Reading the tablets…
Reading the tablets…
The corpus
Every tablet in the corpus — sortable by date, title or period; filterable by theme and period. Use the controls below or change the URL parameters directly.
6701–6750 of 11663
Page 135 / 234

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Šulmu-[beli]. Good health [to the king, my lord]! (4) As to the ne[ws of ......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Š[ulmu-be]li. [Good] heal[th to the king], my [lo]rd! (4) As regards [NN], the 'third [man' ...] of [NN] son of [NN], about whom the k[ing, my lord], wro[te me]: "Sum[mon him; ...] with [...]" (Break) (r 1) [They told m]e: "The chariot owner [who go]es [wi]th him will summ[on him]; he has gone to Arbela."
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] in the city [...]. (3) I have several times [told him to go] to Baqar to the [...] and bring down ice, but he does not obey me. (7) [When the king], my lord, [was] in C[alah], I gave to the king, my lord, the following [report]: "I have ap[pointed ... in the Pa]lace [...] (Break) (r 3) "He has not opened [...], nor giv[en or]ders [to ......]." (r 5) The king, my lord, (then) se[nt] word; [he] was brou[ght] to Calah, and the king, my lord, order[ed] him be whipped with [...] leather straps. (r 9) I (however) said to [the king, my lord]: "[......] (Rest destroy…
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Šulmu-beli. Good heal]th t[o the king, my lord]! (4) [A mes]senger [of ... has arrived in] our [co]untry; [he sends the king his re]gards. (6) [A]s to the [merchants ... about wh]om the king, my lord, w[rote me, ...] (9) 2 merchants [......] (10) who were killed, when [......], (11) a [... o]f the king, [my] lo[rd ......] (Break) (r 1) who in [......] (r 2) upon all the countri[es ......] (r 3) to greet the king, [my] lo[rd ...]. (r 4) He has deta[ined] my merchants [and ...ed them], while I [have] not [detained] his merchants; what are the king my…
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) To the Palace Herald, my lord: your servant Urda-Sin. (4) The Cimmerian (king) has departed from Mannea this [...] and entered Urarṭu. He is ... [in] Hu'diadae; Sarduri is [...] in Ṭur[u]špâ. (14) The messenger of the governor of Wais[i] has gone to Ur[za]na for [help], saying: "Let yo[ur] troops come to (aid) the people of Pulia and Suriana." (r 6) All of Urarṭu is extremely frightened. They are assembling troops, saying: "Perhaps we can attack him, once there is more snow." (r 15) As to this booty which they said he has taken, they do say that of the district of Arhi, [...]......
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) [T]o the king, my lord: your servant Urzana. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The king, my lord, knows my affair. Whe[re] are the oxen and the rams? (7) Snow has blocked the roads. (As) I am looking out now, it is impossible: I cannot go empty-handed to the presence of the ki[ng]. (11) Or (suppose) I went and had to return from [...: I might ... and die in] the enemy country. (15) My heart [is ...], humble [...], reaching [...]. (18) As to what the king, [my] lord, [wrote me]: (19) "2[......] (20) 400 [......] (21) [......] (22) t[o ......] (23) the king [......] (r 1) [......] (r 2)…
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) A [tab]let of Urzana to the pa[lace] herald. Good health to y[ou]! (4) As to [wh]at you wrote me: "Is the king of Urarṭu on his way (there) with assembled troops? Where is he staying?" — (9) the governor of Waisi and the governor next to the Ukkean have come and are doing service in the temple. They say: (13) "The king is on his way; he is staying in Waisi, and further governors are coming to Muṣaṣir to do the service." (r 3) As to what you wrote me: "Nobody may take part in the service without the king's permission" — (r 8) when the king of Assyria came here, could I hold him back? He did…
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN]. Good health [to the king, my lord]! May Aššur, Bel, and [Nabû] giv[e you length of days]! (5) [... is] in Muṣ[aṣir]; [the rest of] the governors [......]. (8) As to the news of the Urarṭ[ian], the brother of Urzan[a] has c[ome t]o Šulmu-beli, [saying]: "He has returned [...]" (Break) (r 2) I shall set it up [in the ...] of the [...] palace. (r 3) I am in the city of [...], working on the [...]. The ki[ng, my lord], can be glad.
