SAA 01 039. Gidgidanu and the Building of Dur-Šarruken (ABL 1177)[via saao/saa01]
| Obverse | ||
| oo | beginning broken away | |
| o 1'1' | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| o 2'2' | [x x LÚv].zak-⸢ku⸣-[u x x x x x x] | |
| o 3'3' | ||
| o 4'4' | (4) [As to] Gidgidanu [and his brothers about whom the] king my lord wrote to me: "[Let th]em be [br]ought here!" — | |
| o 5'5' | [ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN iš-pur-⸢an⸣-[ni ma-a x x x x] | |
| o 6'6' | (6) [When he heard of this, he became sc]ared and [......] the gods, saying: "Let me go and [petition] the king [......] to give me [......] let me [go] to Arbela." He has come [now and is] in Dur-[Šarruken], doing [his work]. His brothers again [... have] not [gone out] of Dur-Šarruken, [they have not set] foot anywhere at all but are present and [do] their work. | |
| o 7'7' | [ip-ta]-⸢la⸣-aḫ DINGIR*-MEŠ [x x x x x x x] | |
| o 8'8' | [ma-a] ⸢la⸣-al-lik LUGAL ⸢la⸣-[aḫ-ḫur x x x] | |
| o 9'9' | [li]-id-di-nu-ú-ni [x x x x x x] | |
| o 10'10' | ||
| o 11'11' | ||
| o 12'12' | [e]-pa-áš ù ŠEŠ-MEŠ-[šú x x x x x] | |
| o 13'13' | ||
| o 14'14' | ||
| o 15'15' | ||
| o 16'16' | [ina] ⸢UGU*⸣ mdAMAR.UTU—rém-a-ni [x x x x] | (16) [As to] Marduk-remanni [and the ...] of the Inner City about whom the king my lord w[rote to me], I have appointed them in charge of Aššur-of-Lions at [...] and impressed upon them: "Watch out [...] and do your [work!]" |
| o 17'17' | ||
| o 18'18' | [ina IGI] aš-šur—UR.MAḪ-MEŠ ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| o 19'19' | ||
| o 20'20' | [un-ta]-di-id-di nu-uk ḫi-ir-⸢da*⸣ [x x x x] | |
| o 21'21' | ||
| o 22'22' | [x x x x] da a ⸢x⸣+[x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| Bottom | ||
| b.e. 23'b.e. 23' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ du [x x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. 24'24' | [x x x x] ⸢ṣab?⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| Reverse | ||
| rr | beginning (about 5 lines) destroyed | |
| r 1'1' | [x x x] ŠÀ-bi ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| r 2'2' | (r 2) ......] in the presence of the ki[ng, my lord ......]. He and his brothers had become very scared, so I gave them new [orders]: "This will do for this (neglected) king's [work] of [la]st year." Now they are present and do their work in the Review Palace. | |
| r 3'3' | [x x x]-nu-u-ni šu-u-tú a-du ⸢PAB*⸣-MEŠ-šú | |
| r 4'4' | ||
| r 5'5' | ||
| r 6'6' | ||
| r 7'7' | ||
| r 8'8' | ||
| r 9'9' | (r 9) I have made it clear to the dome[stics] who are in Dur-Šarruken that nobody [is allowed to] make fire [...] or set [......], and I have placed [......]. They are very [strongly gua]rded. [The Zikir]taeans [have brought their] tr[ibute]. | |
| r 10'10' | ||
| r 11'11' | ⸢nu*-uk*⸣ me-me-e-ni i-šá-a-[tú ina x x x] | |
| r 12'12' | [lu la] i-na-ap*-pa*-aḫ [x x x x x] | |
| r 13'13' | [lu la] i-ša-ak-ka-an [x x x x x] | |
| r 14'14' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-du a-sa-ka-[an x x x x] | |
| r 15'15' | ||
| r 16'16' | ||
| rest broken away |
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/P334773/.