SAA 19 077. Itu’eans Requested (CTN 5 p. 136)[via saao/saa19]

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rr beginning broken away

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r 1'1'

⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x]

r 2'2'

ina pa-an ⸢LUGAL?⸣ [EN-ia x x x]

(r 2) to the k[ing, my lord ...]

r 3'3'

⸢ina UGU⸣ [LÚ.GAL—KAŠ.LUL]

(r 3) As to [the chief cupbearer, to whom] the Šub[ri]an [had written]: "[Send] 300 [It]u'eans!", the chief cupbearer w[rote to me ...]: "The Šubrian has writ[ten] that I should send him 300 [It]u'eans."

r 4'4'

[ša] KUR*.⸢šub⸣-[ri]-a-⸢a⸣ [iš-pur-a-šú]

r 5'5'

ma-a 03 me* ⸢LÚv⸣.[i-tu]-⸢u-a⸣.[a še-bi-la]

r 6'6'

LÚ.GAL—KAŠ.⸢LUL x x i⸣-[sap-ra]

r 7'7'

ma-a KUR.⸢šub-ri-a⸣-a i-sap-[ra]

r 8'8'

⸢ma⸣-a 03 me LÚv.[i-tu]-⸢u⸣-a.a še-bi-[la]

r 9'9'

⸢a⸣-na-ku ki-i ⸢an-ni⸣-i ⸢a-na⸣ LÚv.GAL—⸢KAŠ.LUL⸣

(r 9) I wrote to the chief [cu]pbe[arer] as follows: "Write to the Šubrian like this: "Instead of requesting Itu’eans from me, send (them) to me, and (then) I will come."

r 10'10'

a-sap-ra-šú ⸢nu-ku⸣ ki-i an-[ni]-i

r 11'11'

⸢a⸣-na KUR.šub-ri-ia-a.a šu-pur

r 12'12'

⸢ma⸣-a ku-um LÚv.i-tu-u-a.a

r 13'13'

⸢te⸣-ri-šá-⸢ni-ni ma⸣-a a-na ia-a-ši-ma

r 14'14'

šup-ra lal-li-ka

r 15'15'

i—su-ri LUGAL be-lí i-qa-ab-bi

(r 15) Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Is there any enemy?" There is no enemy at all.

r 16'16'

ma-a LÚv.KÚR me-me-ni LÚv.KÚR-ma ⸢la⸣-a-šú

r 17'17'

LUGAL ú-ta-kiš a—dan-niš na-pa-⸢si⸣

(r 17) The king has much delayed answering me. Let me come to the king, my lord, and see the king, my lord!

r 18'18'

ina UGU LUGAL be-lí-ía lal-⸢li⸣-ka

r 19'19'

LUGAL ⸢be⸣-lí la-mur

r 20'20'

šúm-ma ⸢a-na⸣ ḫa-⸢né⸣-e-šá la al-la-ka

(r 20) If I do not come (back) here, (already) in the night of the next day the king's people [will challen]ge me, (so) let me come and see the king, my lord.

r 21'21'

⸢iš—ši-a-ri⸣ i—mu-ši ša—LUGAL

r 22'22'

[i-gar]-ru-⸢ni⸣ lal-li-ka LUGAL be-lí

r 23'23'

  la-mur


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/P224429/.