Position in chronology
SAA 19 155. Don’t be Negligent (CTN 5 p. 262)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) The king's [wor]d [to NN]: I am [wel]l, y[ou can be glad]. (3) [(Concerning)] the ...[...] carts [wh]ich you are delivering to the Palace, [w]hy did [...]tu say: “There i[s a ma]tter; it concerns one [...], they [...] x talent(s) each and live. (8) Conc[erning ......] (11) He will not [... but ...] his [...], shares [and ...]s, which he ...[...], to the high-ranking officers wh[o] are missing from there (Break) (r 4) [...], the god should [n]ot hat[e me. ...] jug. Moreover, [...] impose them on me there. (r 8) I have written to you. [Don't b]e negligent, [don't b]e negligent, [don't b]e negligent, [......].
Source: 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/P393709/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[a]-⸢bat LUGAL⸣ [a-na mx x x] / [DI]-⸢mu⸣ ia-a-ši ⸢ŠÀ-ba⸣-[ka lu DÙG.GA-ka] / [(x)] ⸢GIŠ⸣.tal-lak-MEŠ ma-x+[x x] / ⸢ša⸣ ina É.GAL ta-⸢da⸣-nu-[ni] / [x x]-tu ina [mì]-ni ma-a ⸢i-ba⸣-[áš-ši?] / [x x]-bu-tu ina UGU 01-en [o] / [x x]+x ⸢x⸣-ri 04 ⸢GÚ⸣.UN-a-[a] / [x x]+x-⸢MEŠ ba-laṭ⸣-ṭu ina ⸢UGU⸣ [o?] / [x x x]+x ʾu ú ⸢x x⸣ [x x] / [x x x]+x ⸢x ra x x⸣ [o] / [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ la i-x+[x o?] / [x x]+x-su…
Scholarly note
Royal correspondence from Kalḫu (Nimrud) under Tiglath-pileser III or Sargon II, edited by Mikko Luukko (SAA 19, 2012). ORACC text P393709.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Kalhu (mod. Nimrud) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P393709). source
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/P393709/.
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