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) To the king, my lord: your servant [NN]. Good health to the king, [my lord]! (3) The king, my lord, knows that [...], the god of our [...] is ... upon [the Hargaean]s. They are [the king] my lord's (people). (6) [They ......], they perform the labour duty, they [have] submitted [to ...]. Their [...] have been utterly destroyed, their [......] (Break) (12) The king, my lord, [... mu]ch; (13) [...] of Hargu is indebted [...]. (14) The deputy of the palace herald has (already) received from him [x mi]nas of silver [in] the middle of Arbela. Now, ag[ai]n, they say: "3,6[00 person]s are dying…
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Ata]nha-[Šamaš. Good health t]o the king, [my] lord! (4) [As to the ...]naean(s) [about whom they wrote] me [from the Palace]: "In Arbela [...] the palace (8) [... the cou]rtyard of the palace (9) [...] seized me (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-alik-pani. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) These words that the king, my lord, wrote me about Pihame, the deputy (governor), about the garrisons, about the reports, and about prompting the works — the king, my lord, did greatly ... his servant! (10) [...] the major-domo whom the king, [my lord] (11) [......] (12) [As to the Itu']eans [about whom the king, my lord, wrote] me, I shall appoint them to [...] the garrisons, to [the ... of] the village inspectors, t[o the ... o]f the towns, and t[o the fort]s. (18) [The king], my lord, can be glad…
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) [To] the king, [my] lo[rd: your servant] Aššur-alik-[pani. Good] health to the king, [my lord]! (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-alik-pani. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to what Bel-iddina said in the presence of the king, my lord: "The [...]s [...] to the depu[ty ...]," (7) he [......] (8) I [......] (Break) (r 2) whether the [...s res]pect [their] government and are devoted to it ... (r 5) Let me come and speak with this man in the king my lord's presence.
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Aššur-alik-pan[i]. Good health to the king, [my] lord! (4) On the 5th day Aššur-bel-[...] came [to my presence] and communicated [us] the or[der] which the king, [my] lo[rd], gav[e] him about [...]: (10) "[......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) [To the king, our l]ord: [yo]ur [servan]ts [Aššur-a]lik-pani and [Nerg]al-šarrani. Good health to the k[ing, our lord]! (6) As to what the king, [our lord], wrote to us: "When the gov[ernor] arrives, [...] th[e]re with the capti[ves]" — (12) [NN] arrived in Šu[...] on the 6th; we have [now] inspec[ted] the captiv[es] and are herewith writing to the king, [our lord]. (r 1) The people are ve[ry] we[ak]; weather has eaten up [their] loo[ks] and the mountains have crushed them. They are coming ague-stricken. (r 8) [The ki]ng, our lord, should know (this).
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) [T]o [the king, our lord: your serv]ants [Aššur-alik-pani and] Nergal-ša[rrani]. Good [health to the king, our lord]! (5) The king having s[ent us] for good relations [and peace] to Bit-A[bdadani], (8) [we stayed] two days in [... but no]body [...ed] with [us] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) To the king, [our] lo[rd]: your servants [Aššur-alik-pani] and Nergal-ša[rrani]. Good health t[o the king, our lord]! (5) As to the tr[oops] about [wh]om the king, [our] lord, [wrote us, no] news of them [......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) [To] the king, [my] lo[rd: your servant] Aššur-alik-[pani. Good] health to the king, [my lord]! (4) [When] the king, my lord, [se]nt me [to the ho]use of the palace her[ald, the king], my [lo]rd, said [to me]: (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] from [...] (3) [......] Later, the w[ork] (4) [...... o]f the forts [...]. (5) We en[tered sa]fely, and are [encam]ped [...]. The guard [is strong]. (7) [What orders] does [the king my l]ord, sen[d me]? (8) [...] the wall of the camp [...]. (9) [...I] know that the king, [my] l[ord ...] (10) [...] on leather [...] (11) [...] the palace herald [...] (12) the palace herald and we [...], (13) [... fi]nished [...] (14) [...] sa[y ...] (15) [The gu]ard of the c[amp is strong]; (16) the king, [my lord, can be glad]. (17) [...] the king, my lord, [...] (18) [...] th…
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-alik-pani. Good health to the king, m[y] lord! (4) As to what the king, [my] lo[rd], wr[ote] me: "The [...]ean who [......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) [T]o the king, [my] l[ord]: your [ser]vant Upa[q-Šamaš]. Good health to the ki[ng, my lord]! (4) The magnates departed from Yeri on the 20th of [Tam]muz (IV) and went to Fort Adad-remanni; Ea-Šarru-ibni went with them. I am in Yeri, [keepin]g watch over Zaba-iqiša, as the king, my lord, [told] me. (14) As to the news [of] Zaba-iqiša, [a mes]senger [of] the Hubuškian has come and told the sartinnu: "He has been made to depart, and he is on his way [t]o Rusa." (r 4) It is a substantiated rumor; [I have he]ard it [reported] like this ma[ny] times. I am keeping an eye on [him] now.
