SAA 18 103. Illegal Trade (CT 54 068 + ABL 1356)[via saao/saa18]


Obverse
oo	beginning broken away	(Beginning destroyed)
o 1'1'	⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]
o 2'2'	a-na LUGAL be-lí-ia [x x x x x x x x x x]	(2) [......] to the king, my lord,
o 3'3'	šá ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-lí-ia ⸢ul⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x]	(3) [did] no[t ... ...] of the king, my lord,
o 4'4'	⸢ù 01.et ul⸣ i-⸢du⸣-[ú x x x x x x x x x]	(4) and th[ey] do not kn[ow] one [......]
o 5'5'	⸢ki⸣-i šá LUGAL EN-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x]	(5) as the king, my lord, [......].
o 6'6'	en-na am—mì-⸢ni⸣ a-na-ku [x x x x x x x x]	(6) Now why [would] I [......]?
o 7'7'	a-me-li ⸢a-ṣa⸣-bat-ma a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x ki-i]	(7) I arrested the man, [handed him over] to [NN], and told him: "This man should [be locked up]. I have a case with him before the king." (But) they received three minas of silver from him and released him.
o 8'8'	aq-ba-áš-šú um-ma a-me-lu a-⸢ga-a lu-ú x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣
o 9'9'	dib-bu-ú-a it-ti-šú i-na ⸢pa-an LUGAL⸣ i-ba-áš-ši
o 10'10'	šu-⸢nu⸣ 03 MA.NA KUG.UD in-da-aḫ-⸢ru⸣-šú ù ip-ta-ṭar-šú
o 11'11'	⸢mìn-de⸣-e-ma LUGAL be-lí-a i-qab-⸢bi⸣ um-ma man-nu	(11) Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Who [re]leased him?" Those who smoothed the way of Immâ son of Paharu (and) Nabû-ahhe-bulliṭ son of Ubaru, (and) let go by twenty-five ja[r]s of wine, one talent and thirty minas of blue-purple wool, (and) half a talent of [...] wool.
o 12'12'	⸢ip⸣-ṭur-šú šá KASKAL.2 a-na GÌR.⸢2 šá⸣ ^mim-ma-a
o 13'13'	DUMU LÚ.BÁḪAR ^m^dAG—⸢ŠEŠ-MEŠ—TIN-iṭ⸣ DUMU ^mú-bar
o 14'14'	iš-ku^-nu 25 DUG^!.šap^-pa-⸢ti^*⸣ šá GEŠTIN 01 GÚ.UN ù 30 MA.NA
o 15'15'	SÍG.ZA.GÌN.KUR.RA 1::2 GÚ.UN ⸢SÍG^? x⸣ ú-še-ti-qu
o 16'16'	ù ú-tir-ru-ma ^m^d⸢AG—ú⸣-[x x x x]+⸢x⸣-a.a-ú	(16) And again, [they] have sen[t] Nab[û]-u[... and NN] (with) a [l]oad of three camel[s ....... Perhaps the king], my [lord, will sa]y: "Who [......]?"
o 17'17'	⸢bi⸣-il-tu šá 03 ANŠE.A.⸢AB.BA⸣-[MEŠ x x x x]-⸢ti⸣
o 18'18'	[x x]+⸢x⸣ SAG ul-te-⸢bi-lu⸣ [mìn-de-e-ma LUGAL EN]-a
o 19'19'	[i-qab]-⸢bi um⸣-ma man-nu [x x x x x x x x x]
o 20'20'	[x x x x]-ia lu^?-⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x]	(20) [...] my [......]
o 21'21'	[x x x] ⸢ul⸣ a-ra-áš-ši i-na [x x x x x x]	(21) [...] I will [n]ot get. In [...]
o 22'22'	[x x x i^?]-⸢na UGU⸣ mi-ni-⸢i^*⸣ [x x x x x x]	(22) [... W]hy [...]
o 23'23'	[x x x x x] ⸢UDU^?⸣.SILA₄^* ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x]	(23) [...] a lamb [...]
o 24'24'	[x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x]	(23) [...] a lamb [...]
