SAA 18 009. The Fields of the Lady of Akkad Again (CT 54 176)[via saao/saa18]


Obverse
	three lines broken away	(Beginning destroyed)
1'1'	[x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x]
2'2'	⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ šá A.GA].⸢DÈ⸣.KI ka-⸢li-šú^-nu^⸣	(2) [May] all the go[ds of Akka]d [give goo]d health (and) happiness [... to] the king, my lord!
3'3'	a-[x x x ṭu]-⸢ub⸣ UZU ḫu-ud ŠÀ-bi
4'4'	⸢x⸣ [x x a-na] LUGAL be-lí-ia
5'5'	[x x ^dGAŠAN šá A.GA].⸢DÈ^?⸣.KI u DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣	(5) [The Lady of Akka]d and the gods [...] have se[t o]ff in procession. [I p]ray [every day to ...] for the li[f]e [of the king, my lord].
6'6'	[x x x x x x]-mu it-⸢te^*⸣-[bu]-⸢ú⸣
7'7'	[UD-mu-us-su x x x] a-na TIN [ZI]-⸢MEŠ⸣
8'8'	[šá LUGAL be-lí-ia ú]-⸢ṣal⸣-li [x x x]
9'9'	[x x x x x] ⸢ṣi-ti⸣ [x x]1	(9) [...] ... [...]
10'10'	[x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ i-⸢x⸣+[x x x]	(10) [...] ... [...]
11'11'	[x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL LÚ.[qur-bu-tú]	(11) [...] the king [...] a b[odyguard]
12'12'	[x x x x x] ⸢ki⸣-i ⸢ú⸣-[x x x]	(12) [... W]hen I [...ed ..., the king, my lord, did justic]e to his gods. [Šarru-huss]anni, the bo[dyguard, ca]me and [gave] back [the field of the gods] of the king, my lord. I [sowed and] harvested [the field of the gods] of the king, my lord [...]
13'13'	[LUGAL EN-a di-i]-⸢nu⸣ šá DINGIR-MEŠ-⸢šú⸣ [i-te-pu-uš]
14'14'	[^mLUGAL—ḫu-us]-⸢sa⸣-an-ni LÚ.⸢qur^*⸣-[bu-tú]
15'15'	[ki-i il]-⸢li⸣-ka A.⸢ŠÀ⸣ [DINGIR-MEŠ]
16'16'	[šá LUGAL EN-ía] ⸢ki⸣-i ú-tir-⸢ra^?⸣ [x x]
17'17'	[A.ŠÀ DINGIR]-⸢MEŠ⸣ šá LUGAL EN-ía [x x x]
18'18'	[x x ki-i] ⸢e⸣-ṣi-du ki-⸢i⸣ [x x]
19'19'	[x x x x] ⸢^d⸣GAŠAN šá A.GA.⸢DÈ⸣.[KI]	(19) [...] the Lady of Akka[d]
20'20'	[x x x x x x]-⸢ú^*⸣ BURU₁₄ URU ⸢x⸣+[x x]	(20) [...] the harvest of the city [...]
21'21'	[x x x LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣-a di-i-nu šá DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šú]	(21) [... the king], my [lo]rd, [did] justice to [his] gods.
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b.e. 22'b.e. 22'	[i-te-pu-uš x] ⸢šá⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ-ka u ARAD-⸢ka⸣	(22) [...] of your gods and yo[ur] servant
b.e. 23'23'	[x x x x x x x] ⸢me-šá-ri⸣ [x]	(23) [......] righteousness
Reverse		(23) [......] righteousness
rr	two lines broken away	(Break)
r 1'1'	[x x x x x] ⸢ul i-nam⸣-[din o]	(r 1) he does not g[ive ...].
r 2'2'	[o^? LÚ.qur-bu]-tu šá LUGAL ⸢EN-a⸣	(r 2) When [the bodygua]rd whom the king, my lord, [sent] to settle my case came t[o ...], they talked absurdities to him, so he did me no justice whatever, and gave no [...] to your gods.
r 3'3'	⸢iš^?⸣-[pu-ra] ⸢um^?⸣-ma di-in-ka li-pu-⸢uš⸣
r 4'4'	a-⸢na⸣ [x x x] ki-i il-li-ku
r 5'5'	la ⸢dib-bi it⸣-ti-šú id-dab-⸢bu⸣
r 6'6'	mim-ma ma-la ba-šu-ú di-⸢na⸣-[a]
r 7'7'	ul i-pu-uš ù šá ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]
r 8'8'	a-na DINGIR-MEŠ-ka ul id-[di-na LUGAL EN-a]
r 9'9'	liš-⸢ʾa-al⸣-šú mi-nu-⸢ú⸣ [x x x]	(r 9) [The king, my lord], should a[s]k him what [...]
r 10'10'	[x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣ KUR ti [x x x x]	(r 10) [...] the land [...]
r 11'11'	[x x x]-ni ul ip-⸢x⸣+[x x x x]	(r 11) [...] did not [...]
r 12'12'	[x x x] ⸢a⸣-kad.KI a-⸢na⸣ [x x x]	(r 12) [...] Akkad to [...]
r 13'13'	[x x URU].⸢BÀD^?⸣—LUGAL-uk-⸢ku⸣ [x x]	(r 13) [... D]ur-Šarruk[ku ...]
r 14'14'	[x x x]-šú li-ku-lu ARAD-[MEŠ o]	(r 14) [...] should eat [...]. Many servant[s of the king, m]y [lor]d, [...].
r 15'15'	[šá LUGAL] ⸢EN-ía⸣ ma-aʾ-du-tu ⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣
r 16'16'	⸢LUGAL^⸣ [EN]-⸢a^⸣ di-i-nu šá DINGIR-MEŠ-šú u ⸢ARAD^*-šú⸣	(r 16) [May] the [k]i[ng], my [lord, d]o justice to his gods and his servant!
r 17'17'	⸢li⸣-[pu]-⸢uš^*⸣ GI.tak-pi ri-ḫe-⸢e⸣-ti	(r 17) A basket (with) the leftovers [of ...] and Anunitu [...]. [They] will let [the king, my lord], live [for l]ong [days, and ... the k]ing, my lord [...].
r 18'18'	[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u ^da-nu-ni-tum
r 19'19'	[x x UD-MEŠ] ⸢GÍD⸣.DA-MEŠ a-na
r 20'20'	[LUGAL be-lí-ia ú]-bal-la-ṭu
r 21'21'	[x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-lí-ia
r 22'22'	[x x x x] ⸢šul^*⸣-mu	(r 22) [May I h]ear [the we]ll-being [of the king, my lord, and may I be happy]!
r 23'23'	[šá LUGAL EN-ía lu]-⸢uš⸣-mé-e-ma
r 24'24'	[lu-uḫ-mi x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na ⸢x⸣	(r 24) [...] to [...]
Right		(r 24) [...] to [...]
r.e. 25r.e. 25	[x x x x x] ⸢šú^?⸣ [o]

1Or [...] ⸢ṣi?⸣-mit*-⸢ti*⸣ [x x]

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/P238646/.