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Upaq-Šamaš. Good health to the king, my lord! (5) As to the guard with the augurs, about whom the king, my lord, wrote me: "He should be tried in your presence, and he must give back whatever he took from the augurs" — (r 1) I have carried out a thorough investigation; he has taken nothing from them, [[though they complained about him]]. (r 7) Now, I have kept the reserve guard in their service, as the king, my lord, commanded; the other one has gone back to his garrison.
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) [To] the king, my lord: your servant Bel-iddina. (3) As to the news of the Urarṭian, a messenger of the Andian and a messenger of the Zikirtean have gone to Waisi and told him: "The king of Assyria is upon us." (12) The day he saw the messengers he set out to Zikirtu, he himself with his troops. (r 3) The Hubuškian too went with him, for five stages. (Then) he turned back and ordered his magnates: "Organize your troops, I shall array myself against the Assyrian king." (r 11) This is from [in]formers; (the part) concerning the arraying is from informers.
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) To the king, my [lord]: your servant B[el]-iddina. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to the news of the Urarṭian, he set out [on the ... d]ay and was making sacrifices in the city of A[... on the ...th] wi[th his magnates], (when) a me[ssage from] the Hubuškian [came] to him: (11) "[...]...[......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] has captured [...] in the moat of the town Š[u...], and is bringing cap[tives] from various places into it. (r 1) Furthermore, the city Kar-siparri has revolted against him, and his commander-in-chief is engaged in [bat]tle [the]re. (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] the Urarṭian has go[ne] (2) [......] have assem[bled] (3) [...... in] Waisi [...] (4) [......] in the presence of the king, [my] lord, (5) [......] Wais[i ...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) To the vizier, my lord: your servant Adâ. Good health to the Vizier, my lord! (5) As regards the news [of the Urarṭi]an about which my lord [wrote m]e, in [......] (Break) (r 4) On the night of [... he pla]ced [...]s within it; he is encamped in ..., within Uluaza; I have written to the vizier, my lord, where he intends to go. (e. 1) I have written [all that I have heard ...] (e. 2) I have written [......].
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Issar-šumu-iqiša. (3) The emissaries of the Zikirtean (king) are now coming; the messengers of the Urarṭian who had gone to the [Zi]kirtean are coming with them as captives. (8) I have had money brought up and deposited in the stronghold, (relying) on the word of the Zikirtean, who said: "I shall sell you the horses in Paššate." (13) Now let it be impressed upon the emissaries, as the emissaries are trying hard to back out of their word, claiming: "We have not heard about (such a promise) by our lord." (r 4) The king should ask the second emissary; he kno…
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) [To the king, my lord: y]our [servant] Di[nanu. Good] health to the k[ing, my lord]! (4) [As to what the ki]ng, my lord, [wro]te me last y[ear], the eunu[ch about whom] the king, my lord, said: "[Appoint ...] to his service!" — Išme-ilu [is now] in [his] service. (9) When [......] (Break) (r 4) [the Bu]susean(s) [...] (r 5) [... o]f Bi[rate] (r 6) [...] enter [...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) Yala[...], the crown prince of And[ia], is coming t[o ...], accompanied by the em[issary] Nergal-belu-uṣur. (6) 16 red horses; 13 irginu horses; 14 black horses; 1 Haršean horse; 1 tuanu horse; 6 mares; 5 mules; in all 51 horses from the crown prince of Andia. (r 4) Abat-šarri-uṣur, the Mannean emissary, is coming with them. I asked him: "Is the audience gift with you?" (r 11) He said: "[......] to [......]; (r.e. 13) "what[ever ...] ...[...]."
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Abat-šarri-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to the Chaldean Nabû-ereš about whom the king, my lord, wrote me: "He should be watched secretly" — (9) the very moment the king, my lord, wrote me, I sent (word), and they have been watching him secretly. (r 1) Now then he has set out and is on his way, going to the Palace to greet (the king), as he says.
