SAA 19 045. Building Works in Damascus (CTN 5 p. 181)[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'	⸢ú⸣-di-⸢na⸣ [la x x x x x]	(2) [not] yet [......]
o 3'3'	01 lim LÚ^v.⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]	(3) 1,000 (bricks) the [... official]
o 4'4'	⸢x⸣ ma an ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]	(4) ... [...]
o 5'5'	ni-ra-ṣip ⸢URU⸣.[BÀD]	(5) We are building [......]. We have finish[ed] the ci[ty wall] and are digging [the moat].
o 6'6'	nu-ug-da-me-[er ḫi-ri-ṣu]
o 7'7'	ni-ḫa-ra-ṣa ⸢UGU⸣ [ṭè-e-me]	(7) As t[o the news] of Damasc[us, PN], the commander-of-fifty of Ata[...], has ru[n away] to me. [I am herewith sen]di[ng him to] the king, [my] l[ord ...]
o 8'8'	ša URU.di-maš-⸢qa⸣ [x x]
o 9'9'	LÚ^v.GAL—50 ša ^ma-⸢ta⸣-[x x]
o 10'10'	ina UGU-ia iḫ-⸢tal⸣-[qa]
o 11'11'	[ina] UGU LUGAL ⸢be^?⸣-[lí-ia]
o 12'12'	[ú]-⸢se-bi⸣-[la x x]
	rest broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning broken away
r 1'1'	⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x]
r 2'2'	⸢x⸣+[x x x x] ⸢ma-a x⸣+[x x x x x]	(r 2) [..., sa]ying: "[... I have g]one up fr[om ...]; (thus) they should go up accordingly."
r 3'3'	⸢TA^v^?⸣ [x] ⸢e^?⸣-te-⸢li pi^?-te^?⸣
r 4'4'	⸢le-e-lu ŠE⸣.PAD-MEŠ	(r 4) (But) from who[m] I am to give him barley?
r 5'5'	TA^v IGI man-⸢ni⸣ a-⸢na⸣-[ku]	(r 4) (But) from who[m] I am to give him barley?
r 6'6'	a-da-na-šú ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-lí]	(r 6) Let the k[ing, my lord], write me [how much barley there] is left.
r 7'7'	liš-pu-ra [ki ma-ṣi ŠE.PAD-MEŠ^?]
r 8'8'	⸢re⸣-ḫat ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x]	(r 8) The kin[g ......]
r 9'9'	ša ina URU [x x x x x]	(r 9) which in the city of [......]
r 10'10'	⸢LUGAL⸣ EN [x x x x x]	(r 10) the k[ing, my] lord [......]
r 11'11'	[x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x]
r 12'12'	[x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x]
	rest broken away	(Rest destroyed)

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/P393621/.