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SAA 05 046

  • CDLI P313547
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Accession no.: Sm 1809
  • Primary publication(s): CT 53 132

Details

  • Provenience: Kuyunjik (Nineveh) (Pleiades ID: 874621)
  • Archive: 099 - Miscellaneous
  • Language: Akkadian (Neo-Assyrian)
  • Genre: Administrative Letter
  • Object type: tablet
  • Material: clay
  • Script: Neo-Assyrian

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Reign: Sargon II (721–705 BC)
  • Dated: no

Sender Information

  • Sender: (unknown)
  • Location: Vassal Kingdom
  • Recipient: [the king]

SAA 05 046. A Wronged Vassal (CT 53 132)[via saao/saa05]

Obverse
oo beginning destroyed

(Beginning destroyed)

o 1'1'

⸢ma-a la i⸣-[x x x x x x x]

(1) "he does/they do not [......]

o 2'2'

ina ZAG-ka [x x x x x x x]

(2) "at your right [......]

o 3'3'

ma-a man-nu mi-[x x x x x x x]

(3) "Who [......]?"

o 4'4'

ú-ma-a LUGAL EN [x x x x x x]

(4) Now, the king, [my] lord [......]

o 5'5'

gi is li ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]

(5) ...[......]

o 6'6'

URU-MEŠ-ni-ia i-[kaš-šu-du ARAD-MEŠ-ni-ía]

(6) [They conquer] my towns [and] seize [my subjects] who [have gone to ...] for hired employment. He is chief [...]; on behalf of whom does he [...] from the presence of Ašipâ [...], conquer (my) towns and per[secute] my subjects?

o 7'7'

ša a-na na-gúr-te [x x il-li-ku-ni]

o 8'8'

ú-ṣab-bu-tú LÚ.GAL—[x x x x x]

o 9'9'

šu-tú ina UGU man-ni ⸢ina⸣ [x x x x]

o 10'10'

TA IGI ma-ši-pa-a ú-⸢x⸣+[x x x x]

o 11'11'

URU-MEŠ-ni i-kaš-šad ARAD-MEŠ-ni-ía ú-⸢kaš⸣-[ša-da]

o 12'12'

a-šab-bar muk a-le-e mì-⸢lik⸣-[ka o]

(12) I keep writing: "Where is [your] sense?" but he does not give any reason. [I have] many times over [sent] the kal[lāpu] whom the king ap[poin]ted in my service with my messenger, but to no avail. [He has not given] any explanation but has retur[ned] my messenger, (saying): "I will seize you and wrap you up in iron chains!"

o 13'13'

ṭè-mu-ma la i-šak-kan LÚv.kal-[la-bu]

o 14'14'

ša ina IGI-ia LUGAL ip-⸢qi⸣-[du]-ni [o]

o 15'15'

03-šú 04-šú TA LÚv.A—KIN-ía [a-sa-bar]

o 16'16'

ba-ši-iʾ ṭè-mu-ma la [iš-kun]

o 17'17'

a-na LÚv.A—KIN-ía ú-ti-[ra]

Bottom
b.e. 18'b.e. 18'

    ma a-ṣa-bat ina ŠÀ si-⸢bar⸣-[ri]

b.e. 19'19'

          e-si-ip-ka

(blank)

Reverse
r 1r 1

LÚv.02-i-šú ina IGI-šú i-za-za

(r 1) His deputy stands in his presence and curses me and my country.

r 22

a.a-ši a-di KUR-ia i-na-zi-ra-a-ni

r 33

LUGAL EN di-ib-bi an-nu-te a-na mSUḪUŠ—dIGI.⸢DU?⸣

(r 3) The king, my lord, should ask Ubru-Pali[l] about these matters! Why does he [...] me? When people [slander] me right and left, what will they say in the presence of the ki[ng], my [lo]rd? [I sh]all be slain; he will reach my very heart.

r 44

liš-al a-ta-a e-⸢ḫu-la? x x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣-ni

r 55

ki-i ša ZAG ù ⸢KAB⸣ [x x x x]-ni

r 66

mi-nu i-qab-bi-ú ina ⸢IGI LUGAL EN⸣-ía

r 77

⸢de⸣-ek-tú a.[a]-⸢ši⸣ lib*-bi i-⸢kaš⸣-šad

r 88

[dib]-bi ⸢ma⸣-a-⸢du⸣-[u]-⸢te*⸣ i-⸢na⸣-[zi]-ru-šú

(r 8) But ma[ny thi]ngs will c[ur]se him!

r 99

[ú]-⸢ma⸣-a LUGAL EN ⸢lu* la*⸣ [x x x x x x]

(r 9) [N]ow the king my lord should not [...]! I have appealed to [the kin]g; [n]ow [let him] not [......].

r 1010

⸢LUGAL⸣ at-taḫ-[ra x x x x x x x]

r 1111

[ú]-ma-a la [x x x x x x x]

r 1212

[x] ki-i ⸢ša⸣ [LUGAL be-lí i-la-u-ni]

(r 12) [The king, my lord, may a]ct as [he deems best. ......]

r 1313

[le]-⸢pu⸣-uš ⸢la⸣ [x x x x x x x]

(r 13) [ag]ainst me [......]

r 1414

[ina] UGU-ía tu-[x x x x x]

r 1515

[x] ⸢TAv x x x x⸣ [x x x x x]

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/P313547/.

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