SAA 15 280. Providing Samarians with Work in Dur-Šarrukin (ABL 1065)[via saao/saa15]


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oo	beginning (3-4 lines) broken away	(Beginning destroyed)
o 1'1'	[ša LUGAL be]-lí iš-pur-an-ni	(1) [As to ... concerning which the king], my lo[rd], wrote to me: "[Provi]de [all the Sam]arians [in] your charge (with work) in Dur-Šarrukin" — I subsequently [sent (word) to] the sheikhs, [say]ing: "Collect [all] the carpenters and potters; let them come and [direc]t the deportees [who are in D]ur-Šarrukin," but they did not agree to send them.
o 2'2'	[ma-a LÚ^v.sa]-⸢mir⸣-i-na-a.a i-ba-áš-ši
o 3'3'	[am—mar ina ŠU].⸢2⸣-ka ina BÀD—LUGAL—GI.NA.KI
o 4'4'	[šá-aṣ]-⸢bit⸣-su-nu ḫa-ra-ma-ma
o 5'5'	[ina UGU] LÚ^v.na-si-ka-a-ni
o 6'6'	[a-sa-par mu]-⸢uk⸣ LÚ^v.NAGAR-MEŠ LÚ^v.DUG.QA.BUR-MEŠ
o 7'7'	[gab-bu^?] ⸢pa⸣-ḫir-a-ni lil-lik-u-ni
o 8'8'	[ina pa-na]-at LÚ^v.ḫu-ub-te
o 9'9'	[ša ina] ⸢BÀD⸣—LUGAL—GI.NA.KI
o 10'10'	[li-zi-zu] ⸢la⸣ i-ma-gur la i-šap-par-u-ni
o 11'11'	[pi-iq-ta]-⸢at⸣-ti e-gír-a-te	(11) [Sure]ly, [should I have sen]t [...] letters to the sheikhs, saying: "[If indeed you do not se]nd me craftsmen to work [for] me, [al]l [the people who are] here [......] upon you, [...] upon [...]," [they would have] promptly [se]nt [the craftsmen to] work [for me].
o 12'12'	[x x ina] ⸢UGU⸣-ḫi LÚ^v.na-si-ka-a-ni
o 13'13'	[lu ú-še-bi]-⸢il⸣ mu-uk
o 14'14'	[TA ma-ṣi^?] LÚ^v.um-ma-ni
o 15'15'	[la ta-šap]-⸢par⸣-a-ni-ni
o 16'16'	[dul-lu ina pa]-⸢ni⸣-ía la ep-pa-šú-u-ni
o 17'17'	[UN-MEŠ^? am]—⸢mar⸣ an-na-ka
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b.e. 18'b.e. 18'	[x x x x] ina UGU-ḫi-ku-nu
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r 1r 1	[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina UGU-ḫi
r 22	[x x x x x] ba-si
r 33	[LÚ^v.um-ma-ni liš-pa]-⸢ru⸣-u-ni dul-lu
r 44	[ina pa-ni-ía le-pu]-šu ú-ma-a	(r 4) Now (however), [following the king], my lo[rd]'s instructions, I strictly [...] do not argue with any [of the sheikhs].
r 55	[ki-i ša LUGAL be]-lí iš-pur-an-ni
r 66	[x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-mi la-áš-šú TA^v 01.en
r 77	[LÚ^v.na-si-ki] ⸢la⸣ a-da-bu-ub
r 88	[LÚ^v.NAGAR-MEŠ LÚ^v.DUG].QA.BUR-MEŠ	(r 8) I have appointed [the carpenters and p]otters [...]
r 99	[x x x x x] ap^-ti-qid^-di	(r 8) I have appointed [the carpenters and p]otters [...]
r 1010	[x x x x x] a-nu-ut É	(r 10) [...] household utensils
r 1111	[x x x x LUGAL] be-lí	(r 11) [... the king], my lord
r 1212	[x x x x x] ⸢TA⸣ UGU	(r 12) [......] from
r 1313	[x x x x x x]-⸢a⸣.a	(r 13) [... the Samari]ans
r 1414	[x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣
r 1515	[x x x x x x]-bu-bu
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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/P334710/.