SAA 19 086. Military Camp in Maruru (CTN 5 p. 43)[via saao/saa19]
| Obverse | ||
| o 1o 1 | (1) [To the king, my lord: your servant] Aššur-šallimanni. [Good health to the king, m]y [lord!] The [king's] cam[p] is well. | |
| o 22 | [lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-lí]-⸢ia⸣ DI-mu a-na ma-⸢dak-te⸣ [ša LUGAL] | |
| o 33 | [ina UGU LÚv.ar-ma-a]-⸢a⸣ ša LUGAL be-lí ṭè*-mu* iš*-ku-na-⸢ši-ni⸣ | (3) [As to the Aramean]s about whom the king, my lord, gave us orders: "[Get going and] march off!" – we have turned back from Maruru and [directed] our course [...] towards the Arameans. |
| o 44 | [ma-a na-am-me-šá] ⸢li⸣-kal-ka TAv URU.ma-ru-ri ni-su-uḫ-⸢ra⸣ | |
| o 55 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na ŠÀ LÚv.a-ri-mi pa-ni-ni | |
| o 66 | [ni-sa-kan un-qi] ⸢LUGAL*⸣ ina pu-ut EN.LÍL.KI ina UGU-ni na-ṣu-ni | (6) Opposite Nippur they brought us [the kin]g’s [sealed order], saying: "[...] is coming to them. [...] get assembled and go! Exact the dried corn [from the houses of Bi]t-Amukani!" |
| o 77 | ||
| o 88 | ||
| o 99 | (9) We turned back and are staying [in Marur]u. The cavalrymen [whom] we transferred [to] Maruru (and) [who] are staying in Maruru have arrested 60 [wande]ring men. | |
| o 1010 | ||
| o 1111 | ||
| o 1212 | ||
| o 1313 | (13) On the next day I conquered the [...]eans | |
| o 1414 | [x x x] ⸢x x x⸣-a*.a* ⸢ak*-ta*-ša?-da?⸣ | |
| rest broken away | ||
| Reverse | ||
| rr | beginning broken away | |
| r 1'1' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r 2'2' | [x x x x x x] ⸢la⸣ i-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r 3'3' | [x x x x x x] i-⸢ti⸣-[x x x] | |
| r 4'4' | [x x x ṭè]-⸢en⸣-šú-nu a-na LUGAL EN-ía a-sap-ra | (r 4) [...] I have sent a report about them to the king, my lord. |
| rest uninscribed |
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/P393638/.