Position in chronology
SAA 19 141. Men for the Royal Mule Express Service (CTN 5 p. 89)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 19(1) Your servant [Abi]-hari: I would gladly die for the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: (4) I am (hereby) sending my tablet to greet the king, my lord. I am [doing] (my) work. (7) And since [......] m[e], the king in [......] (Break) (r 2) to the men [...] (r 3) those who [stayed] until the end, did not return. (r 4) No[w] I have provided 100 men from their midst for the royal mule express service. (r 7) By the gods of the king, my lord, I and my father are servants of the king, my lord, (and) our loins [are girded] for the king. (e. 1) Let the king strive [...]. (e. 2) [He has gi]ven me [much], what [can I give] (him)? [May I hea]r [the well-b]eing of the king, my lord, and may I be happy!
State Archives of Assyria, volume 19 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
ARAD-ka m[a-bi?]—ḫa-ri / a-na di-na-⸢an⸣ LUGAL be-lí-ía lul-⸢lik⸣ / um-ma-a a-na LUGAL be-lí-ía-a-ma / ṭup-pi a-na DI-mu LUGAL / be-lí-ia al-tap-⸢ra⸣ / a-na-ku dul-lum [ep-pu-uš] / ù ki-⸢i⸣ [x]+⸢x x⸣-an-⸢ni⸣ / LUGAL ina ru-[x x] bat ⸢x⸣+[x] / ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] / ⸢x x ta? x⸣+[x x x x] / a-na ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x] / šá a-di qí-⸢ti⸣ [x x] / ul i-tu-ru a-⸢du⸣-[u] / 01 me ERIM-MEŠ ina…
Scholarly note
Royal correspondence from Kalḫu (Nimrud) under Tiglath-pileser III or Sargon II, edited by Mikko Luukko (SAA 19, 2012). ORACC text P393656.
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/P393656/..
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/P393656/.
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