Position in chronology
SAA 16 168. Advising the King (CT 53 950)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 16(Beginning destroyed) (1) [I] whole[heartedly] (2) [fear the ki]ng, my lord. (3) [N]ow, as [...] (4) [is de]ad, a war[d ...] (5) [...] befo[re ...] (6) [...] hear[t ... to] (7) [re]move him [...] (8) Yo[u] are a strong [kin]g. [A plan] (9) which will succe[ed and] (10) encourag[e] the k[ing, my lord, ...] (Rest destroyed)
State Archives of Assyria, volume 16 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
ina gu-⸢mu⸣-ur-⸢ti⸣ [ŠÀ-bi a-na] / ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia [a-pal-làḫ] / [ú]-ma-a a—ki-⸢ma⸣ [x x x] / [me-e]-te LÚ.pi-⸢qi⸣-[tu x x] / [re]-e-šú ina pa-⸢an⸣ [x x x] / [x]-šu-bu lib-⸢bu⸣ [x x x] / [ul]-lu-e-šú i-[x x x x] / ⸢LUGAL⸣ dan-nu at-⸢ta⸣ [x x x] / ša i-šal-li-[mu-u-ni] / ŠÀ-bu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia] / ú-šá-áš-ka-[nu-ni x x] / [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x]
Scholarly note
Political letter at the court of Esarhaddon, edited by Mikko Luukko & Greta Van Buylaere (SAA 16, 2002). ORACC text P314359.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P314359). source
Translation excerpted from Luukko, M. & Van Buylaere, G. 2002. The Political Correspondence of Esarhaddon. SAA 16. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa16/P314359/.
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