SAA 19 025. Ionian Raids on Levant (CTN 5 p. 164)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
o 1o 1	⸢a⸣-na LUGAL EN-⸢ia⸣	(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Qurdi-ili-lamur.
o 22	ARAD-ka ^mqur-⸢di⸣—DINGIR—IGI	(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Qurdi-ili-lamur.
o 33	KUR.ia-⸢ú⸣-na-a.a ⸢i-tal-ku-ni⸣	(3) The Ionians came and gave battle in Samsim[uruna], Hariṣû and [GN].
o 44	qa-ra-bu ina URU.sam-si-⸢mu⸣-[ru-na]
o 55	ina URU.ḫa-ri-ṣu-ú ina ⸢URU⸣.[x x x]
o 66	⸢ú⸣-tap-pi-šu ša—⸢ANŠE.BAD^?.ḪAL⸣	(6) A cav[al]ry[man] came to Daman[...]; I [t]ook the free men and went away.
o 77	[i]-tal-ka a-na URU.⸢da⸣-man^?-[x]
o 88	[LÚ^v].ERIM-MEŠ zak-ku-ú ina ⸢ŠU⸣.[2]
o 99	[a]-⸢ṣa⸣-bat a-ta-⸢at-lak⸣ mi-⸢mi⸣-[ni]	(9) They (= the Ionians) did [n]ot take anyth[ing] (and) when [they sa]w [my] tr[oops they embarked] th[eir] boats and [fled] into the midst of the sea.
o 1010	⸢la⸣ iš-ši-ú a-⸢ki-i e-mu⸣-[qi]
o 1111	[e]-⸢mu-ru⸣-ni ina ŠÀ-bi GIŠ.MÁ-MEŠ-⸢šú⸣-[nu]
o 1212	[e-te-li-ú] qab-li ta-⸢an⸣-ti
o 1313	[iḫ-tal-qu i]—⸢da-tú⸣-u-a ⸢x⸣+[x (x)]	(13) [...] after me
	rest broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning broken away
r 1'1'	[x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x]
r 2'2'	⸢ma-a⸣ [ina] ⸢ka-a⸣-ri ša KUR.⸢ia⸣-[u-na]	(r 2) [say]ing: "He/It is [at the p]ort of Io[nia]."
r 3'3'	šu-u-tú ⸢ana-ku^?⸣-ma ⸢a-di la⸣ ina [x x]	(r 3) I myself shall bui[ld] (in) Danab[u] before I go up to [...]. I shall sett[le] there the lone Itu'ean at my disposal and the Itu'[ean] ...[...].
r 4'4'	e-⸢lu-ni URU.da^-an^⸣-a-⸢bi⸣
r 5'5'	a-ra-⸢ṣib-bi⸣ LÚ^v.i-tú-ʾu [o]
r 6'6'	⸢e-du ina IGI⸣-ia LÚ^v.i-tú-⸢ʾu⸣
r 7'7'	⸢a^?-mur^?⸣-[x x]+⸢x⸣ ina ŠÀ-bi lu-še-ši-[bi]
	rest uninscribed

Adapted from Mikko Luukko, The Correspondence of Tiglath-Pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud (State Archives of Assyria, 19), 2012. 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/P393612/.