SAA 19 097. Appointment of a Vice Governor (CTN 5 p. 259)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
oo	beginning broken away	(Beginning destroyed)
o 1'1'	⸢ma-a x x x x x⸣ [x x]	(1) [The king, my lord, wrote to me], saying: "[Appoint a ...] whom you [trust] to vice governorship, and appoint the rest [t]o [...]", so I appointed the [...] of Aššur-[...], the [lega]te of the city Ki[..., to vice governor]ship. [...] the shepherd [NN ...].
o 2'2'	⸢ša ta-x x⸣ [x x x]
o 3'3'	a-na ⸢LÚ^v.02-ú⸣-te [pi-qid]
o 4'4'	ma-⸢a re-ḫu-te⸣ [a]-⸢na x x x⸣
o 5'5'	pi-⸢qi-di x⸣ [x] ⸢x x⸣ ú
o 6'6'	ša ^maš-šur—⸢x x LÚ^v.qe-pu⸣
o 7'7'	ša URU.ki-⸢x x⸣ [a-na LÚ^v.02]-ú-te
o 8'8'	ap-ti-⸢qi⸣-di ina^? [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ [x]
o 9'9'	LÚ^v.SIPA ⸢x x x⸣ ina UGU NAM	(9) I ma[de clear] to him the responsibility of the job that I have given to him.
o 10'10'	ša ⸢dul-li⸣ am—mar ⸢a-din-na⸣-šú-⸢ni⸣
o 11'11'	bir-ti IGI.2-ME-šú ⸢un-ta⸣-[di-di]
o 12'12'	TA^v ša ⸢x x⸣+[x] a ⸢x⸣ [x x x]	(12) with those who [...]
o 13'13'	LÚ^v.⸢02-ú⸣ [x x x x]	(13) the vice governor [...]
	rest broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning broken away
r 1'1'	⸢ú⸣-ma-a ⸢dul⸣-[la-a-ni ša LUGAL]	(r 1) Now he has lef[t the king’s] t[asks ......] and has go[ne] to Arrapha.
r 2'2'	ur-ta-am-[me x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x]
r 3'3'	⸢a-na⸣ URU.⸢arrap-ḫa⸣ / it-⸢ta-lak⸣ [o^?]
r 4'4'	LUGAL be-⸢li a⸣-na ZAG u ⸢KAB⸣	(r 4) The king, m[y] lord, sends me everywhere but there is nobody in my rear. Let a messenger of the king my lord come, let them make the king’s tasks clear to him, and let him d[o] his work.
r 5'5'	i-šap-pa-⸢ra⸣-an-ni
r 6'6'	me-me-ni ina ku-tal-li-ia la-áš-šú
r 7'7'	LÚ^v.A—šip-ri ša LUGAL be-lí-ia
r 8'8'	lil-li-ka ina UGU dul-la-a-ni
r 9'9'	ša LUGAL bir-ti IGI.2-⸢MEŠ⸣-šú
r 10'10'	⸢lu⸣-ma-⸢di⸣-du dul-lu-šú
r 11'11'	le-⸢pu-uš⸣
	rest uninscribed

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/P224410/.