	five lines broken away	(Break)
Reverse
r 1r 1	[x x x x x] a-ga-a u EN—MUN^?-MEŠ-[šú]	(r 1) this [...] and [his] friends take [responsibility for NN], the son of Zeriya
r 22	[pu-ú-tu^? ^mx x x]+⸢x⸣ DUMU ^mNUMUN-ia na-šu-⸢ú⸣
r 33	[x x x mìn-de-e-ma LUGAL] ⸢be⸣-el-a i-qab-⸢bi⸣	(r 3) [Perhaps the king], my [lo]rd, will say:
r 44	[um-ma x x x x x x] bi-nu-tu a-kal kar-ṣi-⸢šú⸣	(r 4) "[...] the nature of hi[s] denunciation
r 55	[x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ šá ^m^dAG—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—šul-[lim]	(r 5) [......] of Nabû-ahhe-šul[lim]
r 66	[x x x x x x x x x]-⸢aṣ^?⸣-ma i-na É.⸢GAL⸣	(r 6) [......] and in the palac[e]
r 77	[x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣-te	(r 7) (Break)
r 88	[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]
r 99	⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]
r 1010	ù iq-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]	(r 10) and [......]
r 1111	a-na É—EN-⸢MEŠ^?⸣-[šú^? x x x x x x x x x]	(r 11) to the house of [his] lord[s ......],
r 1212	lu-ú LÚ.DUMU—TIN.⸢TIR⸣.[KI x x x x x x]	(r 12) be it a citizen of Babylo[n or ...],
r 1313	a-⸢na LUGAL⸣ be-lí-ia li-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]	(r 13) he should [...] t[o the k]ing, my lord.
r 1414	a-⸢na LUGAL⸣ be-lí-ia aq-ta-[bi um-ma x x]	(r 14) I said to the king, my lord: "A [servant] of the king, who has connections in the land [...] and ha[s been taught] to treasure the king's word [should co]me and [d]o whatever the king says to him."
r 1515	šá LUGAL šá rik-su i-na KUR [x x i-ra]-⸢áš⸣-šú-ú
r 1616	ù a-mat LUGAL na-ṣa-ri ⸢šu⸣-[ḫu^?-zu^? lil]-⸢li⸣-kám-ma
r 1717	mim-mu LUGAL i-⸢qab⸣-ba-áš-šu [x x li-pu]-⸢uš⸣
r 1818	ù 01.en LÚ.SAG—LUGAL ⸢x⸣+[x x x x liš]-pu-ram-ma	(r 18) Also, he s[hould ... s]end a royal eunuch and [put him] in charge of the quay [...]. The king should not neglect it.
r 1919	ina UGU ka-a-ri ⸢li⸣-[ip-qid x x]-⸢is⸣
r 2020	⸢LUGAL la i⸣-šá-ṭi [LUGAL^?] ⸢i⸣-qab-bi [um-ma] ⸢ka⸣-a-ri	(r 20) [The king] will say: "A quay — whatever ... this quay?" It is of Cal[a]h. Inasmuch as a royal eunuch is put in charge of the quay, the king will be happy and I shall have faith i[n] my life.
r 2121	mi-nu-um-⸢ma ka⸣-a-ri an-[nu]-ú ⸢i^?-ta^?-mar^?⸣
r 2222	šá URU.ka-⸢làḫ^*⸣ šu-ú ⸢áš-šá LÚ.SAG—LUGAL⸣ ina UGU
r 2323	ka-a-ri pa-aq-du LUGAL ŠÀ-ba-šú ⸢ṭa⸣-ab-šú
r 2424	ù a-⸢na⸣ ba-laṭ ZI-MEŠ-ia qí-pa-ak
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r 2525	[x x x]-⸢ti⸣ ^mEN-šú-nu [x x]	(r 25) [...] of Belšunu, [...]
r 2626	[x x x x x] LÚ.GÍR.LÁ—⸢ka^?⸣-[a-ri]	(r 26) [...] the Ṭabih-k[ari] family
r 2727	[x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x]	(r 26) [...] the Ṭabih-k[ari] family
	rest broken away	(Rest destroyed)

Adapted from Frances Reynolds, The Babylonian Correspondence of Esarhaddon and Letters to Assurbanipal and Sin-šarru-iškun from Northern and Central Babylonia (State Archives of Assyria, 18), 2003. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2015-16, 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/P238351/.