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SAA 15 098. Ludu and Elamite Troops; Concluding a Treaty (ABL 1008)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Mannu-ki-Ninua]. Good health [to the king, my lord]! The la[nd of the king my lord] is well. The Medes [around us are peaceful], and we [are doing our] w[ork]. The king, [my] lord, [can be] glad. (8) [News] of the Elamite (king): [he is] i[n ...]. (9) Concerning Ludû [......] (10) the troops of the Elamite who [...] (11) [...] him; "the previous ones who [......] (12) [...] them [......] (13) their [...]s [......] (14) [... Ašpa-b]ari of Bit-[......] (15) [the ...]s of the Elamite [......] (Break) (r 1) [...] killed their [village managers. Later they…
Source: Fuchs, A. & Parpola, S. 2001. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part III: Letters from Babylonia and the Eastern Provinces. SAA 15. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa15/P334673/
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Transliteration
[a-na LUGAL EN-ia] / [ARAD-ka mman-nu—ki-i—URU.NINA] / lu DI-mu [a-na LUGAL EN-a] / DI-mu a-na ⸢KUR⸣ [ša LUGAL EN-a] / LÚ.ma-ta-a.a [ša bat-te-bat-te-e-ni né-e-ḫu] / ù a-né-e-nu ⸢dul⸣-[li-in-ni né-pa-áš] / ŠÀ-bu ša LUGAL EN-[ia lu DÙG.GA ṭè-mu] / ša KUR.NIM.MA-a.a ⸢ina?⸣ [x x x x x x x] / ina UGU mlu-du-ú [x x x x x x] / LÚv.ERIM-MEŠ ša KUR.e-lam-a.a ša [x x x] / ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣-šú ma-a pa-ni-u-te…
Scholarly note
Royal correspondence from Babylonia and the eastern provinces under Sargon II, edited by Andreas Fuchs & Simo Parpola (SAA 15, 2001). ORACC text P334673.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P334673). source
Translation excerpted from Fuchs, A. & Parpola, S. 2001. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part III: Letters from Babylonia and the Eastern Provinces. SAA 15. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa15/P334673/.
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