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [about which] my [lo]rd [inquired, they previously informed me] as follows: (3) "Their king [and his magnates] have been [utterly] defeated on (their) expedition; [x] of his magna[tes] have been killed." (7) I did [no]t have more detailed information, and (thus) did not wr[ite] t[o] my [lo]rd how it happened. (11) Now they have e[ntered] my country from [...] and [are ...ing] the forts [...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] of [...] (2) [When] the (king) of Urarṭu [w]ent [against the Cimmerians, a]ll [his governors and his troops] were kil[led; n]ot [one] has returned [from there]. (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (3) kill[ed ......] (4) says [......] (5) in the [......] (6) opposite [......] (7) as far as [......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (3) Ass[yria ......] (4) one [......] (5) to And[ia ......] (6) to Assyria [......] (7) [will be] completed [......] (8) the road to [......] (9) I shall go [......] (10) Whoever [lays] hands [on ......] (11) I shall cut [...]; at the same time [...] (12) the king of Assyria aga[inst ......] (13) the pass of Sua [......] (14) which the Shepherd [......] (15) [t]hese [......] (Break) (Reverse too broken for translation) (e. 1) [When] I came [to ...], they brought the criminals and thieves of [...] away [from the p]ass. Truly, [...]; I did not trespass [up]on Urarṭian terri…
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... I have hea]rd that he has gone to [...]. (2) As to [......] the Andian [...], (4) [the ... o]f the Urarṭian [...] (5) has descended [to ... and ...ed] the [citi]es [...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... I said]: "100 (2) [......]ed (3) [......] placed (4) [......] day (5) [...... be]ams (6) [......] his messenger (Break) (10) [...] I [...]. (11) [By the go]ds of the kin[g, my lord], (r 1) [......] 1,000 Itu'eans (r 2) [...... Ṭ]urušpâ (r 3) [will] call [... to account]. (r 4) I have sent [my messenger to ...]; (r 5) [having g]one [...], he [sent] back [...], saying: (r 6) "The king of Urarṭu has written [to] his [governors]: (r 7) "Your [troops] should go and [...]." (r 9) The Urarṭian [......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Ever since the king of Urarṭu] came [...], the country has been in a state of alarm. He has taken the governor with him to Ṭuruš[pâ]; he has been discharged. (r 5) The deputy and the village manager have been discharged [as well]. The mighty of the land have been raging among themselves [...], saying: (r 9) "Why, [wh]en you [...], (r 10) [...] the overseer of [......]" (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... the mount]ain [...] (2) [......] the gov[ernors] (3) [......] after [the king] (4) [... ar]e co[ming] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king], my [lo]rd! (4) [As to the news of] the [Ur]arṭian [about which the king, my lord, wr]ote me, (6) [NN], the e[un]uch [whom] I sent [to ......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king, my] lord! (4) [As to the Urarṭ]ians [about whom the king, my lord], wrote me: "[Whatev]er is the ne[ws about th]em?" — (8) [...] who asked [......]. (9) He is a eunuch [...] (10) who in their presence [......] (Break) (r 1) their [...] changed [...] for us, [and we took] our replacement from it. [They are] guar[ding him/them] now. (r 5) How [should] we [proceed]? It is a cohort formed by the king, [my] lo[rd]; if it suits the king, [my lord], [let them ...] like [...]; (r.e. 11) [oth]erwise [......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] upon (it) (2) [... royal body]guard (3) [...] eunuch (4) [...] Urarṭu (5) [...] the royal house (6) [...]... (r 1) [... t]heir [...]. (r 2) [I am herew]ith [sen]ding them [to the Pa]lace.
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (2) Later he went and [assembled] the m[en]; 50 of them we[re] killed. [He proclaimed]: (4) "Y[ou] are subjects of the king, my lord; [y]ou are no more subjects of the U[rarṭian]!" (6) They submitted [......] (r 1) [...] stro[ng ......] (r 2) [......] (r 3) [...] 2,000 [......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] as regards (3) [...... the Ura]rṭian (4) [......] the town Ušti (5) [...] barley rations (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...-er]eš, a [...], [and ...]ayu, a subordinate of [NN, have co]me to me. The king kn[ows that they are] distant [...]. (6) [I have now sent] m[y messenger] to [him]; as soon as he returns [t]o me, [I shall immediately w]rite to the king, [my lord]. (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... Ur]zana [...] (2) [...] the fort[s ...] (3) [... w]e capture; in the ci[ty ...] (4) [... t]o the river [...] (5) [...] opposite hi[m ...] (6) even [Rus]a against [...] (7) [... they pl]aced him [...] (8) [...] they are [...] (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (3) [...] re[quested a fi]eld [...] (4) [He did not g]ive him [...] (5) [... ab]out Zik[irtu], (6) [gav]e him [...] and sen[t him to me]. (7) [...] m[y] messenger [...] (8) I asked h[im about the Urarṭ]ian, and he informed me [as follows]: (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [t]o g[o out ......] (2) [in] my [mou]th [......] (3) [N]ow, the king of Z[ikirtu] (4) [...] a team [of horses] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [I] sent him [with] Aššur-šarrani [to the ...] on the border [of] his father's household; the governor arrested [him]. (r 6) [N]ow Adâ [has ...ed] Baziya, the s[on of] the Ukk[ean] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(Beginning destroyed) (1) "The (ruler) of [...] has writ[ten to me]: 'The Hu[buškian] has arr[ived] in [...].'" (6) On the 14th day, [I] se[nt Šulmu-beli], (my) deputy, t[o ...]. (Rest uninscribed)
Daily LifeEconomy