SAA 05 095. Argisti’s Message to the Kummeans (CT 53 172+)[via saao/saa05]


Obverse
oo		(Beginning destroyed)
o 11	[x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣
o 22	[x x x x x i]-si-šú-nu i-tal-lak	(2) "[......] went [w]ith them [...]
o 33	[x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢TA⸣ bé-et ina GIŠ.GU.ZA	(3) "[... 'Ever s]ince [I ha]ve been on the throne, there has not really been (anybody) you have sent to greet me; (everybody) comes to me [in the na]me of Aššur and your gods.'
o 44	⸢ka⸣-mu-sa-[ka-ni] ⸢ša⸣ a-na DI-me-ia
o 55	taš-pur-ni ma-a la-⸢áš^-šú^⸣ [ina] ⸢ŠÀ⸣ aš-šur DINGIR-MEŠ-ku-nu
o 66	ina UGU-ḫi-ia il-lak ù^* ma-a a-se-me	(6) "He further said: 'I have heard that you are scar[ed]; why are you scar[ed]? Even Rusa did not speak about destroying [your country; nor have I] spoken about it.'
o 77	ma-a ig-da-na-ru-[ru] ⸢ma⸣-a a-ta-a
o 88	ta-ag-da-⸢na-ra⸣-[ra ma]-a ^mur-sa-a-ma
o 99	ina UGU ḫa-pe-e ša [KUR-ku-nu]
o 1010	la id-di-bu-ub [a-na-ku-ma]
o 1111	la ad-da-bu-ub šu-nu ki-⸢i⸣ [an-ni-e]	(11) "They responded like th[is]: 'Since we are subjects [of Assyria], a foreman of cavalry is [our su]perior. (Only) the houses of Kumme are left to us; [we have authority] over them (only), we cannot put our feet anywhere.'" These were the words spo[ken] by this messenger.
o 1212	ú-sa-pi-lu ma-a ki-i ARAD-MEŠ [KUR—aš-šur.KI]
o 1313	a-ni-nu-ni ša—pa-an—⸢ANŠE⸣.BAD-ḪAL-lu [ina] UGU-[ḫi-ni]
o 1414	i-lak ma-a ⸢É-MEŠ⸣ URU.⸢ku⸣-um-me
o 1515	ina UGU-ḫi-ni kar-[ra ma-a x x]
Bottom
b.e. 16b.e. 16	ina UGU-ḫi ⸢x x x⸣
b.e. 1717	ma-a la mu-qa-ni GÌR.2-MEŠ-ni
b.e. 1818	a.a-ka-me-ni la ni-šak-kan
Reverse
r 1r 1	an-nu-te di-ib-bi
r 22	ša LÚ^v.A—KIN an-ni-ú i-di-bu-⸢ub⸣-[u-ni]
r 33	a-na ⸢ša⸣-ni-e UD-me ^ma-ri-e	(r 3) The following day, Ariye s[po]ke with [A]rizâ and this eunu[ch w]ho is in Kumme:
r 44	ina pa-⸢an⸣ [^ma]-⸢ri⸣-za-a ina pa-an LÚ^v.SAG
r 55	an-ni-[e] ⸢ša⸣ ina ŠÀ ⸢URU⸣.ku-um-me
r 66	i-⸢du⸣-[bu]-ub ⸢ma⸣-a LÚ^v.A—KIN [x]	(r 6) "They have com[missioned] half of the horses to the messenger; there are no horse[s] (left) for me to review. [...] troops [...... t]o you [......]
r 77	TA^v meš-li ⸢ANŠE.KUR.RA ip-taq⸣-[du]
r 88	ma-a ANŠE.KUR.RA [ša] a-⸢šá⸣-ru-[u-ni]
r 99	la-⸢áš⸣-šú ma-a e-[x x]+⸢x⸣ ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x]
r 1010	[x x x x x x x x ina] ⸢UGU⸣-ka
r 1111	[x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢ni^?⸣
r 1212	[x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢ni^?⸣
r 1313	[x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢du^?⸣
r 1414	[x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢ni^?⸣
	rest broken away	(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/P313587/.