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SAA 05 133. King of Hubuškia Arrives with Tribute (ABL 0890)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [T]o the king, [my lord]: your servant Šulmu-beli. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) (When) I was coming back from Dur-Šarruken, my messenger, coming from Anisu, met me in Adian and said: (9) "Ianzû, (king) of Hubuškia, has entered Wa[isi] on the 24th, and is going to Harra[nia]. If he does not go up to Harrania, he will be in Burte on the 26th; else if he does go up to Harrania, he will be in Burte on the 27th. (r 9) "The horses and his oxen and sheep came in one day ahead of him opposite Anisu. [He has wi]th him [x] horses, [x ox]en and [x shee]p [plus] their [......]." (e. 1) [I]f the king, my lord, so orders, I sha[ll go] and speak [wi]th him.
Source: Lanfranchi, G.B. & Parpola, S. 1990. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces. SAA 5. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa05/P334612/
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Transliteration
[a]-na LUGAL EN-ia / ARAD-ka mDI-mu—EN / lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ía / TAv URU.BÀD—LUGAL—GI / DU-ak LÚv.A—KIN-ia / TAv ŠÀ-bi URU.a-ni-su* / ina URU.EN-an ina ⸢GABA*⸣-ia / i-tal-ka ma-[a] / mia*-an-zu-⸢ú*⸣ [o] / KUR.ḫu*-buš*-a.a [o] / ma-a UD 24-KÁM [o] / i-na URU.⸢ú*⸣-a*-[si] / e-ta-⸢rab*⸣ [o] / i-na URU.ḫar-ra-[ni-a] / i-tu-⸢ṣi*⸣ / ma-a šúm-ma i-na ŠÀ-bi / URU.ḫar-ra-ni-a la e-⸢li*⸣ / UD 26-KÁM…
Scholarly note
Royal correspondence from Assyria's northern frontier under Sargon II, edited by Giovanni B. Lanfranchi & Simo Parpola (SAA 5, 1990). ORACC text P334612.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P334612). source
Translation excerpted from Lanfranchi, G.B. & Parpola, S. 1990. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces. SAA 5. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa05/P334612/.
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