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o 1o 1	[ina] ⸢UGU⸣ 06 LÚ^v.ERIM-MEŠ 01 MÍ ša a-na LUGAL [EN-ía áš-pur-an-ni]	(1) [Concer]ning the six men (and) one woman about whom [I wrote] to the king, [my lord] — Kutî the scribe, Tutî [the scribe], Adad-killanni the priest, Qurdî the ch[ariot driver], Niri-Ia'u the chief of accounts, Palṭi-Ia'u the [depu]ty, (and) Zazâ, the wife of Tarṣî, (all) servants of the governor — as to the matter of Guzana, they know if there is (such a thing), and if there isn't, they know it, too.
o 22	[^m]ku-ti-i LÚ^v.A.BA ^mtu-ti-i LÚ^v.[x x x x]
o 33	^m10—ki-la-an-ni LÚ^v.SANGA ^mqur-di-i LÚ^v.⸢mu⸣-[kil—KUŠ.a-pa-a-ni]
o 44	[^m]ni-ri—ia-u LÚ^v.GAL—NÍG.ŠID-MEŠ ^mpal-ṭí—ia-u ⸢LÚ^v⸣.[02]-u
o 55	MÍ.za-za-a MÍ-šú ša ^mtar-ṣi-i ARAD-MEŠ ša LÚ^v.EN.NAM
o 66	ina UGU a-bi-te ša URU.gu-za-na šúm-ma i-ba-áš-ši an-nu-te
o 77	ú-du-u šúm-ma la-áš-šú šu-nu-ma ú-du-u i-si-šú-nu	(7) The king, my lord, should speak with them, but (first) let me tell the king, my lord, about their other crimes.
o 88	LUGAL be-lí lid-bu-bu ḫi-ṭa-ni-šú-nu šá-ni-iu-u-te
o 99	a-na LUGAL EN-ia la-qa-bi ša ^mku-ti-i ša ^mtu-ti-i
o 1010	01-en ḫi-iṭ-ṭa-šú-nu ša DUMU-a.a iq-ba-áš-šá-nu-u-ni ma-a	(10) The first crime of Kutî and Tutî: When my son commanded them, "Bring me the horses, so that I can bring (them) to the king!," they refused.
o 1111	ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ bi-la-a-ni ina ir-ti LUGAL lu-bíl
o 1212	la i-ma-ga-ru-u-ni šá-ni-ú ḫi-ṭa-šú-nu AD-šú ša MAN	(12) Their other crime: (In the reign of) the father of the king, my lord, they wrote the silver quota of the shepherds on an Assyrian document (and) on an Aramaic document and sealed the amount of silver with the neck seals of the treasurer Nabû-qati-ṣabat, the village manager, (and) the scribe, with their neck seals (and) with the (royal) stamp seal, saying: "If they don't pay this year, they will die!" (But) when a bribe was made, they cut off the [stam]p seals (and) their neck-seals, (and) threw them away. Did they not cut (them) off arbitrarily?
o 1313	EN-ía KUG.UD ÉŠ.QAR ša LÚ^v.SIPA-MEŠ ina ŠÀ-bi ni-ib-zi aš-šur-a.a
o 1414	ina ŠÀ-bi ni-ib-zi ár-ma-a.a i-sa-ṭa-ru ina ŠÀ-bi UZU.GÚ
o 1515	šá ^m^dPA—ŠU.2—ṣa-bat LÚ^v.IGI.DUB ša LÚ^v.GAL—URU-MEŠ-te ša LÚ^v.A.BA
o 1616	ni-bu ša KUG.UD ina ŠÀ-bi UZU.GÚ-šú-nu ina ŠÀ-bi un-qi
o 1717	ik-ta-an-ku ma-a šum-ma MU.AN.NA an-ni-tú la i-di-nu
o 1818	ma-a i-mu-tú ki-i ṭa-aʾ-tú ta-né-pi-šu-u-ni
o 1919	[un]-⸢qa⸣-a-te TA^v UZU.GÚ-šú-nu ub-ta-ti-qu ik-ter-ru
o 2020	[šu^?]-nu-um-ma la ina ḫa-du-te-e šu-u ú-ba-at-ti-qu
o 2121	[^mqur]-⸢di⸣-i LÚ^v.mu-kil—KUŠ.a-pa-a-ni ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ na-kam-te	(21) [Qurd]î, the chariot driver of the treasury horses, is treading on (the authority of) the [Pa]lace. He has laid his hands on the cone [of Ištar], saying: "Strike (f. sg.) me! Let's see (what happens)! Bring me an iron knife, (so) I can cut it off and stick it in the [gov]ernor's ass!" I am unable to tell [what else] he has said about everybody.
