SAA 19 024. Matenni of Tyre Pays Tribute (CTN 5 p. 152)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
oo	beginning broken away	(Beginning destroyed)
o 1'1'	[x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x]
o 2'2'	[x] ⸢ḫa^?⸣ e ⸢x⸣ x+[x x x x x x x]	(2) [On ...], Matenni [of Tyre had written] to the (ruler of) Danab[u, saying]: 'Let us r[aise] the king's money [and give it to him!]'
o 3'3'	^mma-te-en-ni [URU.ṣur-a.a o^?]
o 4'4'	a-na URU.da-na-⸢pa⸣-[a.a is-sap-ra ma-a]
o 5'5'	kás-pu ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL ni-⸢iš⸣-[ši ni-di-na-šu]
o 6'6'	ma-a ki-i a-bu-tú ⸢an⸣-[ni-tú a-na ^mx x x]	(6) When he had sent t[his] word to [NN], his brother, the royal [delegate NN], showed up, saying: "Give me [the tribute]." He (Matenni) [spoke] with the (ruler of) Danab[u] and told him to give the tribute. [Now then] let all the Sidonites who came w[ith him immediately] com[e] to me with the [delegate, and I shall as]sign [the tribute] and [send it] to the king.
o 7'7'	ŠEŠ-šú iš-pu-ra-⸢šu-ni⸣ [x x x LÚ.qe-pu]
o 8'8'	⸢ša⸣ LUGAL it-tal-ka ma-a^* [ma-da-at-tu]
o 9'9'	di-na šu-ú TA^v URU.da-na-⸢pa⸣-[a.a id-du-bu-ub]
o 10'10'	[ma]-a ma-da-at-tu di-na ⸢ú⸣-[ma-a an-nu-rig]
o 11'11'	⸢LÚ⸣.ṣi-du-na-a.a am—mar ⸢i⸣-[si-šú o^?]
o 12'12'	⸢il⸣-li-ku-ni-ni TA^v LÚ^v^*.[qe-pi o^?]
o 13'13'	[ár-ḫiš] ina UGU-ḫi-ia lil-⸢li⸣-[ku-ni LÚ.MAḪ-MEŠ^?]
o 14'14'	[lu]-⸢si⸣-ik a-na LUGAL la^*-[áš-pu-ra]
o 15'15'	⸢LÚ⸣.qe-pu ma-a ki-i [a-bu-tú an-ni-tú]	(15) The delegate says: "When I heard [this matter I wrote] to the k[ing that ......] with the tribut[e ......]
o 16'16'	⸢áš⸣-mu-u-ni^* ma-a a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [as-sap-ra]
o 17'17'	ma-a TA^v ⸢ma⸣-da-at-⸢ti^*⸣ [x x x x x]
o 18'18'	⸢šám^*⸣-ma ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x]	(18) ...
	rest broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning broken away
r 1'1'	i—⸢su⸣-[ri] ⸢LUGAL^*⸣ i-[qa-bi]	(r 1) Per[haps the king] wi[ll say]: "Are their cornfields cultiva[ted?" Their cornfields and] their orchards [......]
r 2'2'	ma-a ŠE.⸢NUMUN⸣-šú-nu a-ri-[ši A.ŠÀ-MEŠ-šú-nu]
r 3'3'	GIŠ.SAR-MEŠ-šú-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]	(r 3) [Now] Giri-Ba'a[l, PN, and PN], three emissaries of [GN have entered with] the tribute.
r 4'4'	^mgi-ri—ba-ʾa-⸢al⸣ [x x x x x]
r 5'5'	03 LÚ.⸢MAḪ⸣-MEŠ ša ⸢URU⸣.[x x x TA^v]
r 6'6'	ma-da-⸢at⸣-ti [e-tar-bu-u-ni]
	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/P224412/.