SAA 05 046. A Wronged Vassal (CT 53 132)[via saao/saa05]


Obverse
oo	beginning destroyed	(Beginning destroyed)
o 1'1'	⸢ma-a la i⸣-[x x x x x x x]	(1) "he does/they do not [......]
o 2'2'	ina ZAG-ka [x x x x x x x]	(2) "at your right [......]
o 3'3'	ma-a man-nu mi-[x x x x x x x]	(3) "Who [......]?"
o 4'4'	ú-ma-a LUGAL EN [x x x x x x]	(4) Now, the king, [my] lord [......]
o 5'5'	gi is li ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]	(5) ...[......]
o 6'6'	URU-MEŠ-ni-ia i-[kaš-šu-du ARAD-MEŠ-ni-ía]	(6) [They conquer] my towns [and] seize [my subjects] who [have gone to ...] for hired employment. He is chief [...]; on behalf of whom does he [...] from the presence of Ašipâ [...], conquer (my) towns and per[secute] my subjects?
o 7'7'	ša a-na na-gúr-te [x x il-li-ku-ni]
o 8'8'	ú-ṣab-bu-tú LÚ.GAL—[x x x x x]
o 9'9'	šu-tú ina UGU man-ni ⸢ina⸣ [x x x x]
o 10'10'	TA IGI ^ma-ši-pa-a ú-⸢x⸣+[x x x x]
o 11'11'	URU-MEŠ-ni i-kaš-šad ARAD-MEŠ-ni-ía ú-⸢kaš⸣-[ša-da]
o 12'12'	a-šab-bar muk a-le-e mì-⸢lik⸣-[ka o]	(12) I keep writing: "Where is [your] sense?" but he does not give any reason. [I have] many times over [sent] the kal[lāpu] whom the king ap[poin]ted in my service with my messenger, but to no avail. [He has not given] any explanation but has retur[ned] my messenger, (saying): "I will seize you and wrap you up in iron chains!"
o 13'13'	ṭè-mu-ma la i-šak-kan LÚ^v.kal-[la-bu]
o 14'14'	ša ina IGI-ia LUGAL ip-⸢qi⸣-[du]-ni [o]
o 15'15'	03-šú 04-šú TA LÚ^v.A—KIN-ía [a-sa-bar]
o 16'16'	ba-ši-iʾ ṭè-mu-ma la [iš-kun]
o 17'17'	a-na LÚ^v.A—KIN-ía ú-ti-[ra]
Bottom
b.e. 18'b.e. 18'	ma a-ṣa-bat ina ŠÀ si-⸢bar⸣-[ri]
b.e. 19'19'	e-si-ip-ka
	(blank)
Reverse
r 1r 1	LÚ^v.02-i-šú ina IGI-šú i-za-za	(r 1) His deputy stands in his presence and curses me and my country.
r 22	a.a-ši a-di KUR-ia i-na-zi-ra-a-ni
r 33	LUGAL EN di-ib-bi an-nu-te a-na ^mSUḪUŠ—^dIGI.⸢DU^?⸣	(r 3) The king, my lord, should ask Ubru-Pali[l] about these matters! Why does he [...] me? When people [slander] me right and left, what will they say in the presence of the ki[ng], my [lo]rd? [I sh]all be slain; he will reach my very heart.
r 44	liš-al a-ta-a e-⸢ḫu-la^? x x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣-ni
r 55	ki-i ša ZAG ù ⸢KAB⸣ [x x x x]-ni
r 66	mi-nu i-qab-bi-ú ina ⸢IGI LUGAL EN⸣-ía
r 77	⸢de⸣-ek-tú a.[a]-⸢ši⸣ lib^*-bi i-⸢kaš⸣-šad
r 88	[dib]-bi ⸢ma⸣-a-⸢du⸣-[u]-⸢te^*⸣ i-⸢na⸣-[zi]-ru-šú	(r 8) But ma[ny thi]ngs will c[ur]se him!
r 99	[ú]-⸢ma⸣-a LUGAL EN ⸢lu^* la^*⸣ [x x x x x x]	(r 9) [N]ow the king my lord should not [...]! I have appealed to [the kin]g; [n]ow [let him] not [......].
r 1010	⸢LUGAL⸣ at-taḫ-[ra x x x x x x x]
r 1111	[ú]-ma-a la [x x x x x x x]
r 1212	[x] ki-i ⸢ša⸣ [LUGAL be-lí i-la-u-ni]	(r 12) [The king, my lord, may a]ct as [he deems best. ......]
r 1313	[le]-⸢pu⸣-uš ⸢la⸣ [x x x x x x x]	(r 13) [ag]ainst me [......]
r 1414	[ina] UGU-ía tu-[x x x x x]
r 1515	[x] ⸢TA^v x x x x⸣ [x x x x x]
	rest broken away	(Rest destroyed)

Adapted from Giovanni B. Lanfranchi and Simo Parpola, The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces (State Archives of Assyria, 5), 1990. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2009-11, 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/P313547/.