SAA 05 031. Argisti Puts Pressure on Hu-Tešub of Šubria (ABL 0139+)[via saao/saa05]


Obverse
o 1o 1	a-na LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-ia	(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ša-Aššur-dubbu. The best of health to the king, my lord!
o 22	ARAD-ka ^mša—aš-šur—du-ub-bu
o 33	lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia a—dan-niš
o 44	DI-mu a-na URU.bi-ra-a-ti	(4) The forts and the land of the king, my lord, are well.
o 55	a-na KUR ša LUGAL EN-ia	(4) The forts and the land of the king, my lord, are well.
o 66	ina UGU ṭè-e-me ša LÚ.SANGA	(6) As to the news of the priest of Penzâ about whom the king, my lord, wrote me: "What did the king of Urarṭu send and decree for him about the official of [Ta]si? They should ask [...]" —
o 77	ša URU.⸢pe^*⸣-en-za-a ša LUGAL be-lí
o 88	iš-pur-an-ni ma-a mi-i-nu
o 99	ša LUGAL KUR.URI-a.a ina UGU-ḫi-šu
o 1010	iš-pur-an-ni ú-ki-nu-⸢šu^*-u⸣-[ni]
o 1111	ma-a ina UGU LÚ.pi^-⸢qí^⸣-ti ša URU^.[ta]-⸢si^⸣
o 1212	[x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ liš-ul ⸢x⸣+[x]-⸢si^*⸣
o 1313	[x x x x x x] LUGAL EN-ia	(13) [......] the king, my lord,
o 1414	[x x x x x x] ⸢LÚ^v⸣.qur-bu-ti	(14) [......] the royal bodyguard
o 1515	[x x x x LÚ^v].DUMU—šip-ra-a-ni	(15) [......] the messengers
o 1616	[x x x x x] ša URU.pu-lu-u-a	(16) [of the governor] of Pulua
o 1717	[x x x x x]-u-ni ša KUR.al-zu-nu	(17) [......] of Alzunu
o 1818	[x x x x it]-⸢tal⸣-ku-u-ni [ina] bir-ti	(18) [have co]me [... and arbitrated be]tween [... and] his brothers.
o 1919	[x x x ina bir]-ti ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šú
o 2020	[uk-tin-nu^? x x] za-ki-ti LÚ^v.SANGA ina UGU	(20) [With] clean [hands], the priest [...] to
o 2121	[x x x x x x x] LÚ^v.qur-bu-ti	(21) [......] the royal bodyguard
o 2222	[x x x x x x] ⸢e^⸣-ta-rab^	(22) [......] entered
o 2323	[x x x x x x x x]-tú	(22) [......] entered
	rest (3-4 lines) broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning (1-2 lines) broken away
r 1'1'	[x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x]
r 2'2'	[x x x x URU].ti^-di^ [x x x x x]	(r 2) [...] Tidu [...]
r 3'3'	[ina ta-ḫu]-ú^-me^ ša^* KUR^.⸢šu^-ub^*⸣-[ri-a]	(r 3) [on the bor]der of Šub[ria]
r 4'4'	[x x]+⸢x⸣-ma^-nu^ :^* ul-lu^-tú^ : ⸢gi⸣-[x x]	(r 4) [...] ... levied [...]
r 5'5'	[ša^? na]-⸢gi⸣-e : ⸢a⸣-[nu]-su-nu [x x]	(r 5) [The ... of the dist]rict [have ...ed] their equ[ip]ment
r 6'6'	[x x]-⸢ru^?⸣-tu ina URU.pu-u-me i-za-⸢zu⸣	(r 6) [...] are staying in Pumu.
r 7'7'	[^mx-x]-ra-a LÚ.GAL—da-a.⸢a-li⸣	(r 7) The king, my lord, knows that [...]râ, the chief scout [of Hu-T]ešub, gave back [the ... o]f Rusa, and he [ap]pointed him [...]; now, there is no [......] in the presence of Hu-Tešub.
r 8'8'	[ša ^mḫu]—⸢te^⸣-šu-ub^ : LUGAL be-lí ú-da
r 9'9'	[x x x] ⸢ša^*⸣ ^mru-sa-a ú-sa-ḫi-ir
r 10'10'	[x x x x] ⸢ip⸣-ti-qi-su ú-ma-a
r 11'11'	[x x x x] ina^* IGI^* ⸢^mḫu⸣—te-šu-bu
r 12'12'	[x x x x x]-da^* ⸢la^*⸣ : me-me-ni
r 13'13'	[LÚ^v.DUMU—šip-ri ina] UGU^-ḫi^-šú ina URU.pu-u-me	(r 13) [The Urarṭian has sent] him [a messenger] to Pumu, saying: "If you stay [in ...], g[iv]e back the [... and] the jewelry [th]at my father and I gave you."
r 14'14'	[i-sa-bar ma]-a^* šúm^*-mu at-ta
r 15'15'	[x x x] kam-mu-sa-ka ma-a
r 16'16'	[x x x] :^* du-ma-qi ša AD-u-a
r 17'17'	⸢ša⸣ a-na-ku : a-di-a-kan-ni sa-[ḫi]-ra
r 18'18'	[LÚ^v].DUMU—šip-ri ša il-li-kan-ni	(r 18) The messenger who came said: "Do not greet Hu-Tešub, and do not accept an agreement (from him), (or) I shall punish you!"
r 19'19'	[ma]-a šul-mu a-na ^mḫu—te-šub
r 20'20'	la-a ta-qa-bi ri-ik-su
r 21'21'	la ta-ma-ḫar : a-su-na^*-ka
r 22'22'	⸢LÚ^v⸣.DUMU—šip-ri ^mḫu—te-šu-bu	(r 22) Hu-Tešub sent a messenger to the Urarṭian together with his messenger; he went, (but) in the middle of the journey he arrested him, saying:
r 23'23'	ina UGU KUR.URI-a.a TA LÚ^v.DUMU—šip-ri-šú
r 24'24'	i-sa-bar : it-ta-lak ina meš^-⸢li^⸣
r 25'25'	KASKAL : ik-ta-la-šú : ma-a a-[di]
r 26'26'	al-la-ku-u-ni : É—EN-MEŠ-[ka^?]	(r 26) "(You will be held) until I go and speak to [your] government; should they release you, you will g[o] and never return."
Right
r.e. 27r.e. 27	a-⸢qa^⸣-bu-u-ni : ma-a ⸢šúm^⸣-[mu]
r.e. 2828	ú-⸢ra⸣-mu-ka tal-⸢la^*⸣-[ka]
r.e. 2929	la-šu ma [la^?] ta-sa-ḫur
		(Break)
Edge
e. 1e. 1	[x x x x x x x]+⸢a x⸣+[x x x] ši an
e. 22	[x x x x x x x] áš u [x x x]-MEŠ ÚŠ^*-MEŠ	(e. 2) [......] dead [...]s
e. 33	[x x x x x x] ⸢ak^⸣-ṣur^ [x x x] ⸢ma^?⸣-a
e. 44	[x x x x x x]-ni li-din^*
		(Rest too broken for translation)

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/P393858/.