SAA 01 124. Fending off Accusations (ABL 0190)[via saao/saa01]


Obverse
o 1o 1	[a-na] LUGAL be-lí-ia	(1) [To] the king, my lord: your servant Kiṣir-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord!
o 22	⸢ARAD⸣-ka ^mki-ṣir—aš-šur
o 33	lu šul-mu a-na LUGAL be-lí-ía
o 44	ina UGU É-MEŠ ša LÚ^v.mu-šar-ki-sa-a-ni	(4) As to the houses of the recruitment officers, about which the king, my lord, wrote to me: "The houses are already built, you are deceiving me in order to give them to your servants!" —
o 55	ša LUGAL be-lí iš-pur-an-ni ma-a É-MEŠ
o 66	ra-aṣ-pa-a-te ši-na ma-a ta-sa-la-ʾa-an-ni
o 77	ma-a ba-si ta-⸢da^*⸣-ni a-na LÚ^v.ARAD-MEŠ-ka
o 88	TA^v ma-ṣi-in ⸢a^⸣-[na]-ku^ la ke-e-tu	(8) as if I did not tell the truth to the king, my lord! Let a royal eunuch who will tell the king my lord the truth come and have a look at these houses of the recruitment officers! If they are already built, let him go and tell it to the king, my lord, and let the king, my lord, hold his report to my discredit and say: "Why do you not tell me the truth?"
o 99	ina pa-an LUGAL EN-⸢ía ad^*⸣-da-bu-ub-ú-ni
o 1010	LÚ^v.SAG ša LUGAL EN-ía lil-li-ka
o 1111	ša ke-e-tu TA^v LUGAL EN-ía i-da-bu-ub-u-ni
o 1212	É-MEŠ an-na-te ša LÚ^v.mu-šar-ki-sa-a-ni
o 1313	le-mu-ru šúm-ma É-MEŠ ra-aṣ-pa-a-te
o 1414	ši-na lil-li-ka a-na LUGAL EN-ía
o 1515	li-qi-bi ṭé-mi-i-šú LUGAL be-lí
o 1616	a-na ḫi-iṭ-ṭi-ia liš-kun^* ma-a a-ta-a
o 1717	la ke-e-tu i-se-e-a ta-da-bu-ub
o 1818	ina UGU É-MEŠ ša LÚ^v.ARAD-MEŠ ša ^mGÌR.2—aš-šur	(18) As to the houses of the servants of Šep-Aššur about which the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Why have you taken their houses and given them to your servants?"
o 1919	ša LUGAL be-lí iš-pur-an-ni ma-a a-ta-a
o 2020	É-MEŠ-šú-nu ta-áš-ši a-na LÚ^v.ARAD-MEŠ-ka
o 2121	ta-din a-ki ^mGÌR.2—aš-šur a-na URU.ṣi-mi-ri	(21) When Šep-Aššur went to Ṣimirra, his servants went with him, so I took their houses and gave them to the Marqasians. Let Šep-Aššur rule as governor over there, but his servants [must not have] houses in Dur-Šarru[ken. Why] should I not give them to the Marqasians, [the king my lord]'s subjects?
o 2222	il-lik-u-ni LÚ^v.ARAD-MEŠ-šú i-se-e-šú
o 2323	it-tal-ku É-MEŠ-šú-nu at-ti-ši
o 2424	a-na LÚ^v.mar-ḫa-sa-a.a at-ti-din
o 2525	^mGÌR.2—aš-šur am-ma-ka LÚ^v.NAM-ú-⸢tu⸣
o 2626	lu-pi-iš LÚ^v.ARAD-MEŠ-šú É-⸢MEŠ⸣
Reverse
r 1r 1	ina URU.BÀD—MAN—[GIN lu la ú-kal-lu]
r 22	a-na LÚ^v.⸢mar⸣-[ḫa-sa-a.a]
r 33	LÚ^v.ARAD-MEŠ ⸢ša^* LUGAL⸣ [EN-ía a-ta-a]
r 44	la-da-na a-na LUGAL EN-⸢ía^*⸣ [aq-ṭi-bi-i]	(r 4) [Did I say] to the king, my lord: "Šep-Aššur did not build a house all the while he was h[ere]"? Now, [Šep-Aššur] did build a house as governor of D[ur-Šarruk]en; I was appointed in his stead, so I entered [his house] and took up residence in it.
r 55	mu-uk ^mGÌR.2—aš-šur TA^v mar ⸢an⸣-[na-ka-ni]
r 66	É la e-pu-šú ú-ma-a ^m[GÌR.2—aš]-⸢šur^*⸣
r 77	É a-ki LÚ^v.EN.NAM ša URU.⸢BÀD⸣—[^mMAN—GI].NA^*
r 88	e-tap-áš a-na-ku ina ku-mu-⸢uš^*⸣-[šú x x]
r 99	pa-aq-da-ku e-tar-[ba ina É-šú]
r 1010	at-tu-ši-bi a-na [x x x x x]	(r 10) To [......] for governorship [......]. His servants [went] with him, and their [...] should [...] with him; the king's servants [......]
r 1111	a-na LÚ^v.NAM-ú-[te x x x x]
r 1212	LÚ^v.ARAD-MEŠ-šú i-⸢se⸣-[e-šú x x x]-šú^-nu^
r 1313	i-si-šú [lu]-ú i^-[x x x x LÚ^v].⸢ARAD^⸣-MEŠ
r 1414	ša ⸢LUGAL^⸣ [x] na^ [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣
		(Break)
r 1515	lu-⸢šal^*⸣-[x x x x x x x x]
r 1616	É-MEŠ [x x x x x x x x]-ka
r 1717	TA^v EN^* [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣
r 1818	an-na-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x LÚ^v.mar-ḫa]-⸢sa⸣-a.a	(r 18) [The Marqas]ians, servants [of the king, my lord], should live here [...].
r 1919	LÚ^v.ARAD-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ša LUGAL EN-ía] ⸢lu⸣-ši-bu^*
	rest uninscribed

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/P334135/.