o 2222	[o^? É].GAL ú-ka-ba-as ina UGU bu-un-bu-ul-li
o 2323	[ša ^d15^?] Á.2-šú i-sa-kan ma-a maḫ-ṣi-ni né-mur
o 2424	[ma-a] ⸢GÍR⸣.TUR AN.BAR bi-la-a-ni la-ab-tu-qu ina qi-in-ni-te
o 2525	[ša LÚ^v].⸢EN⸣.NAM la-áš-kun la mu-qa-a.a la-qa-bi
o 2626	[mi-nu] ša man-ni iq-bu-u-ni LÚ^v.SANGA uq-ṭa-ri-da-áš-šú	(26) The priest (Adad-killanni) has encouraged him; [I] am powerless.
o 2727	[ana]-⸢ku⸣ a-sa-me ^m^dUTU—IGI.LAL-ni LÚ^v.EN.NAM TA^v ^mpal-ṭí—ía-u	(27) Šamaš-emuranni, the governor, took counsel with Palṭi-Ia'u (the deputy) [and] Niri-Ia'u (the chief of accounts), saying: "Who(se feet) should we grasp?" They told the governor: "The one who dressed [you] in purple garments (and) gave you the golden [br]acelet (and) the golden dagger [......]." The governor said: "Go out and gather the elders of the city [of Guzana in] front of the crown prince's palace! [...] no bracelets, n[o ...]."
o 2828	[TA^v] ^mni-ri—ia-u i-ta-ma-lik ma-a a.a-e-šá ni-ṣi-bat
o 2929	ma-a šu-nu a-na LÚ^v.EN.NAM ma-a ša SÍG.SA₅ ú-lab-bi-⸢iš-ú⸣-[ka-ni]
o 3030	[ša] ⸢ḪAR⸣ KUG.GI GÍR KUG.GI i-di-nak-kan-ni ma-a [x x x]
o 3131	[x x]+⸢x⸣ LÚ^v.EN.NAM ma-a ṣi-a LÚ^v.AB.BA-MEŠ URU [x x x]
Bottom
b.e. 32b.e. 32	[ina] IGI É.GAL ša DUMU—MAN pa-ḫi-ra-a-ni la ḪAR-MEŠ ⸢la⸣ [x x]
b.e. 3333	⸢i⸣-qa-bu-ni-ni ma-a i-sa-al-šú-nu ma-a a-na a.a-⸢e⸣-[šá o]	(b.e. 33) I am being told that he asked them (= the elders): "To whom are you [devoted]?" Adda-sakâ, a chari[ot] owner, answered: "Tell us, why do you ask u[s]? Ask our sons!" He said: "It is you I have aske[d], so tell me!" They answered of one [accord]: "We have eaten the slice of our sons and daughters, and [that of] Aššur-zeru-ibni too, but we keep the t[reaty of the king], we are devoted to Esarhaddon."
