Position in chronology
SAA 15 130. The King of Elam Mobilizes his Troops (ABL 1315)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [To the governor, my lord: your servant Nabû-duru-uṣur. Good health to my lord! The city of Der and] the for[t] are [well]. (5) [NN and] his associate have writ[ten to me]: (6) ["The king of Ela]m is mob[ilizing] troops. (7) ["......] on the bord[er] (8) ["......] the exit of water [...... are] with him. (9) "Now then [the ... who relie]ved me [......]: 'Go and pro[tect] your lord! [...] I am your servant. The servant [of ...] is returning home (and) [...]. If [he proceeds] to battle, [...].' (15) "On account of this the king of Elam [......]. The sheikhs [of Hupapa]ni (and) Pillat [ha]d…
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/P334847/
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Transliteration
[a-na LÚv.EN.NAM be-lí-ia] / [ARAD-ka mdPA—BÀD—PAB] / [lu-u DI-mu a-na be-lí-ia] / [DI-mu a-na URU.de-ri DI-mu] ⸢a*⸣-na URU.ḪAL.[ṢU] / [mx x x x x x ša] i-si-šu i-sap-[ru-u-ni] / [ma-a LUGAL KUR.NIM.MA].⸢KI⸣ e-mu-qi i-⸢da⸣-[ak-ki] / [ma-a x x x x x]-ni ina UGU taḫ-ú-[me] / [x x x x x x]-tu mu-ṣu A-MEŠ* bat-[x] / [x x x x x x] i-si-šu ma-a an-nu-⸢rig⸣ / [x x x x x x]-riq-an-ni-ni ma-a a-[x x] / [x…
Scholarly note
Royal correspondence from Babylonia and the eastern provinces under Sargon II, edited by Andreas Fuchs & Simo Parpola (SAA 15, 2001). ORACC text P334847.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P334847). 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/P334847/.
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