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SAA 21 075 (X210106)

Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationSAA 21 075
IDX210106
Museum no.1976.159.312
CollectionMerseyside Museum, Liverpool, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreAdministrative Letter
Find spotKuyunjik (Nineveh)
Coordinates36.3587, 43.1519

English translation

By ORACC project saao/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22The king's word to Hunda[ru, king of Dilmun]: I am well, you [can be] gl[ad].
Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33Concerning what [you wrote] through [your] emissaries:
Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44"Nabû-bel-šumati did not send [...]
Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55within [...]
Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66against the king [......]
Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77who in [......]
Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88against [......]
Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99"Sen[d ......]
Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010since he cam[e ......]
Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414[...] I do not s[ee ......]
Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616will [no]t rea[ch ......]
Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717"Y[ou .....]
Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818[w]hy [......]
Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919[...] God to [......]
Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020[...] not [......]
Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121wind [......]
Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222[I] have heard that [......]
Obverse [22:23] o 2323–o 2323[f]rom Elam [......]
Obverse [23:25] o 2424–o 2525When I [give an or]der [......]
Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1[my] mess[enger] Inurta-alik-pani [...]
Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22[...] speaks [...]
Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33[He] has spoken [a]ny of the words of mine that I w[rote ...].
Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55I have seen the trea[ty] tablet which you sent me; [......] there.
Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66[I]f they do not return [...] (and)
Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77[do] not [... t]o you [...]
Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88[th]ere [......]
Reverse [9:10] r 1313–r 1313who lives there on [his] ow[n ...]
Reverse [10:11] r 1414–r 1414lives on dry land [...] May [d]ry land [...]
Reverse [11:12] r 1515–r 1515is mine. You should stay [in Tilmun].
Reverse [12:15] r 1616–r 1818You ... [... a]ll this; and your heart will be completely with [m]e. I am imposing this on you.
Reverse [15:19] r 1919–r 2222Don't you know that [you have been sitting on the th]rone [under the pr]otection of Aš[šur] (and) my fathers, and that they lengthened [your reign] (only) to avenge [...... and] to [... my] adversa[ry ......]?
Reverse [19:21] r 2323–r 2424Now, fear not! (Even) if I did not attack that city from the beginning, I will settle (people) there now.
Reverse [21:26] r 2525–r 2929Don't you k[now] that I will give the kingship of Tilmun to you? You shall sit there and live there under my protection, and my watch will be established there in this manner.
Reverse [26:27] r 3030–r 3030Month Elul (VI), 13th day, eponym year of Nabû-nadin(-ahi) (647).

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
o
1a-mat LUGAL a-na {1}hu-un-da-[ru LUGAL NI.TUK{ki]}
2šu-lum ia-a-ši ŠA₃-ba-ka [lu-u ṭa-ab-ka]
3ina UGU ša₂ ina ŠU.2 {lu₂}MAH-⸢MEŠ⸣-[ka taš-pu-ra]
4um-ma {1}{d}AG—EN—MU-MEŠ [x x x x x]
5ul iš-pu-ra ina ŠA₃ [x x x x x x]
6a-na UGU LUGAL ⸢šu⸣-[x x x x x x]
7ša₂ ina ku-up-[x x x x x x x]
8a-na UGU-hi ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x]
9um-ma šup-[ra x x x x x x x x]
10aš₂-ša₂ it-tal-[ka x x x x x x x]
11⸢x⸣ ba bi [x x x x x x x x x x]
12[x x] a [x x x x x x x x x x]
13[x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x]
14[x x] ⸢ul⸣ am-[x x x x x x x x x]
15[x] ⸢x⸣-te at-[x x x x x x x x]
16⸢ul⸣ i-kaš-[šad x x x x x x x x x]
17⸢um⸣-ma ⸢at⸣-[ta x x x x x x x x x]
18⸢mi⸣-nam-ma [x x x x x x x x x x]
19[x] ⸢x⸣ AN a-na [x x x x x x x x x]
20[x] ⸢x⸣-nu ul [x x x x x x x x x]
21zi-i-qu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x]
22⸢al⸣-te-me ki-i [x x x x x x x x]
23[x] ⸢ul⸣-tu {kur}NIM.MA{[ki} x x x x x x]
24[ṭe₃]-e-mu ki-i a-[šak-ka-nu x x x]
25⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x]
r
1{1}{d}MAŠ—a-lik—pa-ni {lu₂}A—[KIN-ia {lu₂}A—[KIN-ia dib-bi]
2[ša₂] id-da-ab-ba-bu u₂-[x x x x]
3[mim]-mu-u ša₂ dib-bi-ia ša₂ aš₂-⸢pu⸣-[ra ul]
4[id]-da-ab-ba u ṭup-pi a-⸢de⸣-[e ša₂]
5⸢tu⸣-še-bi-la a-ta-mar ina ŠA₃-bi [x x x]
6⸢ki⸣-i la u₂-tir-ru-[uš x x x x x x]
7[ina] UGU-hi-ka la ⸢i⸣-[x x x x x x]
8[ina] ŠA₃-bi [x x x x x x x x x x]
12[x] ga bi ⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x x]
13ša₂ ŠA₃-bi ki-i ra-⸢ma⸣-[ni-šu] aš₂-bu um-[x x]
14ina ta-ba-lu uš-šab 0 ⸢ta⸣-ba-lu lu ⸢x⸣+[x x]
15at-tu-u-a at-ta [ina NI].⸢TUK⸣{ki} lu-u at-ta [x x]
16at-ta at—ta-ʾi-[ka at—ta-ʾi-[ka a]-ga-a gab-bi
17u ŠA₃-ba-ka it-ti-[ia lu]-u₂ qa-ti a-[na-ku]
18a-mat a-ga-ti ina UGU-ka a-šak-kan
19ul ti-de-e ki-i [ina GIŠ].MI ša₂ AN.[ŠAR₂]
20AD-MEŠ-e-a-ma [ina ku]-us-se-e [aš₂-bu-ma]
21tur-ru ša₂ gi-mil-[li x]-qu a-[x x x]
22a-na EN—ṣe-el-[ti EN—ṣe-el-[ti x x x x x x x]
23ur-ri-ku en-na la pal-ha-[ta] URU ul-lu-u₂
24ki-i re-es-su la at-bu-⸢ku⸣-šu u en-na
25a-na-ku ina ŠA₃-bi u₂-še-ši-ib-ma at-ta ul ti-[de-e]
26ki-i a-na-ku LUGAL-u-ti ša₂ NI.TUK{ki} ad-dan-ka
27ina ŠA₃-bi lu-u aš₂-ba-a-ta ina GIŠ.MI-ia lu-u
28bal-ṭa-a-ta ma-aṣ-ṣar-ta-a ina ŠA₃-bi
29ki-i a-ga-a i-na-aṣ-ṣur
30{iti}KIN UD 13-KAM
31lim-mu {1}{d}PA—AŠ—<PAB>

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