SAA 01 029. The King of Urarṭu on the Offensive (ABL 0198+)[via saao/saa01]
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| o 1o 1 | (1) [To] the king, my lord: [your servant] Sin-ahhe-riba. Good health to the king, my lord! [Assyri]a is well, [the temp]les are well, all [the king's forts] are well. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed. | |
| o 22 | ||
| o 33 | ||
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| o 55 | ||
| o 66 | ||
| o 77 | ||
| o 88 | (8) They are working on [the fort in Kumme; their] work [... is mak]ing [good progress]. A messen[ger of Ariye] has come [into] m[y presence] (with the following message): | |
| o 99 | ||
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| o 1111 | (11) "[The (ruler) of Ukku has written to] the Urarṭian king [that the govern]ors of the king of Assyria are building [a fort in Kumme], and the Urarṭian king has [give]n his governors (the following) order: 'Take your troops, go and capture the governors of the king of Assyria alive from the Kummeans, and bring them to me.' I do not have the full details yet; as soon as I have heard more, I shall write by express to the crown prince that they should rush troops to me." | |
| o 1212 | [i-sa-ap-ra] ma-a [LÚv.EN.NAM]-⸢MEŠ⸣-te ša LUGAL KUR—aš-šur.KI | |
| o 1313 | ||
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| o 2222 | (22) This was the report of Ariye; on the 11th of Elul (VI) I got a letter from Aššur-reṣuwa: | |
| o 2323 | ||
| o 2424 | (24) "The Urarṭian did not achieve anything on the venture on which the Zikirteans took him, but had to return empty-handed; he went with his troops to Waisi, entered the city and left his forces there. Taking but a few troops with him, he set out and entered into the territory of the Manneans. I have not heard about the invasion yet, but I shall write you as soon as I have heard more. | |
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| Bottom | ||
| b.e. 33b.e. 33 | ||
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| Reverse | ||
| r 1r 1 | (r 1) "The governor opposite me was (also) in Waisi; I have heard that he left and went off after the king's departure, but nobody has seen him come out of Waisi. They are improving the roads leading to me and constructing bridges; as soon as I have heard what it is all about, whether he his coming with his troops or whether he is 'clean', I shall immediately write to the crown prince." | |
| r 22 | ||
| r 33 | ||
| r 44 | ||
| r 55 | ||
| r 66 | ||
| r 77 | ||
| r 88 | ||
| r 99 | ||
| r 1010 | ||
| r 1111 | (r 11) This was the report of Aššur-reṣuwa; the (ruler) of Arzabia has written to me thus: | |
| r 1212 | (r 12) "The (ruler) of Ukku must be kept away from me; why do you keep silent while he is trying to destroy me?" I have sent my bodyguard to the Ukkean (with this message): "Do[n't ar]gue with the Arzabian! [Until the ki]ng comes, [I will ar]bitrate between you!" | |
| r 1313 | ||
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| r 1818 | ⸢LÚ*.A*—šip*-ri* ša* KUR*.man*-na*-a.a⸣ ina UGU-ḫi-ia i-tal-ka | (r 18) A messenger of the Mannean (king) has come to me bringing a horse as the audience gift and giving me the regards of the Mannean. I dressed him (in purple) and put a silver bracelet on his arm. |
| r 1919 | ||
| r 2020 | ||
| r 2121 | ||
| r 2222 | (r 22) The tribute of the Ashdodites was brought to Calah; I have received it, sealed it and deposited it in the ... palace. I am sending this letter to the king, my lord, on the 11th of Elul. | |
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| 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/P334143/.