SAA 19 080. Mukin-zeri and his Son Šumu-ukin Have Been Killed (CTN 5 p. 45)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
o 1o 1	a-na LUGAL be-lí-⸢ia⸣	(1) To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Aššur-šallimann[i]. Good health to the kin[g, my lord]!
o 22	ARAD-ka ^maš-šur—DI-⸢ni⸣
o 33	lu-u DI-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia]
o 44	UD 26-KÁM ni-ip-tu-⸢ḫur⸣	(4) We got together on the 26th, stood in the presence of the commander-in-chief and gave orders to one another. We arrived within the (city) gates and inflicted a defeat: Mukin-zeri has been killed and Šumu-ukin, his son, has also been killed. The city is conquered. The king, my lord, can be glad.
o 55	ina <IGI> LÚ^v.tur-ta-ni ni-te-⸢te-zi⸣
o 66	ṭè-e-mu ⸢a⸣-ḫa-a-a-iš ni-sa-kan
o 77	ina ŠÀ-bi KÁ.GAL-MEŠ
o 88	ni-iq-ṭi-⸢ri⸣-ib de-ek-tú
o 99	ni-du-ak ^mGIN—NUMUN
o 1010	de-e-ke ^mMU—GIN DUMU-šú
o 1111	de-e-ke URU ka-⸢áš⸣-du šu-⸢ú⸣
o 1212	⸢LUGAL⸣ be-lí lu ḫa-di
o 1313	LUGAL be-lí pa-an	(13) The king, my lord, should wait for our messenger, until our messenger comes. Only thereupon should the king, [my] lo[rd], come.
o 1414	LÚ^v.A—KIN-ni lid-gúl^!
o 1515	a-⸢du⸣ bé-et LÚ^v.A—KIN-ni
o 1616	il-la-kan-ni
o 1717	ḫa-⸢ram^-ma^-ma^*⸣ LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[lí]
Bottom
b.e. 18b.e. 18	⸢lil⸣-li-⸢ka⸣
Reverse
r 1r 1	i—su-ri LUGAL be-⸢lí⸣	(r 1) Perhaps the king, [my] lord, will say: "Did they kill (people) within the city gates?" I swear by the gods of the king, m[y] lord, that they entered only one cubit, one span into the city centre. The king, my lord, may ask about it.
r 22	i-qab-bi ma-a ina ŠÀ ⸢KÁ.GAL-MEŠ⸣
r 33	i-du-ku DINGIR-MEŠ ša LUGAL be-lí-⸢ía⸣
r 44	šúm-ma 01 KÙŠ 01 LAL ina MURUB₄—URU
r 55	⸢la⸣ e-⸢ra⸣-bu-ni
r 66	⸢LUGAL⸣ be-lí liš-al
r 77	UGU ŠE.PAD-MEŠ ša a-na ^m^dAMAR.UTU—A—AŠ	(r 7) As to the barley for Merodach-baladan about which the king, my lord, told me, when he saw the defeat, he said: "I have sent word, they are bringing it."
r 88	ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-lí iq-bu-ni
r 99	a-ki de-ek-tú e-mu-ru-⸢ni⸣
r 1010	ma-a a-⸢sa-par ú⸣-ba-lu-⸢ú-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/P393635/.