SAA 05 106. The Kummeans versus the Royal Delegate (CT 53 138)[via saao/saa05]


Obverse
oo	beginning broken away	(Beginning destroyed or too broken for translation)
o 1'1'	⸢ir-ta⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x]
o 2'2'	in-tu-a-[ta x x x x x x x x]	(2) died [......]
o 3'3'	⸢DINGIR⸣-MEŠ-ni ša [LUGAL EN-ia lu ú-du-u šúm-mu]	(3) [I swear by the g]ods of [the king, my lord,] that th[is w]ork [...]; if we have been negli[gent, may ......]!
o 4'4'	⸢dul₆⸣-lu an-⸢ni⸣-[ú la x x x x x x]
o 5'5'	⸢šúm⸣-mu ni-si-[aṭ x x x x x x x x]
o 6'6'	⸢LUGAL⸣ be-lí i-[x x x x x x x x x]	(6) [The k]ing, my lord [......]
o 7'7'	⸢e-ta⸣-pa-áš [x x x x x x x x x]	(7) has done [......]
o 8'8'	⸢ù⸣ ARAD ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia x x x x]	(8) I am a servant of the k[ing, my lord ...];
o 9'9'	[a]-na-ku ki-i ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x]	(9) when [......]
o 10'10'	⸢ki⸣-i DINGIR-MEŠ e-[pa-šu-u-ni a-na-ku]	(10) and when the gods ta[ke action, I] wi[ll do accor]dingly [...].
o 11'11'	[ina] ⸢pi⸣-ti le-⸢pu⸣-[uš x x x x x]
o 12'12'	⸢LÚ^v⸣.ku-ma-a.a ⸢ša⸣ [ina pa-ni-ti a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia]	(12) The Kummeans w[ho previously] appealed [to] the king, [my lord, h]ave returned and [c]ome t[o me], saying: "The city of Kummu in its entirety can't stand the royal delegate; [but] we can, and will bear the responsibility."
o 13'13'	⸢iḫ⸣-ḫu-ru-ni [is]-su-uḫ-ru-ni ina ⸢UGU⸣-[ḫi-ia]
o 14'14'	⸢it⸣-tal-ku-ni ma-a URU.ku-um-mu gab-bi-šú
o 15'15'	⸢LÚ^v⸣.qe-e-pu la i-na-ši-ú ma-a a-ni-[nu-ma]
o 16'16'	[ni]-⸢na⸣-ši ma-a pu-tu-ḫu na-ṣa-ni [o]
o 17'17'	[^maš-šur]—⸢re⸣-ṣu-u-a iq-ṭí-bi ma-a 04 ERIM-MEŠ [šu-nu]	(17) [Aššur]-reṣuwa has said: "[There are] four men [who should be] removed; they must not walk (free) in my presence while I [am] here; they are inci[ting] the country."
o 18'18'	[lu]-⸢še⸣-li-ú UD-MEŠ ša an-na-ka a-⸢na⸣-[ku-ni]
o 19'19'	[pa]-⸢na⸣-tu-u-a lu la il-lu-ku KUR i-da-[ki-u]
o 20'20'	[i-ba]-ši iq-ṭí-bi-a ma-a ina IGI-ka lu ⸢šu⸣-[nu]	(20) [In f]act, he told me: "T[hey] should stay with you and be provided with [foo]d and drink; when the ti[me is right] let them disappear."
o 21'21'	[NINDA-MEŠ le]-kul A-MEŠ li-is-si-u ki-i si-[mìn]
o 22'22'	[x x x] le-li-u ú-ma-a šúm-mu la [x x]	(22) Now, if it is not [..., and the ... insists]: "Let them be detained," [he sho]uld speak k[indly with them]; the royal delegate [and the ... should n]ot detain [the men].
o 23'23'	[x x x] ma-a lu ka-la-ʾu di-ib-⸢bi⸣ [DÙG.GA-MEŠ]
o 24'24'	[is-si-šú-nu] ⸢lid⸣-bu-bu LÚ^v.qe-e-pu ⸢x⸣+[x x x]
o 25'25'	[LÚ^v.ERIM-MEŠ lu] ⸢la⸣ i-kal-li-⸢ú⸣ [x x x x]
Bottom
b.e. 26'b.e. 26'	[x x x il]-⸢lik⸣-u-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]	(26) [... who w]ent [......]
Reverse		(26) [... who w]ent [......]
rr	destroyed	(Rest destroyed)

Adapted from Giovanni B. Lanfranchi and Simo Parpola, The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces (State Archives of Assyria, 5), 1990. 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/P313553/.