b.e. 3434	[pa]-⸢ni⸣-ku-nu ma-a e-ta-pal ^m10—sa-ka-a LÚ^v.EN—GIŠ.⸢GIGIR⸣ [o]
b.e. 3535	[ma-a] ⸢qi⸣-ba-na-ši a-na mi-i-ni ta-šá-al-an-na-[ši]
Reverse
r 1r 1	[ma]-a DUMU-MEŠ-ni šá-ʾa-la ma-a a-na ka-šá-nu-⸢u⸣-ma a-sa-⸢al⸣-[ku-nu]
r 22	ma-a qi-ba-a-ni ma-a e-tap-lu-u-ni ki-i a-[ḫa-iš]
r 33	ma-a ḫi-ir-ṣu ša DUMU-MEŠ-ni ša DUMU.MÍ-MEŠ-ni ma-a [x x x x]
r 44	^maš-šur—NUMUN—ib-i-ni né-ta-kal ma-a EN—⸢a⸣-[de-e ša LUGAL]
r 55	a-né-e-nu ma-a ina UGU ^maš-šur—PAB—AŠ pa-ni-ni ⸢šak-nu⸣ [ma-a LÚ^v.EN.NAM GIŠ.PA^?]	(r 5) [The governor] threw [the sceptre] from his hands, place[d] h[is] arms [on] his [chest], and said: "[You are] his [servant]s! [W]hat are you saying? You [...] yo[ur dynastic house! I [......] your [cit]y."
r 66	TA^v ŠU.2-šú ik-ta-ra-ra Á.2-⸢šú ina⸣ [x x]-šú i-sa-⸢kan⸣ [ma-a^?]
r 77	⸢ARAD⸣-MEŠ-šu ma-a at-⸢tu⸣-[nu mi]-⸢i⸣-nu ta-dáb-⸢bu⸣-ba
r 88	⸢ma⸣-a É—AD-⸢ku⸣-[nu x x x]+⸢x-ka⸣-ni ma-a a-na-ku
r 99	⸢URU⸣-ku-nu [x x x x] ⸢^m⸣ḫal-bi-šú URU.sa-mir-i-na-a.a	(r 9) Halbišu the Samarian, [a servant of] the king, my lord, (and) Bar-uri, the eunuch (and) maqaltānu-official [of] Ba'al-rakkab of Sam'al, told me this matter:
r 1010	[x x]+⸢x x LUGAL EN-ía⸣ ^mbar—ur-ri LÚ^v.SAG ma-qa-al-ta-a-nu
r 1111	[ša ^d]bi-iʾ-li—ra-kab-bi ša URU.sa-ma-al-la
r 1212	a-⸢bu⸣-tú an-ni-tú iq-ṭí-bu-u-ni ^mta-ra-ṣi-i	(r 12) Tarṣî, the scribe of Guzana, has given his son to the household of Aššur-zeru-ibni. When Aššur-zeru-ibni is with the son[s of the ki]ng, the son of Tarṣî is the chief of accounts. During these ten days when Aššur-zeru-ibni is lingering in Nineveh, the son of Tarṣî is the chief tailor, taking care of the golden bracelet, the golden dagger and the parasol of Aššur-zeru-ibni.
r 1313	LÚ^v.A.BA ša URU.gu-za-na DUMU-šú É ^maš-šur—NUMUN—DÙ i-ti-din
r 1414	^maš-šur—NUMUN—DÙ ki-i TA^v DUMU-⸢MEŠ—LUGAL⸣ šu-tu-u-ni DUMU-šú ša ^mtar-ṣi-i
r 1515	LÚ^v.GAL—NÍG.ŠID-MEŠ šu-u ki-i 10 UD-MEŠ an-na-te ša ^maš-šur—NUMUN—DÙ
r 1616	ina URU.ni-nu-u-a i-du-lu-u-ni DUMU ^mtar-ṣi-i GAL—ka-ṣir
r 1717	šu-u ḪAR KUG.GI GÍR KUG.GI TÚG.šá—ṣi-il-li
r 1818	SAG ^maš-šur—NUMUN—DÙ ú-ka-la ^mtar-ṣi-i an-ni-ú	(r 18) This Tarṣî, O king, my lord, is a powerful (and) influential man. He has taken away the servants of the queen, of the crown prince, of the household of the magnates (and) the exempts, (and) given them to the household of Aššur-zeru-ibni.
