
Obverse
o 1o 1	[a-na LUGAL] EN-⸢ia⸣	(1) [To the king], my lord: [your servant M]arduk-rem[anni. Good health] to the king, [my] lord!
o 22	[ARAD-ka ^m]⸢^dMES^⸣—rém^-[a-ni]
o 33	[lu DI-mu a]-na LUGAL EN-[ia]
o 44	[i-sin]-⸢nu⸣ e-pi-[iš]	(4) [The festi]val has been celebrated; the god [...] came out and returned in peace. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king!
o 55	⸢^d⸣[x ina] ⸢šul⸣-me ⸢it-tu-ṣi⸣ [o]
o 66	e-ta-rab ^dAG u ^dAMAR.UTU
o 77	a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ lik-ru-bu
o 88	ina UGU ^dALAD.^d⸢LAMA⸣	(8) As to the bull colossi about which the king my lord wrote to me, I have worked out their positions at the ...s of the palaces and they are hewing them. We shall place the hewn colossi before the ... residence; they will trim the big ones and whe shall place them before the middlemost gate.
o 99	ša LUGAL be-lí iš-pur-an-ni
o 1010	ú-⸢ta⸣-si-ik ina UGU KÁ-MEŠ-te
o 1111	ša ⸢É^.GAL^⸣-MEŠ ak-ta-ra-ar
o 1212	i-bat-tu-qu ^dALAD.^dLAMA
o 1313	bat-qu-te ina IGI É la DU.DU-ni
o 1414	ni-⸢šak-kan⸣ KALAG-MEŠ-te i-bat-tu-qu
o 1515	ina IGI ⸢KÁ⸣ qa-ba-si^!-te ni-⸢šak-kan⸣
o 1616	ina UGU ⸢NA₄^?.AM^*⸣-MEŠ ša a-⸢na LUGAL EN-ia⸣	(16) As to the [sto]ne bulls of which I spoke to the king, my lord, they will modify them and turn them into bull colossi, and we shall place them before the middlemost gate.
o 1717	aq-bu-u-ni ú-pa-ḫu^?-šú-nu
o 1818	a-na ^dALAD.^dLAMA ú-ta-⸢ru⸣-šú-nu
o 1919	ina IGI KÁ^* MURUB₄-ti ni-⸢šak-kan⸣
o 2020	i—su-ri LUGAL be-⸢lí⸣ [i-qab-bi]	(20) Perhaps the king, my lord, [will say]: "It is hard work [...]." The work [......]; honestly, one cubit [...] bull colossi [......
o 2121	ma-a ⸢dul⸣-lu dan-⸢nu^?⸣ [x x x x]
o 2222	dul-lu pa-ḫa la^* [x x x x]
o 2323	ki-i-tu 01 KÙŠ ⸢ru⸣-[ṭu^? x x]
o 2424	^dALAD.^dLAMA [x x x x x]
		(Break)
o 2525	[x x] ⸢la^?⸣ ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]
o 2626	[x x x x x x x x x x]
Bottom
b.e. 27b.e. 27	[x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x]
b.e. 2828	[x]-lak ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]
b.e. 2929	⸢li⸣-i-ṭu ša [x x x x]	(29) Let them draw and s[end me] the plan of the [...] of which I spoke] to the king, my lord, and [I will plant] the saplings according to it.
Reverse
r 1r 1	⸢ša⸣ a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia ⸢aq⸣-[bu-u-ni]
r 22	le-e-ṣi-⸢ru⸣ lu-⸢še⸣-[bi-lu-ni]
r 33	GIŠ.ziq-pu ina pi-it-[ti x x x x]
r 44	45 ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ ša ⸢KUR^* at⸣-ta-ḫar	(r 4) I have received 45 horses of the [pala]ce. The emissaries from Egypt, Gaza, Judah, Moab and Ammon entered Calah on the 12th with their tribute. The 24 horses of the (king) of Gaza are with him. The Edomite, [Ashdo]dite and Ekronite [......].
r 55	LÚ^v.MAḪ-MEŠ KUR.⸢mu-ṣur⸣-a.a
r 66	KUR.ḫa-za-ta-a.a KUR.ia-ú-du-a.a
r 77	KUR.ma-ʾa-ba-a.a KUR.ba-an—am-ma-na-a.a
r 88	UD 12-KÁM ina URU.kal-ḫi e-tar-bu-u-ni
r 99	ma-da-na-⸢te⸣-šú-nu ina ŠU.2-šú-nu
r 1010	⸢24⸣ ANŠE.KUR.⸢RA⸣-MEŠ
r 1111	ša KUR.ḫa-za-⸢ta⸣-a.a ina ŠU.2-šú
r 1212	KUR.⸢ú⸣-du-⸢mu⸣-a.a KUR.[sa-du^?]-da-a.a
r 1313	KUR.an-⸢qar-ru-na⸣-a.a [x x x]+⸢x⸣
r 1414	[x x x x] ⸢LÚ^v.MAḪ⸣ [KUR].⸢qu⸣-a.a	(r 14) The emissary from Que [......] is departing and going [...] the Bow [River]; the [...] of the Commander-in-Chief is with him.
r 1515	[x x x] ⸢x x⸣ ú-ṣa-a
r 1616	[a-na] ⸢URU⸣.zab-ban il-la-ka
r 1717	[x x] ⸢ša⸣ LÚ^v.tar-ta-ni KI-šú

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/P224487/.

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