SAA 19 008. Emissaries from the West (CTN 5 p. 182)[via saao/saa19]
| Obverse | ||
| o 1o 1 | (1) To the king, my lord: yo[ur] servant Ululayu. The b[e]st of he[a]lth to the [k]i[ng], my lord! Ass[yria] is well, the temples are well, all the king's forts are well. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed. | |
| o 22 | ||
| o 33 | ||
| o 44 | ||
| o 55 | ||
| o 66 | ||
| o 77 | ||
| o 88 | ||
| o 99 | (9) The emissaries of Commagene, Carc[hem]ish, Ma[r]qasa, Sam'al, Ashdod and Moab have come, but they have passed through Til-Barsip and Guzana without my permission. | |
| o 1010 | ||
| o 1111 | ||
| o 1212 | ||
| o 1313 | ||
| o 1414 | ||
| o 1515 | ||
| o 1616 | (16) I sent (word) to detain th[em] in Kubana[še]. They say: "[......] | |
| Bottom | ||
| b.e. 17b.e. 17 | ||
| Reverse | ||
| r 1r 1 | ⸢ma-a⸣ [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| r 22 | ⸢a?-na?⸣ [x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r 33 | a-na ⸢LÚv⸣.[x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-sa-par-⸢ra⸣ | (r 3) I wrote to the [commander-in-chief] that the emissari[e]s should not proceed but they had been let to cross over (the river). [Th]ey are now in Kuban[aše]. |
| r 44 | ||
| r 55 | ||
| r 66 | ||
| r 77 | (r 7) The second emissary of Commagene went back with letters in his hand. I ordered them to send me [th]eir words. As soon as they bring me the letters [...], I shall forward them [to the king, m]y lord. | |
| r 88 | ||
| r 99 | ||
| r 1010 | e-⸢gi-ra⸣-ti ⸢x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| r 1111 | ||
| r 1212 | ||
| r 1313 | (r 13) When the king is ready to set out, let them write to me and let me come and see the king, my lord, (and) let me he[ar] the answer of the king, my lord. | |
| r 1414 | ||
| r 1515 | ||
| r 1616 | ||
| r 1717 |
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/P393607/.