SAA 19 042. Unclear Status of a Town Near Guzana (CTN 5 p. 179)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
oo	beginning 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 x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣
o 4'4'	[x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x] ⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢x x⸣ si
o 5'5'	[x] ⸢e^? x⸣ [x]+⸢x x⸣
o 6'6'	[x] kib^? ⸢03^*⸣-[su] ⸢MU⸣.AN.NA	(6) [...] It is the third year (now) since they took the t[o]wn, (and) they are saying: "[...] in the village of the que[en]"
o 7'7'	⸢TA^v⸣ mar ⸢URU i^*⸣-šu-u-ni
o 8'8'	ma-a ina ŠÀ URU.ŠE ša MÍ ⸢x x⸣
o 9'9'	[x] ⸢mu⸣ ku nu [x]	(9) [...]...[...]
Bottom		(9) [...]...[...]
b.e. 10'b.e. 10'	⸢x⸣ sa [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]	(10) [......]
b.e. 11'11'	01 ⸢me 40^?⸣ ZÍD.⸢DA-MEŠ⸣	(11) 140 (‘litres') of flou[r (in]stead of [......]
b.e. 12'12'	⸢ku⸣-um ⸢x x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ [x]
Reverse
r 1r 1	URU ⸢ša LUGAL⸣	(r 1) He is taking (for himself) a town of the king.
r 22	i-na-ši	(r 1) He is taking (for himself) a town of the king.
r 33	⸢a⸣-na-ku TA^v URU.gu-za-na	(r 3) I have sent from Guzana 30 (‘litres') of flour, 50 sheep and 40 jars, but has the town itself been purchase[d] with silver? Is it a town that the queen is buying and [...]ing?
r 44	30 ZÍD.DA-MEŠ ⸢50^?⸣ UDU-⸢ḪI.A⸣-MEŠ
r 55	40 DUG.⸢ŠAB⸣-MEŠ ⸢ú⸣-se-bi-⸢il⸣
r 66	⸢URU⸣-ma-a ina KUG.UD la-⸢qi⸣
r 77	URU-⸢ú⸣ : ša MÍ—É.GAL
r 88	⸢ta^?-la^?⸣-qu-u-ni
r 99	[x x]+⸢x⸣-u-⸢ni⸣ : a-na-ku	(r 9) I will be coming [to GN and at the king my lord’s] command [shall ... the ...] of the [...].
r 1010	[x x x] a-qa-ri-ib
r 1111	[ina] ⸢UGU-ḫi⸣ pi-i
r 1212	[ša^?] ⸢LUGAL^? EN^?-ia^?⸣
r 1313	[x x x] ša LÚ^v.⸢x⸣+[x x x]
r 1414	[x x x] a-bat ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x]	(r 14) [...] an abat šarri [......]
r 1515	[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢ni^?⸣	(r 14) [...] an abat šarri [......]
	rest broken away	(Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)
Edge
e. 1e. 1	ḫu^-⸢ub^-tú^*⸣ [x x x x x x]
e. 22	⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x]

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/P393611/.