SAA 15 125. The Seal Impression is not like That of the King, my Lord (CT 53 904)[via saao/saa15]
&P314313 = SAA 15 125 #project: saao/saa15 #atf: lang na #key: file=SAA15/SAA15.saa #key: musno=81-2-4,128 #key: cdli=CT 53 904 #key: date=Sg #key: writer=`BU #key: preservation=b @obverse $ (beginning broken away) 1'. ma-a ina UGU# [x x x x x x] #lem: mā[saying]PRP; ina[in+=to]PRP; muhhi[skull]N; u; u; u; u; u; u 2'. DI-mu# [a--dan]-nisz# un-qu sza\dm na-as,~d#-an-ni #lem: šulmu[health]N; adanniš[very much]AV; unqu[sealed royal order]N; ša[that]REL; našû[lifted//brought]AJ$naṣanni 3'. a-ki un-qu-a-ti\t sza\dm LUGAL\t BE-ia2 #lem: akī[like]PRP; unqu[ring//sealed royal order]N$unquāti; ša[of]DET; šarri[king]N; bēlīya[lord]N 4'. la e\d-ep-sa-at 01 lim un-qa-a-ti\t #lem: lā[not]MOD; epšu[made]AJ$epsat; n; līmu[thousand]NU; unqu[ring//sealed royal order]N$unqāti # note hardly unqāti despite l. 3' 5'. sza\m LUGAL BE-ia2 ina pa-an-ia ina pi-it-ti\t #lem: ša[of]DET; šarri[king]N; bēlīya[lord]N; ina[in+=at the disposal of]PRP; pānu[front]N$pānīya; ina[in]PRP; pitti[accordingly]'AV 6'. u2\m-sa-an-hi-ri a-ki un-qi #lem: mahāru[face//compare]V$ussanhīri; akī[like]PRP; unqi[sealed royal order]N @bottom 7'. sza\m LUGAL\t BE-ia2 la ep-sa-[at] #lem: ša[of]DET; šarri[king]N; bēlīya[lord]N; lā[not]MOD; epšu[made]AJ$epsat 8'. pa-an LUGAL\t BE-ia2 un-qu [o] #lem: pānu[front//to]N'PRP$pān; šarri[king]N; bēlīya[lord]N; unqu[sealed royal order]N; u # note elliptic pān 9'. u2-se-bi-la szum2\m-ma [o] #lem: ussēbila[send]V; šumma[if]MOD; u @reverse 1. ket-tu2 szi-i un-qu sza\m asz2#-pur#-[u]-ni# #lem: kittu[truth//genuine]N'AJ$kettu; šî[it]IP; unqu[sealed royal order]N; ša[which]REL; ašpurūni[send]V 2. mi3#*-hir*# lisz\t-pur-ru-u2#-ni #lem: mehru[copy]N$mihir; šapāru[send]V$lišpurrūni 3. [i-se]-e-szu2 la-asz2-kun-nu #lem: išti[with]PRP$issēšu; šakānu[put//place]V$laškunnu 4. ina# E2# LUGAL be-li2 isz-pur-ru-szu-u-ni #lem: ina[in]PRP; bēt[where]SBJ; šarru[king]N; bēlī[lord]N; šapāru[send]V$išpurrušūni 5. lil-li\d#-ki ina UGU-hi {SZE\p}NUMUN-MESZ\m #lem: lillīki[go]V; ina[in+=concerning]PRP; muhhi[skull]N; zarʾē[seed(s)]N 6. sza# LUGAL\t# be#-li2# isz-pur-an-ni #lem: ša[which]REL; šarru[king]N; bēlī[lord]N; išpuranni[write]V 7. [ma-a x]+x# x# x# 08?# qa in-ti\d-t,e3 #lem: mā[saying]PRP; u; u; u; n; qâ[a unit of capacity]N; maṭû[be(come) little//be(come) less]V$intiṭe # note SAA [was missing] 8. [x x x x x]-MESZ\m ma-a at-ta\p #lem: u; u; u; u; u; mā[saying]PRP; atta[you]IP 9. [x x x x x {LU2~v}]EN--URU-MESZ\m #lem: u; u; u; u; u; bēlu[lord]N$bēl&ālu[city]N$ālāni # note compound 10. [x x x x x x x]-ta#-ka #lem: u; u; u; u; u; u; u $ (rest broken away) @edge 1. ma# x#+[x x x]+x# x#+[x x x x x x x x x] #lem: mā[saying]PRP; u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u 2. i x# me# qa# szi# [x x x x x x x x x] #lem: u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u 3. ma-a la x# me [x x x x x x x x x] #lem: mā[saying]PRP; u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u 4. a-ta\p-na-asz2-szu2 URU?# [x x x x x x x x] #lem: tadānu[give]V$attannaššu; +x[121]SN$; u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u 5. a-pal-la-[x x x x x x x x x x] #lem: u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u; u @translation labeled en project $ (Beginning destroyed) @(1) "@i{t[o} ....... Al]l is [ver]y we[ll]." @(2) The seal (impression) that he brought is not made like the seals of the king, my lord. I have in my possession a thousand seal(ed order)s of the king, my lord. I compared it with them, and [it] was not made like the seal of the king, my lord. I am herewith sending the seal(ed order) to the king, my lord. If it is genuine, let them send me a duplicate of the seal(ed order) which I s[en]t, I will deposit it [wi]th him, and he may go where the king, my lord, sent him to. @(r 5) Concerning the seeds about which the king, my lord, wrote to me: "[...] eight litres was missing [......] you [......]" — @(r 9) [......] city-lords $ (Break) @(e. 3) "not [....]." @(e. 4) I gave him [...]. The @i{city} [......] @(e. 5) I shall ...[...]
Adapted from Andreas Fuchs and Simo Parpola, The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part III: Letters from Babylonia and the Eastern Provinces (State Archives of Assyria, 15), 2001. 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/P314313/.