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

~730 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
SAA 19 220. “His Brother Will Come” (CTN 5 p. 264)
“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] the house of my brothers (2) [... wi]th my people (3) [...] I shall enter in person (4) I shall [ta]ke and give [...] (r 1) [... th]at now (r 2) [...] ... me, I have sent (word), [he is sick but] his [br]other will come and stay with [(...)] his (brother's) king's men. (r 5) [...... o]f the king, my lord (r 6) [...... the kin]g, my lord (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/P393698/
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SAA 19 221. Digging out Boats (CTN 5 p. 265)
“(Beginning destroyed) (1) I said: "[...] they will set out. Dig your boats out!" But they don't obe[y]. (5) Let the king, my lord, send him an order to dig out his boats.”
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/P393699/
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SAA 19 222. Fort without a Wine Cellar (CTN 5 p. 269)
“(Beginning destroyed) (2) since the ord[er was given, saying]: “[... ...] the rest. [...] by the seah [of x ‘litres’]. They told [me]: "We shall feed 22 ho[rses] and we shall also fatten [sheep]. In the y[ear of] Tu...'s ilku-duty. (10) If the king, my lord, so orders; I shall give (fodder) and they will feed (the horses). (r 2) There is no wine cellar in the fort. Right now I shall get [them] there, transport [the horses] and feed [them ...] (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/P224423/
Read the full tablet entry~730 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
SAA 19 223. Fragment of a Letter to the King (CTN 5 p. 270)
“(1) To the ki[ng, my lord]: your servant [NN]. The very b[est] of heal[th to the king, my lord]! Good health t[o ...]! The house o[f the king is well]. (7) The servants [of ...] (8) aroun[d ......] (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/P393700/
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SAA 19 224. Booty of Food (CTN 5 p. 275)
“(1) [To the ki]ng, [m]y lord: your [se]rvant [NN]. (3) The king my lord's booty (consists of): sheep, bird, bull, fish; [...]..., corn, beer, 2000 [...], [m]illet, garlic (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/P224434/
Read the full tablet entry~730 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
SAA 19 225. Seed, Stored Grain and Barley Given to the People (CTN 5 p. 280)
“(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN]. Good hea[l]th [to the king, my lord]! (4) [Concerning the ...] about wh[om the king], my lord, [w]rote to me: [......] (7) bread [......] were placed. (8) [May] they speak in the k[ing my] lo[rd's] presence. (9) to [......] (10) I will come out [... with t]hem (11) [......] the seed. (12) I have g[i]ven to 150 persons 5 seahs each of his seed, their stored grain and seed in full. (r 1) [...] I have given (them) barley (rations). (r 2) [... st]ored grain ... (r 3) Conc[erning] their [...]s, (r 4) [NN and NN] kept turning back (r 5) two [......] their cohort commander (r 6) [...]. May [the king], my [lo]rd ask [NN and ...]parri. (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/P393702/
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SAA 19 226. Copper Cooking Pots (CTN 5 p. 284)
“(Beginning destroyed) (2) [... ...]... on (3) [...] his old [...] (4) I have given [to Da]yan-Adad (5) [... m]ina(s) of silver (6) [... x hun]dred corn rations (7) [...] people (8) [... x] hundred sh[ee]p (9) [...] b[u]l[l]s (10) [......] horses (Break) (r 2) [......] R[i]za[...] (r 3) [... da]ughter of Ubrî (r 4) [......] four female singers (r 5) [...... cooking po]t of copper, ... cooking pot of copper (r 6) [...]... of copper ... (r 7) [...] all of [t]hat (r 8) [... in the] presence of Marduk-naṣir (r 9) [......] on ...[...] (r 10) [......] I gave him [......] (Rest destroyed or too 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/P393703/
Read the full tablet entry~730 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
SAA 19 227. Collecting Silver (CTN 5 p. 306)
“(1) [To the king], m[y lord: your servant: ...]an[ni. Good health t]o the king, my lord! (4) [As t]o what the king, my lord, [wrote to m]e, now, I have collected all the silver [and barley]. (7) [I have ... the ...]...s of Ṣi[l-Bel, s]ealed them, ...[... ... and am sending them] to the ki[ng, my lord]. (Break) (r 1) [.... Let the ki]ng, [my] lo[rd, se]nd word so that I [...] the people [or rel]ease (them). (r 3) I shall assign (those who) are staying home [as ...].... I am [herewith] se[n]ding [them with] Ibâ. (r 6) [... bec]ause of [......] (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/P393704/
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