SAA 10 226. The King’s Reign is Good; Petition for Urad-Gula (ABL 0002) [from exorcists][via saao/saa10]


Obverse
o 1o 1	a-na LUGAL be-[lí-ia]	(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant Adad-šumu-[uṣur]. Good health to the kin[g, my lord]! May Nabû and Marduk very greatly bless the king, my lord!
o 22	ARAD-ka ^m^dIM—MU—[ú-ṣur]
o 33	lu DI-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-lí-ia]
o 44	^dAG u ^dAMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL [EN-ia]
o 55	a—dan-niš a—dan-niš lik-ru-bu AN.⸢ŠÁR^*⸣ [LUGAL DINGIR-MEŠ]	(5) Aššur, [the king of the gods], called the name of [the king], my lord, to the kingship of Assyria, and Šamaš and Adad, through their reliable extispicy, confirmed the king, my lord, for the kingship of the world.
o 66	a-na LUGAL-ú-ti KUR—^daš-šur šu-mu ša [LUGAL]
o 77	EN-ia iz-za-kar ^dUTU u ^dIM ina bi-ri-šú-nu
o 88	ke-e-ni a-na LUGAL EN-ía a-na LUGAL-ú-ti
o 99	KUR.KUR uk-tin-nu pa-lu-ú SIG₅ UD-MEŠ	(9) A good reign — righteous days, years of justice; copious rains, huge floods, a fine rate of exchange! The gods are appeased, there is much fear of god, the temples abound; the great gods of heaven and earth have become exalted in the time of the king, my lord.
o 1010	ke-nu-ú-ti MU.AN.NA-MEŠ šá me-šá-ri
o 1111	zu-un-ni ṭáḫ-du-ú-ti mi-i-li
o 1212	gap-šu-ti ma-ḫi-ru dam-qu DINGIR-MEŠ
o 1313	sa-al-mu pa-laḫ DINGIR ma-aʾ-da É.KUR-MEŠ
o 1414	ṭa-ḫu-da DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ša AN-e u KI.TIM
o 1515	ina tar-ṣi LUGAL EN-ia us-se-lu-u-ni
o 1616	LÚ.par-ša-mu-te i-ra-qu-du	(16) The old men dance, the young men sing, the women and girls are merry and rejoice; women are married and provided with earrings; boys and girls are brought forth, the births thrive.
o 1717	LÚ.TUR-MEŠ i-za-mu-ru MÍ-MEŠ MÍ.TUR-MEŠ
o 1818	ḫa-⸢di-a^*⸣ ri-šá MÍ-MEŠ eḫ-ḫu-zu
o 1919	qu-⸢da^-ša^⸣-a-te i-šak-ku-nu
o 2020	DUMU-MEŠ DUMU.MÍ-MEŠ ú-šab-šu-ú ta-lit-tu
o 2121	áš-rat ša ḫi-ṭa-šu-u-ni a-na mu-a-te	(21) The king, my lord, has revived the one who was guilty and condemned to death; you have released the one who was imprisoned for many [ye]ars. Those who were sick for many days have got well, the hungry have been sated, the parched have been anointed with oil, the needy have been covered with garments.
o 2222	qa-bu-u-ni LUGAL be-lí ub-tal-li-su
o 2323	[ša MU].AN.NA-MEŠ ma-aʾ-da-ti
Bottom
b.e. 24b.e. 24	⸢ṣa⸣-bit-u-ni tap-ta-ṭar
b.e. 2525	⸢ša⸣ UD-MEŠ ma-aʾ-du-ú-ti
b.e. 2626	mar-ṣu-u-ni ib-tal-ṭu
Reverse
r 1r 1	ba-ri-ú-ti is-sab-bu
r 22	ub-bu-lu-ti us-sa-at-mi-nu
r 33	mi-ri-šu-tú ku-zip-pi uk-ta-at-ti-mu
r 44	a-ta-a a-na-ku TA^v^* ^mARAD—^dgu-la	(r 4) Why then must I and Urad-Gula, amidst them, be restless and depressed?
r 55	ina bir-tu-šú-nu ik-ki-ni ku-ri lib-bi-ni
r 66	šá-pil an-nu-rig LUGAL be-lí ra-a-mu	(r 6) The king, my lord, has now displayed his love for Nineveh to (all) the people, in saying to the (family) heads: "Bring your sons to stay in my entourage!" Urad-Gula is my son; he too should stay with them in the entourage of the king, my lord. We too should, together with all the people, be merry, dance, and bless the king, my lord!
r 77	ša URU.NINA.KI a-na UN-MEŠ uk-tal-lim
r 88	a-na SAG.DU-MEŠ ma-a DUMU-MEŠ-ku-nu bi-la-a-ni
r 99	ina pa-ni-ia li-iz-zi-zu ^mARAD—^dgu-la
r 1010	DUMU-a.a šu-ú is-se-šú-nu-ma ina pa-an LUGAL
r 1111	EN-ia li-zi-iz a-ni-nu TA^v UN-MEŠ-ma
r 1212	gab-bu lu ḫa-di-a-ni ni-ir-qud
r 1313	LUGAL be-lí ni-ik-ru-ub IGI.2-ia	(r 13) My eyes are fixed on the king, my lord. None of those who serve in the palace like me; there is not a single friend of mine among them to whom I could give a present, and who would accept it from me and speak for me.
r 1414	TA^v LUGAL EN-ia šak-na ša ina ŠÀ-bi É.GAL
r 1515	i-za-zu-u-ni gab-bi-šú-nu
r 1616	la i-ra-ʾu-mu-un-ni be-el—MUN-ia
r 1717	ina ŠÀ-bi-šú-nu la-áš-šú ša šul-ma-an-nu
r 1818	a-da-na-áš-šú-un-ni i-maḫ-ḫar-an-ni-ni
r 1919	ab-bu-ut-ti i-ṣab-bat-u-ni LUGAL be-lí	(r 19) May the king, my lord, have mercy on his servant; may I not di[e] (of shame) amidst all the people! May those who wish me ill not attain their heart's desire with regard to me!
r 2020	re-e-mu ina UGU ARAD-šú li-iṣ-bat-su
r 2121	ina bir-ti UN-MEŠ gab-bu a-na-ku lu la ⸢a-mu^*⸣-[at]
r 2222	ḫa-di-a-nu-te-ia mar ŠÀ-bi-šú-nu
r 2323	ina UGU-ia lu la i-ma-ṣi-u

Adapted from Simo Parpola, Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars (State Archives of Assyria, 10), 1993. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2016, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P333954/.