SAA 05 095. Argisti’s Message to the Kummeans (CT 53 172+)[via saao/saa05]
Obverse | ||
oo | ||
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 | |
o 33 | (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 | ||
o 55 | taš-pur-ni ma-a la-⸢áš*-šú*⸣ [ina] ⸢ŠÀ⸣ aš-šur DINGIR-MEŠ-ku-nu | |
o 66 | (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 | ||
o 88 | ||
o 99 | ||
o 1010 | ||
o 1111 | (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 | ||
o 1313 | ||
o 1414 | ||
o 1515 | ||
Bottom | ||
b.e. 16b.e. 16 | ||
b.e. 1717 | ||
b.e. 1818 | ||
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | ||
r 22 | ||
r 33 | (r 3) The following day, Ariye s[po]ke with [A]rizâ and this eunu[ch w]ho is in Kumme: | |
r 44 | ||
r 55 | ||
r 66 | (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 | ||
r 88 | ||
r 99 | la-⸢áš⸣-šú ma-a e-[x x]+⸢x⸣ ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x] | |
r 1010 | ||
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 |
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/.