su⸣ / [ma]-⸢a⸣ a-ni-⸢nu* x⸣+[x 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 P393676.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Kalhu (mod. Nimrud) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P393676). 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/P393676/.
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