SAA 05 152. Request for New Carts (ABL 0784)[via saao/saa05]


Obverse
o 1o 1	a-na LUGAL EN-ia	(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-alik-pani. Good health to the king, my lord!
o 22	ARAD-ka ^maš-šur—a-lik—pa-ni
o 33	lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia
o 44	di-ib-bi an-nu-ú-te ša LUGAL be-lí	(4) These words that the king, my lord, wrote me about Pihame, the deputy (governor), about the garrisons, about the reports, and about prompting the works — the king, my lord, did greatly ... his servant!
o 55	ina UGU ^mpi-ḫa-me LÚ^v.02-e
o 66	UGU EN.NUN-MEŠ UGU ṭè-ma-a-ni
o 77	ina UGU ḫa-ar-du-ut-te ša dul-la-ni
o 88	iš-pur-an-ni LUGAL be-lí a-na ARAD-šú
o 99	[i]-sa^*-ra-aṣ a—dan-niš
o 1010	[x x]+⸢x⸣ LÚ^v.GAL—É ša LUGAL [be-lí]	(10) [...] the major-domo whom the king, [my lord]
o 1111	[x x]+⸢x x x x x⸣ ma [x x]	(11) [......]
o 1212	[x x x x x x x]-a-a	(12) [As to the Itu']eans [about whom the king, my lord, wrote] me, I shall appoint them to [...] the garrisons, to [the ... of] the village inspectors, t[o the ... o]f the towns, and t[o the fort]s.
o 1313	⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]-⸢an⸣-ni
o 1414	a-⸢na^*⸣ [x x x x] EN.NUN-MEŠ
o 1515	a-⸢na⸣ [x x x] LÚ^v.GAL—URU-MEŠ
o 1616	a-⸢na⸣ [x x x] ⸢ša^*⸣ URU-MEŠ-ni
o 1717	a-[na x URU.bi-ra]-a-te ú-pa-qa-da-šú-nu
o 1818	ina ⸢UGU^⸣ [URU.bi-ra]-a-te^ ARAD-MEŠ-ni	(18) [The king], my lord, can be glad indeed about the [for]ts and the servants of the king, [m]y [lord], who are here.
o 1919	ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN]-⸢ia ša⸣ an-na-ka
o 2020	⸢ŠÀ^-bu^⸣ [ša LUGAL] EN-ia a—dan-niš lu DÙG.GA
o 2121	⸢ú^-ma⸣-a ⸢an^?-nu^?-ra^⸣ LUGAL be-lí i-sa-ap-ra	(21) Now that the king, my lord, has written to me, I shall assign my king's men, chariotry and cavalry as the king wrote me, and I shall be in the [ki]ng my lord's presence in Arbela with my king's men and army by the [dea]dline set by the king, my lord.
o 2222	[LÚ^v].ERIM^-MEŠ—LUGAL-ia GIŠ.GIGIR-MEŠ BAD-ḪAL^-lum
o 2323	[ki-i] ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL iš-pur-an-ni ú-sa-ak
o 2424	[e]-⸢da⸣-nu ša LUGAL be-li iš-kun-an-ni
Bottom
b.e. 25b.e. 25	[a]-⸢na^*⸣-ku a-du ERIM-MEŠ—MAN-ia
b.e. 2626	[a]-du e-mu-qi-ia ina IGI-at
b.e. 2727	⸢LUGAL⸣ be-lí-ia ina ⸢URU⸣.arba-ìl a-na-ku
Reverse
r 1r 1	[GIŠ].⸢le^-ʾu-ú^ ša^* dul^-la^⸣-a-ni^*	(r 1) I shall bring [wit]h me [the wr]iting-[bo]ard on the works (in progress) [which] the king wrote [I should bring], and I shall have it read to [the king], my lord.
r 22	[ša] LUGAL iš-pur-an-ni ⸢ma^*⸣-[a bi-la]
r 33	[is]-⸢si⸣-ia ú-ba-la ⸢a-na⸣ [LUGAL]
r 44	EN-ia ú-ša-áš-ma
r 55	an-ni-tú LUGAL be-lí a-na ARAD-šú le-pu-uš	(r 5) May the king, my lord, do this (favour) to his servant! My previous carts were not good and I have ...ed new ones, but they are not ready. May the king, my lord, write to Adad-ibni, that they should [send me] good carts, (furnished) with linen abo[ve] and with tunimmu leather below.
r 66	GIŠ.qir-si-ia pa-ni-ú-te i-ba-áš-ši
r 77	la ⸢dam^*⸣-qu šá-ni-ú-te eš-šu-u-te
r 88	ú-TAR-si la ga-am-mu-ru
r 99	ina UGU ^m^dIM—ib-ni LUGAL be-lí ⸢li⸣-iš-pu-ra
r 1010	GIŠ.qir-si SIG₅-MEŠ ša NIM.[MA] ⸢TÚG^?⸣.GADA
r 1111	ša KI.TA KUŠ.⸢tu^?⸣-nim-me ⸢is⸣-se-niš
r 1212	⸢li^⸣-[iš-pur]-⸢ú⸣-[ni] an-ni-⸢ú⸣ šu^-u	(r 12) This is [the only thing] that I am lacking.
r 1313	[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša ma^-ṭi-a-⸢ku^-ú^*⸣-ni	(r 12) This is [the only thing] that I am lacking.
r 1414	[x x x] gab-bu [x x x x]	(r 14) [...] all [......]
		(Break)
r 1515	[x x x x x x x x x]
r 1616	[x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x]
r 1717	[x x x] ina UGU ^mtar^-⸢di^-tú^*⸣—aš-šur	(r 17) As to Tard[i]tu-Aššur, [the king] my lord's [servant], perhaps [the king, my lord, will sa]y: "Why [...] of his expedition [......]?"
r 1818	[ARAD ša LUGAL] ⸢be⸣-lí-ia i—su-ri
r 1919	[LUGAL be-lí i-qab]-bi ma-a a-ta-a
r 2020	[x x x x x]+⸢x ša^* KASKAL^*⸣-šú
r 2121	[x x x x x x x]+⸢x ma^-la^⸣	(r 21) [......] once
	last two lines rubbed off	(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/P334555/.