r 1919	LUGAL be-lí da-an-na-ta-a-nu ma-ṣa-ta-a-nu šu-u
r 2020	ARAD-MEŠ ša MÍ—É.GAL ša DUMU—MAN ša É LÚ^v.GAL-MEŠ
r 2121	LÚ^v.za-ku-ú up-te-ii-ṣi a-na É ^maš-šur—NUMUN—DÙ i-ti-din
r 2222	ù DUMU—šip-ri-MEŠ ša LUGAL be-lí <$x$> a-na URU.gu-za-na	(r 22) Moreover, the messengers whom the king, my lord, sends to Guzana — who hears (all) the slighting remarks that Tarṣî and his wife make (about them)? Zazâ, the wife of Tarṣî, and her sons should not be kept alive. O king, my lord! The priest is a brother-in-law of Tarṣî. Their wives bring down the moon from the sky!
r 2323	i-šá-par-an-ni ^mta-ra-ṣi-i MÍ-šú qu-la-a-li
r 2424	ša i-šá-ka-nu-u-ni man-nu i-šam-me MÍ.za-za-a MÍ-šú ša ^mLAL-i
r 2525	DUMU-MEŠ-šá la ša bal-lu-ṭi šu-nu LUGAL be-lí LÚ^v.SANGA
r 2626	LÚ^v.i-ki-i-su ša ^mtar-ṣi-i šu-u MÍ-MEŠ-šú-nu
r 2727	^d30 TA^v AN-e ú-še-ra-da-a-ni LUGAL be-lí ina UGU	(r 27) O king, my lord, concerning (this), in all the letters which I have sent to the king, my lord, there is just this one matter. I have been shamed. On account of the words that I have spoken [...], instead of Aššur-zeru-[ibni ...], I have butted Marduk-išmanni [...].
r 2828	ina ŠÀ-bi e-gír-a-te-ia gab-bu ša ina UGU LUGAL EN-ía
r 2929	áš-pur-an-ni 01-te ši-i a-bu-tú ina ŠÀ-bi
r 3030	al-tu-u-da ina UGU da-ba-bi ša ⸢x x⸣
Right
r.e. 31r.e. 31	a-qa-bu-u-ni ku-um ^maš-šur—NUMUN—[DÙ x x x]
r.e. 3232	^m^dAMAR.UTU—ḪAL-ni a-ti-kip a-[x x x x x]
r.e. 3333	LUGAL be-lí ^dUTU ARAD ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ía a-na-ku]	(r.e. 33) The king, my lord, is the sun! [I am] a servant of the ki[ng, my lord], (but) I do not see [...].
r.e. 3434	⸢x⸣-ba la e-mar [x x x]
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e. 1e. 1	[ù ša] ^mmil-ki—ZÁLAG LUGAL be-lí da-ba-ab-šú la ḫar-ṣa 01-en [UD-mu ša ina IGI LUGAL e-ra-bu-u]-ni a-⸢na⸣ [o]	(e. 1) [And] the words spoken [by] Milki-nuri, O king, my lord, are not accurate. I will tell [the king], my lord, the very first [day when I enter before the king]. His words are within my ears. Let me see [the face of the king, m]y [lord, ...]. Should the king, my lord, say: "[Why did you not wri]te what you heard?" — [...].
e. 22	[LUGAL] EN-ía a-qa-bi da-ba-ab-šú ina ŠÀ-bi uz-ni-ia šu-u ⸢a⸣-[na-ku pa-ni ša LUGAL EN]-⸢ia⸣ la-a-mur [o]
e. 33	[x x x]+⸢x⸣ šúm-ma LUGAL be-lí i-qa-bi ma-a ša taš-mu-u-ni [a-ta-a la taš]-⸢pu⸣-ra [x x x]

Adapted from Mikko Luukko and Greta Van Buylaere, The Political Correspondence of Esarhaddon (State Archives of Assyria, 16), 2002. 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/P313461/.

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