SAA 05 035. The King of Šubria Refuses to Extradite Deserters (CT 53 160)[via saao/saa05]


Obverse
o 1o 1	[a-na LUGAL EN-ia]	(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Ša-Aššur-dubbu. The best of health to the king, my lord]!
o 22	[ARAD-ka ^mša—aš-šur—du-bu]
o 33	[lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia a—dan-niš]
o 44	[DI-mu a-na URU.bi-ra-a-ti]	(4) [The forts and the land of the king, my lord, are well. The king, my lord, can be gl]ad.
o 55	[a-na KUR ša LUGAL EN-ia]
o 66	[ŠÀ ša LUGAL EN-ia lu DÙG].GA
o 77	[x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ru	(7) [......]
o 88	[x x x x x x x LÚ^v].A—šip-ri-ia	(8) [......] my messenger
o 99	[x x x x x x LÚ^v.A]—šip-ri-ia	(9) [......] my [mes]senger
o 1010	[x x x x x x x x x]-me	(10) [......]
o 1111	[x x] ⸢iz⸣-za-zu [x x x x x]-e-šu	(11) [... they s]tay [...] his [...]
o 1212	[x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ UD-me	(12) [......] day(s)
o 1313	⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x i]-⸢la⸣-ku-u-ni	(13) [......] they come
o 1414	a-[x x x x x x x x i]-du-al	(14) [...... has been se]rving [...].
o 1515	ú-ma-a LÚ^v.A—šip-ri-⸢ia ú⸣-sat-bi-šu	(15) Now that my messenger wanted to make him leave, they protected him with axes and [...].
o 1616	TA GIŠ.UL-MEŠ TA ⸢GIŠ⸣.[x-x]-⸢ti⸣
o 1717	i-na-ṣu-ru-šu a-[na KUR.šub-ri-a].a a-[sa]-⸢al⸣	(17) I a[sk]ed the [Šubria]n: "Why do you seize deserters [f]rom the Urarṭian (king) fleeing to Assyria, and [settle them in] the city? Why do you [protect dese]rters and not give them to us?" His reply: "I fear the gods."
o 1818	[nu]-uk a-ta-a a-⸢na^* LÚ^v.ḫa-al-qu-te⸣
o 1919	⸢ša⸣ KUR.URI-a.a ⸢ša⸣ ina KUR—aš-šur.[KI] ḫa-la-qu-ni-ni
o 2020	tu-ṣa-bat URU.[x x x x x x x]
o 2121	nu-uk a-ta-a [ḫal]-⸢qu⸣-te ⸢ta⸣-[x x]+⸢x⸣
o 2222	la ta-da-na-na-a-ši ma-a TA ⸢IGI⸣
o 2323	DINGIR-MEŠ pal-ḫa-ku LÚ^v.GAL—⸢da⸣-[a.a-li]	(23) A s[cout] commander of the Urarṭian [enter]ed [the town ...] with 50 mules. They took the mules from him, put iron shackles to his arms and feet and returned him to the [Urarṭi]an.
o 2424	⸢ša⸣ KUR.URI-a.a a-na ŠÀ [URU.x x x]+⸢x⸣
o 2525	50 ANŠE.GÌR.NUN.NA ⸢i⸣-si-⸢šu⸣ [e-tar]-⸢ba⸣
o 2626	ANŠE.GÌR.NUN.NA-MEŠ i-ta-aḫ-ru-šu
o 2727	a-na šá-a-šu : a-ḫi GÌR.2-MEŠ
o 2828	si-pa-ri AN.BAR i-sa-ak-nu-šu
o 2929	ú-sa-ḫi-ru a-na [KUR.URI]-a.a
o 3030	i-ta-nu-šu a-sa-par-a-[šu nu]-⸢uk⸣ a-ta-a	(30) I wrote [him]: "Why are you not afraid of the gods, (you) abati, calf of the Urarṭ[ian]!"
o 3131	a-ba-ti mu-ru ⸢ša⸣ KUR.⸢URI⸣-[a.a]
o 3232	TA IGI DINGIR-MEŠ la pal-ḫa-⸢ka⸣
Bottom
b.e. 33b.e. 33	LÚ^v.ṣi-ra-a-ni ša KUR.⸢URI⸣-a.a	(33) Emissaries of the [Ur]arṭian keep coming and going to him.
b.e. 3434	ina UGU-ḫi-šu i-lu-ku
b.e. 3535	i-la-ku-u-ni a-ki [ina] ⸢ITI⸣.AB	(35) When I was visiting the king my lord [in] Kanun (X), 10 soldiers, (all) cavalrymen, deserted there; [recently], 40 soldiers from [...]ri took their people with them, pulled out their grinding slabs, and went there.
Reverse
r 1r 1	ina IGI LUGAL EN-ía a-li-⸢ku⸣-u-⸢ni⸣
r 22	10 LÚ^v.ERIM-MEŠ ša—BAD-ḪAL-⸢a⸣-[te] ⸢šu⸣-nu
r 33	a-na ŠÀ-bi iḫ-tal-qu [x x]+⸢x⸣
r 44	40 LÚ^v.ERIM-MEŠ TA ŠÀ ⸢URU^?⸣.[x]+⸢x⸣-ri
r 55	UN-MEŠ-šú-nu ina ŠU.2-šú-nu i-ṣab-tú
r 66	NA₄.a-ru-a-ti-šú-nu i-ta-as-ḫu
r 77	a-na ŠÀ-bi i-tal-ku a-se-e-me	(r 7) I heard that he had been very ill, so I asked him about those soldiers. He sent me a letter, saying: "Tebal ada — I shall send you yo[ur] men."
r 88	ma-a ma-ri-ṣi a—dan-niš ina UGU
r 99	LÚ^v.ERIM-MEŠ an-nu-u-te a-⸢sa-al⸣-šu
r 1010	e-gir-tú ina UGU-ḫi-ia i-sa-⸢par⸣
r 1111	ma-a te-bal a-da ma-a ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣-ku-[nu]
r 1212	a-šá-par-a-ka ina UGU LÚ^v.⸢ŠÁM⸣	(r 12) As to the bou[ght] slave concerning whom the king, my lord, wrote me, [he has now turned up] in the domain of his servant, and I am sending [the ...]s to the king, [my lord].
r 1313	⸢ša LUGAL⸣ be-lí iš-pur-a-ni [o]
r 1414	[an-nu-rig] ina É LÚ^v.ARAD-šú ⸢x⸣+[x x]
r 1515	⸢x⸣+[x x x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ ina IGI
r 1616	⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ía] ⸢ú⸣-se-bi-la

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/P313575/.