Position in chronology
SAA 19 061. Hampered by Snow (CTN 5 p. 143)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 19(1) [To] the king, my lord: your [servant] Duri-Aššur. (3) The forts of the king, my lord, are very well. The king, my lord, can be glad. (8) Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Why did you not send me m[y] messenger in the custody of [your] messe[nger]?" (r 2) There is very much snow; I have sent out scouts but they have turned back, saying: "Where can we go?" (r 6) As soon as the snow decreases, they will set off and enter (the Palace). (r 9) Informers are bringing news of the enemy.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 19 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
[a-na] LUGAL EN-ia / [ARAD]-ka mBÀD—daš-šur / ⸢DI⸣-mu a-na URU.bi-rat / ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia / a—⸢dan-niš⸣ / ŠÀ ⸢ša LUGAL EN-ia⸣ / lu-u DÙG.GA / i—⸢su⸣-ri / LUGAL be-lí / i-qa-a-⸢bi⸣ / ma a-ta-⸢a⸣ / LÚ.DUMU—KIN-⸢ia⸣ / ⸢ina ŠU⸣.2 LÚ.A—⸢KIN⸣-[ka] / la tu-še-bi-la / ku-pu-ú : KALAG-an / a—dan-niš LÚ.da-a.a-lim / a-sa-par : i-su-⸢ḫu-ru⸣-ni / ⸢ma⸣ a.a-ka ni-⸢il-lak⸣ / ⸢ki⸣-ma ku-pu-ú / ⸢im-te-ṭi⸣ : i-tab-⸢bi-ú⸣ / ⸢e⸣-ru-bu / ⸢LÚ.EME-ME ṭè-me⸣ / ⸢LÚ⸣.KÚR ⸢ú⸣-ba-lu-⸢ni⸣
Scholarly note
Royal correspondence from Kalḫu (Nimrud) under Tiglath-pileser III or Sargon II, edited by Mikko Luukko (SAA 19, 2012). ORACC text P224475.
Attribution
Image: Adapted from Mikko Luukko, The Correspondence of Tiglath-Pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud (State Archives of Assyria, 19), 2012. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2012, as part of the AHRC-funded research project “Mechanisms of Communication in an Ancient Empire: The Correspondence between the King of Assyria and his Magnates in the 8th Century BC” (AH/F016581/1; University College London) directed by Karen Radner. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P224475/..
Translation excerpted from Luukko, M. 2012. The Correspondence of Tiglath-pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud. SAA 19. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa19/P224475/.
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