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.
6751–6800 of 10892
Page 136 / 218

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Aqar-Bel-lum]ur. [Good health to the king], my lord! [Sa]y to the king, my lord: (5) News of the son of Yakin: he is [in] Babylon. (6) Furthermore, [I have] heard that Nabû-hamatua — and he has troops with him — has ... marched downstream all the way to the Litamu. Firstly, they are saying: "Why do the Assyrians keep attacking our towns? We shall go and attack the cities of Bit-Dakuri." (15) Secondly, it is being said that they say: "Isn't it actually good that he (Nabû-hamatua) came? When they pull themselves back, we shall have entered Babylon." (r 2)…
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) [To] the king, [my lord]: your [servant] A[qar-Bel-lumur. Goo]d health [to the king, my lord]! (4) Concerning the n[ews of the son of] Yakin: [...] (6) [...] three [...] (7) [...] my lord [...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy