SAA 13, 178 (P336737)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 13, 178 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336737 |
| Museum no. | TKSM 21/676 |
| Collection | Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the king of the lands, my lord: your servant Šuma-iddin. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king of the lands, my lord. |
| Obverse [2:9] o 33–o 99 | I was coming to the king, my lord, (but) when Mar-Issar came saying: "I will inscribe the pedestals" — as far as he was concerned there was nothing worth looking at. (So) I was delayed in his presence. As soon as he has finished with me here, I will come and kiss the feet of the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [9:25] o 1010–o 2525 | The statues of the king which Mar-Issar brought here, saying: "Inspect (them), and let the one which is perfect stand" — when the scholars and I, (all) servants of the king, inspected (them) together, the very statue which I sent to the king, my lord, was perfect in that the king, my lord, is girding himself, and you(!) are entering before Marduk, your god; (this) is the very statue which I sent to the king, my lord. The arrangement of the clothing of the king, my lord, is just like that (of the statues) which they are setting up in Assur upon the dais of Bel (and) I have set up in Esaggil and the temples of Babylon. Let the king have a look; and if it pleases the king, my lord, let one exactly like his stand, or if it does not please the king, my lord, let the very statue of the king, my lord, which I sent, stand. |
| Obverse [25:46] o 2626– | When Aha-iddina, the chief votary, Balaṭu, the 'farmer' of Bel, Bel-ušallim, and Nabû-eriba — grooms of the royal delegate — invoked the right of appeal to the king, I sent them to the king. Let the king hear what they have to say. But they are telling me the following: "When the two eunuchs ran away from Assyria, the royal delegate hid them in his house. And now he has sent them to Borsippa." I can not act on my own authority and bring them from Borsippa. If it pleases the king, my lord, let the king's messenger come with them and lead them here (from) where they are living before they hear and go somewhere else. |
| Reverse [15:20] r 1616–r 2020 | I have captured the eunuch about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me. I am now occupied with Mar-Issar. As soon as we have completed our work, I will bring him (the eunuch) with me. |
| Reverse [20:30] r 2121– | Whoever has a brother or someone inside the palace can rely on him. I, however, have no one in the palace of the king, my lord, except the king, my lord. I pray to Marduk and Šeru'a for the sake of the life of the king, my lord. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Imbâ, of the Gallabu family, the 'measurer' of the governor, has come from Elam. The governor hasn't seen him. You, O king, should know (this). |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL KUR.KUR EN-ia₂ ARAD-ka {1}MU—SUM-na | |
| 2 | {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL KUR.KUR EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 3 | a-na pa-an LUGAL EN-ia₂ al-la-ka | |
| 4 | {1}DUMU—{d}15 ki-i il-li-ka | |
| 5 | um-ma {giš}ki-gal-la-a-nu a-šaṭ-ṭar | |
