SAA 19 076. “Aššur and Šamaš Will Deliver Ṭurušpa into the King’s Hands” (CTN 5 p. 136)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
o 1o 1	a-na LUGAL EN-⸢ía ARAD-ka⸣	(1) To the king, my lord: your servant [Aššu]r-belu-[...]. The very best of health t[o the kin]g, [my lord]!
o 22	[^maš]-⸢šur—EN⸣—[x] lu DI-mu ⸢a⸣-[na] ⸢LUGAL⸣
o 33	[EN-ía] ⸢a⸣—dan-niš a—dan-niš
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o 44	⸢ur-ḫu^?⸣ a-ni-ú ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN a-na KUR.URI	(4) This month the ki[n]g, my lord, will go up to Urarṭu! Aššur (and) Šamaš have delivered Ṭurušpâ into the hands of the king, my lord!
o 55	⸢e-li⸣ aš-šur ^dUTU ⸢URU⸣.ṭu-⸢ru⸣-uš-pa-a
o 66	ina ŠU.2 LUGAL EN-ía ⸢is⸣-sa-⸢ka⸣-nu-ma
o 77	LUGAL EN KASKAL-šú ⸢a-na⸣ KUR.URI liš-kun	(7) Let the king, my lord, launch his military campaign against Urarṭu, conquer Ṭurušpâ and let the king, my lord, estab[li]sh his name for[e]ver.
o 88	URU.ṭu-ru-uš-⸢pa-a li⸣-ik-šu-du
o 99	LUGAL EN šu-⸢un⸣-šú a-⸢na da⸣-ra-a-ti
o 1010	liš-⸢kun⸣ i—su-ri ⸢LUGAL EN⸣ ḫar-ba-na-te	(10) Perhaps the king, my lord, will retrieve and give back the ruins of [...].
o 1111	⸢ša x x x ú⸣-sa-⸢ḫar⸣ i-da-na
o 1212	⸢NA₄⸣.un-⸢qi⸣ LUGAL ša ina UGU-ḫi-ia ⸢LUGAL⸣	(12) I have rece[iv]ed the sealed letter which the [k]ing, my lord, sen[t] to me, and I have g[one and] asked Par[n]i-aldê about the Assyrian messenger[s] who [we]nt [to Urarṭu], about whom the kin[g], my [lo]rd, [gave me] o[r]ders.
o 1313	EN iš-⸢pur⸣-a-ni a-ta-⸢ḫar at⸣-[ta-lak]
o 1414	a-na ^mpa-⸢ar-ni⸣—al-de-⸢e⸣ [o]
o 1515	a-sa-al ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL EN ⸢ṭè^!-mu⸣ [iš-kun-an-ni]
o 1616	⸢šu-uḫ LÚ^v.A—KIN-MEŠ ša⸣ KUR—aš-šur [o]
o 1717	⸢ša⸣ [a-na KUR.URI il]-⸢li⸣-ku-[u-ni]
o 1818	⸢^m⸣[x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x] ⸢bi x⸣	(18) [NN and NN: these are the p]revious [mes]seng[ers].
o 1919	[a-nu-te LÚ^v.A]—⸢KIN⸣-[MEŠ] ⸢pa⸣-ni-iu-u-te
Reverse
r 1r 1	[^mpa]-⸢ar-ni⸣—al-de-e LÚ^v.A—⸢KIN-šú⸣	(r 1) [Pa]rn[i]-aldê, (and) the messenger of Yada'-la-nibî (and) Ṣirâ: these are the later messengers.
r 22	⸢ša⸣ ^mía-da—⸢la—ni⸣-bi-⸢i⸣ ^mṣi-ra-a
r 33	a-nu-ú-te ⸢LÚ^v⸣.A—⸢KIN⸣-MEŠ ur-ki-ú-te
r 44	04 ⸢šú^*⸣-nu LÚ^v.A—⸢KIN-MEŠ^? ša⸣ a-na KUR.URI	(r 4) There were four messengers, [w]ho went up to Urarṭu.
r 55	e-li-ú-ni LÚ^v.A—KIN-MEŠ ša ⸢KUR⸣.URI	(r 5) The messengers of Urarṭu came with them, brough[t] them into the house of Yata', his (= the Šubrian king's) village manager, and gave them bread and water in ... until they returned and went up to Urarṭu.
r 66	i-si-šú-nu i-tal-ku-ni i-na É
r 77	^mia-⸢ta^?-a^?-ia^?⸣ LÚ^v.GAL—URU-MEŠ-šú
r 88	i-se-ri-⸢bu^?-šú-nu^?⸣ ina ú-qa-la-a-te
r 99	NINDA-MEŠ A-⸢MEŠ i-ta⸣-nu-ni-šú-nu a-di É ⸢x⸣
r 1010	is-ḫa-ru-ni a-na KUR.URI e-lu-u-ni
r 1111	^mpa-ar-ni—al-de-e LÚ^v.ARAD-ka	(r 11) Your servant Parni-aldê is plotting.
r 1212	i-⸢da⸣-bu-bu i—su-⸢ri⸣ a-na-⸢ku⸣	(r 12) (But) perhaps I am not telling the truth in the king my lord's presence? Let the king, my lo[rd], write to the Šubrian (king) that he s[en]d Pa[r]naldê, his augur and let the king, my lord, ask him [wh]y he is making the bird (omen)s so favourable.
r 1313	la ⸢ket⸣-tú ina IGI LUGAL EN-ía aq-ṭí-bi
r 1414	LUGAL ⸢EN⸣ a-na KUR.šub-ri-ia-a-e liš-pur
r 1515	^mpa^?-[ar]-⸢na⸣-al-de-e LÚ^v.⸢da⸣-gíl—MUŠEN-MEŠ-šú [o]
r 1616	lu-[še-bi]-la LUGAL EN li-iš-al-šú
r 1717	[ma-a a-na] ⸢mì⸣-i-ni MUŠEN-MEŠ ú-ṭa-bu-ni
r 1818	[LÚ^v.EN].⸢NAM⸣ TA^v LÚ^v.GAL-MEŠ-⸢šú⸣	(r 18) [The gove]rnor with his magnates has made [a sw]orn deal with the servants of Aššur-belu-uṣur, and they are plotting to kill me. The king, my lord, should know this.
r 1919	[ta]-⸢mì-tú⸣ TA^v LÚ^v.ARAD-MEŠ-⸢ni⸣
r 2020	ša ⸢^m⸣aš-šur—EN—PAB i-sa-kan
Right
r.e. 21r.e. 21	ina UGU du-a-ki-⸢ia i⸣-da-bu-bu
r.e. 2222	LUGAL ⸢EN⸣ lu-ú-da

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/P224457/.