SAA 01 046. Undesirable Business in Kumme (CT 53 144)[via saao/saa01]
Obverse | ||
oo | beginning broken away | |
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] | |
o 3'3' | ||
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] | |
o 6'6' | LÚv.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' | [LÚv].⸢NÍGIR—É⸣.[GAL x x x] | (10) "the Pa[lace Her]ald ......] |
rest broken away | ||
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' | ||
r 7'7' | ||
r 8'8' | (r 8) I said him as follows: "I'll write to the Palace." Whatever has been told to him [...... | |
r 9'9' | ||
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 | ||
Edge | ||
e. 1e. 1 | (e. 1) [......] let me write [......] to the king, my lord [...... who we]nt [to ...], their brothers [......] have come [......] | |
e. 22 | ||
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/.