SAA 01 046. Undesirable Business in Kumme (CT 53 144)[via saao/saa01]


Obverse
oo	beginning broken away	(Beginning destroyed)
o 1'1'	[x x] ⸢mu x⸣+[x x x x x x]
o 2'2'	[ina] ⸢UGU⸣-ḫi-ia ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]	(2) ...] has sent me [his messenger ...];
o 3'3'	ú-se-bi-la [ki-i an-ni-i]	(2) ...] has sent me [his messenger ...];
o 4'4'	iq-ṭí-bi-a ma-⸢a⸣ [x x x x]	(4) he told me [as follows]:
o 5'5'	ṭè-e-mu i-sa-[x x x x]	(5) "[...] has given orders [......]
o 6'6'	LÚ^v.EN.NAM ⸢URU⸣.[x x x x x]	(6) "the governor of [......]
o 7'7'	⸢iš⸣-ku-nu-ni [x x x x x]	(7) "who set [......]
o 8'8'	⸢URU⸣.sa-ra-ga [x x x x x]	(8) "the town of Saraga [......]
o 9'9'	⸢ma⸣-a URU.sa-⸢ra⸣-[ga x x x]	(9) "the town of Saraga [......]
o 10'10'	[LÚ^v].⸢NÍGIR—É⸣.[GAL x x x]	(10) "the Pa[lace Her]ald ......]
	rest broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning broken away
r 1'1'	[x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x]
r 2'2'	[x x] URU.ar-za-bi-a ⸢x⸣+[x x]	(r 2) [...... from] the city of Arzabia [is residing] in the centre of Kumme and doing business with articles of value to Assyria; if the Treasurer commands, I will arrest him and bring him over."
r 3'3'	[x x]-⸢ka⸣ ina qa-ab-si URU.ku-⸢um⸣-[me]
r 4'4'	[x] ⸢x-bi ša^*⸣ ṣa-ḫi-ta-⸢ti⸣
r 5'5'	ša KUR—aš-šur i-na-ši i-da-na [o]
r 6'6'	ma-a šúm-mu LÚ^v.IGI.DUB i-qa-[bi]
r 7'7'	la-aṣ-⸢bat lu⸣-bi-la a-na-[ku]
r 8'8'	ki-i an-ni-i aq-ṭí-ba-šú [nu-uk]	(r 8) I said him as follows: "I'll write to the Palace." Whatever has been told to him [......
r 9'9'	ina É.GAL a-šap-par mi-[i-nu]
r 10'10'	⸢ša qa⸣-bu-ni-šu-u-⸢ni⸣ [x x x]
r 11'11'	[x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x]
	rest broken away	(Break)
Edge
e. 1e. 1	[x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ana-ku la-áš-pur ki-[i ša x]	(e. 1) [......] let me write [......] to the king, my lord [...... who we]nt [to ...], their brothers [......] have come [......]
e. 22	[x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ a-na LUGAL EN-[ia x x]
e. 33	[x x il]-⸢lik⸣-u-ni ŠEŠ-šú ⸢x⸣+[x x x]
e. 44	[x x x] ⸢it⸣-tal-ku-ni [x x x]

Adapted from Simo Parpola, The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West (State Archives of Assyria, 1), 1987. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2009-11, 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/P313559/.