| 6 | mim₃-ma ša₂ it-ti-šu₂ a-na a-ma-ru ṭa-a-bu ia-aʾ-nu | |
| 7 | ina pa-ni-šu at-te-mir-ka | |
| 8 | a-di ina pa-ni-ia₂ u₂-qat-tu-u₂ | |
| 9 | al-la-kam-ma GIR₃.2 ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia₂ a-ni-šiq | |
| 10 | ALAM-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL ša₂ {1}DUMU—{d}15 iš-ša₂-a | |
| 11 | um-ma a-mur-ra-ma ša₂ ša₂-lam li-iz-zi | |
| 12 | a-na-ku u {lu₂}um-ma-nu ARAD-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 13 | a-ha-meš ki-i nu-kal-li-mu | |
| 14 | ŠA₃-bu-u₂ ALAM ša₂ a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ u₂-še-bi-la | |
| 15 | ša₂-lim ki-i ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia₂ MURUB₄-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 16 | i-rak-ka-su-ma a-na pa-an {d}AMAR.UTU DINGIR-ka | |
| 17 | te-ru-bu ŠA₃-bu-u₂ ALAM ša₂ a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 18 | u₂-še-bi-la ri-ik-su ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 19 | ŠA₃-bu-u₂ ša₂ ina BAL.TIL{ki} ina UGU {giš}šub-ti ša₂ {d}EN | |
| 20 | u₂-ša₂-az-zi-zu ina {e₂}sag-gil u E₂.KUR-MEŠ | |
| 21 | ša₂ TIN.TIR{ki} ul-ta-az-zi LUGAL li-⸢mur⸣-ma | |
| 22 | ki-i pa-an LUGAL EN-ia₂ mah-ru | |
| 23 | ŠA₃-bu-šu li-iz-zi u ki-i pa-an LUGAL | |
| 24 | la mah-ru ŠA₃-bu-u₂ ALAM ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 25 | u₂-še-bi-la li-iz-zi | |
| 26 | {1}ŠEŠ—SUM-na {lu₂}GAL—ši-ra-ku {lu₂}GAL—ši-ra-ku | |
| 27 | {1}ba-la-ṭu {lu₂}ENGAR ša₂ {d}EN | |
| 28 | {1}[d].EN—u₂-šal-lim u {1}{d}AG—eri-ba | |
| b.e. | ||
| 29 | {lu₂}ki-zu-u₂-MEŠ ša₂ {lu₂}qi₂-i-pi | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-mat LUGAL ki-i iq-bu-u₂ | |
| 2 | a-na pa-an LUGAL al-tap-raš-šu₂-nu-ti | |
| 3 | LUGAL ša₂ pi-i-šu₂-nu liš-me | |
| 4 | u₃ i-qab-bu-ni um-ma 02 {lu₂}SAG-MEŠ | |
| 5 | ul-tu KUR—{d}aš-šur ki-i ih-li-qu-ni | |
| 6 | {lu₂}qi₂-i-pi ina E₂-šu₂ ip-te-sim₂-šu₂-nu-ti | |
| 7 | u₃ en-na a-na BAR₂.SIPA{ki} | |
| 8 | il-ta-par-šu₂-nu-ti a-na-ku | |
| 9 | ul a-šal-laṭ-ma ul-tu BAR₂.SIPA{ki} | |
| 10 | ul u₂-še-ṣa-a ki-i pa-an LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 11 | mah-ru {lu₂}DUMU—šip-ri {lu₂}DUMU—šip-ri ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 12 | it-ti-šu₂-nu lil-li-kam-ma | |
| 13 | a-šar aš₂-bu li-bu-ku-ni | |
| 14 | a-di la i-šem-mu-u₂-ma | |
| 15 | a-na a-šar ša₂-nam-ma il-la-ku | |
| 16 | {lu₂}SAG ša₂ LUGAL EN-a iš-pu-ra | |
| 17 | aṣ-ṣa-bat-su a-du-u ina ŠU {1}DUMU—{d}15 | |
| 18 | u₂-šu-uz-za-ku ki-i ša₂ dul-la-ni | |
| 19 | nu-uq-ta-at-tu-u₂ it-ti-ia₂ | |
| 20 | ab-ba-kaš-šu | |
| 21 | man-nu ša₂ ŠEŠ-šu₂ u qe₂-reb E₂.GAL-šu₂ | |
| 22 | i-ba-aš₂-ši a-na UGU-hi-šu₂ | |
| 23 | ra-hu-uṣ a-na-ku man-ma-nu-u₂-a | |
| 24 | ina E₂.GAL ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia₂ ia-aʾ-nu | |
| 25 | a-na la LUGAL EN-a | |
| r.e. | ||
| 26 | a-du-u {d}AMAR.UTU u {d}A.EDIN | |
| 27 | a-na TIN ZI-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 28 | u₂-ṣal-li | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {1}im-ba-a DUMU {lu₂}ŠU.I man-di-id {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ ul-tu {kur}NIM.MA | |
| 2 | it-⸢tal⸣-ka {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ ul i-mur-šu₂ LUGAL lu-u₂ ti-di | |
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