SAA 05 298. Moving Bull Colossi Across the River (ABL 1362)[via saao/saa05]


Obverse
oo	beginning (probably one line only) broken away	(Beginning destroyed)
o 1'1'	⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x]
o 2'2'	⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x]
o 3'3'	⸢x⸣+[x] a-na [x x x x x]
o 4'4'	UGU LÚ.⸢EN⸣—[pi-qit-ta-ti]	(4) As to the of[ficials] in Adi[a] and in Tas[tiate concerning whom] the king, my lord, wro[te me]: "All of them should go t[o Dur-Šarruken]!" —
o 5'5'	ša ŠÀ URU.a-di-[a]
o 6'6'	URU.ta-as-[ti-a-te ša]
o 7'7'	LUGAL be-lí iš-[pur-an-ni]
o 8'8'	ma-a gab-bi-šú-nu ⸢a^*⸣-[na URU.BÀD—MAN—GIN]
o 9'9'	lil-li-ku ^d⸢ALAD⸣.[^dLAMA-MEŠ]	(9) the bu[ll colossi] of the magnates are set up to[gether] and the king, my lord, [(earlier) said]: "They should quickly ... the colossi and as long as the water in the river is [low, bring them across] the river!"
o 10'10'	ša LÚ.GAL-MEŠ ki-⸢i⸣ [a-ḫa^?-iš]
o 11'11'	zaq-pu LUGAL be-lí [iq-ṭi-bi]
o 12'12'	ma-a ^dALAD.^dLAMA-[MEŠ]
o 13'13'	ar-ḫi-iš li-ik-ba^*-[su-ni]
o 14'14'	a-du A-MEŠ ina ÍD [e-ṣu-ni]	(14) Who [...] would (then) stay (here) to look after the [bull colossi]?
o 15'15'	ÍD^* lu^*-[še-bi-ru]
Bottom
b.e. 16'b.e. 16'	LÚ.EN—⸢x⸣+[x x x x]
b.e. 17'17'	man-nu pa-an [^dALAD.^dLAMA-MEŠ]
Reverse
r 1r 1	i-za-za ⸢ú⸣-[ma-a]	(r 1) N[ow], the magnates are waiting for [me]. May the king, my lord, wait for me (until) Siv[an] (III), and I will (then) get the work done and deliver it to [the king].
r 22	LÚ.GAL-MEŠ ina pa-ni-[ia]
r 33	i-da-gul ina ITI.⸢SIG₄⸣ [o]
r 44	LUGAL be-lí ina pa-ni-⸢ia⸣
r 55	lid-gul dul₆^*-lu a-na [LUGAL]
r 66	lu-u-ša-ak-ši-di la-⸢din⸣
r 77	šúm-ma LUGAL be-lí i-qab-[bi]	(r 7) If the king, my lord, (nevertheless) ord[ers]: "They must go!" then let ten (officials) from the Inner City and five from Calah stay to look after the bull coloss[i]; the r[est may go] to Dur-Š[arruken].
r 88	ma-a lil-li-ku [o]
r 99	10 URU.ŠÀ—URU-a.a [o]
r 1010	05 URU.kal-ḫa-a.a [o]
r 1111	ina pa-an ^dALAD.^dLAMA-[MEŠ]
r 1212	lu-u šu-nu ⸢re^*⸣-[ḫu-ti]
r 1313	ina URU.BÀD^*—⸢MAN⸣—[GIN lil-li-ku]
	rest (1-2 lines) broken away	(Rest destroyed)

Adapted from Giovanni B. Lanfranchi and Simo Parpola, The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces (State Archives of Assyria, 5), 1990. 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/P334865/.