SAA 01 037. The Chariotry of the Palace Guard (CT 53 307)[via saao/saa01]
Obverse | ||
o 1o 1 | (1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Sin-ahhe-riba. Good health to the king, my lord! Assyria is well, the temples are] we[ll, all the king's forts] are well. The ki[ng, my lord, can be glad] indeed. | |
o 22 | ||
o 33 | ||
o 44 | ||
o 55 | ||
o 66 | ||
o 77 | ||
o 88 | (8) They have got hold of [that] horse concerning [which the king my lord gave me] or[ders] [...... | |
o 99 | ||
o 1010 | [iṣ]-ṣab-tu-ni-šú ina [x x x x x x] | |
o 1111 | ||
o 1212 | [x x]-ḫu-ra a-[x x x x x x] | |
o 1313 | [x]-⸢mu⸣ iš-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
o 1414 | [x x] ša ú-[x x x x x x] | |
o 1515 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
o 1616 | [x x x] ta ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
last 3 lines of obverse and edge destroyed | ||
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
r 22 | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
r 33 | [x] ú-pat-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
r 44 | [LÚ].DAM.QAR šu-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | (r 4) ......] the merchant [...... t]o the [Palace] Superintendent [......] like the king, my lord. |
r 55 | [a]-⸢na⸣ LÚ.ša—pa-[an—É.GAL x x x] | |
r 66 | ||
r 77 | [LÚ].GIŠ.GIGIR-MEŠ ša GÌR.[2 x x x x] | (r 7) The chariot grooms of the ša-šēpi guard [...] under my command are asking for plants [... and one] full talent of bronze [...] per one team of hor[ses ...] in accordance with what the ki[ng ...]. What exactly does the king, my lord, order? |
r 88 | ||
r 99 | ||
r 1010 | ša 01-et ANŠE.⸢ú⸣-[re-e x x] | |
r 1111 | ||
r 1212 | ||
r 1313 | ||
rest uninscribed |
Adapted from Simo Parpola, The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West (State Archives of Assyria, 1), 1987. 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/P313722/.