Chapter 07 · 911 – 609 BCE
Neo-Assyrian
Empire, library, terror, scholarship.

~730 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
SAA 19 212. Fragment Mentioning the Town of Renni (CTN 5 p. 72)
“(1) [To the king, m]y [lord]: your servant [DN-ah]u-u[ṣur]. The v[e]ry best [of health t]o the k[in]g, my lord! (3) [As to what the king], my lord, wrote to me: "Serve [...]...! (5) [......]... seize ... and give it to him! (6) [......]... [...] I came out (7) [...] I [...]ed [... and w]rote to him, [saying: “......] we will go to the town of Renni. (9) [... who] seized [...], 20 days (10) [......], saying: "He did not co[m]e t[o] the governor [of ...] (11) [...] (12) [......] I [w]r[ot]e to him (13) [......] I will ask [for the ne]ws [and notify] the king. (14) Afterwards (15) [...... ...]s…”
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/P393690/
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SAA 19 213. Criminals of the House of Nupari (CTN 5 p. 221)
“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] ho[rses ...]. (2) Concerning [the house of Nupari] where the k[i]n[g] s[ent me to, saying]: "Go! Let the criminal[s of] the house of Nupari die!" (6) [(Now) ...]haya is with them; he is a criminal [(and) Nu]pari is dead. (9) [...] his brothers (10) [......] me (11) [...... u]s [......] (Break) (r 1) If the k[ing] so orders, we shall pay the [...] of the criminals. (r 3) As to the number of beams about which the king wrote to me; 226 heavy beams (are) for the royal palace, 212 for the storehouses, [x+]10 for the tower (and) 639 beams [for] the palace of [Ekall]ate. (r 11) [The wat]ch (of) the [...] men (r 12) [...] I have seized the house, the equipment o[f ... (and) the ...]s (r 14) [...] where [......] (Rest destroyed)”
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/P224490/
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SAA 19 214. (no title) (CTN 5 p. 236)
“(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant [NN]. Good health [to the king, my lord]! (4) Is the tree [......] (5) which he[re ......] (6) day [......] (Rest destroyed)”
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/P393692/
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SAA 19 215. Banquet (CTN 5 p. 236)
“(1) [To] the king, [my] lor[d]: your servant [NN. Good heal]th to the king, my lord! (4) [Concerning the ba]nquet about which the king, my lo[rd, wrote to m]e: "[...] should [...] (6) [...] how [the w]ork [is ...] (7) [...] (and) chos[en ...] (8) [...] may he exemp[t DN]-šarru-uṣur [...] (9) [...] the work of [...]. (10) As to wh[at] the k[ing my lord wrote] to me: "[...] the [...]s should go to [NN]. (12) ...[...] (13) [...] ... the ... (official) (14) [...]... houses ...... (15) [who ...] held their ground (16) [...] let them eat ...[......] (17) [... m]an[y ......] (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)”
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/P224379/
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SAA 19 216. “Why Did I Appoint You?” (CTN 5 p. 250)
“(Beginning destroyed) (4) he should co[me ......] (5) he said: "Bring [......] ...[......] (7) "w[ent] to (his) guard. [... why] did I appoint you? [......] (9) "to guard [......] (10) "Is it true? [......] (11) The might of the king [will …] his [… …] (Break) (r 5) chari[ot ......] (Rest destroyed)”
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/P393695/
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SAA 19 217. Herald and Apprentice (CTN 5 p. 254)
“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... as to what the king, my lord], wrote to me: "[......] ...s." (4) [...] certainly not [...] there. (5) Concerning the her[a]ld (and his) apprentice about w[hom the kin]g, my lord, commanded, w[h]o should be held accountable for ... [...]? (8) Ameli, Inurta-[...] (9) two [...]s [......] (Break) (r 1) The k[i]ng should send word that the eunuchs who ...[...] be broug[ht] there. (r 3) Bel-ereš and [...]-Aššur [...] are the messenger(s) whom I send to [...]. (r 5) A[s t]o ... about which/whom Atamar-Aššur ... told. I have inspected 32 [...]s; those are [...]. (r…”
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/P224503/
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SAA 19 218. Items for the King’s Entourage (CTN 5 p. 256)
“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] come down. (2) [Yo]ur [...] did not tell it to me. (3) I am sending some [lime]stone blocks [to the k]ing. (5) [The ...]..., says: "It is [so that those I] made to be transported [are ...]." What is it that the king [command]s? (r 1) [Aren't they] for the king's entourage? (r 2) [......] together. [Now I am sending them] to the king.”
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/P224408/
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SAA 19 219. Fragment Concerning Business (CTN 5 p. 258)
“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] I did [not?] b[u]y [...] (2) [...]... (3) I gave him one mina of copper as a gift for a cart. (6) Did each [k]or go [(for) one m]ina of c[opper]? (Break) (10) Are [...]ya and Mar-... detained on the road? It/He is .... (r 5) (Thus) each kor is delayed. (r 7) (Normally) he respects paths but I wi[ll] arrest him [......] (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)”
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/P224409/
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