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SAA 05 095

  • CDLI P313587
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Accession no.: K 01258 + Sm 1934
  • Primary publication(s): CT 53 172+

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: [Aššur-reṣuwa]
  • Location: Kumme
  • Recipient: [the king]
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SAA 05 095. Argisti’s Message to the Kummeans (CT 53 172+)[via saao/saa05]

Obverse
o

(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 -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 -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-šur.KI]

o 1313

a-ni-nu-ni šapa-anANŠE.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 v.AKIN 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 v.SAG

r 55

an-ni-[e] ša ina ŠÀ URU.ku-um-me

r 66

i-du-[bu]-ub ma-a v.AKIN [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

TAv 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/.

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