SAA 19 186. Šubrian King Protecting Deserters (CTN 5 p. 100)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
o 1o 1	⸢a⸣-na LUGAL EN-[ia]	(1) To the king, [my] lord: your servant [DN-...]. Good health to the kin[g, my lord]!
o 22	ARAD-ka ^m^d⸢x x x⸣
o 33	⸢lu⸣ DI-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia]
o 44	LÚ^v.GAL—URU-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x]	(4) The village manager [of ...] with a couple of king's men helped [NN] and Hallusu, (two) servants of Nabû-kenu-[uṣu]r, [gove]rnor [o]f Tillê, to run away, and took them to Upumu.
o 55	02-šú LÚ^v.ERIM—MAN i-si-[šú ^mx x]
o 66	^mḫa-lu-⸢su^?⸣ [o]
o 77	⸢ARAD⸣-MEŠ ⸢ša⸣ ^m⸢^dPA—GIN—PAB⸣
o 88	[LÚ^v.EN].NAM ⸢ša⸣ URU.til-le-ia
o 99	⸢ú⸣-sa-ḫa-li-qu-šú-nu
o 1010	a-na URU.ú-pu-me
o 1111	i-ta-ṣu-šú-nu
o 1212	a-di a-šá-lu-ni	(12) After I had asked around and investigated a bit, a tracker guided me (on their tracks). I arrested the person who had arranged his trip to Šubria and gave the tracker a messenger, saying: "Go and have a look, and I'll report to the king ac[cor]dingly; in negative case, I'll search for him here."
o 1313	ú-ṣi-ṣu-ni
o 1414	ra-di-ú ir-ti-da-ni
o 1515	ša a-na KUR.šub-ri-<a>
o 1616	KASKAL.2-šú ⸢GAR⸣-nu-ni a-ṣa-bat
o 1717	a-na LÚ^v.UŠ—kib-si LÚ^v.A—KIN
o 1818	a-ti-di-ni mu-ku
o 1919	a-lik a-mur ⸢pit-ti⸣
Bottom
b.e. 20b.e. 20	šu-ú ina pa-⸢an⸣
b.e. 2121	LUGAL la-qa-bi
Reverse
r 1r 1	ú-la-a a-na-⸢ka⸣
r 22	lu-ba-ʾi-šu
r 33	KUR.šub-ri-a.a	(r 3) The Šubrian (king) concealed him from the tracker, saying: "There is nobody in my presence. A servant of Nabû-kenu-uṣur passed by, and I am supporting the man’s work, (as) he said: 'You gave me a mule.'"
r 44	TA^v IGI LÚ^v.UŠ—kib-si
r 55	up-ta-zi-ri
r 66	ma-a LÚ-ma la-a-šú
r 77	ina pa-ni-ia ARAD
r 88	ša ^m^dPA—GIN—PAB
r 99	e-ta-at-qa ma-a dul-lu
r 1010	LÚ na-ṣa-ka ma-a
r 1111	⸢ANŠE^?.ku^?⸣-du-nu ta-ta-⸢na^?⸣
r 1212	⸢KUR.šub-ri⸣-a.a	(r 12) T[he Šu]b[r]ian [refuses] to give away the village manager and those whom he helped to run away. The Šubrian is a frien[d of theirs].
r 1313	[la i-ma-gúr]
r 1414	LÚ^v.GAL—⸢URU-MEŠ la i-da⸣-an
r 1515	ša ú-šá-ḫa-li-qu-šú-⸢ni⸣
r 1616	KUR.šub-ri-a.a EN—⸢MUN⸣-[šú-nu]
r 1717	šu-ú ina ⸢UGU⸣ [LUGAL]	(r 17) I am s[ending him] (= the tracker) to [the king], my lord. The king, [my] lord, [may ask him]. I se[nt him] as soon as [he had come back].
r 1818	EN-ia ú-⸢se⸣-[bi-la-šú]
r 1919	LUGAL be-⸢lí⸣ [liš-al-šú]
Right
r.e. 20r.e. 20	a-⸢du⸣ [il-lik-an-ni]
r.e. 2121	ú-se-⸢bi⸣-[la-šú]

Adapted from Mikko Luukko, The Correspondence of Tiglath-Pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud (State Archives of Assyria, 19), 2012. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2012, 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/P224383/.