Position in chronology
SAA 21 157. The Land is in Revolt, My Lord Must not Be Languid Weak! (ABL 1127)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (2') [who had ...] upon him [...], killed him, trusting in [...]. (4') Now [that the country] is in revolt, my lord must not relax and must not be languid! (8') Let my [lo]rd come and stay in Der, and just as Ummanigaš has done, let him do and finish doing accordingly. Let them besiege the Elamites and (break) (r 4) [......] them (r 5) [...] bring (r 6) [... will] scare them. (r 7) [Those who he]ar and (r 8) [...] enter there (r 9) [... will r]ebel (r 10) [Let them m]ove up [...] (Rest destroyed)
Source: Parpola, S. 2018. The Correspondence of Assurbanipal, Part I: Letters from Assyria, Central Babylonia, and Vassal States. SAA 21. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa21/P452644/
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Transliteration
[x x] ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] / [šá] ina UGU-ḫi*-šú ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] / id-du-ku-uš a-⸢na⸣ [x x x] / tak-ku-lu ú-ma-a [ki-i KUR] / na-bal-kut-a-tu-u-ni / be-lí lu la i-nu-aḫ / ⸢lu⸣ la ú-šar-ba-ab / [be]-lí lil-li-ka ina URU.de-ri / ⸢lu⸣-šib ki-i šá mum-man-i-gaš / [e]-pu-uš-u-ni be-lí / [ina] ⸢pit⸣-te* le-e-pu-uš / [lig]-mu-ra LÚ.NIM.MA.KI-a.a / ⸢lil*-bi*⸣-ú ù / [x x x x x x]-ku / [x x x x x…
Scholarly note
Royal correspondence under Assurbanipal, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 21, 2018). ORACC text P452644.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P452644). source
Translation excerpted from Parpola, S. 2018. The Correspondence of Assurbanipal, Part I: Letters from Assyria, Central Babylonia, and Vassal States. SAA 21. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa21/P452644/.
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